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MCC Training Program
Peter Grant, Wednesday, 24 September 2008Commences week 1 of term 4 - October 7th
All members welcome MCC training plan:
Tuesday 7am Loops
Thursday 7am loops
Thursday 5.30pm MCC run (subject to time change).
Meeting at Fitzsimons lane bridge (opposite side of road to Westerfolds Park) Melways reference 21 G12
Friday 7am Group Gym session at Fitness 405 Level 1, 470-480 High Street Northcote. Current
entry price is $3.95 but is planning to go up to $4.95 soon.
Sunday 10am Fulls
Please take note that by the stated paddling times you should have paddled down from Wilsons and warmed up ready to go.
Enjoy the holidays, happy paddling
Leanne
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Team 22 paddlers return from a successful campaign in Europe
Peter Grant, Tuesday, 23 September 2008Congratulations to our athletes in Europe competing as members of the U23 team. Three events were targetted by the team this year in Europe with much success and all should be congratulated on their achievements.
Our Melbourne Canoe Club members (highlighted in blue) did very well and give us much cause to celebrate.
The first event was the Slovak Open, held in Bratislava, Slovakia on the weekend of September 6th / 7th. Results were:
16 Ian Burrows
17 Robin Jeffery
28 Kynan Maley
34 Ethan Hodson
14 Philip Mingerulli
41 Mark Nicholds
45 Will Forsythe
6 Sarah Grant
8 Susie Wharton
14 Rosalyn Lawrence
The second event - planned for Slovenia over the weekend of September 13th / 14th was cancelled due to strong winds making the course unnavigable.
The final event was the German Open, held at Markkleeberg, south of Leipzip on the weekend of September 20th / 21st. Results were:
5 Robin Jeffery
12 Ethan Hodson
16 Ian Burrows
28 Will Forsythe
31 Mark Nicholds
37 Philip Mingerulli
7 Sarah Grant
16 Susie Wharton
21 Rosalyn Lawrence
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NEWSFLASH: RATS heading to Tas Champs
Graeme Caudry, Monday, 15 September 2008The Tasmanian Championships are being held on the Mersey River on the 13th and 14th of December A bunch of senior RATS are heading over for a weekend of whitewater racing! If you are interested in joining the fun, then let me know ASAP so that we can help with logistics and see how the Melbourne Canoe Club can support this outing.
The Mersey river is a welcome step up from the Yarra and much easier water than Penrith. Its probably a similar difficulty to the Goulburn River but with more features.
Cheers,
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Vic Schools Results
Graeme Caudry, Sunday, 7 September 2008Congratulations to all competitors in the Vic Schools over the weekend. Thanks to Simon Greaves and his team for bringing it all together for the students to enjoy
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Committees to Support Strategic Plan
Graeme Caudry, Sunday, 17 August 2008The following are the Functional Committees to support the aims in the MCC Strategic Plan.........WHERE CAN YOU ASSIST.....Contact the convenor of the group you could assist.
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Committee Contacts for 08/09 Membership Year
Graeme Caudry, Sunday, 17 August 2008The the 4 Year Strategic Plan endorsed the new committee is aligned with the development areas for the club.
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| President
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Simon Greaves
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simon.greaves@bigpond.com
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0412 241 098
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| Vice President
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David Garvey
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david@plyco.com.au
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0401 730 066
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| Treasurer
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Glenn &
Vikki Feben
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gfeben@bigpond.net.au
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0438 709 512
0417 597 641
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| Secretary
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Andrew Fegan
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andrew.fegan@areva-td.com
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0417 359 697
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Functional Committees
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| Officials & Events
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Peter Grant
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peter.grant@computer.org
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0407 557 693
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| Assets & Facilities
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Glenn Merritt
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glennbo9@hotmail.com
merrittl@yarracity.vic.gov.au
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0407 507 795
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| Coaching (Development)
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Leanne Guinea
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lguinea@hotmail.com
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0408 566 830
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| Coaching (High Performance)
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Victoria Milne &
Warwick Draper
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victoriamilne@yahoo.com.au
warwickdraper@yahoo.com.au
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0413 536 150
0411 567 665
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| Promotions
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Keran Fegan
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keran.fegan@buseco.monash.edu.au
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0419 575 184
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| Social
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Nick Caudry
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n_caudry@hotmail.com
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0438 984 452
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| Communications
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Graeme Caudry
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gcaudry@netspace.net.au
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0417 531 115
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All the Functional Committees are looking for the support and assistance of MCC members to assist.
How are you going to assist YOUR Club....Contact a convenor today
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Olympic Blogs
Graeme Caudry, Friday, 15 August 2008one is written by Richard Fox, get some behind the scene snippets
Also Mark & Lachies Blog is must viewing
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mccBay - new listing
Graeme Caudry, Thursday, 7 August 2008List of items from the Hardman Family on mccBay Items will go on the real eBay from the 1st of September.
email: joru99@btopenworld.com
phone: 9587 4832 or 0414 362593
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Are you Australia's next sporting champion?
Peter Grant, Wednesday, 13 August 2008The Australian Sports Commission have released eTID, an online electronic talent identification tool that is simple to use, free and allows anyone (aged 12-29) to assess their sporting potential.
eTID is the brainchild of the Australian Sports Commission's successful National Talent Identification and Development (NTID) program which seeks to identify and develop Australia's future sporting talent. This interactive website allows users to enter in results for a series of simple 'home based' performance tests and measurements which can be used to help identify athletes for selection in NTID development programs.
Accessible to anyone, anywhere, anytime, eTID provides opportunities for aspiring or current athletes and even former elite athletes looking to start a new sport. The General Tests section caters for would-be champions aged 12-25 whilst the Sport Specific and Elite Athlete sections will consider athletic hopefuls up to the age of 29.
If your results are identified as above average you will be encouraged you to visit a Talent Assessment Centre (TAC) to have your results verified. After assessment, you may then be able to enter the elite sporting system, where you could be supported with coaching, equipment and travel.
Register online ...
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King River results are now available from Canoe Vic web site
Peter Grant, Monday, 11 August 2008See Calendar entry for the event
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VIS Individual Athlete Scholarships for 2008/09
Peter Grant, Thursday, 7 August 2008Congratulations to the recipients of this year's VIS Individual Athlete Scholarships:
- Mark Bellofiore
- Warwick Draper
- Sarah Grant
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vale Damon Bonney
Peter Grant, Wednesday, 6 August 200828.07.83 - 04.08.2008 It is with much sadness we note the recent death (August 4th) of Damon Bonney, son of John and Helen Bonney, at the age of 25. Damon died in his sleep at home.
For those that knew Damon and his family, they are stalwarts of the kayaking community, having competed in both slalom and wildwater events. Damon will be much missed and our sympathy is extended to his family and friends.
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Olympian Uniforms
Peter Grant, Wednesday, 30 July 2008Olympians interviewed
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Canoe Slalom arrives in Beijing
Peter Grant, Tuesday, 29 July 2008Watch our Olympians arrive in Beijing
images from News site
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MCC AGM & Social Event
Graeme Caudry, Sunday, 27 July 2008If you read just one email in detail this year please make it this one!! Dear MCC Member
The MCC club has now bee in existence for just over two years. We have had a huge impact on the canoeing landscape in Victoria and have made our presence felt across Australia. There is not anyone involved in Slalom Canoeing who does not know our colors and logo. They know it stand for action and development.
The current committee are determined that we do not stagnate and result on our terrific start. A sub-committee has developed a strategic plan to guide our development over the coming years.
Any club is only as good as the contribution and support of its members. The MCC is very fortunate with the support we receive but we cannot that it for granted.
We have our AGM meeting coming up on Sunday August 3rd at 4pm as well as the meeting we will have cheese and biscuits for a social chat. Videos & photos will be on show building our readiness for watching Warwick in the Olympics a week or so later. We have a video to show from the last Olympics.
The committee works on your behalf for the whole year we would appreciate your attendance and input into shaping our future for the club on this occasion. We are a community organisation and we need to share common goals. A group has been working on a strategic plan to guide the future development of the club.
The Strategic Plan is attached which will be discussed on the night. Please read and consider it from your perspective. Please think of ways you could be assist in making the vision become a reality.
As you will see it is our intent to set up a number of working groups or sub-committee to support particular aspects of the clubs operation and development. For this to work we will need the support of members to assist in these working groups. We will be electing only the Convenors of these groups at the AGM. Along with the Executive positions (President, Treasurer, Secretary) they will form the committee to meet every 2 months.
These groups will be:
• Coaching (Development)
• Coaching (High Performance)
• Officials & Events
• Promotions, Marketing & Sponsorship
• Assets & Facilities
• Communications incl Web
• Social & non Competitive
I look forward to seeing you on the 4th. Please pass this onto other members of your family and other friends.
Graeme Caudry, President
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SNITS Olympics results
Peter Grant, Friday, 25 July 2008The Snits Olympics were held on Thursday the 24th of July with over 31 athletes in attendance! The official results are shown here.
The Snits Olympics were held on Thursday the 24th of July with over 31 athletes in attendance!
Gates were coloured and numbered and the atmosphere was tense as all the athletes knew what was at stake.
Congratulations to all who took part, the official helpers, spectators and in particular Waz, who just days before leaving for Beijing was able to organise the event. Best of luck at the Olympics Waz - we will all be cheering for you!
Finally congratulations to all who participated at the Snits Olympics. Full results will be available on Monday. Those in the 'A' section progressed into a final of 10 based on their handicapped time from their first run. Those in the 'newies' section had a handicap calculated from their 1st run, which was used for their 2nd run.
The following athletes who recieve prizes can collect them from Leanne Guinea at Snits sometime, at the MCC AGM, or at the King River race. Scotty will be providing the full names for a later update.
Tristan Carter
Maggie Webster
Warwick Draper
Al Anderson
Jack Currie
Scotty
Jaxon
Chimmy
Ash Hobbs
Josephine
Loren
Dane
Alan
David Rockman
Lara
James Vass
Max Myers
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Big River Results
Graeme Caudry, Thursday, 24 July 2008Thank you to the forty eight paddlersand their families that made the trip up to Big River last weekend and helped make the event such a success. Forty eight paddlers is certainly an excellent turnout and must come close to a record in recent years.
Dear Paddling Families
It was great that Waz could join us just a few weeks out from his Olympic trip and that so many other senior paddlers (Jack, Phil, Chris and Scott) made the trip to support the event. Their presence at these events and their willingness to share their experience I know is greatly appreciated by the younger paddlers.
A huge debt of gratitude must also be paid to Roy for towing the slalom trailer up and back, for designing the course and then, with Max, bush bashing on the opposite bank all Saturday afternoon to erect the course (often knee deep in chilly water!).
It was really encouraging to see so many junior paddlers turn up to attempt Big River for the first time. There were several acts of courage on the day but the award must go to Lucy Walsh for whom Big River was her first competitive event, perhaps having decided that the Yarra Series was just too easy !! It was also great to see Sarah and Claire back in their boats after a period of absence and we look forward to their continued appearances at future events.
Thank you to all the people who volunteered to help and I apologise to anyone who wanted to help but did not get a job. I should have remembered to say that all judging stations can always do with extra support. Please, at the next event, just walk up to a judging station and tell them you want to help, you'll certainly be welcomed.
The results for the event were compiled by our dedicated compiling team of Graeme, Heather and Ruth ably supported by runners in the absence of radios. These results are now attached but it must be remembered that they are not the only measure of success for many of the younger paddlers. Simply completing the course and attempting the gates is a major achievement.
Finally, there were a couple of items found at the end of the event including one camping chair (green "wild country"), one new looking hand saw (bright orange handle "Bahco Prizecut") and one picnic fork with a blue handle. I have all items in my possession and looking forward to returning them to their rightful owners.
Regards
Andrew Fegan
Secretary IGS Kayaking Parent Support Group
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Solution Gear - our Sponsor for the 2008 Yarra Series
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Solution Yarra Series - race 3 (Griffiths Park) results
Peter Grant, Monday, 16 June 2008The results for the Griffiths Park event are now available through the calendar.
Thank you to all those that helped run the event through the day. This was a very successful competition - it ran smoothly and with great humour. I have to compliment the paddlers for their energy on the course and also for working with the officials to promptly appear at start and keep the race running well.
Congratulations also to our three lucky winners of the Solution paddling gear supplied by our Event Sponsors. It was great to be able to acknowledge our paddlers and we thank Solution for their support.
We have some photos from the day which will be added to this news item later.
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2009 World Masters games
Peter Grant, Tuesday, 10 June 2008Details in the October World Masters games You may or may not be aware that the 2009 World Masters games will be held in Sydney in October and includes Slalom Canoeing.
Information and registration for this event is now available on the World Masters games website (see below)
We would appreciate it if you could distribute this information to your various networks - thanks
I am happy to answer as best I can any questions you may have
Sue Natoli
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National Championships for January 2009
Graeme Caudry, Friday, 23 May 2008The outline details are available from the Tassi website. Follow the link and check it regularly from updated details.
Just a quick reminder that information regarding the 2009 Slalom Nationals is now available on the Canoe Tasmania website and will be updated regualalry as more info becomes available.
Links to this info are directly from the Event logo on the left side of the AC home page or from the Slalom in Australia website ( http://www.slalom.canoe.org.au/).
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Slalom 2008 Calendar
Peter Grant, Wednesday, 4 July 2007Australian Canoeing - Slalom 2008 Calendar
The calendar for Slalom events for 2008 has been published and is available from the link below.
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