News

Posted by: Chunderboy Jr
Welcome back lovely paddling people. I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and new year.

Many of you may be feeling rusty after 4 weeks of stuffing your face with delicious Christmas food and just can't wait to get back on the water. Or maybe you're new to this whole white water lark and want to give it a go somewhere safe and fun?

If this is you then we have just the remedy - on Wednesday week 2 (that's the 18th for those on real time still) we'll be heading to the Nene Whitewater Centre for an afternoon of paddling. It's a great safe place to work on confidence and skills for people of all different abilities: only a short distance away from us, with no nasty long walks dragging boats, plus you will be supervised by a BCU level 2 coach.

Signup will open this Wednesday at 6pm. On the day we will be meeting at 11pm, getting to the centre by about 1. We have an exclusive booking of the course from 2 until 4, and will be returning to campus for 6 o clock.

Posted by: Bryce

BUCS Canoe Slalom will soon be here. The dates are 18th/19th Feb so weekend of the 6th week of this term, Weeks 16/20 depending on which university calendar you use.

As this is a BUCS trip this is a CHEAPER TRIP than normal as the university will pay for transport and accommodation - you need only pay for food and booze.

A sign up will be up in the next few hours and sign up quickly so we can get a cheap hotel as oppose to going camping.

Your Loving Coach

Admiral Bryce

Posted by: Eilidh

Posted by: Yellow

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

It's getting to that time of year when you really can't be arsed with work... So, to top off a great weekend of Polo, we will be having our first RAGE! Tournament of the year.

Freshers, this is an internal tournament we run on a Tuesday night. Most people make an effort to turn up and it's great fun! The teams will be mixed ability, so don't worry about being beaten by the A team.

What: RAGE! Tournament
When: 6th December 2011, 19:15 - 21:30

What do I have to do to play? Go to the website, click Trips on the left hand side and sign up under "RAGE! Tournament Winter 2011". If you have any problems, email me! If people just turn up, there is no guarentee you'll get a game.

Any questions, let me know! We'll probably pick teams on Sunday during some down time, so please sign up by Saturday evening - not sure how many teams there will be yet. Probably 4.

Posted by: Becky

And now, for the moment you've all been waiting for... The ordering of the awesome canoe jackets.

 

I'm sure by now you've all seen older members of the club wearing the black jackets, however you get the opportunity to choose from a range of colours - black, olive, Moroccan blue and red. (See them here: http://www.montane.co.uk/products/men/extreme/extreme-smock/99 )

 

Like last year, the jackets will have 'WARWICK CANOE' printed on the back, 'www.canoekayaktrader.co.uk'  on the bottom of the back and your choice of name stitched on front left side, all in white.

 

One of these snugly warm jackets can be yours for only £73.

 

For now all you need to do is post below or email me (r.a.stevens@warwick.ac.uk) the follow details (payment will be sorted out later):

 

The name you would like on your jacket

 

Colour

 

Size

 

:)

Posted by: Chunderboy Jr
For those who have not heard of the Pick and Mix Sports Club, they are a free-to-join group at Warwick Uni who try out a different sport every week. This week we have arranged to run a session for them on Friday at 2pm to introduce some of their members to the wonderful world of Canoe. According to an inside source this was announced to the great excitement of the club last week so lets not disappoint! To do this we'd like the help of members to go through the basics - running swim tests and capsize drills for people and showing a little bit of how to get around. After we have everyone moving around in boats a bit we'll run a few fun games, bulldog, silly races and the like. Anyone can come help out - you only have to show people what you yourself did when you joined and we want people to see what a fantastic friendly club we are, so the more the merrier. It would be great if the Pick-and-mix-ers had such a good time they all want to come join us! Please post below if you think you might come along so I have a rough idea who'll be there.

Posted by: Chunderboy Jr
Festive greetings all canoe and canoe poloists   

Posted by: Eugene
Hi guys, As per usual, the B team will be competing at the upcoming Winter Tournament. It's going to a day of great polo and an awesome opportunity for getting some quality game time. The aim is to get as many of you guys involved as possible and to give you a chance to see what it's like playing in a tournament and against teams with players you don't know (yet). There WILL be spaces for freshers, so don't worry if you think you're not good enough, we want to know you want to play! If you want to play at the tournament, please signup on warwickcanoe.co.uk and come to the pool session on Tuesday 29th November. We will have a few selection games and pick the team. The A team have been selected and notified. If you didn't make it this time, the teams are, of course, still fluid and BUCS is a long time away. Please sign up for the B team and prove your worth by beating the A team. If you have any questions about this, please contact the B team captain, Eugene, at treasurer@polo.warwickcanoe.co.uk

Posted by: Eilidh
HELLO!

Medium Core Tour/ New Year Tour is a go! (yay I hear you cry!)

Here are some exciting things you should know about it:

• It will be in Wild Wales!
  
• Its from the 29th December to 2nd January this means...
  
• You will get to see in 2012 with style...or warwick canoe messiness (AWESOME)
  
• All this will be around £100 (tbc based on numbers)
• It will be a peer paddling trip!*

*As it is a peer paddling trip it does mean that you have to a fair bit of experience to go on this trip. However if you are unsure if you are eligible talk to an exec member or sign up anyway but be aware you may not be able to go on it. If this is the case then I can offer you the dates for the equally awesome if not more so for Scotland Tour which are 29th March to 6th April 2012!

Sign up will be going up Midday Tomorrow!

Posted by: Chunderboy Jr

Hello good canoe folk,

You are all cordially invited to join us at the union event known as "POP" next week on Wednesday 30th November at 7pm for the consumption of tea (or other beverages). All guests are to come dressed as residents of Wonderland; those not appropriately dressed or arriving late are likely to be beheaded by her majesty the Queen of Hearts. In order to gain entrance you will need to have purchased for yourself one of these tickets: http://www.warwicksu.com/ents/event/7723/ Those who do not buy a ticket marked "Circling" may only be able to join us for Croquet afterwards.

See you down the rabbit hole,

The Mad Hatter and the March Hare