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Clifden paddling
DervM:
Ah Peter, calm down :). We'll be grand! Some of us are interested and there's some practice going on, I think.
Also happy birthday! Sorry I can't make the party :-\.
Maryanne:
--- Quote from: Peter O'Sullivan on July 26, 2013, 10:17:12 ---Well seeing as no club member have any interest in Clifden I have to ask. How on earth do people expect to be competitive at varsities ( never mind win ) if they don't paddle! You can't learn freestyle paddling drifting down an icy Liffey in a creeker.
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Apart from the original question asking if there was interest in general there is only one suggested trip to Clifden in this thread
--- Quote from: Peter O'Sullivan on July 17, 2013, 20:25:51 ---Anyone going to the Clifden comp this weekend?
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which was made two days before the event and only on the board.
I think it's more likely that it wasn't seen rather than that no one was interested since board viewing goes way down over the summer. Everyone gets a notification when something goes up on the facebook group, so it's handy to put a link to forum posts there to see that they aren't missed.
Even still, most people are away over the summer and it's difficult to get a group together for anything, let alone a trip to Galway. Don't take it personally or as a sign of disinterest in freestyle, it's just the way it is.
--- Quote from: Peter O'Sullivan on July 26, 2013, 10:17:12 ---Varsities 2014 - here comes another half assed performance.
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Belittling the club's performance at varsities like that comes across as very insulting, whether it was intended or not, in a thread that is otherwise quite positive.
Aoife S:
Peter, just because people can't make it Galway doesn't mean they're not paddling, or interested! People have to work, many of them over the weekends so trips anywhere are pretty hard to even think about. Even trying to get people for polo, which are actual competitions is a nightmare.
--- Quote from: Maryanne on July 27, 2013, 02:55:50 ---
--- Quote from: Peter O'Sullivan on July 26, 2013, 10:17:12 ---Varsities 2014 - here comes another half assed performance.
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Belittling the club's performance at varsities like that comes across as very insulting, whether it was intended or not, in a thread that is otherwise quite positive.
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As Maryanne said it comes across as insulting considering the amount of work the committee are doing at the moment to make sure freestyle is promoted in September.
It's the summer, people are away and working and just because we're not surfing in Clifden doesn't mean we're not out paddling
DervM:
Aoife, Clifden had an actual competition last weekend. That's what Peter was originally talking about :).
Tiny Tim:
--- Quote from: Peter O'Sullivan on July 26, 2013, 10:17:12 ---Well seeing as no club member have any interest in Clifden I have to ask. How on earth do people expect to be competitive at varsities ( never mind win ) if they don't paddle! You can't learn freestyle paddling drifting down an icy Liffey in a creeker. Varsities 2014 - here comes another half assed performance.
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sound. really sound.
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