It’s a new year, a new decade and a new race season! Hope you had a great christmas and new year!
With everyone itching to get stuck into some great training sessions and races here’s a quick wrap of what’s coming up in January.
It’s a new year, a new decade and a new race season! Hope you had a great christmas and new year!
With everyone itching to get stuck into some great training sessions and races here’s a quick wrap of what’s coming up in January…
New Training Sessions
As well as our old favourites we’ve got a bunch of new sessions happening. Check out On The Water > Outrigging > Outrigger Session Info for more details and sign up on the Training Schedule.
– Mid-week AM Sessions from Balmoral… a great opportunity to take your ocean skills to the next level. The exact day each week varies so check the Training Schedule.
– PD Downwind Day Jan 16… surfing our way from Palm Beach to Balmoral (note sign-up for this one closes Monday Jan 11 and we only have space for two guys an two girls crews)
– Race Night Jan 19… come ready to race!
Also look out for the OC Coaching Team getting more involved in helping out with training sessions. We appreciate your support as we embark on building our coaching skills.
OC Season Planning Meeting
As per Linda’s email everyone’s invited to set the scene for the remainder of the season with regards to races and commitment… this is the first step to putting your new year’s resolutions into practice. Jan 18, 6:30pm at the Kirk in Pyrmont.
Regattas
Jan 31 is looking to be our next regatta. No info is available from the host club yet but we will be in touch with details once it is.
OC1 Time Trials II
Feb 14 at Narrabeen is your next opportunity to benchmark your improvement and get some one-on-one technique feedback. The trials are also one of the inputs we use to decide on crews as per the Selection Criteria (btw these will remain in place for now but may change subject to where to decide to take things following the Jan 18 OC Planning Meeting).
If you’re not familiar with the trials you can check out some more info at On The Water > Crew Selection > Narrabeen OC1 Trial. You can also tee up with the Single Craft Coach, Todd to get some OC1 practice beforehand.
Steerer’s Course
I’m happy to say we’re kicking off our new steerers course on Jan 5. We’re trialling a new format where we run the course over three weeks in conjunction with our regular Tue sessions. The five people on the course (Kerry, Lisa, Charmian, Moana and Stuart) will get about 30min of theory before putting it into practice by steering the whole session that follows.
We’ll run more courses in the months ahead so that everyone has the opportunity to build their steering skills. We are also continuing with having all brand new steerers taking warm downs.
Pics From Recent Events
Don’t to check out the great pics from recent outrigger events…
Hawkesbury Canoe Classic
Vaka Eiva, Cook Is
PD Ama Fying Comp
Any questions please see the OC Coaching Team.
