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CONTENTS SPECIAL FEATURES PAGE 1 0 The Palace Report - Tim Rusden 12 A Profile of Jones Joe Lyons 6 Canoeing North America Richard Fox and Liz Sharman 17 A Course in Slalom Physiology Part One- Dr. Steve Baker Jim Porter officiating in comfort at Halton Rapids. ·NEXT ISSUE • PROFILE LIZ SHARMAN • WORLDS PREVIEW 1 School Terrace, Selly Oak, Birmingham. 829 6DY • A HISTORY OF AUGSBURG Telephone: 021 471 3869 EDITOR: JOE LYONS FEATURES: RICHARD FOX The official magazine of the B.C.U. Slalom REGULAR FEATURES ' 'cutive, 45/47 . High Street, Addlestone, PAGE ybridge, Surrey. KT151JV. The views expressed in this magazine are not necessarily those of the Editor or of the Slalom 2 FROM THE EDITOR Executive. SUBSCRIPTIONS 4 'FEEDBACK' Subscriptions may be obtained at £4.00 for 6 issues post paid from: Slalom Magazine, 1 22 LETTERS School Terrace, Selly Oak, Birmingham. 829 6DY Special Rates for overseas readers. GUEST COLUMN ADVERTISING. 20 Rates for the next issue are available from the Editor - Telephone 021 471 3869 15 FAST AND CLEAN COPY . The next issue wil be published on: June 1st 24 · EVENTS ROUND UP Copy to reach the Editor 14 days before publication date. Cover Photo: John Hansell by P. Ast/es 2 SLALOM Magazine EDITORIAL The second issue of Slalom Magazine follows Tully was high and rising, and it was an open the selection of the Worlds team for Augsburg race on an open course. It was undoubtedly the '85. Below on this page you will find out who is most physical course that I have ever paddled. representing us at Augsburg. For those of you The most worrying feature of the results was the who feel they may like to go and support the success of the French team taking 1st, 3rd and team - and they would appreciate your support 4th in mens kayak. Jim Jayes in a Ziggy came in - the B.C.U. through Brian James are offering a 1st of the British, with Liz 1st lady, whilst C1 and package of travel by plane to Augsburg, C2 winners were as at Bala. The rest of the accommodation and some food from £390 per results left the committee with 2 major head. For the less wealthy we will have advice in problems. Russ Smith came 15th which, the next issue, out on June 1st, on how best to combined with his 3rd place put him well adrift get there and where you might stay - we would of Jim Dolan who came 4th behind Ian Raspin have included it in this issue but the German and Mike Druce, both of whom blew out at Bala. organisers haven't sent us the details yet. With Richard preselected, and only one place to give away, the selection committee had to On a more mundane note, we'd like to apologise choose between Russ's undoubted future and for the typing glitches in the last issue. The Jim's past successes. Jim has two 10th places in problems of proof reading your own articles are Worlds events as well as a team gold, and is endless. Special apologies to John Macadam, undoubtedly one of the worlds best tea where we left our a rather crucial sentence, and paddlers. Russ has the speed to produce a top ~ to Jim Dolan, whose phone number was place at Augsburg, if he can go clear and well. In incorrect. th end the selection committee chose Russ, as much a surprise to him as to everyone else and The response to our new style has been much to Jim's distress. A straw poll of those at excellent, and the subscription forms keep the event on Sunday suggested that the majority rolling in. For those of you who have not got a of paddlers felt it was not a good decision. My copy of the first issue we have about 100 or so own feeling is that it did no harm to Richard to be left - if you want one then drop 50 pence worth dropped in 1978 - in fact it was a spur to greater of stamps into an envelope and we wili send it to ·· success in 1979. Russ should do well, but the you post free (don't forget to put your name and pressure is now on him to justify his place. address in). In Ladies and Canadians the teams sorted The selection events for the slalom team were themselves out fairly well, with Pete Bell coming held on Bala Mill on 1st of April and on a good 2nd to earn his place, along with Les Grandtully on the 6th of April. The selection Williams and Bob Doman. In ladies Gail, Liz, policy was that the winner of each event would Karen Davies and Sue Ward go to Augsberg, go, with the remaining places being filled at the Sue just squeezing out fellow scot Jane Wilson, discretion of the selectors. If the same person who unluckily swam on the last gate of th won both events then 3 discretionary places course (I know the feeling.). In C2 Meikle an<., were available. Melvyn Jones, Gail Allen, Martyn Brown earned their trip and one of the Hedges and Eric Jamieson and Rob Williams established crews was to be left behind. With won their various classes at Bala, on a tight little to choose between the results of Young and technical course, where there was little to be Munro and Keane and Wolkenstein, the made up through speed, as moves came very selectors plumped for the experience of the close together. Many hopefuls blew out, former in preference to the speed of the latter, finishing low down the results, but the old team rather the opposite of the Russ Smith/Jim Dolan faithful Jim Dolan came second, 1 second decision. Impressive results from the youths behind Melvyn, with Russ Smith faster, but augur well for Spittal - good luck to them all! unable to go clean, hitting a simple forward down on his second run to put him 3rd. In Canadians Les Williams, a man with a good JOE LYONS record at Augsburg, was second. Pete Bell, though, finished 9th and was in difficulty. In C2 the Wimps came. second, but new crew Meikle and Brown were the surprise 3rd, pushing the regular crews of Young and Munro and Keane and Wolkenstein to 4th and 5th. The move to Grandtully left a lot of people with a lot to do! SLALOM Magazine 3 NOMAD CANOES Ltd UNIT 15 DEESIDE INDUSTRIAL PARK CLWYD. Telephone (0244) 811393 Try the new range of NOMAD SLALOM DESIGNS- the PRO-AM ~w ,-<ifffi- -=4* Russ Smith Ki\Yi\K8 Premier World Selection Event, Bala Mill 1st April 1985 Photo by Tony Tickle C ls C2s BOATS FOR ALL WEIGHTS OF PADDLER STOP PRESS THE NEW C 2 IS READY Ian Raspin - Youth Paddler Premier World Selection Event, Bala Mill 1st April 1985 Photo by Tony Tickle 4 SLALOM Magazine MATLOCK GA TES SIX FLAGS A training course of 30 gates has been set The Six Flags Corporation, owners of six up on the River Derwent at Matlock family "adventure parks" around the USA Bath. The gates will remain in position have, for the last few years, sponsored a until the end of October. Paddlers wishing series of grand prix races on their to use this facility are asked to consider artificial river ride, "Thunder River". The the interests of the local cornrnunity when course was modelled after the man-made parking, unloading and changing for Olympic site at Augsburg and although canoeing sessions.