PROVISIONAL CLUB CHAMPS TEAMS

[GavinSheehan]

You have your car. I'll drive the love bus if needed

[LukeKelly]

no bant

[EoinK]

Here's a plan for transport for the weekend. Obviously subject to change if needed!

Friday: Driving; Me with 3 surf boats and a plastic marathon boat
Pat; 2 plastic slalom boats and 2 long plastic boats for wildwater.
Sprinter: 5 playboats, 5 creekers, 7(9 if possible) golas/summercamp boats/sea kayaks, 4 polo boats.
Donie: 4 polo boats

Saturday: Me - 5 people & 3 boats to Tramore
Pat & Keva - 5 people & 4 boats to Clashganny
Sprinter & Donie bring everything else to polo

Sunday: Everyone goes to KACC.

[EoinK]

Just got lots of information off Benny about the weekend. The most important bit is the event start times. Can everyone make sure to take responsibility for ensuring that they and whoever they're travelling with leave Caoilinns place early enough to make it to the competition on time.

Hi everyone,



Here we go, this is it, only two more sleeps to Club Champs! Thanks to all of you for getting your registrations in as quickly as possible and to you all for your patience and co-operation with all of the Club Champs Training Weekends and events so far. We are delighted to announce that you have submitted great entries across all the disciplines and things are getting gearing up for a super weekend. The computers in the Canoeing Ireland offices are smoking and the staff are on a steady diet of Coffee and Pizza to keep us going. I have broken the below email into a couple of headings to make it as easy as possible for ye to reference.



Times

With the number of events on offer, the logistics of the events is going to be key to success. All competitions will start at 9am sharp on Saturday Morning, meaning you will need to be onsite around 8am to get geared up and ready to go. Where possible we will issue start lists and times for individuals and teams tomorrow afternoon by email so you will know exactly what time you will be racing or playing at. If you don’t get this information please be ready to race for 9am at your event venue on Saturday morning and 1pm on Saturday afternoon.



Below is a simple break down of the event timetable:



Saturday 12th April

9.00 am start Wild Water Racing – Clashganny – Grade II Water (See information for parking below)

9.00 am start Surf - Tramore Strand – 0.5 – 1.0 m waves, up to Force 4 on shore winds forecast



Saturday 12th April

1.00 pm start Slalom - Clashganny Gr II Water (See information for parking below)

1.00 pm start Polo –The Nore, Kilkenny Aqua Club put in & The Watershed (from 7 if required, TBC)



Sunday 13 April Note different start times

9.00 am start Freestyle – The Nore, Greens St Weir Gr II, Kilkenny Aqua Club, walk or paddle up to weir

10.30 am start Marathon –The Nore, Kilkenny Aqua Club put in, Flat Water Race, 2 Laps 7km for K2 and adult K1 classes, 1 Lap 3.5km for all other classes through Kilkenny City



Sunday 13 April

1.00 pm start Sprint – The Nore in Kilkenny, Flat Water Sprint race in Kilkenny City

1.00 pm start Boater Cross – Greens St Bridge Weir Gr II, Kilkenny Aqua Club walk or paddle up to weir



Bibs, Collection & Return

Every individual in the competition will be issued with a bib and a unique number for the weekend. It is very important that people keep these bibs for the whole weekend for every event they enter, no bib no race L! The Bibs will be issued to a club rep from each club for all of the club participants, it is very important that the right person gets the right bib as this will determine their class in every event they enter. Bibs can be collected at various times and places

1. On Friday evening from Kilkenny Aqua Club Compound from 6pm to 8pm

2. On Friday night From Langtons Hotel front bar between 8pm and 10pm

3. On Saturday morning at Clashganny Lock from 8.00am

All the bibs for each club will be given to one club rep who will then distribute them amongst club members, bibs will not be given to individuals. If clubs are going to struggle to get bibs or if you have any difficulty finding us please call Kris on 086 089 6637. All bibs must be returned at the end of the event in the Kilkenny Aqua Club compound where the prize giving will be held, we know who you are and where you go paddling J



Numbers

We have 107 entries in Wild Water Racing, 36 entries in Surf, 78 entries in Slalom, 14 Polo teams, 141 entries in Marathon, 63 entries in Freestyle, 116 entries in Boatercross and 114 entries in Sprint.



Equipment

The various completion disciplines are brining as much equipment as they can to the event however as you can imagine with the numbers above the gear will be in high demand. We would like to encourage clubs to bring as many competition boats as they can to ensure there are enough boats on site for everyone to use. We are especially aware that 70 people have entered the K1 class in the marathon race, so we are going to need 70 K1’s. We will have about 15 or 20 available but we would request any clubs who have K1’s belonging to the marathon committee or to themselves bring them along.



Rescue

We will have rescue crews on standby for each event however if you are a competent paddler and interested in helping out with rescue at some of the events between your runs please let the event organisers know and they will appreciate the support.



Food

We have arranged for food stalls to be on site selling snacks, tea and coffee at Clashganny on Saturday and Kilkenny on Sunday and there are plenty of food outlets on the strip in Tramore. So bring a couple of euro’s for a hot bite and drink to keep the energy levels up for the day on both days. We have left people to make their own arrangements for dinner on Saturday evening and will be meeting you all later in the evening from 7pm in ‘The Set’ in Langtons Hotel.



Socialising

Friday night: Canoeing Ireland will be in the front bar of Langtons Hotel from 8pm on if you want to call in to say hello, we will be in the Kilkenny Aqua Club compound until 8.

Saturday night: We have arranged a party venue in Langtons Hotel in a room called ‘The Set’ from 6pm till late on Saturday night. The party is open to juniors up to 10.30 pm.



Parking

We suggest that anyone with trailers or boats leave them in the Kilkenny Aqua Club compound over the weekend. The compound will be locked up at night.

Saturday Clashganny – Parking at Clashganny is limited and the approach road is one way so please try to car pool as much as possible to avoid too much congestion. We have arranged for overflow parking in the local GAA club if required. Please be patient and courteous and obey commands from the stewards on hand.

Sunday – There is ample parking in the Kilkenny Aqua Club compound, so long as people park smart and out at the edges of the compound, not in the middle. There will be stewards on hand to help direct so please follow their instructions.



Club Points, Classes & Medals

Due to the number of categories on offer, for the purpose of calculating club points, we have merged some of the categories; for example if only 2 clubs entered Mens Senior in a class and 3 clubs entered Mens Master we merged the two classes to allow the classes count for club points, in some cases we have merged all of the classes and even sometimes across classes, but trust me you don’t want all the details! The important thing for ye is that every category with entries will run, and count for club points. All categories with 3 or more participants will get medals. For details on how the club points are calculated you can check the club champs pages on the website here.



We’d like to take this opportunity to thank all of the event supporters including Kilkenny Recreation Sports Partnership and Kilkenny LEADER without the support of whom the event would never have gotten off the ground. We’d also like to thank the Great Outdoors have put together a great package of prizes which you will all get to oogle and battle over at the weekend.



That is all for now folks. Really looking forward to seeing you all at the weekend for some great paddling and banter.



Regards



Benny Cullen

Development Officer - Canoeing Ireland

Canoeing Ireland

Irish Sport HQ

National Sports Campus

Blanchardstown

Dublin 15

Ireland

Tel: 01 625 1105

Fax: 01 625 1106

Mobile: 087 1213152

[Conor_B]

"0.5 – 1.0 m waves, up to Force 4 on shore winds forecast"

Ye poor fuckers!

[KevinC]

UCD have decided not to bother going to Surf in the morning. I wont be able to make it so you can bring one less boat to Tramore. Ill meet up with ye at Polo.

[Conor_B]

Is that how we win Kev? By not going?

[KevinC]

It explains why UCD aren't going to win. They had 5 people in it.