Unofficial UK Slalom BBS

Anyone heard any rumours about how the recession might affect new boat prices ? Part of the reason for the price increase a year or two ago was the World shortage of carbon fibre [we were told]. I guess that if this is like most other commodities, it's price should have dropped back greatly since t...

I agree with the above, looking up what points Vet paddlers would have achieved in the main race, won't take long This is automatically done for Div 2/3 Vets, as I understand it, as that is how their league is ranked. To avoid confusion, you'd have to decide to just use the points from the higher o...

Well done spiderman. You've really grabbed the bull by the horns. I was going to change to purple next year, but now I'll stay as a Div 2 DV [M50] and support your league. Re: one of the remaining problems with merging the Vs and DVs - the protection from demotion/promotion. Demotion: I can only se...

I guess that what I was trying to say - but didn’t want to for fear of getting shouted at - and maybe what spiderman meant and perhaps what Ann is alluding to, is that the Working Party, set up by the Committee [?], didn’t come up with a proposal. So, could we start again this year with another Wor...

Since we have had no input to the latest round of discussion on this matter from anyone who is on the working party, then it is perhaps best left for next year. Any changes put to the ACM at this late stage that haven't come through a working party are likely to be unfocused and un-researched. Any ...

In the original discussion on this - started just over a year ago - extra prizes for Vets [at every race] wasn't one of the priorities. I agree that there is no need for this. The points raised were mainly along the lines of: 1. Having separate age-band system for the DVs - as found in other sports...

I’m all for any changes that make it easier to erect/take down a course, make the sport more exciting and which also make less of a requirement for judges and fewer controversial decisions. Single poles – right through the course – would do all of this. Negotiation of the course could be made clear...

Pick yourselves up a copy of Radio Times. It has a good section covering all the programming for terrestrial, Freeview [3 BBC interactive channels] and Sat/cable [5 or 6 BBC interactive channels]. There appears to 100% coverage and it even appears to have distinguished between 'canoe slalom' and 'c...

Agreed - great event. Good course, considering the water level. Can I have the recipe for the fruit cake ? One little problem - if non-paddler is reading - can you check published list for the points allocated to Div 2K1M for Sunday. They differ slightly from what is showing in the ranking lists [f...