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Executive
Committee Members
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Chairperson:
Drew Milroy
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Drew has
been a member of Stirling Canoe Club since 1991. During this time he
has held a number of positions on the committee: Club Secretary Oct
1993 - Oct 2001, Pool Secretary Oct 2004 - Oct 2005. He has been the
Chairman since Oct 2005. In 2002 Drew was granted Honorary Club
Membership. Most Sundays Drew can be found boating on local and not so
local rivers, depending on rain fall. Also an occasional sea and surf
paddler, he has been known in the past to have participated in canoe
polo and slalom. Chairman@stirlingcanoeclub.info
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Vice
Chairperson: Sid Nodes
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SID - coach, canoeist and kayaker...
ViceChair@stirlingcanoeclub.info |
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Membership
Secretary: Catherine Jones
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Catherine joined the club in September 2009,
having started paddling with Manchester Uni Canoe Club and then Manchester Canoe Club,
who cunningly tricked her into paddling slalom. She can usually be found paddling round slalom gates
at Alva on a Monday and Wednesday evenings. She also likes to run the odd (non-scary) river and
playing on the waves at Stanley. When not paddling Catherine can generally be found up a hill somewhere.
By day she is an engineer....is it necessary to be able to write and spell as secretary?
Secretary@stirlingcanoeclub.info
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Treasurer:
Graham
Newport
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Grahams
origins are obscure. All that is known is that
after being found orphaned in a dark mysterious forest (date unknown) he was raised by oak trees, before carving a dug-out canoe from a fallen cousin and setting sail to fufil his dream of joining a coppice. Some say he eats only soil and is deciduous....all we know is that he is Graham of the
Forest.... Treasurer@stirlingcanoeclub.info
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Non-Executive
Committee Members
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Stores:
Anne Vines
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Anne joined the club in 2009 as a present
to herself for a milestone birthday (over 21 plus VAT). Some of the things she was taught at
that time are beginning to sink in slowly but surely now, much in the way that her pet dogs
will selectively accept and interpret instruction and information. She now realises that paddling
with a paddle is preferable to paddling frantically with her hands - even in the event of an
imminent capsize! Definitely a "game bird" and willing to to progress from calm, safe waters
to the more edgy and risky side of kayaking and canoeing.
Stores@stirlingcanoeclub.info
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Pool Man: James
Wardlaw
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Jim has
been in the club since March 2005, and has previously looked
after the
store before becoming Poolman.....a role he occupies whilst waiting for David Cameron's job to become vacant....
Three years ago, he went along to a pool session for the Scouts at Alva Academy, where he was waiting on his son -
"there is a spare boat if you want to try it?"...
He recently undertook his UKCC Level One Coach award, and has already progressed to UKCC Level 2 Trainee.
Pool@stirlingcanoeclub.info
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Child
Protection Officer: Pamela Linksted
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Pamela has been known to paddle an Open Canoe on Lochs & Lakes, but generally
keeps her feet dry running around after Peter and Alex (not to mention Steve) at slalom events and training sessions...
cpo@stirlingcanoeclub.info
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Sea
Paddling Officer: Wullie
Gardiner
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Wullie has been a member of Stirling Canoe Club since January 2001.
He takes the role of general committee members, keeping the rest of the committee on the straight and narrow.
His main interests are sea kayaking & white water kayaking; with his favorite river being the Etive.
Away from canoeing he likes tinkering around with cars, DIY, swearing at VW vans.......
and dreaming about the Etive again & again & again......
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Coaching: Steve Linksted
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Another deportee from
Englandshire 5 years ago, Steve started paddling back in the 1980’s, becoming an instructor in 1989 with Forest Canoe Club
but also coaching adult education, school and scout groups. The paddling was at exotic locations such as the River Dart, Symonds Yat,
the Tryweryn, Holme Pierrepont and the source of all southern English whitewater – the Thames Weirs! In the early 1990’s,
slalom beckoned but after a few years family life and sailing meant hanging up his paddles until 2009. Re-entry to the sport has been
vigorous, revalidating his level 2 kayak coach award and taking on the coaching role at the club, whilst getting used to shorter boats and paddles!
He has seen SCC coach numbers climb, and has successfully ccompleted UKCC L2, UKCC L3 training, Moderate Water Endorsement and 4* Leader, as well as being
the RCO for the SCA Central Region, and now the SCA Clubs Director too!
Coaching@stirlingcanoeclub.info |
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Web
Monkey: Tony
Davis
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Deported
from England, Tony joined the S.C.C Committee to aid his asylum
application. His role on the committee is nebulous; as is his paddling
style, which has "evolved" over the last 8 years. He has been
up-side-down in a boat in India, Nepal, Costa Rica, France,
Switzerland, Austria, Germany and Slovenia. He dabbles in surf and sea
paddling, but is unable to grow enough facial hair for open boating. He
knows nothing about computers......he really feels the cold...
Webmaster@stirlingcanoeclub.info |
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Open Boat Rep: Nick
Nick joined the club in 2009 hoping to do more
WhiteWater Open boating. First canoe experience was in the Rhu Sea Scouts and progressed to WW Raft Guiding,
Canoeing and Kayaking in the French Alps in the early 90s (the last time he eskimo rolled).
Nowadays if not on a loch, the sea or a river he is out on his mountain bike or on a crag climbing in Scotland
or the Alps, Pyrenees or Dolomites. Long holidays from his day job certainly helps. Aiming for new Coaching
awards in the future, will re-start canoe coaching from the days before Quals. were actually required.
openboat@stirlingcanoeclub.info
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Slalom:
Phil Hogg
A veteran slalomist, Phil has been competing,
coaching and organizing slalom since God was in short trousers. After the continued success of the
SCC Slalom paddlers in 2010, 2011 looks bright for slalom in the Stirling area.
Slalom@stirlingcanoeclub.info
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Polo:
To be announced
The Polo Rep position is vacant after Niall took on the job of Vice Chair at the AGM. He and Chris Clark are currently
encouraging members of the polo squads to step forward and take up the challenge...watch this space!
Polo@stirlingcanoeclub.info
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Last
modified 5th December 2011
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