Shetland Canoe Club

AGM Friday 2 nd February, will be held in Islesburgh community centre at 7pm.

Nominations for all office bearers including chair, vice-chair, secretary, treasurer,training coordinator, equipment officer (vacant at present), trips coordinator, child protection officer, ordinary committee members and any other posts – names to Craig Lobban please at(craig@cragden.plus.com). Nominations can also be made on the day.

As well as these bits we’ve got to do, we are also looking for ideas from yourselves about what you want to do this year and how you want things done. Let Craig know if there’s anything you specifically want to bring up, or just bring it on the day. A good turnout is requested.

Thank you

We’re having a combined Christmas meal and a get together to bid farewell to Gerald as he’s leaving Shetland. It’s going to be at the Gurkha Kitchen on 9th December, contact Janet Laing at aurora121therapy@gmail.com if you’re interested.

We’ll, it’s one week after opening and we’re fully booked! Please email shetlandsymposium2018@yahoo.com to be added to the waiting list

Check out the symposium tab at the top of the home page for details and forms

Pool sessions for the winter season start on Thursday 19th October at 8pm. The sessions will run for five weeks, the final night on 16th November 2017.

Again we have exclusive use of the whole pool area, this will allow us to bring in more sea kayaks and possibly canoes.

The extra space will let you to practice all types of strokes in the pool,  rolling, rescues, etc. With extra coaches this year, who will be on hand to assist where required. Please let us know what you would like to work on.

If you have a friend who is keen to try out kayaking why not bring them along for a try.

The rates will be the same as other years £5 adult and £3 concessions. Non members £7.50.

There is more sessions booked for early next year, details will be released in the new year.

Monday and Tuesday were the two days for BCU Level 2 Coaches Rosalind Nicol and Rachel Shuchsmith to start the process towards the Moderate Water Endorsement under the watchful eye of Kim Bull.  Monday morning saw a recap of the underpinnings for level 2 coaching, but they were soon out on the water exploring paddler development using the moderate water environment. Tuesday was spent doing a variety of coaching on relatively calm conditions.  The morning’s work focused on development of 4* paddlers, with critique and analysis of the paddlers and fitting the coaching within the theme for that session.

Moderate Water Coach Training

The afternoon was with a slightly larger group of club paddlers looking to develop their techniques and skills, Rachel and Rosalind working on aspects of analysis and then fitting coaching to the group.   Many thanks to everyone that attended and to Kim for coming up.

Kim Bull is a BCU Level 5 Coach and is in Shetland doing a variety of training for the Club over this next few weeks. Please contact Rachel for details.