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- Wed Aug 11, 2010 12:58 pm
- Forum: Rants and Raves
- Topic: PROVISIONAL Slalom Managed Calendar 2011
- Replies: 21
- Views: 12652
Manchester Canoe club were told we were not allowed to hold our usual 1/2 Double in May 2011. This is disappointing both for next year and the future, as there is no guarentee we'll have the volunteer support necessary for future years. We were told instead that we could hold the event at the begin...
- Tue May 04, 2010 7:16 pm
- Forum: Rants and Raves
- Topic: Grandtully - Grandtully
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3340
Having been one of a handful of people who saw the incident unfold, I know that unless some action is taken it will happen again at a variety of high river levels. Have event organisers spoken to those people who know the correct circumstance that led up to the pinning? In my opinion it would be a ...
- Fri Jan 01, 2010 6:27 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: Super Slalom Sundays
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3939
Kazz What Nicky described matched the information provided by Traffic England Website ; enable Adverse Weather and Traffic Cameras, and zoom into the area above Ripon (junction of A66 and A1.) It is possible to view the road conditions on route by selecting particular traffic cameras (the nearest i...
- Fri Jan 01, 2010 12:18 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: Super Slalom Sundays
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3939
Kazz
Travel news from BBC is not encouraging: Heavy snow prompts travel warning in North East
I hope Nicky can let us know soon how this will affect the area we need to travel to.
Travel news from BBC is not encouraging: Heavy snow prompts travel warning in North East
I hope Nicky can let us know soon how this will affect the area we need to travel to.
- Tue Dec 01, 2009 12:09 pm
- Forum: Rants and Raves
- Topic: Grandtully Section Judges
- Replies: 20
- Views: 11920
One of the problems is that you cannot adjust the gates during a category and that as paddlers sometimes go out of order, you end up leaving the gates 'as is'. This was not the cause of the problem at this year's August event; the gates were too high at the beginning of the day. For reasons unknown...
- Wed Nov 25, 2009 11:23 am
- Forum: Rants and Raves
- Topic: Grandtully Section Judges
- Replies: 20
- Views: 11920
I think a lot of the problems could be sorted simply by better attention to pole height. At last year's Grandtully August Div 1/2 event, when small competitors entered a far off gate in the bottom of a wave, I couldn't judge their line relative to the gate, because of poll height. I'm sure I missed...
- Mon Nov 16, 2009 10:54 am
- Forum: England
- Topic: Thanks for the slalom camps
- Replies: 2
- Views: 24025
Thanks Neil and all supporting coaches. Having family and club members in all three groups, I can say that from my perspective the three categories and session groups worked very well, catering for those already confident and wishing to improve and those wishing to gain confidence on this level of ...
- Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:26 am
- Forum: Rants and Raves
- Topic: ACM Proposal to Scrap In_season Promotion to Prem - ACM Proposal to Scrap In_season Promotio
- Replies: 33
- Views: 17158
I do not know the real motives for this proposal, as in my opinion the arguments for that Andy Maddocks has provided are weak. I do not believe they are grounded on concepts to help paddler development and motivation. I would like to hear the real arguments, and judge those on their merits. One thi...
- Mon Nov 09, 2009 10:15 am
- Forum: Wanted
- Topic: Small C1 Wanted
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3129
- Fri Oct 16, 2009 1:15 pm
- Forum: Rants and Raves
- Topic: Llangollen Prem/Div 1 Cancelled
- Replies: 32
- Views: 16976
Some Div 1 paddlers who were hoping to get promotion this weekend will be devastated; this includes my son. After two years non-stop training and competition, achieving Prem was a major goal for his future development. For those affected, this is not the best way to start winter training. I appreci...
- Fri Oct 02, 2009 8:33 pm
- Forum: Wanted
- Topic: Small C1 Wanted
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3129
- Wed Aug 05, 2009 2:02 pm
- Forum: Rants and Raves
- Topic: Promotion... - As promised
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6598
I think this is a good suggestion to help people get promoted at the right time. As an aside, related to this suggestion, in my opinion it is urgent that the slalom committee consider the implications of the lack of competition in some of the women's races; this makes it possible for inexperienced ...