Racing
Sprint Racing
This is kayak racing done in very fast, tipsy kayaks and canoes. It is an Olympic sport. Distances are 200metre, 500 metre, 1000 metre and 6000 metres. There are 1, 2, and 4 person boats. It is challenging and lots of fun. It is great for athletes who want to be in an individual sport and challenge themselves. It also provides the team aspect in the 2 and 4 person boats.
Who can Sprint Race? Any person ages 8+. In this sport, you compete against others in your age category.
Regattas
Regattas are paddling tournaments. They take place April thru October throughout the Lower Mainland, Nanaimo, Kamloops, Seattle and points East.
Preparation for Practices
The times stated for practices are when the athlete is being coached. It is best if the paddlers get to the boathouse 15 minutes ahead of time to help each other carry their boats and paddles to Marina Park and plan the same for after the practice to put the boats back. The coach expects athletes to be ready to start practice on time. If your paddler cannot make a practice, we request you phone the coach and let them know ahead of time.
Care of Equipment
It is important that all athletes take care of club equipment.
Sprint boats and sprint technique paddles may only be used by members paying coaching fees.
Boat usage fees may apply for equipment. All club equipment is only to be used at scheduled club functions.
Athlete Behaviour – Respect & Enjoy
Any swearing, violence, or unsportsman-like behaviour toward other athletes, coaches, parents or officials results in immediate disqualification.
You will find the usual friendly club rivalry at regattas. The same respect is expected at practices and social events.
Family Social Paddle Events
All children participating must have a parent attending. Assistance is needed to load and unload boats. There is no cost to these events unless a trailer has to be rented. If picnics are arranged, everyone brings their own lawn chairs, plates, cutlery, and napkins. When we organize one with a picnic, the food is either pot-luck or bring-your-own.
CKBC
The CKBC Board of Directors is made up of the Executive, the Chief of Officials, Regional Coaches, and a representative from each BC club. The purpose is the same as any organization – encouraging club, athlete, and coach development, ruling on discipline matters, running regattas.
Team BC
The Fraser River served as a training ground for the B.C. women's kayaking team.
Troy Landreville, Langley Advance Published: Friday, August 07, 2009
The oft-unpredictable flow of the muddy Fraser made for an interesting Tuesday afternoon for the CanoeKayak BC women's sprint kayaking team.
Just ask team members Kristin Bauder and Sarah Poole, who wobbled in their seats after the river seemed to burp, causing their K2 boat to tip to one side during a photo shoot. The team used the fast-moving Bedford Channel as a training ground as it prepares for the Canada Summer Games (CSG) Aug. 15-29 in Prince Edward Island.
The B.C. women's sprint kayaking team was in Fort Langley this week.
Under the guidance of Fort Langley Canoe Club head coach Sara Hopkins, Team BC paddled the Fraser Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Today, Aug. 7, the team members head north to Maple Ridge's Whonnock Lake to practise on the lake's race course.
Team BC includes Fort Langley resident Bauder, Maple Ridge's Poole, Jessie Mitchell, and Clara van Meel, and Burnaby's Kiran Basra and Rebecca Alley. They made the CSG cut after competing in a series of B.C. team trials June 6-7 at Whonnock Lake. While in Fort Langley, the provincial paddlers trained mainly on K2 and K4 boats.
"It's been really good figuring out who paddles best with who, and team dynamics," said Bauder. A veteran of elite national regattas, Bauder paddled in the 2005 Canada Summer Games, winning gold, silver and bronze, and 2006 Pan Am Championships in Mexico where she won a gold and a pair of silver medals. She has enjoyed podium finishes at the nationals from 2004-08.
"I'm hoping in the K4s we can medal," Bauder said, prior to launching her K2 boat into the water. "I'm hoping to medal in every event that I'm in." Bauder said any of the eastern provinces including Ontario, Quebec, and Nova Scotia will pose the toughest challenges at the CSG. "I think the sport is a lot bigger back there," the Simon Fraser University student noted, adding, "There are a lot more people involved and a lot more people know about it." Gelling as a team shouldn't be an issue for the provincial female kayakers once the Games begin. "We're like family," Alley said. "I've spent more time with these guys than with my actual family this summer." The canoe/kayaking competition at the CSG runs Aug. 23-27.
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One male member of the FLCC, Elliot Hoyt, will compete at the CSG in the sprint kayaking competition.
CSG spares include Fort Langley paddlers Joshua Plankeel and Jordan Traas.