August 2004 News Letter

The clubhouse, equipment, grounds, and lake are regularly maintained throughout the year. Every now and then it is necessary to undertake major work or time consuming maintenance tasks which are better undertaken by groups of people. Volunteers are sought to attend a working party at Chatburn Water on Sunday 26th September. As a departure from the usual working party, there will be a barbeque lunch for all who help.
The day will start at 10:00am and we aim to finish before 7:00pm. Any time that can be given to the working party would be greatly appreciated even if you can only spare an hour!

Following the tremendous success of the last trip to Coniston, a return trip has been organised for Sunday 5th September. This will be an excellent day out for all the family, parents are positively encouraged to come along, help with transport, and either have a paddle or be a passenger in an open canoe.
We will be meeting at Chatburn Water at 9:00am and plan to return before dark! Make sure to bring a picnic, and if the weather is anything like last time you will need some sunscreen (fingers crossed!). The trip is open to members and their families, and there will be no charge.

The club is continuing to amass a good deal of lost property. If you think you have left an item of kit at the club, please feel free to ask to have rummage in the lost property box and hopefully claim your lost property.

In a departure from the usual convention, this year's Presentation Evening will take place next year! Rather than struggling to squeeze the event into everyones' pre-Christmas diaries, the management committee have decided to have the event after Christmas.
The Presentation Evening will be on the evening of Saturday 5th February, at Langho Village Hall. The event will comprise of the presentation of prizes to club members for their outstanding and not so outstanding performances during the year, a bar, and dancing to a ceilidh. More details and information on how to book your tickets will be available nearer the time.

This years annual general meeting will take place at the clubhouse on Monday 11th October, and will start at 8:00pm. The AGM is a constitutional requirement of the club and is an opportunity for club members to satisfy themselves that the club has been properly managed during the course of the prior year, for changes to be made to the club's constitution, and for the election of members to the management committee.
If you would like to take a more active role in the management and development of the club, and would consider election to the management committee, please contact any member of the current committee.

If you are a 2 star or 3 star paddler aged 16 or over and would like to think about becoming a coach, then contact Andy Noblett (on 01254 248457) who will discuss this with you. The club is always on the look out for people willing to train and qualify as a coach in order to pass on the skills and enjoyment of our sport to others. Not only is coaching fun to do, but training to become a coach will provide you not only with paddling specific skills but with generic coaching skills which you can use in other aspects of your life.

The costs of training to become a coach are subsidised, 1/3 by Lancashire Council for Voluntary Youth Services, and 1/3 by the club (for junior coaches under 18 - 2/3 by the club).