WOW 8 (April 5) - Australian Canoeing
WOW 8 (April 5) - Australian Canoeing
WOW 8 (April 5) - Australian Canoeing
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<strong>WOW</strong><br />
A L L T H E N E W S F R O M T H E<br />
‘ W E E K O N W A T E R ’<br />
E d . 8 : 0 5 A p r i l , 2 0 1 2<br />
London Ahoy<br />
London bound Canoe Slalom star Kynan Maley hit the catwalk at Olympic Park last week for the unveiling of the 2012 Adidas<br />
<strong>Australian</strong> Olympic Team uniform.<br />
With only 113 Days till the opening ceremony kicks off the XXX Olympics, Western Australia’s Kynan Maley has his sights<br />
firmly on competing in London after attending the official <strong>Australian</strong> Team Uniform launch at Sydney Olympic Park last<br />
Wednesday.<br />
Maley was joined by a host of the nation’s top medal prospects including track stars Sally Pearson, Mitch Watt and Craig<br />
Mottram, Swimmer Jessica Schipper and Beach volleyball veteran Natalie Cook.<br />
The Opening Ceremony outfits will not be unveiled until May, but the competition, training and leisure suits were modelled<br />
with the emphasis is on lightness, which adidas says will make the <strong>Australian</strong> athletes faster than ever.<br />
Sport-specific compression suits for events such as boxing, athletics, rowing and weightlifting are designed to mirror muscle<br />
movement, which adidas says will generate a "slingshot" effect for explosive power and acceleration.<br />
Athletes will also stay cooler, adidas says, thanks to ventilation zones, moisture management fabrics and conductive fibres<br />
that draw heat away from the body.<br />
“It was really good, They’ve done a really good job of representing Australia and the team, and the shirts I was wearing and<br />
the shoes were incredibly light, so it should makes us really competitive in London,” said Maley.<br />
Maley and men’s C2 partner Robin Jeffery will return to Perth for Easter tomorrow.<br />
“I’m looking forward to spending time with the family and catching up with our manager at WAIS,” said Maley.<br />
Maley and Jeffery will meet with politicians and the local community on Tuesday as momentum builds for Armidale (in<br />
Perth) to push for its own slalom facility, with a large paddling community pushing its course, since the closure of the Harvey<br />
Whitewater Centre in the late 90’s.<br />
The duo will join VIS veteran Warwick Draper, NSWIS paddler Jessica Fox and National Slalom Coaches Mike Druce, Myriam<br />
Fox and Yann Le Pennec for London on <strong>April</strong> 13 for a training camp on the Olympic course at Lee Valley.
2012 <strong>Australian</strong> Surf Life Saving Championships<br />
Manly’s Naomi Flood & Avoca Beach paddler Lachlan Tame led<br />
the flatwater charge with some outstanding results in tough<br />
conditions at Kurrawa Beach over the weekend.<br />
Flood continued her fine start to 2012 with the 2009<br />
<strong>Australian</strong> Ironwoman champion winning an impressive five<br />
from five events, powering her Manly club to third overall<br />
behind Queensland powerhouse Northcliffe.<br />
The highlight for Flood came in the Taplin Relay final where<br />
she combined with fellow team members Candice Falzon and<br />
Devon Halligan to make it back to back titles following victory<br />
in the same event last year.<br />
Although stoked with the title, Flood was happy to just be back<br />
racing on the beach.<br />
“Its great to be back on the beach with all of your friends and<br />
so many familiar faces, as well as being at the beach,” said<br />
Flood.<br />
23 year old Avoca beach paddler Lachlan Tame won a hotly<br />
contested men’s single ski final, defending his 2011 crown to<br />
finish ahead of two-time Olympian Peter Scott and Western<br />
Australia’s Reece Backer.<br />
In a family affair, Tugun siblings Ken and Bernadette Wallace<br />
(pictured) won bronze in the mixed double ski final behind<br />
Manly ace Flood and her partner Blake Ballard, while Victorian<br />
U23 sprint paddler Cat McArthur partnered Thomas Penney to<br />
win a silver for Anglesea.<br />
SASI sprint paddler Matt Goble and Luke Morrison won the men’s Double Ski championship for Moana ahead of Tame and<br />
fellow Avoca paddler Ben Hamilton, while Tasmanian brothers Sam and Tom Norton finished 8th.<br />
QAS sprint stars Tate Smith and Joel Simpson combined with fellow Northcliffe athlete and five-time <strong>Australian</strong> Ironman<br />
champion Shannon Eckstein to win the men’s single ski relay final.<br />
The win was extra special for the trio as they were disqualified at the start of last year’s final after Simpson jumped off the<br />
start line.<br />
The National Elite Development Program (NEDP) appears to be working a treat with three U23 sprint paddlers; Kirsty<br />
Higgison (Warilla), Coco Howcroft (Mooloolaba) and Allison Bryant (Manly) finishing 2th, 3rd and 4th respectively in the<br />
women’s U19 Single Ski final, with Howcroft winning an additional bronze in the U19 Taplin Relay final.<br />
18 year old Burnie paddler Tom Norton finished second behind Northcliffe’s Daniel Booth in the men’s U19 Single Ski Final,<br />
with fellow sprint young guns Mark Stowe (Redhead) and Bill Bain (Mooloolaba) also featuring in the top 6.<br />
Finally in the U17 events, Bayswater’s Shannon Reynolds continued her hot start to 2012 winning silver in the women’s U17<br />
Single Ski final after dominating at last months National Championships in Penrith, NSW.<br />
Fellow 2012 junior sprint team paddler Deeandra Godoy (Sydney Northern Beaches) also showed her adaptability in both<br />
surf and flatwater boats with an impressive 5th place finish in the same event.<br />
For latest Aussies 2012 news and all the RESULTS click here.
VOTE NOW - 4 Aussies nominated for ICF ATHLETE OF THE MONTH<br />
WAIS WK1 star Alana Nicholls and 17 year old Brothers C2 pair Alex Haas and Jake Donaghey joined 2011 K4 Worlds silver<br />
medallist Murray Stewart as nominees for the March ICF Athlete of the Month after they captured the heart of the nation<br />
with some exciting racing at the Oceania and National Championships at Sydney International Regatta Centre last month.<br />
The four Aussies will be looking to join Beijing K1 500 gold medallist Ken Wallace and South Australia’s Hannah Davis who<br />
won last year’s <strong>April</strong> and May awards.<br />
Rivalling them for the award is New Zealand K1 200 world champion Lisa Carrington, Eric Hurd and Jeff Larimer after they<br />
secured C1/C2 Olympic quotes for USA, and 15 year old Brazilian sensation Ana Satila who has become a national hero after<br />
winning two gold medals at the Pan American Championships.<br />
Stewart currently leads the voting on 38% of the vote from Satila (27%), Carrington (24%) and Nicholls (8%).<br />
Get behind Australia’s top paddlers by casting your VOTE HERE.<br />
Photo taken by Sportscene
Olympic Team Meeting<br />
London bound canoe slalom trio Jessica Fox, Kynan Maley and<br />
Robin Jeffery travelled to the Gold Coast on Tuesday to join<br />
the canoe sprint paddlers for an Olympic Team Meeting<br />
where athletes, coaches and other staff discussed all things<br />
London related in preparation for this year’s Games.<br />
2008 Olympic Triathlon gold medallist Emma Snowsill and<br />
fellow Beijing gold medallist, kayak star Ken Wallace were on<br />
hand to discuss their experiences with the Olympic prospects<br />
which will hopefully motivate them in their pursuit for a<br />
medal later this year.<br />
NZL Schools Champs<br />
16 young talented canoe slalom paddlers arrived in<br />
New Zealand last week for the annual National Talent Squad<br />
(NTS) tour under the guidance of Coordinator Peter Eckhardt.<br />
The team competed at the first of two events, the New<br />
Zealand Schools Championships earlier in the week at Maruia<br />
river valley, with 15 year old WA paddler Brodie Crawford<br />
winning the boys kayak event ahead of Steven Lowther (WA)<br />
and Chris Fegan (VIC).<br />
Tasmania’s Kate Eckhardt finished second in the girls kayak<br />
behind New Zealand’s Deahna Shearer with Noemie Fox<br />
(NSW) rounded out the top three.<br />
For the slalom athletes, it provided them with the additional<br />
opportunity to try their hands in the sprint boats, with Fox<br />
joining K4 stars Jo Brigden-Jones and Lyndsie Fogarty for a K1<br />
session (above) under the guidance of Sprint Head Coach<br />
Martin Marinov.<br />
WAIS paddlers Robin Jeffery and Kynan Maley utilised the<br />
world class gym facilities, and also took the opportunity to<br />
step in a sprint boat trying to avoid the army of bull sharks<br />
beneath the shadows.<br />
The Juniors also performed well with Ashley Hobbs and Tristan Carter medalling in both the C1 and K1 events, while in the<br />
senior girls Elsa Gales claimed the C1 silver.<br />
Starting tomorrow the team will compete at the New Zealand National Championships.<br />
Visit the NTS Slalom Official website for latest news and NZ Tour blog.
Scott Shipley - Olympic Slalom Course Designer<br />
Three-time Olympian and holder of four world titles, Scott Shipley of the USA was<br />
recently interviewed by the International Canoe Federation (ICF) about this year’s<br />
Olympic course design at Lee Valley.<br />
Shipley’s combined expertise in both Whitewater and Engineering Design has made<br />
him the go-to designer for some of the world’s most demanding whitewater design<br />
projects. He has been credited with driving innovation in the whitewater park<br />
industry by pushing the design envelope; his achievements in whitewater course<br />
design may just supersede his world titles and his accolade of America’s best ever<br />
slalom kayaker.<br />
What was the inspiration behind the design of the Lee Valley whitewater course?<br />
The real challenge of any Olympic design is to define the new standard for the next<br />
quadrennium. In some ways this involves taking the sport to the next level but it has<br />
to be a subtle transition. Athletes need to be challenged at the Olympics but the<br />
whitewater needs to be manageable in a way that the athletes can still have a dominating<br />
run. You need to up the standard to a level that the athletes can match - so<br />
that the champions can paddle like champions.<br />
Read full ICF interview here.<br />
Important Links<br />
<strong>Australian</strong> <strong>Canoeing</strong> - www.canoe.org.au<br />
Sprint/Slalom Team Information - www.team.canoe.org.au<br />
Latest sprint news articles published here - www.sprint.canoe.org.au<br />
Join Team AUS Facebook for live race updates and latest sprint/slalom news<br />
Contact Details<br />
Tom Collings<br />
High Performance Team Support<br />
tom.collings@canoe.org.au<br />
(02) 4729 0277 / 0439 364 683<br />
Key Slalom Dates<br />
ICF World Cup 1 (8 (8-10 (8 10 June)<br />
Cardiff, Wales<br />
ICF World Cup 2 (15 (15-17 (15 17 June)<br />
Pau, France<br />
ICF World Cup 3 (22 (22-24 (22 24 June)<br />
La Seu d’Urgell, Spain<br />
ICF U23/JNR World Champs (11 (11-15 (11 15 July)<br />
Wausau, USA<br />
For Event info go to www.canoe.org.au<br />
Key Sprint Dates<br />
ICF World Cup 1 (18 (18-20 (18 20 May)<br />
Duisburg, Germany<br />
ICF World Cup 2 (25 (25-27 (25 27 May)<br />
Poznan, Poland<br />
ICF World Cup 3 (1 (1-3 (1 3 June)<br />
Moscow, Russia<br />
Olympic Games (6 (6-11 (6 11 August)<br />
London, United Kingdom