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Leeds Canoe Club Blog. We paddle... lots!
Airewaves used to be Leeds Canoe Club's magazine letting people know what the club was upto. Its quite hard work pulling together a publication letting people know what the club is doing and publishing dates in advance is always hard as things tend to change. Step forth the blog.. Push button publishing for the masses. So here is the idea a few people in the club take it in turns to write up trips and talk about things in the club.

Monday, April 12, 2010
Ampleforth Triathlon

Leeds Canoe club, Ampleforth Triathlon team plus additional ringers, all in an attempt to make me look good.

Photo to right appears to be the only evidence that I took part at all.

Gits 1, 2 and 3 are termed gits as the didn't git out of the way. Though they may be the only excuse I have, the only thing that stopped me shooting off and stealing the glory from other club members.

Maybe I haven't explained fully
Last year I entered the Ampleforth triathlon and came last, no training, usual amounts of sofa time, you know how it is when you're busy.
This year I had a plan, offer the sport up to the club, a club that consists of people who enjoy a sitting down sport. Encourage a few additional people along, do lots of training, don't come last. That was the plan. As well as the club members I brought a couple of ringers who I could depend upon to be make me look good, thanks guys.

Git 4 (above Left) and Ringer 1 (above right). Git 4 , because he beat me, as did all the other club members, gits 5, 6, 7 and 8 (sorry no pictures as I only had Jonathan's gallery to pick from, which only has pictures of him in it)(sorry no names, you were there to do a job, you failed, you only had to be a bit slower, take a bit longer on the bike ride, saunter alnong some bits of the run, no you couldn't do it could you, the one thing I asked you to do, nope)

I did improve on last years half hearted attempt, a 3/4's hearted attempt, a little more training, I came third from last, a new personal best , thank god for ringers 1 and 2, without their help all my effort would have been in vain (Owen [ringer 1 above]and Jimmy, last and second to last respectively)

Martin (possibly the worst triathlete in the club) Thornton.
Just you wait until next year, or the year after, or ten years time, or another life, one day I'll beat you all.

# posted by MT @ Monday, April 12, 2010 0 comments

Friday, January 08, 2010
Cover stars

Steve & Nick made front page news from the Liffey Descent!

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Sunday, December 13, 2009
Annual awards 2009

This year's xmas party saw the annual leeds canoe club awards handed out:
Services to Leeds Canoe Club - Kelvin Horner
Club captain - Andy Hall
Coach/trainer of the year - Julie Gill
Bernard Chapman award - some say his new hip is fashioned from recycled kayak plastic, but all we know is he's called Eddie Gray
Most improved adult - Sophie Marceron
Most improved junior - Alex Wilkinson
Best pin - Lisa Cookson on the upper upper Wharfe
Best swim - Mick Liversidge, for swimming the entire length of the Soca gorge in Solvenia(amongst others)
Duck award - Katie McGrath, for so many swims in so many rivers
Fashion victim award - our very own santa's elf - Dave Daykin and his christmassy paddlekit of red dry suit & green helmet
Dick of the year award - when a rescuer offered help to Sue in her hour of need on Bala Mill Falls, she was rather surprised when she grabbed hold of the rope and took her rescuer into the river with her - well done to Scott Hodgeson
Best fancy dress award - as Dave didn't turn up as the paddling elf, the award went to Sophie "the Fish" Marceron
Thanks to Mick for organising a great xmas party, and to Jonny for pointing out the error in peoples ways for not turning up in fancy dress!

# posted by andy @ Sunday, December 13, 2009 0 comments

Friday, July 10, 2009
Loch Tay to Perth, Openboat, at one with Nature

This week I've been mainly paddling the river Tay in Scotland, in an open boat at one with nature.
During the many hours of paddling we came across various birds and wildlife that make being in the wild as good as it is, on this occasion none of the following tried to sink me (except for the fish, item 13)
1) Oyster chasers, looks like the offspring of a penguin and a stork.
2) Seagulls
3) Some pigeons.
4) A bird that looks a bit like a wag tail but no tail waggling
5) A small grey river bird
6) An owl
7) That bird that's not a stork
8) Some big flying killing birds that were too fast to get better descriptions other than triangular tails.
9) A finch.
10) Duck Jesus.

11) Some wild deer on the water side, that had gone, by the time I’d gained fellow paddlers Dave Joy's attention. Dave...... DAVE...... DAVE..... DAVE.................. DAVE DEER........oh it's gone.
12) Six million hungry baby leeches.
13) A trout or a salmon (not both).
The after effects of being covered in six million baby leeches

One injury occurred (following a nasty Thistle incident).

To avoid a rumoured Grade 3 rapid which had no portage potential, we took to a mill Leat, this dried up, following a breach in the wall.

The above was taken seconds after creature 13's failed attempt at scuppering my line.

More later when I get some time, hope you can wait that long.

# posted by MT @ Friday, July 10, 2009 0 comments

Monday, June 01, 2009
Sowerby Bridge - Photos

Highlights from my photos from the beginners trip to Sowerby Bridge on the 31st May are now up on the club gallery. Click here to see them

You can see all the photos I took on the day over on Flickr by clicking here

All the images you see on these sites have been compressed down for viewing on the web. If anyone wants the full size file of any of the pictures, just let me know. A link to my email address is on the Contacts page

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