Unofficial UK Slalom BBS

For what it's worth I suffered my first dislocation (well actually subluxation) almost exactly a year ago and I'm neither young nor female, being a lighter framed male and having been paddling for 40 years. And I know about technique. I remember feeling tired (latter part of an Upper Dart trip), ne...

I haven't read the reason for this proposal but it may be a good idea for P/1 but for lower divisions it's a nonsense. I agree with CP. We allow shared C1's and C2's to fit in with kayaks and we allow Officials to slot in wherever they can. This promotes the use of limited boats, and enables Offici...

I must own up to not having sent my DoB. Having put it on all my entry cards I assumed it would be there automatically. Might be a good idea to set out where I see the Masters League fitting in with the divisional system so this will maybe bring about more comments. PP I can't say that I fully unde...

Can I suggest that rule is pretty meaningless. It may be OK for a Premier event but a div 4 race with a course of at least 250m and a time close to 100 secs is not going to happen. The rule doesn't even cater for a 12 gate short course. I've just designed the course for Langham Farm and, wanting to...

John PS: in reading through that, I was puzzled by your comment about being 'a club which isn't supposed to do slalom'. In terms of Junior presence on the ranking lists last year, Frome is the 8th largest Junior Slalom Club in England, and 9th largest in Great Britain. John Yes I know. Two or three...

There was also meant to be a bank-based Level 1, run in conjunction with water-based Level 1 (a lot of the coaches I trained were non-paddling parents- a normal situation in sport as a whole). But people I know who have tried to access that report that organisers are not offering that option. Can I...

Michelle Time for a little commercial on the benefits of coaching, and wouldn't it be good if all clubs provided it? John John I don't understand your statement. We do our best at the grass roots but there are no courses for potential slalom coaches to go on. A mentoring system would be good too. F...

The course saw the introduction of the first UK "single pole" to negotiate. Is there any feedback on the use of the single pole, particularly on this standard of water. I am considering single poles for my club's event, if for no other reason than to make course maintenance easier, but if I have to...

... only reveals the winners age. Other +50 paddlers could remain anonymous. This is the problem with a senior vet category at each competition - you'd need everyone's permission to make their age (over 50 status) known. I don't know what all the fuss is about. In all other sports I've raced in - r...

If you put them in a Division 2/3 level water open event then they may be "competing" against Division 1 and Prems. That is not a fair competition either. I'm speechless. If a paddler with protected status (ie. would normally have gained promotion to Div 1) competes in a Vets Div 2/3 race that's no...

We propose that rule UK34.6 (p86) be amended to read as follows: The start list …………… during the event. In all divisions when there are three or more eligible competitors, organisers shall provide a prize for the Divisional Veteran and Junior competitors who gains the best score during the event in...