Category: Olympic Canoeing
Andy Train organises London 2012 canoe relay
February 22nd, 2012, Comments Off
Multiple canoeing world championships medalist and five-time Olympian Andy Train is training hundreds of children to take part in a canoe relay along Britain’s waterways ahead of the London Games this summer. The four-month relay will use bell-boats, effectively a twin-canoe which were designed by Andy’s father, David Train, the founder of Fladbury Canoe Club. [...]
Eric Farrell’s canoe coaching highlights
February 20th, 2012, Comments Off
An interesting interview with Eric Farrell on Sportscene’s website. He talks about his involvement in canoeing, from his early days as a junior at Royal under George Richardson to coaching paddlers to World Championship and Olympic medals. Well worth a read. (Picture credit: GB Canoeing)
Wycherley & Brabants face 3 Olympic canoe race-offs
February 20th, 2012, Comments Off
The Sprintwise blog reports that Paul Wycherley and reigning Olympic Champion Tim Brabants will have their first of three race-offs for the 2012 Olympic K1 1,000m slot in April at the Nottingham regatta. According to the authoritative blog, written by Anne Ferguson, former World Class Programmes Manager at GB Canoeing and now working for LOCOG where she is responsible [...]
GB canoeist Jenna Hawkey mixing it with Royal seniors
February 17th, 2012, Comments Off
A big Royal welcome to Great Britain Olympic hopeful Jenna Hawkey who has been training with our senior group over the past few days. Jenna, now also known as Mrs Ferris after her wedding to Andy back in October, hails from the south-west and was originally a keen surf life-saver from Portreath, Cornwall. Some reports [...]
Q: How many sports stars have degrees? A: More than the Daily Telegraph can fit in a dodgy picture gallery
February 17th, 2012, Comments Off
It’s a known fact that some web portals like to generate page views by publishing nonsensical picture galleries. Top 10 most revealing dresses. Top 20 embarrassing speeches. Top 20 car driving mistakes captured on video. Top 20 exposed breasts. Well, I may have exaggerated about the last one a bit. But while it’s not unusual [...]
Canadian Olympic canoe team fires Barney Wainwright
February 16th, 2012, Comments Off
Longstanding Royal Canoe Club member and ex-Great Britain Olympic canoeing sports scientist Barney Wainwright has been let go by CanoeKayak Canada as high performance director of its Olympic canoeing programme. Barney, who worked for the BCU’s Olympic programme for a decade, was appointed to the role with CanoeKayak Canada in November 2010. Barney’s departure also [...]
Transport fit for a GB canoe team manager
February 16th, 2012, Comments Off
British marathon canoeing team supremo James Smythe has been in touch with a picture of his shiny new wheels. We didn’t feel the van quite encapsulated the needs of the team sufficiently (where will they eat? where will they sleep?) so we invited colleagues here in the office for their suggestions and, below, you can [...]
Canoeist guinea pigs wanted!
February 16th, 2012, Comments Off
Kingston University is still looking for trained kayakers who’d like to be part of a research study. Here’s what you’ll be doing (links to Facebook, if you don’t have an account you won’t be able to see it). Dave Muggeridge at the university is after healthy male volunteers to help find out whether taking shots [...]
How to publicise your new canoe slalom course
February 14th, 2012, Comments Off
What’s the surest way of getting coverage in the national newspapers for your shiny new artificial slalom course? The bigwigs at Locog (the London organising committee of the Olympic Games) have hit on a brilliant wheeze – get the journalist and make them go down it. As a way of garnering column inches, it is [...]
GB Olympic slalom selection tickets on sale
February 11th, 2012, Comments Off
The powers that be have arranged a great deal for anyone who’d like to watch the GB Olympic canoe slalom selection event at Lee Valley White Water Centre. For just £5 for adults and £1 for children you get a one-day ticket – and three-day tickets are available for the price of two. The tickets [...]
