Stirling Canoe Club Committee

The S.C.C. committee is made up of 4 Executive members and 8 Non-executive members. The current committee was voted in at the last A.G.M. held in October 2011. The committee meets on a regular basis. If you would like a particular topic discussed at a committee meeting, please contact one of the Committee members(listed below).

Copies of the minutes from committee meetings are available on request.

If your email bounces, please try one of the other committee members. Thanks

 

Executive Committee Members

Chairperson:   Drew Milroy

 

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

 

SID - coach, canoeist and kayaker...

ViceChair@stirlingcanoeclub.info


 

Catherine

Membership Secretary:  Catherine Jones

 

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



 

Treasurer:  Graham Newport

 

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


 

Non-Executive Committee Members

 

 


 

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Stores:  Anne Vines

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


 

Pool Man:  James Wardlaw

 

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 


 

Child Protection Officer:  Pamela Linksted

 

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 


 

Sea Paddling Officer: Wullie Gardiner

 

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......

Seakayaking@stirlingcanoeclub.info


 

Steve Linksted

Coaching: Steve Linksted

 

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


 

Web Monkey: Tony Davis

 

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

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

                                    
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


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

Last modified 5th December 2011