Alice Lawson

Course & Year:
Sociology 3rd Year

(Almost) Interesting Fact:
The greatest speed travelled by someone in a kayak on snow is 62.94 km/h (39.1 m/h) by Shaun Baker (UK) in the Rocky Mountains, Canada on 29 March 2000. He covered 100m in 5.72 seconds, according to the Guinness world records.

Claim to Fame:
I contributed to canoe beating climbing in a boat race last year.

Kayak of Choice:
Pyranha ammo/ Prijon cross.

Last Swam:
Scotland, Orchy- I think.

Favourite Paddling Place:
For its reliability and its ‘easy’ circular route via the canal, probably the Dee.

Would love to paddle:
Just about everywhere.

Liver destroyer of choice:
Port

Joerdis "Jo" Burmeier

Course & Year:
3rd year management

(Almost) Interesting Fact:
A woman in Memphis, Tennessee, is not allowed to drive a car unless a man is in front of the car waving a red flag to warn people and other cars – do people still want me to drive the minibus /van?

Claim to Fame:
I once sat almost next to the President of Germany in a café– and spent an entire hour politely pretending not to notice

Boat of Choice:
Combat 65

Position of choice:
anywhere but goal

Last swam:
the Tryweryn

Liver destroyer of choice:
possibly cider but rather undecided

Nicole Close

Course & Year:
2nd year German with Spanish

(Almost) Interesting Fact:
(For the many mathsy people in canoe) The word algebra is a loan word from arabic originally meaning to complete or restore broken parts

Claim to Fame:
My great great grandfather was the last highwayman to be hanged at marble arch

Kayak of Choice:
Dagger rpm

Last Swam:
Orchy, Scotland

Favourite Paddling Place:
Tryweryn

Would love to paddle:
Alps

Liver destroyer of choice:
Crack cocaine

Becky Stevens

Course & Year:
2nd year Chemistry

(Almost) Interesting Fact:
The armadillo is the only animal, besides humans and mice, which can contract leprosy. In a series of tests in Texas and Louisiana during 1985 between 2 and 5 percent of wild armadillos were found to be harbouring the leprosy bacterium.

Claim to Fame:
I made the front page of various newspapers... Just for being born!

Kayak of Choice:
Any that I can roll

Last Swam:
Dart Trip

Favourite Paddling Place:
Anywhere other than the Trent!

Would love to paddle:
Purple

Jessica Williams

Course & Year:
2nd Year Chemistry

(Almost) Interesting Fact:
The longest place name in Britain is Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (which is in Aglesey).

Claim to Fame:
My great uncle once coached the welsh rugby team (it was ages ago and wasn't for long).

Boat of Choice:
Any polo boat that's going spare

Position of choice:
Anywhere useful on the pitch

Last swam:
A Warwick tournament (January/February 2011, I think)

Liver destroyer of choice:
Orange juice

Greg Corbett

Course & Year:
3rd Year computer science

(Almost) Interesting Fact:
Male Angler fish, upon finding a female, bite into her skin and release an enzyme that digests the skin of his mouth and her body, fusing the pair down to the blood-vessel level. The male then slowly atrophies and ends as nothing more than a pair of gonads.

Claim to Fame:
I can fit atleast 56 pegs on my face

Kayak of Choice:
Karnali

Last Swam:
Doggy Paddle... on the Leam

Favourite Paddling Place:
Sweden

Would love to paddle:
and not swim.

Liver destroyer of choice:
Booze!!! I'm not that picky.

EUGENE Ng

Course & Year:
Politics with International Studies, 2nd Year - Yes I'm the only ARTS student on the exec.

(Almost) Interesting Fact:
US President George W. Bush and Playboy founder Hugh Hefner are cousins

Claim to Fame:
I'm possibly the only asian on the exec.

Boat of Choice:
Any combat

Position of choice:
anywhere but underwater

Last swam:
Warwick tournament?

Liver destroyer of choice:
Cider

Tom "Long-Game" Nelson

Course & Year:
2nd year management

(Almost) Interesting Fact:
12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents every day

Claim to Fame:
I actually know the guy in Alice's interesting fact

Kayak of Choice:
Anything I want, I'm kit-sec :)

Last Swam:
Never swam

Favourite Paddling Place:
The Roy Gorge (Scotland)

Would love to paddle:
India

Liver destroyer of choice:
Lots and lots of ALE!!!

Rich "PGL" Clabon

Course & Year:
4th Year Engineering

(Almost) Interesting Fact:
Rats, Horses and LSD can't vomit

Claim to Fame:
I was on the radio talking about stiff shafts and balls.

Boat of Choice:
Flight

Position of choice:
Last Weekend

Last swam:
It depends on my mood but I often end up in goal.

Liver destroyer of choice:
Real Ale

Matt "Bryce" Byrne

Course & Year:
3rd Year Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering

(Almost) Interesting Fact:
The first computer virus was transferred via a floppy disk

Claim to Fame:
My uncle went to uni with Rowan Atkinson and still meets him sometimes for dinner

Kayak of Choice:
I love polo - Vantage 85, but I suppose river boat would the G-Ride

Last Swam:
River Findhorn, Dulcey Bridge

Would love to paddle:
Somewhere to get my first white water roll :S

Liver destroyer of choice:
Ale

Madi Mcdonald

Course & Year:
Concrete studies 1st year PhD

(Almost) Interesting Fact:
The definition of a good farmer: A man outstanding in his field.

Claim to Fame:
My farmer porn recitals have been nominated for 2 Oscars and a Nobel prize.

Boat of Choice:
Combat 65 / Karnali (Preferably pink)

Position of choice:
Close enough to see the fear in the opposition’s eyes,

Last swam:
Some ditch in Scotland

Liver destroyer of choice:
Port and orange

Eilidh Larmour

Course & Year:
3rd year sociology

(Almost) Interesting Fact:
Ben and Jerrys send the waste from their ice cream to pig farmers to use as feed. The pigs really like it apart from mint oreo

Claim to Fame:
i met some of the high school musical characters when i went to disney world

Kayak of Choice:
something in the garage with footrests

Last Swam:
last time on a river probally

Favourite Paddling Place:
tyne tour is pretty good

Would love to paddle:
better

Liver destroyer of choice:
whatevers on special offer

Alex Chamberlain

Course & Year:
4th Year Maths

Boat of Choice:
Combat 75 with the small seat

Position of choice:
Goal or anywhere else on the pitch

Last swam:
A sad sad Friday morning session in 2nd year.

Liver destroyer of choice:
Lager

Dave "Chunderboy junior" Kaye

Course & Year:
4th year maths

(Almost) Interesting Fact:
Pigeons bob their heads while they walk as they lack depth perception due to the placement of their eyes.

Claim to Fame:
I was born at the same minute that Nelson Mandela was released from prison

Kayak of Choice:
HMS Triumph

Last Swam:
Demonstrating my special set of rescue skills while saving Greg

Favourite Paddling Place:
The Dee

Would love to paddle:
Anywhere warm

Liver destroyer of choice:
Real Ale - The culture of our nation

Nicky"Woody" Woodcock

Course & Year:
Medicine fresher again

(Almost) Interesting Fact:
Honey is the only food that does not spoil.

Claim to Fame:
apparently the only girl to hve been found on the roof of rootes after a fairly ordinary canoeing top b

Kayak of Choice:
my little jefferson or the broken jefe

Last Swam:
somewhere in switzerland

Favourite Paddling Place:
slovenia (please sign up online to save the soca

Would love to paddle:
anywhere with good friends and decent weather

Liver destroyer of choice:
pretty much anything but after arfter last night, never again to north korean wine

Einstein

Course & Year:
3rd Year Medicine

(Almost) Interesting Fact:
Surprisingly enough, there is no actual difference between hair and fur. Though unique to mammals hair and fur are chemically indistinguishable and are made of keratin giving them the same chemical make-up as skin, feathers, and nails.

Claim to Fame:
In that case I am both the hairiest and furriest man on the planet.

Kayak of Choice:
Burn

Last Swam:
Lower Indus, terrifying.

Favourite Paddling Place:
Indiah, not necessarily on my gap yah, or Scotland

Would love to paddle:
Nepal at easter, or Zambezi next Summer

Liver destroyer of choice:
Real Ale or Dark Rum, maybe with Orange