UCD Canoe Club
Committee Announcements => Announcements => Topic started by: Nuala on February 15, 2010, 18:41:35
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Now that everyone is still all competition mad after our rather successful Varsities you'll be happy to know it's not all over - there's still a chance to compete!
Yes this spring we will be taking entering the Dublin Canoe Polo League! We'll be putting together a panel of (hopefully) 10 people, training them up a bit, and unleashing them at the poor teams who have the misfortune to compete against us.
Don't worry if you don't know how to play, none of us do! ...Yet ;)
We'll hopefully be setting up a practice pitch on the Dodder and running a few training sessions before the matches. So who is interested in joining the Dodder Rats?
That's our team name by the way, in case no-one got that.
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I goddamn love rats, count me in! Assuming I don't get bogged down with with work that is, what days would matches and training be? I assume that I should learn to hand roll for this.
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I'm up for entering the league, never had the joy of playing polo :)
Again it kinda depends on days for training etc, from what i remember the matches are on Friday evenings?!?!
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Yeah matches are on friday evenings.
I'l love to Nuala, may i suggest we train on friday evenings
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Sign me up baby!
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may i suggest we train on friday evenings
...but the matches are on Friday evenings...?
Also, all the polo equipment - boats, helmets, buoyancy aids, paddles - are provided by the league for the matches.
And it all takes place in the pool at St. Joseph's School for the Deaf on the Navan Road out in Cabra, so any drivers are welcome ;D
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I'd love to..... ;D
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I think he means every Friday evening we aren't in matches. Matches won't be every week. First night of Div4 will be on 12th March, I think all teams in this division will play that night.
I like the idea of Friday evening training but we may have to tailor some training times to fit in with when we can get someone to train us. And we have to set up a pitch first.
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I would like to participate in this collaboration of like minded extreme sports enthusiasts.
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There might be some Fridays when I wouldn't be finished until 5 but other than that it would be a good day to do it on.
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Hmm...kayaking three days in a row?
Competitive team sport?
Driving* to Navan?
Teach me a handroll and I'll give it a go!
*Still haven't gotten the car back, it's been SEVEN WEEKS!
:'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
I haven't not driven for this long since I started learning!
and it doesn't call, or write...
sniff :(
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you broke it!
oh course it wouldnt call, its scared of you :P
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You don't need to hand roll, but it's handy to have. We saw a good few t-rescues during varsites.
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I'm up for it, count me in! Oh and do we get post match drinks? Get on in Coach!
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It should be noted that anything Lambe says, the opposite is what he means. Therefore, Lambe would not like to be part of this.
In case you didn't know Lambe, I'm bitter!! You promised you'd go, promised!!!
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It should be noted that anything Lambe says, the opposite is what he means. Therefore, Lambe would not like to be part of this.
Well said Leighton, lambe infact will not be playing, instead he'll be playing the opposite of polo... Golf
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Wouldn't the opposite of polo be something non sporty, dry and a non team sport. Lambe is becoming a hermit in the gobi desert.
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I'd love to join in depending on college work
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Ah here now Leighton! If you'd give me cash I would've gone, only had 30 quid and hadnt paid for the weekend. Fyck you guy! Im still in
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Also, all the polo equipment - boats, helmets, buoyancy aids, paddles - are provided by the league for the matches.
I don't think that they have paddles or helmets, but this might have changed. It's also useful to bring some duct-tape as you might have to put bumpers on boats.
The DCPL is great fun and doesn't have to be that big a time commitment. Little enought that you can convince yourself that you're not a polo player.
Also, half the teams in Div 4 are kids...there's nothing better than beating kids! (and nothing worse than losing to them).
I'd love to come along tothe trainings or if there's room left on the team, but it's looking pretty full? Friday nights shoudl suit me. Any idea when training will be starting?
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Standard prjion blades are fine but anyothers need to be thick enough for polo. Helmets nothing wrong with an old hurling helmet.
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something non sporty, dry and a non team sport.
I would have thought that describes golf pretty well.
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It depends, I thought leighton was making a rather clever reference to polo and golf being cars while at the same time making a dig at his sporting ability by saying he would play golf. Golf even though it's a blight on the environment and loads of other negative things (hitler played golf) it's still a sport apparently .
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I was making a rather clever reference to how Lambe says one thing and thne doesn't go to Lahinch!! There I said it Lambe, now everyone knows!!
Rodge then picked up on what I said and expanded. Some would say team work, I would say instinct.
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i'd be up for this too :) - yey polo
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Hi Guys,
I play in the league and have two sets of blades and a helmet that can be borrowed. I also have a spare fibreglass boat that if anybody fits in they can use. If anybody is the same size as me and doesn't need to adjust the fittings my Carbon Kevlar boat is also available.
If needed i have several polo B-aids with a variety of numbers.
If you have my number text me, if not PM me and let me know.
Lorcan
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I am up for it also :D
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Sign my ginger ass up!
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Wow, that's loads of interest...14 is it?
What about two teams? Dodder Rats & Dodder Mice maybe? How about Dodder Rats & "Floaters"?
It's only 4/team but you need 7+ to be on the squad ( I think the most they take is 10) for subs / no-shows.
You reckon they'll take another Nuala?
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I'd like to give it a try, but not sure how good I'd be! :)
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I'd give it a go. But train perhaps mid week so on the weeks we don't have matches, we could go home... but if the team is full, i don't mind.
" Hitler played golf" - genius
colm nolan
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Registration has closed and we can't enter any more teams. I'll say what we might do is run some training for all and take those who want to keep it up once they have tried it on the actual team.
It's great that there's this much interest.
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You'll be able to convince them, especially for div 4.
So yeah...what are people doing on Friday?
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So yeah...what are people doing on Friday?
Paddling the boyne or sluice ;)
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Alas, I'm in work until four - which is bloody annoying as I would love to free some stylin'. Will there be daylight after that?
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I'll try to get a pitch set up over the weekend and see when I can get someone down to give us a few tips next week. Might even look into acquiring an actual polo ball - the rolled up spraydeck was not the most aerodynamic.