| Saturday
6th November - Bought a new paddle this morning. Went
to Brookbank at Stockport, what a great shop that is. Well,
dear diary, my old paddle is nearly a year old, and it has had
some hammer. I might see if I can sell it, it still looks as
good as new, well almost. Tried my new paddle out this afternoon
at Chatburn Water. Rough Stuff, what a cheeky paddle, dear diary,
what a cheeky paddle. Carbon fibre as well. |
| Sunday
7th November - Been in the dog house all day today. Jane's
not very happy with me. Doesn't matter what you do, you just
can't trust the kids. I thought I'd got it all sorted. A rum
and raisin ice cream and a £2 bribe, and I thought I was
in the clear. George was my mate forever. He dropped the bombshell
over Sunday lunch, and Jane gave it me with both barrels. Apparently
it doesn't matter how excited I get about my new paddle, under
no circumstances must I forget to bring George home from the
canoe club again. |
Dereks
paddle award
George Nolan.
For being forgotten!
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to enlarge]
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| Wednesday
15th December - Received a nice Christmas card from my
new friends who work in the café at Treweryn |
| The
remaining awards went to: |
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High
Preist to the river god
Chris
Walton
Returned
to paddling this year, practiced rolling in the pool, and
to my knowledge on every river trip has had the opportunity
to try, but not taken advantage of this skill!
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Anorak
Award
Andy
Noblett
Who
during 2004 purchase 2 boats, and a waterproof video camera.
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Club
Member Of the Year Award
Robert
Anderson
Tireless
contribution & hard work. Coaching, Swallows and Amazons
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It's
Easy When You Know How Award
Andrew
Coultherd
Having
achieved his 3 star award, Andrew throughout the year has
been assisting coaches with groups, and is always there to
offer help. It was particularly pleasing to be able to award
this to Andrew as on e of the 6 young people who are too young
to train as coaches but are "group Assistants" who
received coaching training towards the end of the year, and
of whom all have become valuable assets to the club, and their
contribution is greatly valued.
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Members
Choice Award
Jim Nolan
As
voted for by the members at the prize night - much deserved.
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