link no-repeat scroll center; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">Dear all,
I'm for looking forward to the social next week and hope to see as manyof you there - no excuses!!!

Right down to some important coaching matters of which there are lots.

There are only a few spaces left on the Canoe Safety Test on the 25th November, this is an extremely worth while course, costing very little
about £20 for a whole day or coaching from a top local coach whom i can recommend. Anyone in the club is welcome to attend and will not only
aid your boating but also give you some life skills.

As you all know Thursday Sessions in the pool are for you guys to learn stuff you didn't already know. In wks 8,9 & 10 the session is only for
those of you in the club that dont have your 2 star kayak. My personal aim here is to get every member of the canoe club to be at or above this
standard by the start of next term when the assessment (dont be put off by that word, it'll be fun and easy) will take place. Dont worry if you
dont have your 1 star.
FOR EVERYONE IN THE CLUB THAT HAS THEIR 2 STAR PLEASE DONT ATTEND as it will take up pool space and boats needed for people working towards this
award - you had to learn sometime so let these people.
The general outline is to do personal skills wk8, safety wk9 & workshop style session wk 10 for fine tuning of strokes.
If you are a young aspiring coach, come grab me and we can sort out a role for you in this training.
If you can't make thursday sessions but still want to get your 2 star come grab me on a monday.

Wednesday Wk8 (22nd November) - The plan is to again go to Rock Mill weir, hopefully aided by another driver i can take a number of people (7
plus myself) for another sessions. The last one that we ran was very well recieved and we had heaps of fun playing on the weir after some
hard drills from Noj to improve everyone's strokes.

Wednesday Wk9 (29th November)- Exciting stuff, Nene whitewater centre has been booked out just for us! This will be again open to everyone in
the club and a great chance to polish them loops or face your first section of white water. I will be on hand to run two 45 minute sessions
with a number of people in each group to coach you through some moving water skills at any level - we all have something to learn. It is a
very safe environment for learning or playing. We have done this before and was a great success and you can see the pictures online at the
website.
The general plan will be to meet at the sports centre around 1230, sort the kit and get to Nene changed ready to boat at 1400 to start 2hrs of
pure white water. This may not sound like a lot but 2hrs in the cold working hard playing will be tonnes! Head home, put kit away and on to
the bar for a drink and debrief (aka sharing stories of who swam most etc). The cost of going to this trip is £15 max, this is extremely good
value as at casual boating sessions it costs £10 and is very busy. Btw Nene has changing rooms and warm showers!!!

Sorry for such a long email, but there was just so much i needed to tell you all.

Sign up for all of the above trip at here and do it asap!

If you've read this far the code word is blue november and all you of
that dont tell me the code word will get a bitch slap as i will know
that you've not read this email!!!

As usual any problems or questions give me an email or ring 07843098980
and i'll sort it!!

Chris

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