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Marlow Canoe Club Newsletter COVER Winter 2009/04
It’s the WhiteWater season again, though for a long time it didn’t looklike it was going to make it this year. There’s a healthy amount of raindrumming on the roof even as I write. Here’s Rob in his new Big Dog
Havoc
seal launching of Hodges’
Rock (Symonds Yat weekend
 –
see
inside). At least that’s what it was called on the Saturday when Alison
Coles caught the moment on her Canon G10, but I believe it might havebeen renamed since.
 
Marlow Canoe Club Newsletter - 2 - Winter 2009/04
EDITORS PIECE
The WhiteWater season is finally here. Inmost areas apart from the South East therivers seem to have gone from reasonablyplacid to raging torrents in a matter of days.
In fact so much rain has fallen I‟m sure thesea has risen a little! I‟ve even seen a picture
 
of the Miner‟s Bridge (Betwys
-y-Coed)disappearing under the Llugwy.Meanwhile the Thames, in a very old fatherlystyle, slowly increases its flow and I expectbefore to long we will be looking at one waytrips. This might be a good time to re-visitlast issues piece on roof racks. Look forwardto some faster water in reasonable safety so
long as you keep a look out for what‟s upfront. There‟s nothing for our new starters to
be concerned about yet.This issue gets underway with an item byanon. Anon may or may not have written forus before but I really took to this item,especially the new noun. We follow this withan item on a sea kayaking holiday in theTurkish Med. Jane forsook Rod the Australian this year but there are links to both 7Capesand Sea Kayak Milos for those that might want to paddle in the warm next year.Andy Cook has done a précis on the Hasler series and tabulated the results for clubmembers competing in the series. He has done the same for selected national results.More sea stuff next as some members enjoyed a trip I sort of planned but was unable toattend due to a flu type thingy. Looked like the best weekend of the year. Following thissome members enjoyed a day at the Weymouth symposium, which is becoming a firmfavourite with some club members. And then we are into the WW season with a piece ortwo on the first Wye weekend.
The committee is looking at a new format for the AGM and I‟ve strung a few lines together explaining what we hope to provide and why. Larry‟s brother 
has completed pt.1 of a
piece entitled „A beginners guide ………‟ on possibly the smallest piece of equipment that
should be found in the WW
paddler‟s
kit.
I‟ve put together a small montage of 
photos sent in by club members to fill up the lastpage(s). Do t
ake a look at the What‟s on, When and Where page as we have a fuller programme, both WhiteWater and Touring than I‟ve seen for a long time.
I hope to see some or all of you at the AGM or various events prior to then, but for those I
don‟t can I take this
opportunity to wish all members / readers a very happy Christmas.
JOHN NORRIS AUGUST 2009 
CONTENTS
TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE 3HOLIDAY 2010 62008 / 2009 HASLER RESULTS 8HOME GROWN SALTY STUFF 10WEYMOUTH SYMPOSIUM + 12
SYMOND’S YAT WEEKEND
142010 AGM 15
A BEGINNERS GUIDE……
16NEWSLETTER DELIVERY 17FACEBOOK GROUP 18
WHAT’S ON, WHEN & WHERE
19THE COMMITTEE 20
 
Marlow Canoe Club Newsletter - 3 - Winter 2009/04
PROLOGUE
Once upon a time…….. there was a contented rower –
or was he? Was there somethingmissing from his life? Why could he not pinpoint this source of discontent? What was thisnagging feeling at the back of his mind that he was doing something drastically wrong?Suddenly, the answer came out of the blue.Shock, horror
 –
the realization was almost too much to bear. He had been going up the
river the wrong way‼!
 Desperately he searched for a solution for his terrible predicament, thensuddenly he saw the light. He would cross to the other side and embarkon a new journey. So the adventure begins.
CHAPTER 1
 –
NO SPANDEX
So it came to pass the rower found himself booked onto a 1* courseeternally grateful to his already enlightened wife. Upon arriving at thetraining establishment the rower was somewhat confused to be out ofhis natural (or some may say unnatural) habitat. Where was the bar,the hot showers and toilet facilities? Yet worst of all, not a single pieceof spandex in sight! He drew small comfort knowing that buried deep
within his kit bag he had provided himself with his own spandex „all inone‟.
 
CHAPTER 2
 –
THE OTHERS
He was soon joined by other curious people attracted to the sport of kayaking all of whomseemed perfectly normal so maybe his initial fears had been somewhatpremature. The day began with meeting coursemembers and instructors, swiftly followed by theallocation of strange objects called buoyancy aids.
Surely this would inhibit ones „catch and tapping down‟
manoeuvre he thought to himself. After a brief lecture
of 00

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