The Seventh Symposium is on it’s way!
(We’ve even got a mention in the 24-page Sea Kayaking Mini Mag free with the June issue of Canoe & Kayak UK magazine)
Author: Craig Page 5 of 8
We’ve made two changes which we’re hoping will be helpful:
– there’s going to be ‘day membership’ of the SCA available for anyone that’s not in an affiliated club or SCA/ BCU
– we’ve removed the closing date
We’re hoping this will make it easier for everyone!
Venue: Bridge End 7 PM on the water
This is an easy trip aimed at all beginners from last year.
We look forward to seeing you all at the start of a new season.
Remember to bring your new membership if you have not already joined.
If you wish to come along please contact/text Craig on 07795674053 or email craig@cragden.plus.com with your equipment requirements.
Hi all,
The first paddle of the year will be from Bridge End. Be there and ready for on the water at 7pm. This trip will be for the experienced paddlers.
Remember that all memberships are now due. (You can bring them with you)
We will be holding an easy trip for Tues 29th from BE for all the beginners from last year who reached their 1 star. I will send out another email nearer the time.
Once I have new lists for memberships 2012, I will start sending out text messages as well as emails.
I look forward to seeing you all on upcoming trips.
Craig
We’ve had to revise the membership forms for 2012 so we’re slightly later than normal getting these out to club members, but they’re now out so please try and get them completed as soon as possible if you’re wanting to take part in club activities! By all means turn up with the form at any of the Bridge End sessions and give to a Committee member, or return it to the address on the form itself.
Shetland Canoe Club Membership Form 2012 available here to download.
Thank you
As decided at the AGM
Some point over weekend of 28th and 29th April the club will be involved in this, the 25th year of the Voar Redd Up.
details to follow.
Never paddled before? The Club runs coaching sessions throughout the season, starting with four weeks of theory and pool work to prepare for the great outdoors.
Poster up in the Clickimin and there’s more details on the 2012 Clikimmin Beginners Training page on the website
Consultation on developing a safety system for Adventure Activities in Scotland is underway, it may affect us as a club and unfortunately the closing date was the 30th March! I’m sure no-one would argue against having safe systems within the club, it’s just if clubs such as ours end up being covered by this system it could be very expensive in so many ways as it will almost certainly involve paying for registration and inspection with all of the additional paperwork that will incur. We’re going to discuss it (briefly) at Club Committee Meeting on Monday and feed back general comments to SCA.
Voxter forms available here!
Friday, 3 August 2012 at 18:00 until Monday, 6 August 2012 at 09:00
The Shetland Canoe Club weekend of informal trips and outings for all of it’s members and any visitors to the Isles. It’s very relaxed and informal, a chance to explore with the club. Previous years have seen folks spend the week after the symposium heading out on their own and with small groups, then come together for a few days of sociableness!
It’s going to be at the Voxter Outdoor Centre, Brae, Shetland
Hopefully this link will work first time…!
Symposium booking form 2012 now available here!
(just click on the text above)
Planning for this, our Seventh Symposium, is well under-way and it’s time to get those application forms filled out and back to us.
Doors open for registration at Bridge End on the morning of Friday 27th July – there’s nothing formal arranged through the day (at the moment) but plenty going on, hopefully a bit of a get together Friday night (we’ve got the local hall booked!) before the symposium kicks off properly on Saturday 28th. Things will be pretty busy through the rest of the weekend and once folks are off the water we’re going to have an evening of quizzes, slide shows and talks on Saturday night after the meal, Sunday will be a less formal evening to kick back after another full day of paddling with those staying on. Monday 30th July we’ll officially close down, clean up and head away to see what we can get up to before our Voxter paddle meet the following weekend!
If you’re needing transport to/ from ferries over the symposium let us know, we’re happy to help.
Coming up with someone that doesn’t paddle? We won’t be running separate events for them but there’s plenty to do in Shetland.
Please not that entries are caped at 50 (paddlers, not age) and the age limit for paddlers is 16. First come, first served.
We’ll get the contributors profiles uploaded over the next few days, and you can always sneak a look at the Shetland Sea Kayak Symposium 2012 Facebook Page for more ‘live’ details!
Wanting to ask a question? We’ll respond to a post on our Facebook page, or you can email us at: shetsymp2012@gmail.com