Our AGM is on Wednesday 12th October at 6:30 pm.
Place: Carrick Sports Club, 8 Whitehall, Maybole.
See you there.
Minutes of our last AGM are posted in a separate page on this blog site.
Pool training sessions are also started again in Maybole Pool. 8 pm on Wednesdays from October to April. See you on the water!
John Haston
(Secretary)
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We are having our delayed Christmas night out at LA Bowl in Ayr, on Friday 25th February. We have a choice of meal, a game each of bowling and laser quest, all for £11.
Dave is collecting names, meal choices and of course money. This formula has been successful before, and the price hasn’t gone up yet!
A slow start to the new year, but pool numbers are starting to pick up. We close again on Wed 6th and 13th April, and start in the sea on Wed 4th May.
Welcome to new paddlers Gary and Julie, and Chris’s “cadets”.
Congratulations to those who have learned to roll – or re-learned! We should have a roll of honour for all these paddlers.
Our annual “Christmas” night out is coming soon. Dave is booking the bowling for around mid February. More details soon.
Chris is putting in for a grant to get some surf boats and sea kayaks, plus money for training and materials.
We can also accommodate paddlers from other clubs, subject to space in the pool. You won’t have to pay another annual membership fee and you get extra pool time!
Our local SCA development officer Roddy McDowell is planning a club event for 27/28 August – more details later.
Let me know if you want any other info posted. I could post membership forms, parental consent forms, etc. for ready access. I will post the minutes of the AGM, but these have not yet been formally agreed. Canoeing photos always welcome – email them to me and I will add them to the photo page.
John
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Pool sessions start again on Wednesday 29th September.
Also our AGM is on the next week, on Wednesday 6th October.
Agenda:
All welcome, old and new!
John Haston (secretary)
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A beautiful calm evening in August, fishing for mackerel off Girvan.
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The winter training sessions have been ever more popular, with record numbers in the pool.
We have 2 more pool sessions in Maybole pool, then we are in the sea on Wednesday 5th May. Time to practise your deep water rescues!
On the first day in the sea we need to check everyone’s equipment for safety. Please bring any club equipment you have to get to checked, and we will ask you to sign for it again for this season. Any equipment you don’t need please return for other members to use.
The sea kayak sessions start at 7pm when we head off from the “hut” (garage) – the address is Deacon’s Place, Girvan. Please aim to get there at least 10 minutes before to get your kit sorted. Remember to bring a towel, a change of clothes, swim suit or shorts + T shirt to wear under your wetsuit, and a plastic bag to put your wet gear in.
John Haston
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Happy New Year paddlers!
Maybole Pool will be closed until 24th January, so our next pool training session will be at 8 p.m. on Wed 27th January 2010. Keep an eye on the SAC website in case it doesn’t go to plan…
http://www.south-ayrshire.gov.uk/leisure/swimming-pools/
The minutes of the AGM are also now posted on the club’s blog pages.
John Haston (secretary)
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Welcome back!
I hope everyone had a good summer with plenty of kayaking. Our club sessions at Girvan South beach and beyond were a success with a good turn-out on many evenings. This fell away during the holidays, and came to an end in late August due to lack of daylight.
Our pool training sessions restart at Maybole Pool on Wednesday 7th October at 8 pm. There is a public swim session straight after, so we’ll have to finish promptly!
Our annual general meeting (AGM) will be on:
Date: 21st October 2009
Time: 6:30 – 7:30 pm
Place: Carrick Sports Club, 8 Whitehall, Maybole, KA19 7AJ
They have kindly offered us the use of the dining room free of charge, and to open up 1/2 hour early for us.
Agenda:
Please try to attend – we generally only have one meeting a year, and everyone’s views are important in a small club.
John Haston (secretary)
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This week is our first sea trip, so please bear with us as we sort everyone out with kit.
The club has several sets of wet suits, cagoules, buoyancy aids, helmets, paddles and of course kayaks! Hopefully everyone will get something that fits. If you have your own, even better!
The forecast for Wednesday evening isn’t too bad, except for easterly winds. This means it will be blowing offshore, so it would be dangerous to go out in the sea, especially with less experienced kayakers. The best option may be to launch in the harbour, and either paddle up river a bit or go out to the outer harbour.
Remember to bring a towel, a change of clothes, swim suit or shorts + T shirt to wear under your wetsuit, and a plastic bag to put your wet gear in. There are no changing rooms at the beach or harbour, so use a large towel to avoid indecent exposure!
We meet at the hut (garage) in Deacon’s Place, Girvan at 7:00 pm.
John Haston
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We’re thinking of changing the name of the club to “Carrick Canoe Club” or something along those lines. The aim would be to make Maybole canoeists feel more included.
It wouldn’t happen straight away, we would have to have a special meeting or wait till the AGM to change the constitution, bank account, insurance, etc.
Or we could just carry on as Girvan Canoe Club – it has served us well since 1987, and we have had members from Girvan, Ayr, Dailly, Kirkmichael, Colmonell, Stranraer, and more…
Let us know your thoughts.
Note: the photo in the header is courtesy of www.sujo.com
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