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Webmaster, Friday, 19 December 2008

 

RCC Paddles Booked Jan to June 09 

I will clean this up so it makes more sense, bear with me for now (webmaster)

Date

Planned Trip

Contact

Sunday

18 Jan 09

Beginners at the clubhouse:

Beginners Training – Introduction to flatwater paddling for beginners.  9am to 11:30am at RCC Clubhouse, Richardson Cr, Tempe.  Numbers limited.  Contact Andrew Bovis (0427379044 ambovis@tpg.com.au) to book a spot.”

A Bovis

Wednesday

21 Jan 09

Midweek/6 Bridge Paddle. Departing 6:30pm @ Clubhouse. Come along for a fitness paddle or a social paddle. Depending on night a BBQ will be held from time to time after the paddle. Contact: Andrew Bovis 0427379044.

A Bovis

Sunday

4 Jan 09

Wk’end

10~11 Jan 09

Sunday

18 Jan 09

Wk’end

24~26 Jan 09

Willow Warriors.

Monitoring in the Nepean Gorge – Warragamba to Euroka Creek.

Treatment in Nepean River – Devlin’s Lane to Clarks Island.

Monitoring on MacDonald River.

Monitoring paddle – River TBA.

For more details visit the Willow Warriors web site at http://www.willowwarriors.org.au/

Jeff Cottrell

0418210347

 

 

Sat~Mon

24~26 Jan 09

Gwydir River.

If the emails are correct grade 5 and 6 whitewater is to be enjoyed. A whitewater paddlers Nirvana!!

Participants will have to provide proof of medical insurance and a current last will and testament.

Contact Andrew Love andrew191171@hotmail.com

A Love

Tues –

3 Feb 09

Canoe Polo Season (till April 7)

Every Tuesday evening – 3 grades 7.00 – 9.00

Auburn Pool – Contact Anna 0419 621 149  to make up a Rivers team

Anna

Wednesday

4th Feb 09

Midweek/6 Bridge Paddle. departing 6:30pm @ Clubhouse. Come along for a fitness paddle or a social paddle. Depending on night a BBQ will be held from time to time after the paddle. Contact: Andrew Bovis 0427379044.

A Bovis

Saturday

7Feb

Club Meeting and Boat Auction and Paddle and working BEE.

Public Auction of old boats at high noon!

L Parker

Sunday

8 Feb 09

Nepean Gorge 9.30 for 10 am on the water.

A trip which is suitable for all paddlers’ and types of boats. We’ll paddle up the Nepean into the gorge, with a break for lunch, and possibly a swim, and then back to our put in point. The group will determine the length and pace of the paddle.

For new members without a boat this is an opportunity to come on a club trip. Arrangements can be made to collect and return a club Platypus, plus PFD and paddle. Use will be on a ‘first in, best dressed’ basis and the gear will have to be collected on the Saturday.

Meet at the Tench Reserve boat ramp under the Penrith Valley Bridge on the M4 (Gregory’s Map Reference 235 F15).

T Hudson

Saturday

14 Feb 09

PaddleNSW and RCC Paddle the Colo.

This trip is lead by Jeff Cotrell – refer www.paddlensw.org.au Rec page for details.

Tony at tonycarr@ozemail.com.au  0417 502 056

 

Sunday

15 Feb 09

Flatwater skills training day – 8.30 for 9.00 am on the water.

Essential training for all new kayakers or a refresher for the more experienced.

Flatwater Basic Skills – starting 9 am.

An essential for all new kayakers looking to develop their skills. This is the perfect skills training to help make your paddling safer and learn some “technique”.

This assumes no or limited prior knowledge and will show you the basics of kayaking like forward, backward, side sculling strokes and exiting your boat safely in a capsize and more.

This is also chance to ask questions about other kayaking techniques from an Australian Canoeing instructor and experienced club members.

Completing this course also means those attending have attained Australian Canoeing Flatwater Basic Skills Certification.

Flatwater Deep Water Rescue Training – starting 11 am

Learn how to empty a capsized kayak on the water, how to get back in your boat after emptying it and a thing or two more.

This is essential training for all flatwater paddlers and those having just done the Basic Skills training should stay on for this training as well. Experienced paddles should also come along and refresh their skills.

These training sessions would each cost $90 plus from any of the commercial operators in and around Sydney, but as a Rivers Canoe Club member all this comes as part of your annual fee.

Arrangements can be made to collect and return a club Platypus, plus PFD and paddle. Use will be on a ‘first in, best dressed’ basis and the gear will have to be booked with the organiser.

The skills covered at these sessions are also a prerequisite for new members with no previous or limited kayaking experience seeking to come on some of the more advanced club trips.

A minimum of 5 paddlers is required to run this course. Please contact the trip co-coordinator at least one week in advance so numbers can be confirmed.

Meet at the northern side of the Kyeemagh Baths, Cook Park, Kyeemagh (Gregory’s Map Reference 404 D14).

T Hudson

 

(A Love

Conducting T Hudson assisting)

 

Wednesday

18th Feb 09

Midweek/6 Bridge Paddle. departing 6:30pm @ Clubhouse. Come along for a fitness paddle or a social paddle. Depending on night a BBQ will be held from time to time after the paddle. Contact: Andrew Bovis 0427379044.

A Bovis

Sat~Sun

21~22 Feb 09

Weekend at Basil’s.

A weekends camping in Basil’s backyard, 2 Koala Close Norah Head, 11/2 hours up the coast. If you get there early on the Friday night you could score one of his spare beds.

Tracy and Andrew Bovis will assist Basil with the paddling options for the weekend. Either the surf for whitewater paddlers or the nearby lakes for the flatwater brethren. A sea paddle could also be undertaken. There is also the opportunity to split into groups depending on what members what to do, for example long boaters could head for the lake while short boaters go surfing.

What we do will be up to the weather and sea conditions and the numbers/skills of paddlers coming along for a weekend not to be missed. If you cannot make it for the whole weekend why not come up on Saturday or Sunday for a day’s paddling.

Contact Basil Slaughter,  4396 5842.

Basil Slaughter

(Contact

T Hudson

0411 024 088

For logistics)

 

Sunday

1 Feb 09

Sunday

8 Feb 09

Sunday 14 Feb 09

Wk’end

28 Feb /

1 Mar 09

Willow Warriors.

Training day at Penrith Whitewater Stadium.

Monitoring on MacDonald River.

Monitoring on Colo River.

Walk along the Wolgan River at Newnes – Treating Crack Willows.

For more details visit the Willow Warriors web site at

http://www.willowwarriors.org.au/

Jeff  Cottrell

0418210347

Sat~Sun

7~8 Mar 09

 

10.00 am on the water

Barrington River:

Introduction to moving water for paddlers interested in developing their kayaking skills conducted on basic grade 1 and 2 whitewater. This training also further develops flatwater paddling skills and boat control, not to mention boat exiting and re-entry. Whitewater paddling techniques. Including, basic river reading, strokes, eddying in and out, whitewater equipment and safety.

A different but very worthwhile way of developing skills and possibly a start to a moving water love affair. Bring your non-paddling family – it’s a great swimming spot, nestled amongst the Casuarinas. 

Equipment: you will need a whitewater boat, paddle, skirt, PFD and helmet is essential. (Dont go out and buy all the equipment listed for whitewater paddling till you have fallen in love). The club has some equipment for hire for $50/weekend and other arrangements can be made with local suppliers at Gloucester (3 1/2 hours north from Sydney). 

Camping: you will need to bring your own tent, folding chair and food/drinks/water, there are no shops close by, and the toilets are pretty rudimentary. 

The camp is at Bindera ($5/night) the last farm on the road about 20 km up from the Barrington Bridge. Specific directions will be provided to participants.

Tim Sindle

Bob Montgomery

 

PaddleNSW

Lynn Parker

0406 428 331

Wednesday

11 March 09

Midweek/6 Bridge Paddle. Departing 6:30pm @ Clubhouse. Come along for a fitness paddle or a social paddle. Depending on night a BBQ will be held from time to time after the paddle. Contact: Andrew Bovis 0427379044.

A Bovis

Sunday

15 Mar 09

Kayak for Kids – Training Day – 8.30 for 9.00 on the water.

This trip is scout the harbour east of the Bridge in preparation for the Kayak for Kids charity paddling event.

Put in is at Clifton Gardens and we will paddle to Obelisk Bay and possibly to Middle Head on the outward leg and back down to Bradleys Head on the return. New members who have completed the flatwater skills and deep water rescue courses are encouraged to come along.

Arrangements can be made to collect and return club equipment. Use will be on a ‘first in, best dressed’ basis and the gear will have to be booked with the organizer.

Meet in the car park at the Clifton Gardens Reserve, Clifton Gardens (Gregory’s Map Reference 317 E12).

L Parker

 

T Hudson

14-15th

Mar 09

Swift-water Rescue Course – a must for all whitewater paddlers.

This course is designed for recreational paddlers. You will learn the principles and skills to deal with rescue situations you may encounter while paddling recreationally. It is based on the River Rescue level 1 course previously run by Australian Canoeing.

You will learn: Rescue principles, River hydrology, Personal equipment, Rescue equipment, Introduction to knots and anchors, Communications, Swimming in rapids, Strainer negotiation, Throw bag practice, Tension diagonals, Contact rescues, H & T rescues, Deck carries, Mechanical advantage systems, Shallow water crossings, Snag & Tag lines, Pins & wraps.

Normally held in Canberra over 2 days.

Contact Rohan on Ph 02 6228 1264 Mob 0410 54 7838

Website: www.realfun.com.au Email: adventure@realfun.com.au

Rohan Reynolds

(Real Fun Adventures)

Saturday

21 Mar 09

Kayak for Kids – Training Day.

This trip is scout the harbour west of the Bridge in preparation for the Kayak for Kids charity paddling event.

Put in is at Greenwich Point and we will paddle to Lavender Bay. New members who have completed the flatwater skills and deep water rescue courses are encouraged to come along.

Arrangements can be made to collect and return club equipment. Use will be on a ‘first in, best dressed’ basis and the gear will have to be booked with the organizer.

Meet at the boat ramp at the end of O’Connell St, Greenwich (Gregory’s Map Reference 314 K14).

L Parker

 

T Hudson

Sunday

22 March

Penrith Whitewater Stadium

Pre-Nymboida training day.

Just turn up, we’ll be there.

A Love

Sunday

22 March

Penrith WS

Canoe Polo

A Ward

Saturday

28 Mar 09

Wolli Creek Tour - 9 am at the Clubhouse.

A leisurely kayaking tour to help the Wolli Creek Preservation Society. Paddle up Wolli Creek, alight at the weir for a guided walk up Nannygoat Hill and then return to the clubhouse for cake! Free to all RCCC members.

These tours also help to raise funds for repair and replacement of equipment so as well as enjoying to tour you are helping to raise funds for Rivers. We’d like to keep them going but cannot do so without club volunteers!

T Hudson

Sunday

29 Mar 09

Kayak for Kids – Blues Point to Clontaff

.12 Kayak for Kids 29 March 2009. A great event for all the family around the shores of Sydney Harbour. Fundraising for Lifestart’s Early Childhood Intervention Program & School Age Services for children who have an intellectual disability. Get involved, by participating or volunteering your services.  ENTRIES OPEN

Visit the website www.arocsport.com.au/k4k/k4k_home.html

 

L Parker

 

Sunday

8 March 09

 

Sunday

15 Mar 09

 

Wk’end

21~22 Mar 09

 

Sunday

29 Mar 09

 

 

Willow Warriors

Treatment – Nepaen River, Penrith to Devil’s Lane.

Monitoring on Colo River – Bob Turners Track to Colo. Meroo

 

Monitoring paddle – River TBA

 

 

Training day at Penrith Whitewater Stadium

 

 

For more details visit the Willow Warriors web site at http://www.willowwarriors.org.au/

Jeff Cottrell

0418210347

 

 

Club Meeting – held at Jervis Bay??

 

Sat~Sun

4~5 Apr 09

Jervis Bay Paddle and Camping Weekend

 

Come down for two days of paddling in and around Jervis Bay, dinners at the local and (probably) luxury waterfront sites at the Jervis Bay Caravan Club, Wollamia, for this weekend.

 

A local paddler will help us to read the weather to decide the options of either the surf for whitewater paddlers or the Bay for the flatwater brethren. An outside sea paddle could also be undertaken. Trips will be selected on the day and will depend on the weather, paddling conditions and numbers/paddling skills of those coming.

 

There is also the opportunity to split into groups depending on what members what to do, for example long boaters could head for the lake while short boaters go surfing.

 

Please contact the trip co-coordinator at least two weeks in advance so numbers can be confirmed and camp site bookings can be arranged.

 

Full details in future editions of Splash.

 

Contact PaddleNSW Tony Carr 0427 502 056 or email tonycarr@ozemail.com.au to get in early – spaces are usually limited

Tracy Hudson will be the Weekend Leader

 

 

Sunday 5th April

Penrith Whitewater Stadium

Pre-Nymboida training day.

Just turn up, we’ll be there.

A Love

Wednesday

8 April 09

Midweek/6 Bridge Paddle. departing 6:30pm @ Clubhouse. Come along for a fitness paddle or a social paddle. Depending on night a BBQ will be held from time to time after the paddle. Contact: Andrew Bovis 0427379044.

A Bovis

Fri~Mon

10~13 Apr 09

Easter Safari

Nymboida River 3 day moving trip. A highlight of the year for whitewater paddlers! Don’t miss it!

River descriptions for the sections we do are below, but don’t be put off by gradings – all major stuff can be portaged:

http://www.adventurepro.com.au/paddleaustralia/pa.cgi?action=details&id=nymboida4

http://www.adventurepro.com.au/paddleaustralia/pa.cgi?action=details&id=Nymboida5

 

Contact Andrew Love andrew191171@hotmail.com

 

A Love

Fri – Mon

10 – 13th April 09

Canoe Polo Australian Championships

PWS

 

Anna

 

 

Sat

4 Apr 09

Sunday

5 Apr 09

 

Easter

10~13 Apr 09

 

Wk’days

20~24 Apr 09

Willow Warriors

 

Cecil Hoskins Reserve – native tubestock planting

 

Monitoring – Wallaby Rocks

 

 

Monitoring paddle – River TBA or Glen Davis in the Capertree Valley

 

Monitoring paddle – River TBA

 

 

For more details visit the Willow Warriors web site

 

Jeff Cottrell

0418210347

Wednesday

22 April 09

Midweek/6 Bridge Paddle. departing 6:30pm @ Clubhouse. Come along for a fitness paddle or a social paddle. Depending on night a BBQ will be held from time to time after the paddle. Contact: Andrew Bovis 0427379044.

A Bovis

Sunday

10 May 09

Upper Georges River

 

The aim is to put in on the Georges Rive behind Warwick Farm Racecourse and either:

paddle through the Chipping Norton Lake complex into the river proper to approximately Sandy Point (or beyond) with a car shuttle to get back, or

paddle through the Chipping Norton Lake complex to the upper reaches of the river proper and return.

 

The exact paddle plan will be in a later edition of Splash.

 

T Hudson

Sunday

24 May 09

Clontarf to Roseville Bridge and up Middle Harbour Creek

 

If numbers allow we will try and organize a car shuttle on this one so that the trip can end in the Garigal National Park under the Roseville Bridge. If not we will paddle from the Roseville Bridge either up into Middle Harbour Creek or down towards the harbour depending on the paddling conditions and skills of the group.

 

For new members without a boat this is an opportunity to come on a club trip. Arrangements can be made to collect and return a club Platypus, plus PFD and paddle. Use will be on a ‘first in, best dressed’ basis and the gear will have to be collected on the Saturday.

 

The exact paddle plan will be in a later edition of Splash.

 

T Hudson

 

 

Sunday

3 May 09

 

 

Sunday

17 May 09

 

Wk’end

23~24 May 09

Willow Warriors

 

Monitoring – Catti Creek

 

For more details visit the Willow Warriors web site

 

Monitoring – MacDonald River

 

 

Monitoring – River TBA

Jeff Cottrell

0418210347

Mid July

Herbert River and others

North Queensland

More details to come.

A Love

Sat~Sun

5~6 Sept 09

Tallowa Dam to Fossickers Flat – 9.00 for 9.30 am on the water

 

Arguably the most picturesque and sensually pleasing flatwater in NSW (source: Canoeing Guide to NSW, pg 196) and fully agreed to by all members who have done this trip.

 

This is an overnight flatwater trip suitable for all levels with a leisurely 3~4 hour paddling each day including breaks. Bring all you need in your kayak to camp in a secluded glen beside the rived on Saturday night.

 

For those who want to be there in plenty of time, or just want a good time, why not come done and stay in the camping (camping or van hire) area at Kangaroo Valley on Friday night and share a meal and excellent wines at the local pub.

 

Due to space limitations at Saturday campsite numbers are limited to a maximum if 12 small tents (if mixed say 3~4 doubles and 8~9 singles).

 

Please contact the trip co-coordinator at least two weeks in advance so numbers can be confirmed and any camp site or van bookings can be arranged.

 

This weekend will also be for PaddleNSW members to come along as part of the inter-club recreational paddling program.

 

Full details in future editions of Splash.

 

Sat~Sun

5~6 Sept 09

4 – 6 October

Oceana Championships – Polo, slalom

 

 

Saturday 10 - Monday 12 October 2009
09  

World Masters Games

Canoe Polo: Marathon: Tues 13- Wed 14 October 2009
Slalom: Thursday 15 October 2009
Flatwater: Friday 16- Sunday 18 October 2009

All paddlers over 35 are welcome – refer to the World Masters Website for details

 

October 3-11

Victorian Safari

The best week of the year! Great paddling, great camping, intellectual discussions…..

Andrew Love

 

 

Presidential Platitudes

Andrew Bovis, Monday, 1 December 2008

Monthly ramblings by the President.

Presidential Platitudes

December 2008 

 

Hello again to all member and non-member paddlers who happen to get this production from River Canoe Club.  We don’t know what’s in it but the calendar will notify of up coming planned events (future rainfall is not listed; fortunately we have the internet trips alert email system for that!) and other stories reporting on what’s transpired.  One event you must not miss out on is our annual Christmas Party at Penrith Whitewater Stadium on 14th December.  There’s something on for all ages, especially children and those of us still behaving as children (I’m looking forward to a visit from a special white bearded man who wears red and white and doesn’t necessarily support St George Illawarra).

It has been great to hear that there’s been some more members attending whitewater safety training this year.  If you want to get the specifics, I promise you our friendly and approachable safety and training convenor will be glad to advise.  It’s important for us all to have a capability and readiness to deal with the risks that can occur while river running so that trips like Victorian Safari can be both challenging/fun and safe.

Last weekend I got to enter the annual Bomaderry Mudcake Canoe Polo Comp expecting to be the only Rivers member there.  But there were five of us!  Mercy and Mike were in different teams.  Lani dropped by for some of it and Amanda watched most of it.  It was very evenly matched so fun for all.  I joined the combo team which was noted by the years since most of us have last played.  Trevor Williamson had fun and made sure we reached the final where that dreaded family team of beefy dairy farmers got us back after beating them (I’m not scared of them any more, Lynn!) I can’t recommend this comp highly enough for the quality, quantity and friendliness of play.  Excellent value.  Next year we must return in force with our own team.

Hope to see more of you on various flatwater events over summer!

Regards,

Andrew.

 

 

 

 

 
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