Liverpool University Canoe Club

BUCS slalom is next term - check your diary for the 13/14 Feb now - you can grab your place now by telling James/Mary, at the dinner tonight, at the pool session tommorow, or by email: slalom@lucanoe.info. Video of LUCC at BUCS slalom 2008:

If you want to know exactly what sort of excellent weekend you’d be letting yourself in for, ask anyone who went on the recent BUCS WWR (see Finn and Lois’s report) - The BUCS slalom is very similar, (camp, race, party, camp, race some more) but at a different venue - the short artificial course near Nottingham, with the added fun of going between (or attempting to go between) some stripy barber poles.

Find out more about BUCS slalom: BUCS slalom website

Message from James:

Ok guys, seems early, but this has to be booked well in advance, deadline is the end of term!

BUCS slalom 13th&14th Feb at Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham

Its subsidised by the AU, so should be a very cheap weekend (as a guide WWR was a mere £10). It should be suitible for all who have been on a few river trips, as it is an artificial course with lots of safety, but
we would like as many of you as possible to come on the *practice weekend (date TBC*), esspecially freshers to keep carnage to a minimum for the actual event! Its going to be an awesome weekend with plenty of partying as well as paddling and everyones welcome to cheer on/offer moral support/fish the rest of us out! Send replies to slalom@lucanoe.info

Get your names down now, and get practicing!     Cheers,  James

Reminder of how BUCS works:

Its a race - short white water course, attempt to go between the poles. You are elegible to enter the race as long as a) you are a proper student of Liv Uni and b) you have your AU card (sports card) c) You tell James soon so that he can send the entry form in. If you aren’t a proper liv uni student, you can still go along and help with safety/getting the C2 back up quickly for multiple runs/paddle and accompany freshers down the river/take pictures/cheer from the side.

Cost: About £10 for the weekend, which is basically the cost of the (ace) party. This year the party theme is: Valentine’s day. The AU subsidises the accom and entry fee, which is why the weekend is so cheap.

Participation counts: Its a competition between all british universities - by entering the race, you win points for Liverpool Uni - in fact, you get a point for just making it down the course. You get more points if you do middling well, and loads of points if you come in the top 10. You can enter the race in the normal class (usual river boat, suitable for everyone, or if you like,  a proper slalom boat), or in the C1 or C2 class if you’ve had a proper practice in those boats. Also, there are team events, where you do the course in threes. There is a maximum number we can enter in each class, so sign up quick. We add up all our points, and compare with other unis. We usually do well overall because we have a good mixture of decent paddlers and new folk willing to have a go. In BUCS WWR, Liv Uni came 5th, wooooo! Impressive stuff. Here’s to success in the slalom too, have fun.

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