Alberta Cup #2

The annual Cottonwood race was as usual a great event. The new club site north of Innisfail is ideal for club training. A giant boat storage bin, warm tent and fireplace make this an ideal site for introducing kids to slalom kayak.

On this weekend the two most important things ended up being the tent and heater as the skies opened up after the novice race and deluged us with rain, snow and hail! Great event though and thanks to the Cottonwood Club for putting on a successful event.

Below is the Alberta Provincial Team after two races. Provincial Team Criteria

A-Team
-K1W-
Jessica Groeneveld
Marissa Dederer
Haley Daniels
-K1M-
Paul Manning-Hunter
Chris McTaggart
Ben Hayward
Connor Curson
Toby Roessingh
Graham Jobe
Idan Wolach
-C1-
Vince Osborne
Mike Holroyd
Hayden Daniels

B-Team
-K1-
David Manning
Greg Hunter
Levi Severtson
Jesse Gillies
Adrian Cole
Mathew Frank
-C1-
Chuck Lee
James Waldie

C-Team

D-Team

Need skills signed off: (talk to your coach)
JJ
Darius
Ashley C1
Hanna
Veronica

National Team Trials - Ottawa

National Team Trials was a great event put on by the Ottawa River Runners. For the first time since 2000 the Pumphouse was able to host a National event, and the new and improved site is impressive.

Alberta paddlers represented their province impressively. A big Thank You to Toby & Karen for helping out with the coaching and logistics.

Congratulations to all the athletes who made their respective National Team.

Jessica Groeneveld & Ben Hayward paddled confidently onto the Senior National Team showing continued success from the Innisfail and Edmonton Clubs.

Graham Jobe, Marissa Dederer & Hayden Daniels showed fine form in qualifying for the Junior National Team. The Calgary atheles saw their hard work pay off.

Paul Manning-Hunter and Thomas & Daniel Purcell qualifed for the Senior Development Team in fine form while their junior counterparts AJ Cole & Jesse Gilles made the Junior B-Team.

See the link below for more news on the event.

Canadian Sport Centre newsletter

Full race results available here:

Directions to Alberta Cup # 2

Take the second overpass(exit 368 I think) in to Innisfail. After you
loop back over the highway, merge right so you can turn right(north),
at the first set of lights(turn north on to HWY 2A). Head north on
hwy 2A for about 2 miles. You will see a big green grain elevator
with "NIOBE" on the west side of 2A. Turn left(west) just after the
elevator. Head one mile west to the next major road labeled "C&E
trail" on those little blue corner sings. Turn right(north) on the
C&E trail, which winds a bit, until TWP RD 364(township) and turn
left(west). Just before the township road there will be an elk farm
to the west with bird houses on the top of all the fence posts, then a
big pond on the left as well. After turning west on TWP RD 364 head
west all the way to the end of the TWP RD where it will curve sharply
to the left(south). Just after it turns south, turn right(west) down
on to the private road that leads to our site. Our site is all the
way down at the end of the road.

On the google it calls the C&E trail RR 283B, RR 283A and 50th Ave
(which it turns in to in Innisfail).

And if all else fails, here are the GPS coordinates of our site :
52.106317, -113.989463

I know it sounds kinda crazy, and yes, it is in the middle of nowhere,
but the map should help, and we are planning on having signs,

Looking forward to seeing you there,

James.


Driving Directions
Link:

Alberta Cup # 2 - Innisfail

Cottonwood Kayak Club

Novice Race and Alberta Cup # 2

June 6th & 7th , 2009


*Saturday June 6th *

Registration 9:00 AM

Morning Clinic 10:00 – 11:30 AM

Lunch break

Afternoon Clinic 1:30 – 3:00 PM

Bar-b-que 5:00 PM

Evening paddle 7:00 PM (possible Polo or river trip)

Campfire

*Sunday June 7th *

Registration 9:00 AM

Racers / Judges meeting 9:30 AM

First Runs 10:00 AM

Lunch 12:00 noon

Second Runs 1:00 PM

Awards

Saturday Bar-b-que, buy hamburgers & smokies, potluck desert and salad

Concession on site Saturday and Sunday

Event cost $ 60

Breakdown: Clinics each $ 15 / Camping $ 15 / Race $ 15

Pre-register at _slcgelb@xplornet.com slcgelb@xplornet.com>_

Pay on site

No Camping hook-ups, must be self contained

For info call Mac 403 – 506 – 7502 or email _callmac@xplornet.com callmac@xplornet.com>_

Camping available Friday night

Alberta Provincial Team after race 1

A Team	B Team	C Team	D Team
Vince Osborne	Chuck Lee	Jesse Gillies	Levi Severtson
Jessica Groeneveld	Adrian Cole		Hayden Daniels
Marissa Dederer	Mathew Frank
Paul Manning-Hunter	David Manning
Chris McTaggart	Greg Hunter
Ben Hayward	Haley Daniels
Connor Curson
Toby Roessingh
Graham Jobe

Alberta Cup # 1 - Results

The First Alberta Cup of the 2009 season is behind us. It was made a great success by all the volunteers who organized the race and help judge and time. The electronic timing and penalties got its warm up for the Nationals and PanAms held here the August 2009 long weekend. Results were up between runs, adding to the success of the event.

The Alberta Cups are the qualifiers for the 2009 Alberta Team. Below are the results plus your current Alberta Team Standings. Congratulations to all those who made their respective teams! For information on the criteria please visit the ASCK website http://www.albertawhitewater.ca/asck/AB_team.htm. ASCK coaches and Club coaches can sign off on the skills portion of the C and D teams. If your skills have not been signed off yet, please organize a time to have this done.

The quality of paddling was great to see so close to National Team Trials. With 14 Alberta athletes, and two coaches, going to National Team Trials it looks like it will be a great race. We will keep you posted on progress.

The next Alberta Cup is hosted by Cottonwood June 6,7th. Till then, keep your blades in the water!

Alberta Cup # 1 - Kananaskis AB, May 10, 2009
	First Name	Last Name	Best time	Percentage behind class winner (AB Team Percent)	Percent Behind fastest	Alberta Team	Skills signed off by
C1JM	Hayden	Daniels	274.26	227.9	294.0	D	Mike
C1MM	Vince	Osborne	120.32	100	129.0	A	N/A
	Chuck	Lee	186.75	155.2	200.2	B	N/A
K1JM	Graham	Jobe	101.57	108.9	108.9	A	N/A
	Adrian	Cole	120.5	129.2	129.2	B	N/A
	Jesse	Gillies	169.13	181.3	181.3	C	Mike
	Levi	Severtson	254.2	272.5	272.5	D	Mike
K1JW	Marissa	Dederer	123.99	116.6	132.9	A	N/A
K1M	Paul	Manning	93.3	100	100	A	N/A
	Chris	McTaggart	93.45	100.2	100.2	A	N/A
	Ben	Hayward	94.36	101.1	101.1	A	N/A
	Connor	Curson	98.13	105.2	105.2	A	N/A
	Toby	Roessingh	102.33	109.7	109.7	A	N/A
	Jon	Allen	103.01	110.4	110.4	N/A	N/A
	Matthew	Frank	113.7	121.9	121.9	B	N/A
	David	Manning	121.88	130.6	130.6	B	N/A
K1MM	Greg	Hunter	151.93	162.8	162.8	B	N/A
K1W	Jessica	Groeneveld	106.36	100	114.0	A	N/A
	Haley	Daniels	132.18	124.3	141.7	B	N/A

Penguin Race results

eat Race! 20degrees, sunny, no wind. Can't get much better. We had 27 racers on the weekend ripping it up at Deerfoot Meadows. Prizes ranged from PenguinWine, Penguin books, Penguin chocolate and some cool Peguin etched glass.

Thanks to everyone who helped making food, judging and making it fun and safe for all. This was the first Annual, and I hope it will become a staple of the Alberta slalom season.

We had some new comers, some former National Champions, and lots on the way up in their careers. Everyone raced hard and it showed. I got to be at the finish line for the race and there was plenty of pain during the finish sprint.

Below are the results from Saturday. Congratulations to all, especially those whose first race, on the river, this was. See you back next year!

Name	Age Cat	Class 1	Best total	Percentage
Paul Manning- Hunter	Sr	K1M	74.9	100
Chris McTaggart	Sr	K1M	75.9	101.3351
Connor Curson	Sr	K1M	76.4	102.0027
Toby Roessingh	Sr	K1M	81.2	108.4112
Matt Frank	Sr	K1M	87.2	116.4219
Graham Jobe	Jr	K1M	81.8	109.2123
AJ Cole	Jr	K1M	96.9	129.3725
Levi Severtson	Jr	K1M	113.1	151.0013
Idan Wolach	Cadet	K1M	123.6	165.02
JJ	Cadet	K1M	139.7	186.5154
Bradan J	Cadet	K1M	182.7	243.9252
Darius R	Cadet	K1M	253.8	338.8518
Tate	Cadet	K1M	322.9	431.1081
Jessica Groenveld	Sr	K1W	90.7	121.0948
Haley Daniels	Sr	K1W	93.9	125.3672
Colleen C	Sr	K1W	378.4	505.2069
Karen Daniels	Masters	K1W	299.3	399.5995
Marissa Dederer	Jr	K1W	97.9	130.7076
Roni Wolach	Jr	K1W	118.8	158.6115
Vince Osbourne	Sr	C1M	90.4	120.6943
Toby Roessingh	Sr	C1M	107.3	118.6947
Matt Frank	Sr	C1M	111.3	148.5981
Hayden Daniels	Jr	C1M	124.7	166.4887
Chuck Lee	Masters	C1M	117.9	157.4099
Purcell/Purcell	Sr	C2	92.7	123.765
Frank/Curson	Sr	C2	111.5	120.2805
Colleen/Toby	Sr	C2	176.5	235.6475
Karen/Logan	Cadet/Masters	C2	278	371.1615
Karen/Kylie	Cadet/Masters	C2	320	427.2363

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Penguins postponed one week

Due to inclement weather we will postpone the Calgary Penguin Race till May 2nd. Everything else will remain the same.

Calgary Penguin race

This is the week! Saturday April 25th is the Calgary Penguin Race.

It looks like it might just hold up to its name and be cold. As this is the first Annual, this will be the one we look back at and say ‘Remember that first Penguin race and the weather we had’! With some luck the forecast will warm up as the week progresses, but regardless, make sure you are dressed appropriately.

Chili, fruit and hot chocolate, and a reusable cup will provided at a cost of $5.

Check www.albertaslalom.blogspot.com for more updates. Feel free to pass this on to your friends and club members. This is a perfect paddling site for those paddlers who have just learned how to paddle this winter. Those of you who are retired slalom paddlers, this is a great opportunity to see if you can still do it. In the new short boats, you'll feel just as good as if you never left your 4m boat! Or perhaps you are a sprint paddler and think you can turn a boat, come give it a try. We'll have boats and equipment you can borrow.

First Annual - Calgary Penguin Race

Where: Deerfoot Meadows Slalom Course
Moving water class I with easy eddies

When: April 25th, 2009
Registration at 9:30am

Practice 9:30-11am

Race starts at 11

Who: For anyone who has held a kayak or canoe paddle
Cadet, Junior, Open & Masters classes in Kayak, C1, C2. Race and Plastic boats.

Race - $10

Food - $5 including a reusable cup(first 20)

Great Penguin Prizes await!

Directions: South on Deerfoot Trail, East/Left on Glenmore Trail, South/Right on Heritage Meadows Rd, East/Left on Heritage Drive, parking on right. Note: you will only be on Glenmore for about 15seconds before turning right onto Heritage Meadows Rd.

Perogie extravaganza

I know all of you eat perogies. I also know each person has their own way to prepare the tasty little guys. Boiled, fried, baked, BBQ. Well here's a little deliciousness I made up yesterday. It takes the best of the perogie feast, Indian, and mexican. How does it get any better?

Perogies 10-30
1 onion
1 tomato
100ml cream
Some taragon
Some cayenne pepper
Some ground cumin
Lettuce
Sour creme
Shredded Cheese
Salsa or tomatoes

Take and onion and blend it up. Fry the onion paste in canola oil till light brown. Add the tomato mush, cream, and spices. Place the frozen perogies in and cook till done. Place perogies on a plate, add cheese, shreded letuce, sour creme and tomatoes or salsa. It's delicious!

April 5 +18!

Calgary blesses us with surprises of warmth and cold, this Sunday we had the privileged of having a beautiful day of +18 at the kananaskis river. It is not a usual occurrence to have to debate between weather to put on pants or shorts in the month of April at the kananaskis. The penguin race is only 2 weeks away so Marissa and I decided to make a mascot for our race!

The Pumhouse - Pics to Visualize

Team Race 2005 World Championships - Coolest picture ever?

We will try and include the Team race in each Alberta Cup in 2009. Get your Teams ready!