UCD Canoe Club
Committee Announcements => Announcements => Topic started by: Mark on February 18, 2007, 16:24:14
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Brian Keogh will be doing a talk for us on Tuesday
Waaay! This is a great talk for anybody who's travelling this summer and in particular it will give a good idea of the viability of a trip to nepal
Some old info about brian from teamh20.
Brian Keogh or "Keoghser"
Keoghser is a very experienced Outdoor Instructor and a passionate Kayaker. He is also a H2O Team member. He has paddled all over the world in places such as Nepal, Costa Rica, British Columbia, the Alps and more. He is widely known for his laid back approach to life and his wit. But its his expertise on the water that makes him part of Team H2O. Over the years Brian has instructed many groups and his knowledge of slalom kayaking adds an indepth technical knowledge to his skills.
In summer 2004 Keoghser is guiding for H2O in the French Alps with Jon, Kipper, Wongy and Jeff. He is has just competed in the Teva Extreme race in Italy and lived to tell the tale! In August he is off to Northern India as part of the first ever Irish Expedition to tackle the famed Zanskar river. In September he will join Jon on the Zambezi for 3 more weeks of Big Water! Later this year Brian think's he might come home and do an honest days work! But then again he might just go off on another trip!
Kayaks Used - Necky Chronic & Blunt
Gear Used -Rough Stuff Kayak paddles & Nookie clothing
Sponsors - H2O Extreme, Smith Eyewear
Qualifications - Irish Canoe Union Level 4 Kayak Instructor
Irish Canoe Union Level 5 Proficiency
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Some errors there Mark... And how old is that write-up?!!
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I heard that he was only an aul bollox!
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Committee Suck. Thursday 1st? Tuesday 6th? Which is it?
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Impeach
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Please
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which tuesday?
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next tuesday.
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Will there be copious free beer at this? I hope not.
It was highly embarrassing when Simon Westgarth, one of the best paddlers in the world - and one of the people at the cutting edge of teaching paddling - came to impart his wisdom and knowledge to UCDCC and people were getting drunk while he was talking. Fair dues, have the free beers, but at least wait until after a guest speaker has finished their talk.
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i didnt think that i saw any one getting wasted at the simon westgarth talk i mean there were 3 crates of rolling rock between 30 people which to me dosent seem copious. and simon was having a few drinks while giving the talk.
that said point taken, it would be very disrespectful to our guest speaker to be getting drunk at such events.
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There were definitely people wasted or acting so and yeah it was embarrassing!!
Sara
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I heard that he was only an aul bollox!
Yeah, and as for his minger of a girlfriend...
Anyhoo, reading between the lines, I think this talk is on Tuesday, February 27, but at what time? Is Keoghser talking on Zanskar? Nepal? Hairstyling? Where is this on?
Jim.
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All the details are contained in a top secret dossier, along with the fabled "Mark Ahern training plan", One of the best kept secrets of the Cox administration. :)
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"Mark Ahern training plan"
Cool. What are going to train Mark to do? God knows he needs some skills.
Jim.
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Will there be copious free beer at this? I hope not.
It was highly embarrassing when Simon Westgarth, one of the best paddlers in the world - and one of the people at the cutting edge of teaching paddling - came to impart his wisdom and knowledge to UCDCC and people were getting drunk while he was talking. Fair dues, have the free beers, but at least wait until after a guest speaker has finished their talk.
...myself, simon and mark already ranted about(see link) this which seemed to annoy some ppl
http://www.ucdcanoeclub.com/index.php?topic=5623.0 (http://www.ucdcanoeclub.com/index.php?topic=5623.0)
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Lads
Could you stick up a date, time and venue when you have it?
Simon
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This tuesday (25th February) at 7pm.
Venue - Most likely the blue room. I will confirm this tomorrow morning. The club wont be supplying any drink during or after the talk, we shouldnt have made the drink available before the simon westgarth talk and we aren't gonna make that mistake again! Please don't show up obnoxiously drunk.
Waaaay!
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point taken. i didn't mean to sound like a smart ass i just hadn't noticed any heavy boozing at the time.
cian.
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... but tuesday is the 27th ???
I think we're all getting a little careless and lazy since we only have 12 days to go. wooo! no more committee!
... in other news, everyone run for committee. it's a fantastic voyage of personal discovery.
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tomorrow, tuesday, is the 27th.
zach, if u only have 12 days left whens the AGM? where are the ridiculous campaigns as most years?
Holly.
P.s. Phil for captain!