Co-operative Group awards Stafford and Stone £2000 for Adult Kit

14th April 2011

The club has been kindly donated £2000 by the co-operative group to buy new equipment for adult beginners. The money is going towards a new boat, paddles and other adult kit. A huge thank you to both Chris Morris and Carloe Mcgranachan for submitting the bid organising the it all!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Go Canoeing - Try Canoeing for free!

14th April 2011

Stafford and Stone Canoe Club is the country’s number 1 club in the Olympic sport of Canoe Slalom.

We are able to offer opportunities for adults to take part in this exciting sport. We are currently looking for new adult members who are looking to challenge themselves.

The club is running some “Go Canoeing” taster sessions on Sunday 8th May 2011 at the club, Westbridge Park, Stone.

 

- 10:00am to 12:00 for complete beginners to kayaking.

- 14:00 to 16:00 for “introduction to slalom” for those who can already paddle to at least “one star” standard.

 

 

These sessions are free. Details of follow up sessions, costs and club membership are detailed below.

Places are limited so please email adultstarters@staffordandstonecc.co.uk  to book, stating your preferred session time.

 

Find out all the details by reading the Go Canoeing Information Leaflet.

 

Finishing Touches to the Club House

14th April 2011

Update for all you 'eager-beaver' Stafford and Stone CC Canoeists (and Kayaker's)....

If you have seen the club in the last couple of days, the builders have almost gone and the current hope is for the club to be open for use after the Bank holiday Easter Weekend.
The official opening ceremony will be later on this year, and it is expect that the club will be available to be in use before this time.

Those of you who have had the luxury of a peek inside, will know, the electrics are not yet connected. It is hoped this will be done soon along with the heating system.

The club is currently, assessing the situation with keys, and will ensure that everyone knows when and where to collect their new key/s, when appropriate. (Probably in the week after Easter).

Please note the fencing around the club will remain in place until it is fully functional, (Do not remove it or enter this area unnecessarily.) But if you are able to lend a hand with boat racking, or fitting out the members/club or back stores; then please do liaise with committee members, and we will keep you informed of when you would be of most use.

Thank you all again.... nearly there.... Happy Paddling, and hope you all have a good Easter.

Robin Vasey
On Behalf of Stafford and Stone Canoe Club

 

Announcement coming soon for Club awards

04th April 2011

An announcement will be made soon on the club website highlighting nominations and winners of the club awards for the 2010 season watch the space!!!!

 

These include Senior performance, Fox Trophy (Junior 18 performance) and Star Trophy (Junior 16 performance) 

 

Building the new clubhouse

25th March 2011

Use the arrows below see how the clubhouse is progressing (last update 25th March)

For more detailed pictures please visit the Gallery

 

Stafford and Stone Paddlers Race at Australian Open World Ranking Event

Saturday 05th March 2011

Five club members took part in the first Senior World Ranking event of 2011 – the Australian Open in Penrith, Sydney.

Achievements were:

C2 – Adam Burgess and Greg Pitt made their first major international final of the year – coming 10th overall in the Senior category and gaining first place on the podium in the Under 23 category!

In C1 Mark Proctor made the final and finished  10th in the Seniors and was ranked 2nd under 23.
Adam Burgess finished 14th in the Senior ranking and 3rd overall in the U23 category.
Greg Pitt finished 17th overall.

Also racing at the event in K1M were Tom Brady and Robin Vasey, finishing 54th and 65th respectively.

These results are very impressive considering that the competition was extremely tough as the majority of the World’s best paddlers were at the event, many of whom had spent several weeks out there training beforehand and who have several years experience of the venue.

Well done to our lads!

Carole McGranacan (photo courtesy of Robin Vasey)

Slalom Injuries Survey

Saturday 05th March 2011

Please take a few minutes to complete this survey. I am attempting to establish injury rates amongst UK Slalom paddlers to see if there is a gender bias. Your input would really be a great help, regardless of the injury or your age or gender.
Thank you in advance,
Kendall Chew

Australian Open K1m Finals

Monday 21st Febuary 2011

Robin Vasey has made a Compilation video showing the Australian Open K1 Men Finals.

 

 

 

 

24 Hour Slalom Covered by the Sentinal

Wednesday 26th January

The 24 Hour Slalom was a fantastic sucess with over 1800 runs completed by all who took part. Check out the coverage by the Sentinal.

 

Phil Gooding Radio Stoke Interview

Wednesday 26th January

Just can't get enough of Phil Gooding? Don't worry he is due to appear on Stoke Radio for an interview about the new clubhouse. Tune in between 7:30am and 7:45am.

24 Hour Good Luck Video

Saturday 22nd January

Robin Vasey has made a video message involving all his paddling friends wishing good luck to everyone attempting the 24 hour canoe slalom world record attempt.

 

 

First of the 2011 Minis Report

Sunday 16th January

At the first of this year's handicapped Mini Slalom Series, it was Canadian Doubles crew Sunderland/Coates who took the lead after first runs with Becky Heath in second place and Laura Blakeman in third.

This year's early season races are being organised from tents and marquees as the new clubhouse is currently under construction. The heavy rain that came from lunchtime onwards was most unwelcome.

Eventual winner of the first race was Stafford and Stone CC paddler, Laura Blakeman with a time which was only just over a second slower than the fastest man, club secretary, Rob Holdway. Laura has competed for Team GB many times including at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. The C2 crew of Sunderland/Coates was second and Becky Heath third. Fourth place was taken by John Braithwaite with Rob Holdway in fifth. Youngest paddler was Luc Royle aged seven who completed the course both runs with only a touch on one gate on each run.

 

Thankyou to Quickflow Sports and Cool Blue Canoes who both provided prizes for the raffle.

The next Mini Slalom will take place on 30th January but, in the meantime, Stafford and Stone CC are organising a 24 hour record breaking slalom attempt on 22/23 January as a fund raising effort for the final funds required to finish construction of the new clubhouse. Also at Westbridge Park, Stone, this event will run from mid-day saturday to mid-day Sunday with canoeists paddling right through the night to secure the record. Have a look at the details here

Results can be found on the results page.

New Gateline - December 2010

Sunday 12th December

Christopher Morris has taken over as Editor for the new issue of the Gateline. This issue includes; Photo Competition results, Joe Clarke: British Open Champ 2010, Clear runs 2010, An interview with the child welfare officer, Agony Chris and much more!

View the interactive online copy of the Gateline

Slalom Committee Annual Consultative Meeting (ACM)

Sunday 28th November
Just to update all members on the outcomes from the Slalom ACM that I attended on Saturday 27th November, a lengthy meeting so just a basic summary. Andy Neave

View the Annual Consultative Meeting summary

M&S Bag Pack raises £585.19 for the new club house

Saturday 27th November 2010

Well done to everyone who helped with the bag pack at Marks and Spencers, Stafford. The total raised was £585.19 which has now been added to the fundraising total and makes a big difference. A huge thanks to Philip Darlington for organising the event.

 

Quiz Success 

Saturday 27th November 2010

Just to say thank you to everyone who came to the quiz last night. we certainly packed out the Cricket Club! Funds raised (taking out all costs and one refund) are £345.50, which includes £69 from the whiskey bottle and £40 from the sweets!  Sorry to all parents but we will probably do a guess the sweets again at the minis! Winner of the sweets was Toby and the whiskey winner was Trevor, from the crib team.  well done to all the other winners etc.  Carole and Monty