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OCTOBER 1985 Price S~p -. .• ' Jimmy Jayes • New Rules Training • Profile· Alan Edge BOB DOMAN COMPETING IN THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: AUGSBURG 1985 THE PRO-AM.IS BECOMING THE MOST POPULAR C1 USED IN BRITAIN TODAY, THE COMB/NATION OF SPEED AND COMFORT I i i MUST MAKE IT YOUR CHOICE. I l EXCITE YOURSELF TRY ONE OF THE PRO-AM RANGE ,,,.,' OF CANOES & KA YAKS FROM NOMAD. I I AVAILABLE FROM ONLY£170 + vat M·I · c- Ml .. \_ .... o· ;" 1· -~ .. s- -I l:' • ul ..... I I. .. I: ". " I " I 1 , I • I .I . I • No . NOMAD CANOES, UNIT 15, DEES/DE INDUSTRIAL PARK, CLWYD. Tel. 0244 811393. ,J SLALOM Magazine _ 1 c:.Q.:N1l1EN1lS S P1E1c·11A-L FE'A tu:R.E·S PAGE 6 Training for the New Rules 11 How They Train - Jim Jayes 15 Focus on Tasmania 19 Sowerby Bridge Stafford and Stone Inter-Club Champions - Canoe Festival See inside back cover. Photo - Tony Tickle 20 Alan Edge - Profile of a Coach NEXT ISSUE • A Guide To Fitting Out Boats • Staying On Top of Winter Workouts • How They Train - 1 School Terrace, Selly Oak, Birmingham. B29 6DY Martyn Hedges Telephone 0785 817016 EDITOR: JOE LYONS FEATURES: RICHARD FOX The official magazine of the B.C.U. Slalom Executive, 45/47 High Street, Addlestone, Weybridge, Surrey. KT15 1 JV. The views expressed in this magazine are not REGUL~~ATURES necessarily those of the Editor or of the Slalom Executive. PAGE SUBSCRIPTIONS Subscriptions may be obtained at £4.00 for 6 issues post paid from: Slalom Magazine, 1 2 From The Editor School Terrace, Selly Oak, Birmingham. B29 6DY Special Rates for overseas readers. 4~ ADVERTISING. Rates for the next issue are available from the Editor - Telephone 0785 817016 9 Optnloru- Roger Annan COPY The next issue will be published on December 1st 11· Canadian Corner Copy to· reach the Editor 14 days before publication date. 221 Letters Front Cover: Team 'Forth' at Cardington 24 Results Photo - Ton.y Tickle .1 2 SLALOM Magazine ED.IT0·1R;l~L This editorial starts with a warning via the Welsh The Championship was run according to the Canoe Association, from the Llangollen Angling proposed Division 2 - Novice new rules. Association, - 'Following repeated encroachement on Llangollen Angling The proposed new rules for Division 2 to Novice Association waters by Canoeists during the differ in a few respects. The most striking points fishing season the association wlsh it to be being the inclusion of compulsory reverse gates made clear that they will ban all canoeing for a and the retention of the 5 sec penalty per pole period of 12 months if this rogue canoeing does rule rather than the ICF change to 5 sec penalty not stop' - in the interests of all of us, do not per gate (one or both poles). A meeting at the use the Dee except at the agreed times, and in Inter-Club Championships saw some interesting the agreed places. Check first - if the Dee is debate on the subject of two sets of rules for our lost as the result of a slalom paddler's sport. Many people argued for the retention of transgression he will not be popular! reverse gates at lower level slaloms suggesting that this was one way of helping paddlers to Still on a serious note, this issue of the magazine learn the specific reverse techniques that would contains an article on the Premier/Division 1 be useful on tough courses at a higher level. It split by Roger Annan. Please read it and think was pointed out that much of the interest in flat about it, and its implications. As a further point to water slalom courses would be removed if note, if there is no split, then more than two reverse gates disapper since almost every gate thirds of the people who started the season in would be possible, and faster, paddling Division 1 will be demoted just to restore the forwards. division to managable proportions. It is clear something must be done, and to me the major question is centred on how large a premier The arguments in favour of one set of rules division we would want. It would seem that an appear more logical. Firstly, one set of rules elite division, and the holding of events on means one sport of slalom in this country and no Saturday promote healthy competition and are confusion. No problem with paddlers and judges good practice internationally. My own view is adapting from one slalom to another; no that premier should stay small - perhaps 70 K1 , problems explaining the sport to the media. No 25 Ladies, 15 C1 , 1 O C2 for a total of 120 problems for coaches teaching different skills to paddlers, allowing events to be run on Saturday one set· of paddlers who have to show correct with possible free access or a 2nd event, held on reverse presentation on some gates, and Sunday. Otherwise there is not point in having another set for whom the objective is simply to premier. We may as well call it Division 1, and pass through each gate in the fastest possible demote lots of people to Division 2. Your views way. on this thorny question will be much appreciated by Mike Crosbee (address in yearbook) who is Think carefully, the ICF rules are here to stay for putting a paper together. at least 4 years. They cannot be changed. One set of rules for all divisions would mean that In the letters section a missive from Canoe every paddler is in touch with the sport at the Focus is printed. As all the independent top level. As new techniques can be passed on canoeing prints have attacked the content of down the line to paddlers in lower divisions. The Focus recently, we have decided that we must truth is there will be no loss in skill. Only a really find out what our readers think, and to get change in skill. Isn't it better that everyone it on paper to present to Focus. So please fill out changes their skill together? the enclosed slip and return it to Stuart Fisher. Too many people have indicated a If every division adopts the same set of rules for dissatisfaction with Focus, yet it is difficult to 1986 and guidelines for course design are issied convince people without the evidence in writing. to organising clubs the sport can advance in a unified way. If the ICF new rules are acceptable The Nomad Inter Club Championships was a to the lower divisions after a year of experiment roaring success, marred only by the then there is no need for further change. If, on irresponsible behaviour of a number of Canadian the other hand, the proposed alterations to the paddlers who threw a member of the popular ICF rules are implemented for Division 2 to canoeing press into the river. Such behaviour novice we will have to face renewed debate this only downgrades our sport, (and Mick Berwick time next year and face the possibility of says he'll defend me next time!) For a report on reversing the decision. Isn't that a waste of the event see the results section. everyone's time? SLALOM Magazine 3 ·~. MIKE JONES RALL V 7 - 8 DECEMBER Slalom magazine by dint of much effort and 1985 expense, have obtained an exclusive interview eith the new contender in the Lowenbrau 500 This fun packed weekend will again be series. We found the future heavyweight based at Llangollan. Touring on the River prospect in the car park at Hambledon just Dee will be available, and also possibly on before his run and asked for his prediction as to the River Tryweryn should water levels the result. He replied "Well Harry, I'm not allow. The usual competitions, film shows, Mohammed Ali, I'm just going to win it!" videos and lectures add to an excellent Afterwards he declared himself to be ''over the weekend. moon", though a few cans of the aforementioned lager led him to claim he was as "sick as a parrott". His bank manager is Tickets this year will be £2.50 per person watching future races with interest. Seriously fully inclusive of camping, tours, lectures the two Lowenbrau races held at slalom sites etc. Broadsheet and advance stickers are were fun, successful and the use of venues available from l November - 25 November where both halves of white water canoeing can by post from M J Rally Ticket Office, 18 meet is something that has been missed since Temple Street, Padfield, Hadfield, Hyde,. the executives split in 1977. Whist the fast racers Cheshire SK14 7EX. Please enclose SAE. are there to win, there's room for everyone to try Cheques payable to M J Rally. it and enjoy a can of free Lowenbra0, so come All other enquires to J Rally Secretary, along and try your hand. M 125 Hook Rise South, Tolworth. Surbiton, /G I.A tJ.,. •.•.• Surrey. Jee_ ;:v 51 King Edward Rd, Northampton. 0604 859366 [·· or 0604 27183 Not, onl:y. R!l1C'H1A-R-.D. rox chose Freeblades f'or1 the w·o1ild1 Cha·mpionships In Augsburg. So, did' 80% ot the Bdtislil Team. hil tact, more paddlers chose. lFreeblades; tti11a,rn 1 1 a1rr1y .. other pa·<dd.l.e, a1rird1yo1J1 can't a,sk tor a 1 better raoomrnendatlon tha1til that. 4 SLALOM Magazine NIEW·S11 &. INFO·· WATER RELEASES Youth Development Scheme Welsh Water have confirmed that only weekday To be involved in winter training during 1985/86 releases will be made on the river Tryweyn from you must be: mid October until mid January 1986 - thereafter Youth or Junior and in Division 1, 2 or 3.