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Each year the club asks for nominations for our
four Club Awards. Members can
NOW vote for each category by sending an email to website@liverpoolcanoeclub.co.uk with their
vote for each Category. Awards are
then presented at the club’s AGM on Monday 19th October 2020 |
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2020 Nominations for Paddler of the Year |
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Victor Leather |
Dorin Wang |
Martin Sinnott |
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From a spluttering
begoggled mess on the Sunday paddle, breaking his neck to get upright at the
end of a paddle float, Vic has blossomed to my knowledge into a surfing
veteran of a stormy Saturday morning at Crosby to an intrepid kayaker in the
Scottish Isles, with a fish that he allegedly caught himself with a length of
string and a bent pin. Amazing progress in such a short time! |
Joining 12 months ago
Dorin Wang has become very accomplished in many kayak disciplines including
sea kayaking, SUPs, rolling, rescue, endurance and
polo training sessions. Her enthusiasm
and determination is boundless especially during endurance paddles. She is a pleasure to be with and is a very
valued club member. Combatting sea
sickness on an Anglesey club trip she promptly joined the next Hilbre paddle, successfully conquering the
circumnavigation of the island. |
Marty's enthusiasm to
Paddle is infectious. Whether it is a Sea Kayak, Open Canoe, SUP or anything paddleable,
Marty gives it 100%. Marty would attempt to paddle everything and
anything if he could. Marty is a real pleasure to be on the water with. Marty spends as much time as possible on the
water in and around his busy working life. Marty is always looking to improve
and refine his paddling skills and encourages others to do the same. Marty is a fantastic role model for
Paddle Sports. |
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2020 Nominations for Young Paddler of the Year |
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Ella Clews |
Aleksander Ford |
Reece Marsden |
Charlie Murphy |
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Ella
is a regular and active participant in the Junior club and plays in the
Junior Polo team. Despite having little river experience, Ella paddled grade
3 rivers in the Alps this year with ease, complaining to Keith at one point
that 'it was too easy' before he relented and let her and Ellie Gavin paddle
the Rabioux Wave on the Durance. Since returning
from the alps Ella has been nominated as one of the Junior sessions leaders
and has started attending the Club Polo training sessions with real grit and
enthusiasm. |
Aleksander
has really excelled in canoe polo and on the rivers this year. He again paddled in the Alps and developed
his confidence playing on the waves and rapids of the Durance and surrounding
area. He really is a fantastic
paddler. |
Reece started paddling A couple of years ago
and has since developed into a great paddler.
Reece has recently returned from Scotland paddling grade 4 rivers
including the Morriston. He is out
regularly with us and others and has come on really well. |
Charlie
Murphy has been white water paddling for a number of
years and is a regular on the Alps trip and often paddles with his brother
and Dad on the River Dee. This year, Charlie has made great progress,
successfully paddling Serpents Tail for the first time. It was in the Alps in
July though, where he really impressed, paddling everything the adults did
and making it look easy. Charlie ran the Rabioux
Wave on the Durance three times and paddled the grade 3+ Lower Gyronde. He finished off the week with an excellent run
of the awesome grade 4 Ubaye Racecourse |
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2020 Nominations for Volunteer of the Year (Club member who has given their services to help the club) |
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Derek Connolly |
Julie Brooks |
Adya Misra |
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In
recent weeks Derek has forgone his own place on the Endurance Paddle Team to organise
and run 3 development paddle sessions a week. Working with Roger Coleman and
Martin Sinnott, Derek has enabled many new club members to get on the water
and learn new skills. Derek has bravely been administering the booking for
all three sessions to ensure fair access for all. A great asset for the club |
We
would like to for nominate Julie Brooks as volunteer of the year. She ran the Sunday Paddling sessions every
week regardless of the weather, right through winter, then after lockdown,
she ran sessions three or four times a week to give as many people as
possible an opportunity to paddle including numerous sessions for new members. The club need more volunteers like her. |
Adya
has been a keen volunteer offering paddles and trips at the docks. She has recently helped
out with the junior club and Sunday paddles and now puts on many SUP
sessions at the docks. Nothing is ever
too much trouble for her and she is a great asset to
the club. |
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Roger Coleman |
Martin Sinnott |
John Cooke |
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Roger
is a keen sea kayaker who has assisted on many introductory sea kayaking
trips over the past year. He has run
numerous introductory courses for the club to help paddlers develop their
skills. On kayaking trips, he has been a highly responsible leader. He always puts others first and keeps a
sharp eye on other paddlers for their safety and improvement. He always has some good-humoured advice to
offer and overall, he exudes trust and professionalism. |
I
would like to nominate Marty Sinnott for 'Volunteer of the Year'. As a new
joiner to the club, he was very friendly and welcoming, taking the time to
explain a lot about the club, how things work and so on. His enthusiasm is
infectious, and he clearly very dedicated to both the club, and its
individual members. |
John
Cooke (the silver fox, foxy news reporter, honest John kayak shop) is a
worthy recipient of the 2020 volunteer of the year. Not only has he kept the supermarket
shelves stocked with loo roll in these crazy times but in his spare time he
excels in sharing his love of the sport, including and advising others in all
aspects of club life, encouraging and promoting. |
