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Announcements

River Calder, Healey – 17th Mar 2012

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As there is no river run this weekend, we will be having another practice session on the Calder at Healey, this Saturday (17th) at 1pm. If anyone is interested in attending, please feel free to come along. The weather is forecast to be quite mild, 13’C. Plan is to just spend a couple of hours playing and practicing…

For those familiar with the place, the wave down the bottom end was rather good last Sunday and the rocks we placed there last year to build up the wave are still there.

For those not familiar, it is a good place for practicing your surfing, ferry gliding and general white water skills (it is the place Mike has used on numerous occasions previously for his white water practice sessions and our summer evening sessions).

You will need to bring your own boat and kit unfortunately as we have no way of transporting club boats ourselves.

Thanks

Tony and Karen
tonythompson@pobox.com

Announcements, Trips

Sandsend Weekends – please book by 16th March

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We are planning further surf & camping weekends at Sandsend near Whitby, returning to Higher Straggleton Farm

http://www.highstraggleton.co.uk/

Prices are £12 per pitch per night based on 2 adults including children, additional adults are charged at £2.50 per night and electric hook up is £3 per pitch per night.

We will be sited together as a family group.

No arrival/departure times so we can arrive/depart when it suits.

No charge for dogs but they are expected to be kept on a lead and cleaned up after when on the campsite.

There are fields around the campsite where dogs can be walked and don’t need to be on a lead.

Dates are:

·         April 27th / 28th / 29th – up to 2 nights departing Sunday

·         June 22nd / 23rd  – up to 2 nights departing Sunday

·         August 25th / 26th / 27th – up to 3 nights departing Sunday / Monday

We need to let the site know approximate number of units for each weekend, so that they can allow sufficient space for us.

This is important if we are to stay together as a group and it is unlikely we will get further allocation in June or August Bank holiday weekends.

Please can you let Steve Arundale know by e-mail which weekends you plan to attend – stephenarundale@aol.com by Friday 16th March.

We will firm up final confirmation and electric requirements with the camp site 2 weeks before each weekend, so if you need to drop out, no problem. No booking fee required.

There may also be some static caravans available, please book these directly with campsite, if required.

All the best

Steve A

Announcements

Don’t forget to register your interest for the Ilfracombe annual club holiday!

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The time of year has come to organise the annual club holiday / trip.

Looking at various locations and options we have chosen to hit North Devon again. North Devon has much more consistent suitable surfing conditions, there are also plenty of attractions for non-paddlers and families, and the beaches and scenery are fantastic.

The proposed dates are Sat 4th Aug to Sat 11th Aug and to stay at Watermouth Valley Campsite, just outside of Combe Martin as seen here:

http://www.watermouthpark.co.uk/

Please let Adrian or Richard know if you are interested as soon as possible and by Friday 10th Feb at the latest please.

Announcements

2012 Club Committee Members

Dear All,

At the 2011 AGM, the committee positions and procedures were discussed, with the outcome being that the following decisions would be made at the subsequent Committee Meeting:

Vice-Chair to be selected via a committee member vote, and once the person is elected into the post; their committee member post would immediately be dissolved. The remaining new committee members elected at the AGM would then have their names put into a hat, and the first three drawn out would be given two-year posts and the remaining would be one-year posts. Those people elected into one-year posts will need to reapply for position on the committee at the 2012 AGM, where the vacant one-year posts will revert to two-year posts to ensure there is a balance of members up for election each year.

Following tonight’s Committee Meeting, the 2012 WYCC Committee is as follows.

With Kind Regards

Adrian
club.secretary@westyorkshirecanoeclub.com

Chairman – Richard Cooke – 1 year remaining
Vice-Chair – Ian Johnson – 2 years
Treasurer – Steve Thorley-Lawson – 1 year
Secretary – Adrian O’Meara – 2 years
Member – Andy Walker – 1 year
Member – Peter Dawson – 2 year
Member – Steve Arundale – 2 year
Member – Tony Thompson – 2 year
Member – Paul Atkins – 1 year
Member – Andy Smith – 1 year
Junior Member – Keelan Wilbond – 1 year (Co-opt Position)