Centurion Canoe Club – New Members Orientation 2011/12 AGENDA 1.Welcome and Introductions 2.Club related - canoeing year and administrative points 3.CSA

Centurion Canoe Club – New Members Orientation 2011/12

AGENDA

1. Welcome and Introductions

2. Club related - canoeing year and administrative points

3. CSA and GCU

4. Regulations to adhere to at Rietvlei Dam

5. Club boats and boat house

6. Safety

7. Coaching, training and proficiencies

8. Paddling equipment

9. Club socials

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WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS

1. New Members Introduction

2. Committee Introduction – 2011 (01 April 2011 to 31 March 2012)

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Chairman

Lukas Janse van Rensburg

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Vice-Chairman

Jan de Jager


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Club Captain

John Greeff

Treasurer

Linda Rabie


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Safety Officer

Ruan Schutte

Secretary

Lorette Janse van Rensburg


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Willem Landman

Louis Joubert


CLUB RELATED - Canoeing Year and Administrative Points

Canoeing year stretches from 1 April to 31 March. In March an AGM is held to select new committee members for the new canoeing year.

Members to ensure re-registration for new year is done within the month of March. Payment and forms to be completed for each new canoeing year (penalties will apply with late registrations). Cards will be blocked of members who have not paid. Cards will also be blocked of members who have paid but not signed their forms.

The Secretary will be the only entry point for any communication in and out of the club. So if there are any queries, problems, suggestions, news, etc please contact Lorette either at 0721006048 or [email protected]

Member’s responsibility to ensure e-mail address is correct as club communicates most activities and updates to members through e-mail.

Membership includes affiliation to Pretoria Sailing Club (PSC), Canoeing South Africa (CSA), Gauteng Canoe Union (GCU) and Friends of Rietvlei (FoR), each member will be issued a CCC membership card, one set of numbers for their boat, regulations & safety booklet and electronic gate access card with attendance of new members (orientation) meeting.

CENTURION CANOE CLUB http://www.centcc.co.za

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CSA and GCU

Canoeing South Africa (CSA) is the governing body of canoeing and has all kinds of useful stuff, as well as a monthly wallpaper that you can download on http://canoesa.org.sa

When you register with CSA through Gauteng Canoe Union (GCU) you automatically receive the SA-paddler magazine. You can also look at their website on http://sapaddler.co.za

The CSA/GCU/CCC four digit number that you receive with registration is your canoeing ID which will remain valid as long as you paddle and re-register.

The Safety Standards set by CSA, published in the CSA Safety Booklet and amended from time to time shall be binding upon all paddlers taking part in events run under the auspices of CSA

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CSA and GCU The Gauteng Canoe Union (GCU) is affiliated to Canoeing South Africa (CSA).

The chairman of each of the representative provinces represents that province on the CSA Executive Committee. CSA is affiliated to the National Olympic Committee of South Africa as well as the International Canoeing Federation who administers canoeing internationally.

The GCU website (and paddleblog) is http://www.sapaddling.com/paddleblog/. This website has useful information such as a canoeing calendar, directions to races and race results.

There is a GCU mailing list that you can join. This is a discussion forum on all paddling related matters in Gauteng. To subscribe to the GCU email list, send a blank email to [email protected]

If you want to unsubscribe, send a blank email to [email protected]

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REGULATIONS to adhere to at RIETVLEI DAM (extracted from the official CCC Regulations April 2009)

The Pretoria Sailing Club (PSC) leases a site at Rietvlei Dam in the Nature Reserve, which is the property of the Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality. No person shall harm or disturb any animals, bird or fish life in the Reserve.

Paddling on Rietvlei Dam is at your own risk. Rietvlei Dam is situated in a nature reserve and while every effort is made to keep hippos out of Rietvlei Dam, they have on occasion been sighted in the dam. A crocodile has also been sighted at bird island. It is therefore your decision and your risk as to whether you will paddle.

No fishing or swimming is allowed unless you capsize while paddling.

Only members or invited guests shall be permitted to canoe on the dam. Only Club approved canoes (K1, K2 and guppies) will be allowed on the dam.

At no time is any boat allowed closer than 70 meters from the shore, except in the fenced off PSC area.

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REGULATIONS to adhere to at RIETVLEI DAM (extracted from the official CCC Regulations April 2009)

No boats shall be floated on the dam before sunrise or after sunset. As a general guideline canoeing is not permitted from 14:00 to 17:00 on Saturdays and from 10:00 to 17:00 on Sundays during the PSC sailing season (usually from 1 August to 31 May). If PSC racing is postponed or cancelled, a CCC member may request temporary permission from the PSC Race Officer to go on the water.

All persons when paddling must wear a life-jacket at all times.

All canoes on Rietvlei Dam must have a valid CSA/GCU/CCC number on both sides of the front deck of the boat.

No paddling allowed close to the tower or under bridge.

Members shall not enter the North gulley of the dam, which is reserved for fishing. Paddlers shall not enter into the river and beyond or behind the island.

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Paddlers must stick to the buoys at all times!!!!

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CLUB BOATS AND BOAT HOUSES

CCC has several club boats (K1, K2 and guppies) which may be used freely by its club members on Rietvlei dam. The club boats are in the boat house in the boat racks marked ‘Club boat’. Please do not take any of the boats in other racks as they are privately owned. Please look after the boats and report any problems to the club captain.

Club boats may be borrowed by club members for FLAT water (dam) races only. If you would like to borrow a boat for a race then please fill in the indemnity form and contact the club captain to book a boat. Your indemnity form must be handed in to the club captain before removing the boat from the premises.

A member does not by virtue of his membership become entitled to store his boat in the boat house. The allocation of boat racks shall at all times be at the sole discretion of the Committee after membership and boat rack fees have been fully paid.

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SAFETY (extracted from CSA Safety Regulations Booklet March 2009)

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COACHING and TRAINING

Coaching/training will be provided free of charge by Frans Smit every day of the week at 15:30. Coaching/training is not for novices.

Frans will assist in supplying a training programme for those who regularly attend his coaching sessions.

Contact Frans at 084 879 9209.

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PROFICIENCIES Step 1 - New paddlers are required to complete the BASIC (Flat Water) proficiency test

(R50,00) before being permitted to enter any race. They are then required to complete a minimum of three Flat Water races or Club time trials before completing the River Proficiency Test.

The three flat water races or dices may be replaced by trips co-ordinated by the paddler’s Club Safety Officer. This is to be done at the discretion of and under the strict control of the signing Safety Officer.

Step 2 - Once the paddler has passed the River Proficiency Test (R100,00) they will become C-rated and permitted to enter C Class River races only.

The paddler will then be required to complete a total of six C or B Class river races within 175%, or lower percentage to be decided upon by the Union Safety Officer, of winner’s time before attaining an AR rating and being permitted to enter A Class races.

All testing is done by the Club or Union Safety Officers or their designated assistants. The tests as set out in the CSA Safety Booklet are to be strictly adhered to and conducted in a formal and responsible manner.

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EQUIPMENT

No canoeing shops in Pretoria. In Johannesburg there are several though.

Canoe and Kayak World, http://www.canoekayak.co.za/ or 011 807 8111 and email [email protected]

Kayak Racing, http://www.kayakracing.co.za/ or 011 452 1724 and email [email protected]

Canoe Concepts, http://www.canoeconcepts.co.za/ or 011 477 0784

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CLUB SOCIALS

Every first Thursday of the month we have a club social activity i.e. a worsiebraai, soup and sherry, etc, etc, which is sponsored by the club.

Other social activities i.e. horse riding, hiking in Rietvlei, etc gets organised from time to time.

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Documents

Centurion Canoe Club – New Members Orientation 2011/12 AGENDA 1.Welcome and Introductions 2.Club related - canoeing year and administrative points 3.CSA