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With the first of our start slalom courses full and well underway, we are running another course. This is open to any member who is new to slalom (including those that have raced but not yet been promoted out of Div 4). The only standard you need to be at is happy to paddle on the white water course.
In the unlikely event that you’ve missed my previous mentions of slalom:
- Slalom is an Olympic sport.
- It’s a mix of physical ability, skill, co-
ordination, control, decision making. - You may have seen it on TV with paddlers whizzing round poles as they go down on a raging torrent.
- You start on much more gentle waters for Division 4 races.
And if you don’t think you could, then I’d have to point out that David Florence,
Olympic Silver Medalist in Bejing didn’t start canoeing until he was 14. Over 14’s
don’t loose heart there are many people paddling in the top divisions of slalom who
started much later and progressed quickly up the rankings. There are paddlers racing
from 6 to 70+ years -
On the back of our grant from Sport England we are putting on 4-
So far we have great success from these courses with 5 people promoted up to Division
3 so far this year -
Course Dates: The next course will be running at the Club on Thursday Evenings on
9th, 16th & 23rdSept (from 7pm). Then on Sat & Sun 25th & 26th September we’ll be
racing at West Tanfield Division 3 / 4 slalom -
If you can’t make these dates, then this is is almost the end of the season, but please contact me to see if we can find a way to help you race this year or get you started at the start of next year.
Cost: the coaching is free, but you will need to pay entry fees for the slalom race on the last weekend. At most this will be about £10 for adults, for under 18’s it is much cheaper!
If you want to join this forth Start Slalom Course or are interested in the other dates I’ll be running during the year please get in touch.
Also any coaches interested in learning more about coaching slalom to paddlers, I’m happy for you to join me to assist / shadow (or participate!) in this or other courses I’ll be running during the year.
Les Ford
( 01484 854099 or email
