Unofficial UK Slalom BBS

Following a huge fuss a couple of years ago the local Councils up here are starting to work together and Holiday dates are already published through to 2010: Easter Breaks for Schools in Aberdeen City & Shire: 21/03/08 - 04/04/08 04/04/09 - 19/04/09 27/03/10 - 11/04/10 All include the easter weeken...

Indeed brain in overdrive and missed the typo - Top Duo is indeed the Eskimo Topolino Duo or Topo Duo. Ours is red but also available in blue or gawdy orange among other hues. Wullie certainly enjoyed his fun and is still enjoying his fun but more likely to be found surfing (sea or river) than padd...

I seem to remember that William Neally drew up a device that would help, it consisted of a cork screw device mounted on a helmet. The theory was that as the pain in your legs increased so you screwed the device into your skull thereby diverting attention from the pain and allowing you to extend you...

Neil Baxter did the Fairnilee Div 2 course backwards (i.e. gate 1-25 but paddling backwards) several years ago. One of those things that seemed a good idea at the time to add to the challenge. I also seem to remember he protested one section where the judge gave him clear as it was in the days of R...

Come on and spread the word, at least we are above Gold for the National Anthem but less than a tenth of the declared BCU membership and at similar levels (i.e. 10%) vs the demand to repeal the Ban on Hunting. We need to get above the hunting & fishing set to show that we mean business. Click the l...

Whilst I would accept that some remarks may have been posted with good intentions nevertheless it is clear that offence has been taken (in my opinion some with some justification). However I would first of all assure both Anne and Campbell that there are many that do not take issue with your remark...

:( May even change after the ACM, proposals for the greater good and removal of tri-division events sounds well and good until you involve the organisers who tell you that they need the three divisions in order to remain viable and sustainable. Much as I personally do not like the 2,3,4 format I ha...

:) However if enough contact the maufactureer and ask if he can put the helmet forward for type approval by a CEN Authority then it could become economically attractive. (From memory)The specific CEN number was dropped because they revised the whole thing as all such items are covered under PPE (Pe...

:D Some entertaining viewing there and a bit before I started, however I reckon the Lady K1 # 34 is paddling a KW7. Which is probably the first boat I ever paddled as the school had a fleet of them, we built Scorpions when I started subsequently replaced by home made Snipes. The Hahn C2 seems to fe...

The other forum is the UKRGB linked in Boater Richs opening comments! Assuming that the negotiations are purely for the slaloms then clearly anyone paddling the river above or below Llangollen are not party to the slalom and cannot be regarded as representative of slalomists. So do the locals want ...

Anne Whilst I appreciate what you are trying to do, I see no reason to adopt the current pose, you have the draft proposals and as you state rumours are unhealthy and feed the uneducated rather than the objective decision. In terms of Committee accountability and responsibility I have found nothing...

Numbers through depend on entries - from ICF rule book: #Entries Qualify 46 or greater 40 35 - 45 30 25 - 34 20 20 - 24 15 < 20 up to 10 So with the results posted to date the top 20 in each class qualify for the semi-finals. So to date all the GBR U23 and junior paddlers are through to the Semi-fi...

Sorry Gents, but the last update for our Coaching Panel was that the transferral had still to be defined, but with the various changes to Coaching requirements and the Star tests it was liable to require more than the minimum Coach Update session. In other words prepare to be advised that your Coac...