Varsities is upon us!
As this may your first intervarsities for quite a few of you, we've organised an information evening for any of you interested in coming! Let you know the scoop on the different disciplines, etc.
Time:
Tuesday 7th February 19:30
Venue:
Ag Science, R118
Let's do this!
What's a TBC? ???
To be chosen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9t5ZqeHcYk)
I feel silly . . . .
To be confirmed..?
To be confused?
to be conceved?
Thoroughly buttered croissant . . . ?
Thai chili biscuits?
Troolin Brown Claw!!
Totally bitchin Carlos!
Terribly broken cretin?
To Be Continued...
truly boring conversation....
That's bold Cillian . .
That's what she said?
Update:
R118 Ag Science, 19:30
See you then!
So, only just saw this now :( Did I miss anything important?
No, just so long as you remember to bring a plunger, small amount of turkish deleight and a smile you'll do fine.
We ran over the outline of the week
Friday: polo
Saturday am: whitewater
Saturday pm: freestyle
Sunday: long distance
Long distance is open to everyone, so this Saturday on the club trip we'll take out all the GP and HP boats we can and outfit them, take them for a spin, bond, and then when you get to the competition you'll at least have a boat that fits that you have experience paddling.
**It is strongly recommended that anyone who can't make the club trip this weekend and intends on competing in varsities arranges a time to outfit themselves a boat ASAP.
i assume early next week would be the best time to outfit a boat (for those missing this weekend), after everyone who wants one has picked it this weekend?
Sounds like a plan alright!
Quote from: Maryanne on February 08, 2012, 18:08:31
We ran over the outline of the week
Friday: polo
Saturday am: whitewater
Saturday pm: freestyle
Sunday: long distance
:laugh: LOL
I honestly forgot there was actual kayaking involved in this weekend.
For those who want to go to the REAL varsities
Friday: trip of awesome in car of fun followed by celebratory arriving pints
Saturday am: .........
Saturday pm: Walking around aimlessly for an hour before chipper, offo and pub
Sunday: trip of misery in car of woe (but
GREAT memories....and possible McDonalds/copious amounts of Dorittos)
*memories may not be provided depending on the
X-treme-ness of Saturday pm
Quote from: davedave on February 08, 2012, 21:10:17
trip of awesome in car of fun
doesn't compare to the BUUUUUUUSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!
Quote from: Maryanne on February 08, 2012, 18:08:31
this Saturday on the club trip we'll take out all the GP and HP boats we can and outfit them, take them for a spin, bond, and then when you get to the competition you'll at least have a boat that fits that you have experience paddling.
bond the boat or bond with the boat?
Quote from: Eoghan on February 08, 2012, 21:36:35
doesn't compare to the BUUUUUUUSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!
Does when ya have to pee.
Thank god for those petrol stoppy places in the middle of the country now...
i should think that would be a contrast...?
When are sign ups going up?
Quote from: Nuala on February 09, 2012, 19:02:11
When are sign ups going up?
The only thing anyone can sign up for is Long Distance, we were going to take names this Saturday...I'll make a post now.
interesting, so how are you picking teams for the other disciplines? obviously if its a committee secret thats grand, ill have my own secret.. with black jack..and hookers..
Well, we had a chat about this at the varsities talk, to sum up...
We've done our best to pick the strongest teams we can, weighing up:
- suitable proficiency
- experience
- fitness
- training
- performance in other kayaking competitions this year (where applicable)
Obviously that's not at all black and white, but our motivation was always to pick the strongest team, so that everyone in the club would benefit from a good result.
It's very much out of character of the ethos of the club to refuse anyone a go, but the nature of varsities means we had to come up with some way of picking small teams for some events (four or seven people out of the 220 members who signed up this year is obviously difficult).
There's not much experience in the club at the strategy or tactics of entering competitions, so we've done our best to pick teams who'll give each event their all.
We've been running varsity training on as many club trips as possible since Christmas in an effort to get everyone prepared for long distance, which should give anyone who's invested time with us a chance to represent UCD at Varsities.
Anyone who won't be competing in whitewater at varsities but would like to try something similar (maybe even better, since far more of us can enter...and UCD are guaranteed to win) should look into the 35th anniversary ball boatercross. (http://forum.ucdcanoeclub.com/index.php/topic,10419.0.html)
Anyone interested in freestyle should keep an eye on the Saturday trip sign ups as we hope to begin introducing more freestyle into trips as the weather warms up.
cool, sounds very interesting should be a good weekend! :) i may still have black jack and hookers though... afro.gif