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From the Langham Farm Cook Tent

Volume 39 Issue 8: August 2015

Our pool sessions are going to be affected this year. See p10

Thank you everyone who helped us over the two days - the people who stood and served, the stalwart washer-uppers, everyone who donated cakes and of course an enormous thank you to all the ‘eaters’ who came and consumed the food so willingly! (Btw, £732 is the biggest profit we have made in recent years.)

Vicky at Biblins - she said she had a good time but is that

what her face is saying?

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In this issue

3 Calendar in brief

4 Details: BBQ and CIWW

4 Details: Remaining courses

5 Details: Wye rapids and R Frome

6 River Frome trip by Rich Carter

7 Mini slalom by John Kent

7 Bala slalom by Andrew Lyall

8/9 Car Park. What Car Park?

10 Pool session news

10 Courses: who did what

10 Guess Who

11 From the committee

11 Bits and Pieces

12 Copper noseclip points

CALENDAR: details

REPORTS

OTHER THINGS

FCC ‘THROWLINE ’ CLUB MAGAZINE

Send articles for the next issue to [email protected] by 27th August

THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

President

Graham Warnecke

Vice Presidents

Richard and Jane Arney

Jim and Catharine Croft

Chairman

Andy Vowell

Vice Chairman

Gareth McGiveron

Treasurer

John Kent

Secretary

Pam Dixon

16 Blagdon Walk, Frome, BA11 2YH

Committee Members

Rich Carter

Richard Heal

Jonathan Howell

Tracey Lemon

Stuart Miles

Jack Smiles

Kit Officer

Jack Smiles

SmokefreeSports Please help us to promote a smokefree club by

refraining from smoking publically at all our events.

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Calendar 2015


Date Event Who for Contact

August

2 Cardiff White water centre 2 Star + Jack S

8 Aquatic First Aid course All Pam D

8/9 Llandysul slalom 2/3/4 All John K

9 CLUB BARBEQUE All Pam D

15/16 One Star w/e Participants Pam D

15/16 Two Star weekend (first of two) Participants Pam D

September

5/6 Two Star weekend (second one) Participants Pam D

12 Wye Rapids Passport/One Star Rich C

16 LAST WEDNESDAY SESSION All Pam D

20 River Frome trip All tbc

26 Fortnightly Saturday afternoon sessions start

All Rich C

October

3/4 Tiverton moving water weekend

Passport/One star and 10 years+

Pam D

10 Saturday afternoon club session All Rich C

18 River Barle trip Two Star and 10+ years tba

24 Saturday afternoon club session All Rich C

25 River Frome trip Passport/One Star tba

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Calendar in detail


SUMMER BBQ

9th August Meet Market Yard: 11am Cost £5 or £4 for young people Organiser: Pam Dixon

This is one of our annual fun events.

We will have races in the morning so come to join in some paddling fun and at the same time get an appetite for the meal - which will be a feast. While the races are going on the chicken pieces will be cooking beauti-fully and the salads will be dressing nicely. There is always plenty to eat.

We relax and eat at about 1.30pm. And after that if you want you can paddle again.

Bring your family if you can! They can have a go in an open boat if they like.

CIWW

2nd August Organiser: Jack Smiles

A summer trip to some white water! Talk to Jack if you are interested.

REMAINING COURSES

One Star £40 An introductory course Weekend 15/16th August Aquatic First Aid £30 An 8 hour course Saturday 8th August Two Star £55 An improvers course for over 14s. Delivered over two weekends with a gap between for practising.

Tiverton training weekend A course to teach you the skills for paddling in moving (white) water. This weekend is for the over 10 year olds who have Passport or One Star (or above) 3/4th October.

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Calendar in detail

Carl, Kurt and Neil on the Allta Chourinn, a steep rockslide in Glen Etive.


WYE RAPIDS

12th September Meet Market Yard: 8am Cost £15 Organiser: Rich Carter

We go back to the rapids we did at the Biblins weekend and we mess about on the moving water.

We park the cars at Wyedean Canoes (just above the rapids) and paddle the very short distance to the rapids.

We go back to the cars for lunch if we feel like it and then play some more in the afternoon.

You need to bring a packed lunch and a change of clothes for paddling. You can borrow any club kit on the morning.

We expect to be back at the club-house around 5pm.

This trip is for paddlers at Passport/One Star standard and above 10years old.

THE CLUBHOUSE IS OPEN

FOR PADDLING

Mondays 7-9pm. Wednesday club session 7-9pm.

RIVER FROME

20th September Meet Market Yard: 9am Cost £3 Organiser: to be arranged

A local trip on one of our favourite rivers. So there’s no long car journey today.

The River Frome is mostly flat but there are weirs to have some fun on.

Which section we do is uncertain - we will decide on the day. If we do the Creamery section we get seven weirs and if we do the section below we get the Zoom Flume which is a bit different!

You need to bring a change of clothes and a packed lunch.

This trip is for paddlers at Passport/One Star standard.

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River Frome trip, 5th July - by Rich Carter


Girls Indigo D, Aicha M Boys Alfie L, Beau D, Cameron M (3), Charlie L, Jacob L, Jay M, Jos M, Josh N,

Ollie H, Otto J, Robin M, Sam P, Stuart A (3), Tom Br, Tom Bu, Women Angie D, Nikki W, Pam D, Sandra M, Su F Men Andrew D, Brian M and Rich C.

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Slalom News


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CAR PARK. WHAT CAR PARK? By Graham Warnecke

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River Exe and Exeter Ship Canal Bits and Pieces

Our second Passport group:

Gabriel Schuman Jude Rawlins

Otto Johnson Sam Howell

Joshua Neal Arlo Jolliffe

Oscar Neilson Liam Taylor

Joshua Evans Shay Cross

Finn Johnson

And on the Discover course were

Aimee Collins Alfie Lee

Theo Middleton Jos Maxey

Jed Ellender Oliver Neilson

Chloe Humphris

A big thank you to coaches Megan, George, Jack and Jim.

What is happening to our weekly pool sessions this

autumn?

The pool is to be closed from October to Christ-mas, which absolutely wipes out our Friday pool sessions at the Frome Sports Centre.

Work is to be done to the changing rooms and the plant room, not the pool, but the pool is obviously out of action all this time.

So our regular meeting times will therefore be the fortnightly Saturday afternoon sessions at the clubhouse.

A young one in the Ocoee at the Biblins rapids and he didn’t swim. Who is this fearless paddler?

We have collected a substantial amount of unclaimed stuff recently. It is on display at every club session for you to look through. Items not claimed after a month will be taken to a charity shop.

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Bits and Pieces

Our Kit Officer sells one of the lesser-used boats at Market Yard for Thank you Jack! We know that it is really to make space for the two new small Axioms that you have already ordered - so it’s good news all round.

FROM THE COMMITTEE RIVER LEADERS: The committee is looking to identify paddlers who are happy to be recorded as our River Leaders: ie be willing to lead groups in our programme of river trips.

This is to help the club comply with a new British Canoeing requirement, rather than us asking you to do more for the club than you already do. Please email Pam for more about this or to volunteer to be a river leader. 40th ANNIVERSARY Next year will be the club’s 40th year of operation. Not bad! How about we celebrate a bit? Any suggestions?

Look at this beautiful canoe!

James, Emma and Katie at Biblins this year, in a hand-crafted work of art. They didn’t take it too near the rocks by all accounts.

ONE MORE MINISLALOM!

We are looking to run one more in mid September.

The plan is to stick with a Friday evening, so keep 18th September free in your diary just in case !

mailto:[email protected]

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Canoeing and kayaking are “Assumed risk” – “Water contact sports” that may carry attendant risks. Participants should be aware of and accept these risks, and be responsible for their own action and involvement.

Biblins weekend changed everything!

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CONTACTS

Chairman Andy Vowell 07584 069432 Vice Chair: Gareth McGiveron Treasurer: John Kent 01225 765168 [email protected] Secretary: Pam Dixon 07740 472982 [email protected] Head Coach: Rich Carter 01373 864623 Youth Reps: Jack Smiles and Gareth McGiveron Volunteer Rep: Jonathan Howell Kit: Jack Smiles [email protected]

Ian Jones 12

Bex Tanti 9

Gus Matthews 9

Jim Read 7

Ben Nicol 7

Toby Wilde 6

Terry O'Neill 6

Kath Norton 6

Cameron Morris 6

Ollie Hale 6

Tom Burnett 6

Joe Weyman 6

Ollie Neilson 6

Henry Faithfull 4

Paula Bates 4

Jed Ellender 3

Jed Norris 3

Jos Maxey 3

Rich Heal 3

Cameron Fewell 3

Chris Wilde 3

Keiran Clark 3

Mark Baines 3

Kate Johnson 3

Stuart Armstrong 3

Stu Miles 3

Graham Warnecke 2

Brian Woolven 2

Mike Bullen 2

Raphe Bishopp 2

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