UCD Canoe Club

Committee Announcements => River Trips => Topic started by: Aoife S on February 03, 2014, 20:44:37

Title: Long Distance and Freestyle Training 8/2/14
Post by: Aoife S on February 03, 2014, 20:44:37: Ok guys! This weekend we're going to get busy! :)

As ye all should know by now, Varsities is coming up quick and so this means we need to get going on our training!

This Saturday out trip will be to the Liffey, with the plan to stay in the sluice/Lucan area :)

Freestyle:
This will involve training with the aim of holding trials in the next while. Anyone is welcome to take part as long as
1) you have a solid roll
and
2) you have access to a freestyle boat for both the training day and trials and Varsities (if you want to compete) there aren't any club boats suitable for this unfortunately

This will happen at Sluice and we'll hopefully have someone in to do the coaching! :)

Long Distance:
This is an area where everyone from freshers right up has a chance to do great! We're allowed to enter as many as we want to this class so we hope to see everyone out on the water this weekend getting used to the boats they they'll be competing in! :)

We'll have all the long boats out for you to try out and get outfitted to fit you perfectly! :)

This will be happening on the area of water between sluice and the Lucan weir and we'll hope to have a coach down to show you all how to get the most (distance) out of your paddling! :)

So sign up here!

Long Distance:
Johannes
Diarmuid
Deividas
Niamh
Niall
Niall
Marie
Kieran
Derv
Peter
Title: Re: Long Distance and Freestyle Training 8/2/14
Post by: Zog on February 03, 2014, 20:49:06: I won't be there but is there any way I could resreve a boat for varsities long distance, a dancer I was thinking?
Title: Re: Long Distance and Freestyle Training 8/2/14
Post by: kmck on February 03, 2014, 21:17:25: What's happened to the clubs g-rides? I have the vertigo, as seen in the world championship 1997
Title: Re: Long Distance and Freestyle Training 8/2/14
Post by: DervM on February 03, 2014, 21:19:40: Should be there - freestyle/both.
Title: Re: Long Distance and Freestyle Training 8/2/14
Post by: Jocano on February 03, 2014, 21:24:09: Well that's long distance for me I guess :)
Title: Re: Long Distance and Freestyle Training 8/2/14
Post by: Peter O'Sullivan on February 04, 2014, 14:36:22: I will be there. Hopefully the levels aren't too high.
Title: Re: Long Distance and Freestyle Training 8/2/14
Post by: Diarmuid on February 04, 2014, 14:57:55: I'll be there for LD training!
Title: Re: Long Distance and Freestyle Training 8/2/14
Post by: Andy J on February 04, 2014, 15:29:05: Cant quite paddle yet . . gutted!
Title: Re: Long Distance and Freestyle Training 8/2/14
Post by: Peter O'Sullivan on February 04, 2014, 15:53:14: Quote from: kmck on February 03, 2014, 21:17:25
What's happened to the clubs g-rides?

Only one listed in the club inventory. Its valued at 45euro and sounds like its in very poor condition. I haven't actually seen it to confirm its existence or condition.
Title: Re: Long Distance and Freestyle Training 8/2/14
Post by: Diarmuid on February 04, 2014, 16:25:46: I don't think the club has a G-Ride?

We have some G-Forces and people are welcome to use them but they're hardly competition boats!
Title: Re: Long Distance and Freestyle Training 8/2/14
Post by: KatieMcLoughlin on February 04, 2014, 21:01:13: Won't make training due to work but interested in paddling the gola thing(one I used last year) for vasities
Title: Re: Long Distance and Freestyle Training 8/2/14
Post by: Scabidas on February 05, 2014, 10:21:09: I'm up for doing some long distance
Title: Re: Long Distance and Freestyle Training 8/2/14
Post by: DervM on February 05, 2014, 12:01:48: Quote from: KatieMcLoughlin on February 04, 2014, 21:01:13
Won't make training due to work but interested in paddling the gola thing(one I used last year) for vasities

If anyone's using the Gola then please, please do not put the footpegs up to the position that they were put in last year. They're not meant to go up that far and it locks them into that spot. Myself and Ross got fibreglass cuts all down our arms the night before the Liffey Descent last year, I had to climb into the boat and remove the footblocks and it still took an hour after that.

Also please don't take any of the foam padding out of it. It's valuable outfitting.
Title: Re: Long Distance and Freestyle Training 8/2/14
Post by: Jocano on February 06, 2014, 14:03:16: By the way, I will not attend Varsities, so in case there's not enough boats I don't want to take any spots from people who will go... I'm just doing this for interest / paddle time ;)
Title: Re: Long Distance and Freestyle Training 8/2/14
Post by: kmck on February 06, 2014, 14:47:13: Water dependent I'll do some falling over.. I mean freestyle! I'll be driving and have all my own gear
Title: Re: Long Distance and Freestyle Training 8/2/14
Post by: Niall Finch on February 06, 2014, 15:12:23: Hey guys, so due to the weather the last few days, the Liffey is quite big at the moment as well, there is a large release expected because of the rain. This means that unfortunately Sluice will inevitably be washed out, and that trying to do flat water training on the flat part below would be fairly unproductive because of the flow. So the plan is now to head to a Canal and get some really good flat water training done - hope to see you all on Saturday ! :)
Title: Re: Long Distance and Freestyle Training 8/2/14
Post by: NiamhElle2 on February 06, 2014, 16:45:53: Will be there for long
distance training :)
Title: Re: Long Distance and Freestyle Training 8/2/14
Post by: Douchier on February 06, 2014, 17:04:24: Which bit of canal are ye' wandering to?
Title: Re: Long Distance and Freestyle Training 8/2/14
Post by: Niall Finch on February 06, 2014, 19:29:52: Quote from: Douchier on February 06, 2014, 17:04:24
Which bit of canal are ye' wandering to?

Thinking of heading into Portebello there where we went this time last year
Title: Re: Long Distance and Freestyle Training 8/2/14
Post by: Jocano on February 07, 2014, 17:38:39: Usual meeting time at the boathouse?
Title: Re: Long Distance and Freestyle Training 8/2/14
Post by: DervM on February 07, 2014, 17:56:08: Not sure I'll make it
Title: Re: Long Distance and Freestyle Training 8/2/14
Post by: Diarmuid on February 07, 2014, 18:35:19: Absolutely, 10 am at the Boathouse!
Should be a class trip everyone!
Title: Re: Long Distance and Freestyle Training 8/2/14
Post by: Steven Mul on February 07, 2014, 20:21:16: I can't make this :( sorry guys :(