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2008 Gibsons  Calgary's Open Men's Crew  The boys: Josh, Tom, Ryan, Scott, Barney and Craig

What is Outrigger Paddling ?

Outriggers of the Big Island
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO6Vuj4Box8

Check out Candace's pics on her link:
http:/thesweetspot.ca/ccc/

Other News:

Congratulations to Team Canada and Calgary's eight attending paddlers at the 2008 World Outrigger Sprints.

Canada finished with a very impressive 15 medals. Paddlers are now pumped to continue with the OC sprint paddling program and gear up for New Caledonia in 2010 followed by Canada's first opportunity to host this event in 2012 in Penticton, B.C

 
Hi everyone,

we are gearing up for the 2008 season. With the 2008 World Sprints being held in Sacramento, CA a number of CCC paddlers have made the commitment to train and compete leading up to the event. Additional coached workouts will be put in place for 2008 to accommodate those training for the World Sprints. All experienced paddlers are welcome to join the training group. 

There are two fee structures for the 2008 season.

1. Coaching/Full time Program

Structured coaching sessions will be offered 3-4 x per week during the season with the focus on the busy months May-July.

Tues am/Thurs pm, Sat am – Coached sessions focused on technique, intervals, V1, small boats, race prep. Team leader – Lynda Roberts, with support from our sprint coaches Mike and Jonny.

Cost: $225 plus your Club membership, plus your CORA or AB marathon fees (depending on your race intentions)  

2. Boat access/Part time coaching

This program allows paddlers access to all OC and marathon boats. Access to boats is limited during coached sessions Tues am, Thurs evening and Sat am. Competitive paddlers have boat priority during these slots. For boat use at all other times it will be on a first come first serve basis.
Cost: $175, plus your Club membership, plus your CORA or AB marathon fees (depending on your race intentions)  

Wed 6-8pm – development night, OC6 practices, technique, intro to small boats – Team leader Lynda Roberts, volunteer coaches and steerspersons required.

Saturday am coached sessions will be organized based on the race schedule and coach availability.  

We will also schedule OC6 nights that will be volunteer lead (we need steerspersons to lead !). These paddles will be organized Monday's at 6;30pm and Saturday am if the interest is there.

*All new paddlers to the Club and program must go through an orientation session or coach led session prior to taking out any boats, contact Lynda for info.

 All paddlers will sign out in the Adult Competitive sign out book. Boat bay staff will oversee the sign out process so please cooperate. This is to ensure boat priority is given to coached led program participants as well as security and safety reasons.

INTRODUCTION TO OUTRIGGER 2008

Mandatory for all new paddlers wanting to join the outrigger program at the Club, this course offers an introduction to outrigger paddling basics. Outrigger paddling is a competitive based program. Novices are welcome to join and try it out as a new sport. Paddle for fun, fitness or competition.
 Course consists of two 2 hour sessions.   6:30pm – 8:30pm.

Fee: $40 (if you sign up for the outrigger program $40 will be put towards the fee). 
Session 1: Tues, Thur May 13,15 
(stay tuned, may be cancelled due to ice)
Session 2: Tues, Thur June 3, 5
Additional sessions will be scheduled throughout the season.
Please call the Club if you are interested.

*Registration required.  Sign up early by calling the Calgary Canoe Club at 246-5757 or emailing Lynda at cccweb@telus.net

Club membership not required unless you join the program full time following the course.
 
Download registration form and waiver.(Acrobat PDF). 

Please mail your registration forms to the Club along with your fee. A confirmation letter will follow. You may also pay in person at the Club once we open for the season as of May 1.
Call the Club at 246 5757 for further info.

ORIENTATION SESSIONS

Mandatory for any new experienced paddlers to the Calgary Canoe Club.

Schedule:  Flexible, book with Lynda Roberts. (Each session will last one hour maximum). Facilitated by:  Lynda Roberts, CCC staff.

RACE CREWS

Once race crews are selected, they may book practice times outside of scheduled program times.  E-mail Lynda (cccweb@telus.net) to schedule practices (in order to avoid boat conflicts). 

VOLUNTEERING

As members, we encourage you to help make our programs a success by volunteering once or twice a month.  Volunteers are required for the following programs:

Development Program:  Volunteers needed to steer OC-6 practices; assist with technique instruction; and to assist with leading prepared workouts. Email Lynda
(cccweb@telus.net) to sign up for specific Wednesday nights.

Intro to OC sessions. Lynda will be running a number of OC6 intro sessions. If you are interested in helping steer and assist here with the coaching please get in touch.

More stuff:

Outrigger
Team Selection 

2008 World Sprint Championships 
in Sacramento.
Check out the info at CORA.

Winter Training?
Plan your vacation wisely and check out this cool link for an atlas of all the OC Clubs in the World.