There is a first time for everything!

So the Canoe club is having its first ever (I believe) film night!

When: Wednesday 10 March (week 9) at 19:00

Where: R3.41 (Ramphal Building)

There will be a selection af paddling videos on display, maybe a real film too. You can order pizza and bring drinks and stuff, but sort this amongst yourselves!

Also next week is the cocktail party, exact details to be confirmed, but this will cost £5 in advance (give to scamrass) to pay for booze to be made into cocktails by our own very lovely cocktail waitresses!

Right that's all from me for now, I'll fill up your inboxes with spam again at some other later date,

Peace out (did i really just say that? Oh dear)

Mofo

Hello all you polo legends,

Next Tuesday we'll be doing a team RAGE tournament as a bit of a warm up for the Warwick tournament.

Teams will be A, B, C, Ladies, Old.

Handicaps will be arranged to even up the games.

A sign up will go up on the website shortly, please sign up before Monday if you want to take part.

I know that whenever I propose a team RAGE with handicaps some people look as if I've just proposed urinating on their leg. Those with the Dunkirk spirit think "Ha, I will use my handicap to try and put the willies up the opposition and most of all I will learn from the experience, after all I won't be playing against teams like this in the real competition!". Having spent 6 years of university previous to a couple of BUSA bronzes losing everything, I can tell you that losing is character building. If you don't like losing, either do something about it, or get over it!

Get signing up!

G

Hello there!

Not many weeks of me inflicting my dubious coaching on you left now! Thought I'd write a general e-mail of some stuff.

If you have been intrigued by the miniscule amount of training we have done and would like to learn more, the pages I wrote here are a start: link . They contain stuff on basic paddling, ball skills, training drills, strength/power/flexibility training, tactics, fitness training. Why not have a go!? If you are wondering where to start, I would go for basic paddling skills and core strength (particularly rotation), the latter seems to help the first a lot.

I hope the training yesterday was of some use! During the run through of the corner set piece we were certainly seeing results. Unfortunately there weren't as many opportunitiespresent or taken to score nice goals like that in the real games! Still as more general points to take away:

-If you are running in to shoot, do soon a route where there are no defenders marking you.

-Almost every spectacular looking goal is made by good passes from other players, and a good clearing of a gap by other players, the shooter just finishes it off. Give and take credit to/as a team!

-Don't be afraid to be the one who initiates a bit of team work during a game or especially at the start. If you get on the pitch and have a little discussion of what you're going to do, you might enjoy building some sort of game plan and executing it more than ignoring your friends and participating in what I would consider to be a demoralising free for all.

-Channel your inner rage into your effort levels and your concentration, not your mouth!

Glad the sprinting was of use too (not my idea, can't claim credit for that).

This e-mail has been long and emotional. I might go and run a couple of kittens through a wood chipper to make myself feel more manly again.

G