What a day!
TRAILER
The trailer was completely emptied after Varsities and all the long distance boats were put back on their racks, which leaves us ready to go for our next trip! Sincere thanks to everyone who helped with that, I had a misunderstanding with my alarm clock and missed it... *pulls at collar awkwardly*
FREESTYLE
Dave Byrne dropped by with space in his car and an open invitation to go playboating, so he, Leighton and Gareth went to sluice, sounds like they were set up for a pretty amazing day! How did you get on guys?
OUTFITTING
Then Livia, Dani and Darina outfitted themselves a boat each with a full compliment of footblocks, bits of camping mats and piles of foam to make them as snug and comfortable as possible, nice one ;D
BOATHOUSE TRANSFORMATION
Having a look around the boathouse we realised a little spring cleaning wouldn't go amiss...(warning, huge understatement!) It started innocently enough, we needed to got to the loft, and didn't have room to set up the ladder (the big one we thought had been stolen by sailors, turns out it was just behind the small trailer) so we started to put a few boats back on the private rack where they belonged. This soon escalated into a full scale assault involving me climbing into various, tiny, high-up places and being passed boats by Darina, Livia, Clare, Dani, Carla and Victoria. That top rack is pretty high! And you may have noticed...we're not exactly the tallest bunch ;) so when you see the private rack next, feel free to marvel; it's a thing of beauty!
Next we put all the older gear neatly up in the loft, hung up all the best gear and devised a new hanging system for the helmets that lets their trough be used for airbags, extra footblocks, foam and spare parts. We went through all the lost and found, found a lot of it was mouldy and moved it in to the skip around the corner. We found the sign from the freshers stand (UCD CANOE CLUB: the worst influence on freshers) and hung it up at the back, so the place is looking pretty slick!
RESULT!
The loft is tidy and organised, the door is working way better since we greased it, the gear is all hung up, the floor is swept, every boat is on a shelf...what a transformation, I stood staring at it all for a good ten minutes at the end, mostly trying not to choke up... ;)
So...
THANK YOU CARLA! THANK YOU DANI! THANK YOU LIVIA! THANK YOU DARINA! THANK YOU VICTORIA! THANK YOU CLARE! THANK YOU LEIGHTON! THANK YOU GARETH!
And nice to see you Cathy, I hope scuba diving went well!
And a mention to Mark Ahern who came over and made everyone's day.
WACKO ON THE JACKO
BEST OF LUCK MATT, NUALA, KAREN and any other UCD folk!
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Hey everybody!
Great work to everyone who came along to Varsities last weekend, UCD came 6th overall, 5th in freestyle, 4th in whitewater and unofficially 1st in men's general purpose long distance (Nice one Gareth!)
Check out Matt's blog post for all the insider info-> http://ucdcanoeclub.wordpress.com/2011/02/22/intervarsities-2011/
This weekend there is a whitewater race called Wacko on the Jacko taking place in Wicklow, a good few people from the club are competing and we wish them the best of luck!
This means we are a little shy on rescue and since it's coming up to week seven (and all the midterms that brings) we've decided to do something a little different and have a social day this Saturday ;D
Here's an outline of the day:
10:00 meet at the boathouse
HOUSEKEEPING
-empty the trailer from Varsities
-rehome/bin/give away lost and found from Lahinch
PERSONAL PADDLING
-let people outfit boats (add footblocks/foam for example)
-do some ropethrowing, and maybe other games
**interlude in which anyone in the shadow of upcoming midterms can illuminate themselves in the library**
SOCIAL
-relive and retell the best bits of Varsities (if you were there)
-experience the retelling of the best bits of Varsities (if you weren't there)
-general bonding
-GET TICKETS FOR THE BALL!
EVENING ACTIVITY
-arrange to all go to the cinema that night/evening
PERKS
I'm cleaning out the kitchen at the minute and I have a few boxes of chocolate, sweets, chocolate biscuits and other miscellaneous edibles...so I thought I'd just make a delicious buffet!
I'll also bring along some speakers and a laptop, so we can still sing along, even if there's no bus! (Feel free to bring your own ipods/mp3 players, my taste in music is fantastic, but I'm open to new experiences)
SO SIGN UP AND COME ON DOWN!
Maryanne "Flying Squirrell" Doyle
Leighton
Clare
Carla
Dani
Darina
Gareth
Livia
Victoria
EVENING ACTIVITY
-arrange to all go to the cinema that night/evening
-arrange to all go to the PUB that night/evening and get drunk like the good old days of the canoe club :P afro.gif
EVENING ACTIVITY
-arrange to all go to the cinema that night/evening
-arrange to all go to the PUB that night/evening and get drunk like the good old days of the canoe club :P afro.gif
- arrange to all go to the cinema for cinema drinking and then pub!
:)
Cinema Drinking !!!!!!!! :D :D :D :D :D :D
Why not arrange a few cars & tents & go hit up the Sat night party in Wicklow??
Or crash the climbing varsities party on the saturday night
Quote from: JODY on February 23, 2011, 13:02:37
Why not arrange a few cars & tents & go hit up the Sat night party in Wicklow??
That sounds very exciting altogether!
I won't rule out that some people might do that, but I don't think it'd be a club trip...and I'll be in the library...I wonder what their policy on tents is? ;D
If you noticed at the get on at buckies they'd dug up the old camp grounds. Coilte seems to have clamped down on camping in the area.
Yeah but i'm not expecting the whole club to turn up & camp out in the one spot. I'm sure there are plenty of small places to camp around, i'd imagine thats what many people competing are gonna be doing.
If you go up into the forest across from the bend in the road for jacksons there is beech planted if my memory serves this would be a relatively flat spot. Down from Lynhams beside the glenmacnass been used before. There is a sign up saying that camping is now illegal under coilte by laws. This isn't new but it is up in the area and all it takes is for them to send a forrester( this is the kind of evil person Leightons training to become) in and they call the gardai. Sucks doesn't it.
So, sleep in the cars... its not that complicated. I just think its a pity that there doesnt seem to be much talk here about getting out to one of the few relatively local comps, even if it is just to party & meet other kayakers.
I just keep pointing out problems so everyone will be as miserable as me :laugh:
I shall be there with bells on!
I'll be there!!
I wonder if that electrician ever showed up...
If someone picks up a load of styrofoam, duck tape and various wingnuts the productiveness of the day will be greatly improved.
Enjoy! I'll be at the Wacko. Come along and watch/party if ye can. It should be a great event.
Old camping matts, or really cheap new ones, are great for cutting up for things like thigh braces
I'm going to learn how to sail on saturday so I'm not free =(
Let me know what's happening in the evening, I might be free.
Enjoy your super saturday!
I'll be there! Fingers crossed for shorts and tshirt weather!!! :laugh:
Are you mad?! Fingers crossed for heavy, persistent, river-raising rain!
Quote from: Nuala on February 25, 2011, 11:26:27
Are you mad?! Fingers crossed for heavy, persistent, river-raising rain!
Oh yeah.... damn >:(
wont be able to make it as i got work :(
Well, been a productive day so far. Though now the boathouse looks so odd, what with it being organised and clean and there actually being space to walk in.
I wonder how long it's gonna stay that way...
What a day!TRAILERThe trailer was
completely emptied after Varsities and all the long distance boats were put back on their racks, which leaves us ready to go for our next trip! Sincere thanks to everyone who helped with that, I had a misunderstanding with my alarm clock and missed it... *pulls at collar awkwardly*
FREESTYLEDave Byrne dropped by with space in his car and an open invitation to go
playboating, so he, Leighton and Gareth went to
sluice, sounds like they were set up for a pretty amazing day! How did you get on guys?
OUTFITTINGThen
Livia,
Dani and
Darina outfitted themselves a boat each with a full compliment of footblocks, bits of camping mats and piles of foam to make them as
snug and comfortable as possible, nice one ;D
BOATHOUSE TRANSFORMATIONHaving a look around the boathouse we realised a little
spring cleaning wouldn't go amiss...(warning, huge understatement!) It started innocently enough, we needed to got to the loft, and didn't have room to set up the ladder (the big one we thought had been
stolen by sailors, turns out it was just behind the small trailer) so we started to put a few boats back on the private rack where they belonged. This soon escalated into a full scale assault involving me climbing into
various, tiny, high-up places and being passed boats by Darina, Livia, Clare, Dani, Carla and Victoria. That top rack is pretty high! And you may have noticed...we're not exactly the tallest bunch ;) so when you see the private rack next, feel free to marvel; it's a thing of beauty!
Next we put all the older gear neatly up in the loft, hung up all the best gear and devised a new hanging system for the helmets that lets their trough be used for airbags, extra footblocks, foam and spare parts. We went through all the lost and found, found a lot of it was mouldy and moved it in to the skip around the corner. We found the sign from the freshers stand (
UCD CANOE CLUB: the worst influence on freshers) and hung it up at the back, so the place is looking pretty slick!
RESULT!The
loft is tidy and organised, the door is working way better since we greased it,
the gear is all hung up, the floor is swept,
every boat is on a shelf...what a transformation, I stood staring at it all for a good ten minutes at the end, mostly trying not to choke up... ;)
So...
THANK YOU CARLA! THANK YOU DANI! THANK YOU LIVIA! THANK YOU DARINA! THANK YOU VICTORIA! THANK YOU CLARE! THANK YOU LEIGHTON! THANK YOU GARETH!
And nice to see you Cathy, I hope scuba diving went well!
And a mention to Mark Ahern who made everyone's day.
WACKO ON THE JACKO
BEST OF LUCK MATT, NUALA, KAREN and any other UCD folk!
well done everyone! brilliant job! and maryanne for her monkey like climbing and dodging abilities!!
That's what I call teamwork! 8)
We rocked the boathouse!!! There is even space for bikes now :)
I'm in aaawe...some!!! ^-^
Good job guys. I was walking by just as the stragglers were leaving. It looks really impressive. I don't think I've ever seen it so clean and tidy.
Good work, lads, very impressed. Also, I'm very happy with Gareth, he styled it with the best of us!! First he wins Mens Gp, then he does a loop on Sluice!! Nothing can stop this lad.
Any plans for the cinema?
Quote from: Ley-Ley on February 26, 2011, 19:26:18
Good work, lads, very impressed. Also, I'm very happy with Gareth, he styled it with the best of us!! First he wins Mens Gp, then he does a loop on Sluice!! Nothing can stop this lad.
Wow, hold the phone, loop?
Also cheers, it is kinda amazing 8)
Quote from: Maryanne.D on February 26, 2011, 20:29:13
Quote from: Ley-Ley on February 26, 2011, 19:26:18
Good work, lads, very impressed. Also, I'm very happy with Gareth, he styled it with the best of us!! First he wins Mens Gp, then he does a loop on Sluice!! Nothing can stop this lad.
Wow, hold the phone, loop?
Also cheers, it is kinda amazing 8)
OK, maybe not a loop but each time he went through Sluice he got better until he styled it the last time!! Quite high too, the line wasn't the cleanest!!
Yeah, the boathouse is proper nice, so nice I felt bad about just leaving the boats when we got back so we pack them away!!
Oh and another thing, one of the boats that was out-fitted, I may have taken the gear out of it and put it away, I didn't realize until the gear was stowed!!
Quote from: Ley-Ley on February 26, 2011, 20:35:26
Quote from: Maryanne.D on February 26, 2011, 20:29:13
Quote from: Ley-Ley on February 26, 2011, 19:26:18
Good work, lads, very impressed. Also, I'm very happy with Gareth, he styled it with the best of us!! First he wins Mens Gp, then he does a loop on Sluice!! Nothing can stop this lad.
Wow, hold the phone, loop?
Also cheers, it is kinda amazing 8)
OK, maybe not a loop but each time he went through Sluice he got better until he styled it the last time!! Quite high too, the line wasn't the cleanest!!
Yeah, the boathouse is proper nice, so nice I felt bad about just leaving the boats when we got back so we pack them away!!
Oh and another thing, one of the boats that was out-fitted, I may have taken the gear out of it and put it away, I didn't realize until the gear was stowed!!
Watch out for Gareth! That man seems unstoppable ;)
Quote from: Liv on February 26, 2011, 22:00:33
Watch out for Gareth! That man seems unstoppable ;)
Get a room, wha wha!
Quote from: Maryanne.D on February 23, 2011, 12:21:17
And a mention to Mark Ahern who came over and made everyone's day.
Thanks again Mark!
Is the gala sport somewhere accessible? I was hoping to steal it away and finish fixing it?
Yeah well done guys, the place looks amazing!!! Never seen it so clean and tidy.
Maryanne - Had a lovely snorkel out in Sandycove, thanks!
Leighton - Thanks a mil for the fins and belt! :)
Quote from: Cathy on February 28, 2011, 10:44:56
Leighton - Thanks a mil for the fins and belt! :)
he prefers when you call them flippers like the rest of us...