Why You Should Eat Your Veggies!

Good resource from Canadian Association of Coaches!

http://www.coach.ca/the-power-of-veggies--p151420

Alberta Summer Games Slalom Results

Well done to all the zone Coaches for bringing such high quality paddling to ASG! This was the best river ASG has seen, yet all the athletes took it in stride and succeeded tremendously. It was awesome to see so many athletes doubling and tripling in K1, C1, C2.

Saidy Coyne having fun in C1W Cadet

Cole Gerber

The dominant family!

Thank you to all the volunteers from ASCK, ACPA, AWA, Pincher Creek and Lethbridge for making three long days of racing a success.

Emil doing his Usain Bolt impression!

Full Results can be found here:
Slalom -  https://docs.google.com/open?id=0Bw_BLM7FVcUoS2w4NzNVeUM0VjA
DR - https://docs.google.com/open?id=0Bw_BLM7FVcUoc3dhMjBBV0lBaTA

Alberta Cup #3 'Nationals' Rapid, Red Deer River

We had an epic and great slalom race on the 'Nationals' rapid on the Red Deer River July 22nd. Huge respect to everyone who raced on the big water. With the other option for racing for the weekend being Minden, we had to set some tough moves. The resulting course was easily good enough for an international race and would test the best.

40 years ago the National Championships were held in Alberta for the first time and the race was on this site. This race was therefore the 40th Anniversary Race for the the AWA. Much has changed in this time, both on and off the water, but what remains the same is everyone's desire to be outdoors, pushing their limits.

Thank you to all the people who put up and took down the course, and to the timers and judges! Without you we would be able to have such great events!

Check out Paul Manning-Hunter making it look easy on his last run -

Results:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ag_BLM7FVcUodG9fSW95NjdUd1dVeHQzd3MxbUtlOXc

Adrian Cole Productions video - Thanks TECK!

Teck from Adrian Cole on Vimeo.

Alberta Cup #3 - Sundre, Alberta

Registration at:
https://zone4.ca/register.asp?id=3072&restartreg=9b339ba2d866db54d54fd9f779c5fb85

Junior & U23 Worlds - Wausau, Wisconsin

It was a hot 2 weeks in Wausau. With only 6 days of training before the World Championships, every opportunity to prepare for the event was taken. Canada had 5 coaches looking after 19 athletes, the largest slalom team Canada has ever fielded to any event. From the outset we looked to have a pretty stacked team with World Championship veterans like Ben Hayward, Cam Smedley, Ally Mcgee, Haley Daniels & Thea Froelich. Some of our other top paddlers, with previous results and hopes of the Nation, were Jazmyn Denhollander and Liam Smedley.

Representing Alberta were Ben & Haley, previous Jr Team member Adrian Cole, and the dynamic K1 duo of Ryley Penner and Levi Severtson.

5 days of racing proved to be a bit of a marathon for the coaches (Day 1, Mike walked over 12km acording to his GPS), but it allowed the athletes to have lots of rest and ensure they were in peak performance for each run.

Ben (U23 K1M), Haley (U23 C1W) and Ryley (Jr K1M) all qualified for the Semi-Final day on Friday. Ben and Haley both made it through to the Finals, Ben with a 3rd place finish in the Semi-Final. Expecations were high leading up to the Finals. While no hardware was collected Ben and Haley finished 6th and 8th respectively!

Other top results included Ally McGee (U23 C1W) in 7th and Jazmyn Denhollander in 8th in K1W Junior. Ryley Penner finished 30th, with two more years on the Junior Team & Levi Severtson finished 44th in his final Junior Worlds (looking to step up to U23 Team next year!)

A huge shout out to TECK for helping support the Alberta Team athletes with travel expenses!

Alberta Cup #2

Results are up for Alberta Cup #2 - https://docs.google.com/open?id=0Bw_BLM7FVcUoR3dpMFNWdHFRQUE

Congratulations to everyone, and especially those whose first weekend it was at the Kananaskis! I saw lots of improvement over the weekend from the newcomers and some great racing from those in summer Race Mode.

Alberta Cup #3 will be held in Sundre July 21,22.

Harvie Passage Play

Harvie Passage - an Afternoon in June from Mike Holroyd on Vimeo.

Alberta @ Senior Team Trials 2012

Alberta Team Athletes - Canadian National Team Trials 2012 from Mike Holroyd on Vimeo.

Beginners Guide to Slalom

World Cup #1 Cardiff, UK

Here's a promo for the first World Cup next week. Paul Manning-Hunter, Ben Haywards and Jessica Groeneveld will be competing for Canada, along with Alberta  head coach Mike Holroyd.

Junior Team Trials Press Release

The CanoeKayak Canada Jr National Slalom Team Trials held at the Canoe Meadows Slalom race course on the Kananaskis River in Alberta over the May 26-27 weekend was full of drama as Canada’s best junior canoe/kayak athletes competed for a spot to represent Canada at the Junior World Whitewater Slalom Championships this summer. With only 3 berths available in the K-1 (single kayak) and C-1 (single canoe) events in either the men’s or women’s classes there wasn’t much room for a mistake over the 2 days. Complicating this was the fact that based on past results 2 athletes, Jasmyne Denhollander and Liam Smedley had secured 2 of those spots in K-1W and C-1M.

In the C-1 class Zachary Zwanenburg from Cornwall, Ontario battled out for top spot with Ryley Penner from Lundbreck, Alberta. Noted more for the Cornwall freestyle program and not slalom, Zachary showed his mettle in garnering the top spot, by wining 2 of the 3 runs they competed in.  Rounding out the team with Liam and Zach will be Sam Fletcher from Chilliwack, BC as Ryley declined his spot to concentrate on his kayak event at the World’s.

In the K-1  Men’s class, Ryley Penner was not to be denied top spot. Winning 3 of the 4 heats Ryley dominated the event over Valleyfield Quebec’s Samuel Primeau, Innisfail Alberta’s Levi Severtson and Zachary Zwanenburg.  Last year Ryley stormed into the Junior class and surprised everyone taking the top spot in K-1 Jr Men’s in his first year of eligibility as a 15 year old. Ryley showed this was no fluke with his excellent technical paddling and fast times securing his position as team leader for 2012.

With Jasmyne already having secured the top spot in K-1W, there were only 2 spots available among the 4 women competing. Two other competitors at the races are still Cadets and not eligible to attend the Jr Worlds. One of those cadets, Hannah Penner from Lundbreck, Alberta consistently won 2^nd place in all 4 heats and would have been named to the team but she will have to wait her chance until next year to join her brother on the team. Aurelie Rondeau from Valleyfield Quebec won 2 heats and and Aleisha Greve from Strathroy, Ontario and Veronica Oczkowski from Pincher Creek, Alberta each won a heat. Based upon total points Aurelie and Aliesha were named to the Junior National Team for 2012 to join Jasmyne.

Aliesha also competed in C-1 Women and was solid throughout all 4 heats over the weekend with her single blade to earn the only spot in this class. To round out the Junior Squad, Ben Lapointe from Saskatoon, SK and Sam Fletcher will be representing Canada in the C-2 class

Junior Team

Junior Women’s K1

*Jazmyne Denhollander (Sardis, BC)

Aurelie Rondeau (Valleyfield, QC)

Aliesha Greve (Strathroy, ON)

Junior Men’s K1

Ryley Penner (Lundbreck, AB)

Samuel Primeau (Valleyfield, QC)

Levi Severtson (Innisfail, AB)

Junior Men’s C1

*Liam Smedley (Dunrobin, ON)

Zachary Zwanenburg (Cornwall, ON)

Sam Fletcher (Chilliwack, BC)

Junior Women’s C1

Aliesha Greve (Strathroy, ON)

Junior Men’s C2

Sam Fletcher (Chilliwack, BC) & Ben Lapointe (Saskatoon, SK)

*Pre-selected based on medal performances at the 2011 National Championships

Under 23 Team selected earlier this year

Men’s K1

Ben Hayward (Edmonton, AB)

Maxime Leboeuf (Valleyfield, QC)

Adrian Cole (Calgary, AB)

Women’s K1

Thea Froehlich (Ottawa, ON)

Florence Maheu (Valleyfield, QC)

Kathleen Tayler (Ottawa, ON)

  

Women’s C1

Haley Daniels (Calgary, AB)

Alexandra McGee (Montréal, QC)

Results of Junior Team Selection Trials:

Saturday - http://www.albertawhitewater.ca/asck/jrntt2012/JrNTT2012_May26.pdf

Sunday - http://www.albertawhitewater.ca/asck/jrntt2012/JrNTT2012_May27.pdf

For more information:

Chuck Lee

Executive Director

Alberta Whitewater Association

CKC Press Release - Go Junior!

Media Contact: Ian Miller
Email: imiller@canoekayak.ca
Cell: (613) 314-1352

Canoe slalom athletes to race for Junior World Team selection on Kananaskis River - May 25th, 2012

OTTAWA, ON – Junior canoe slalom athletes seeking selection to the Junior World Championships team will race off at Canoe Meadows on the Kananaskis River in Alberta this weekend.

The Junior and Under 23 World Championships will take place from July 11 to 15 in Wausau, USA. The Under 23 contingent of the team was already selected at senior team selection trials in April. At those trials, junior athletes Jazmyne Denhollander of Chilliwack, BC and Liam Smedley of Ottawa, ON posted results that qualified them for the under 23 team and were pre-selected to the junior team based on their medal performances at the 2011 National Championships.

Selection for the remaining junior team spots will be determined over the course of four runs. Athletes will count their best three rankings and their time on their four run will be used should a tie in points occur. Two runs will take place on Saturday and the final two runs will take place Sunday on a changed-up course.

The competition is sanctioned by CanoeKayak Canada and the Alberta Whitewater Association, which is proudly celebrating its 40^th year of operation. Alberta Slalom Canoe Kayak is hosting the event.

For more information including, race schedule, start lists, results and directions: http://www.albertawhitewater.ca/asck/jrntt2012/

Media Day at Havie Passage

Alberta Environment invited us out to help get out their message about river safety. With the new Harvie Passage officially open we stress that people dress safely and appropriately for their river activities.

9 Media outlets showed up to the press conference at Harvie Passage leading to an unprecedented amount of slalom in the news! Check out the following videos and articles.

CTV - http://calgary.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20120517/CGY_harvie_passage_120517/20120517/?hub=CalgaryHome
Herald - http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Redesigned+weir+still+presents+dangers/6640234/story.html
CBC - http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/News/Canada/Calgary/1305515274/ID=2236359717
Sun - http://www.calgarysun.com/2012/05/17/white-water-warning-for-new-look-weir#disqus_thread
Global - 13:58 http://www.globaltvcalgary.com/video/early+news+may+17/video.html?v=2236373235&p=3&s=dd#video
660 - http://www.660news.com/news/local/article/363873--harvie-passage-project-finished

Alberta Team after AB Cup 1

Please see the online spreadsheet to find your results from Alberta Cup #1 and where you currently sit with regards to the Provincial Team. Remember that you need two A-Team percentages to make the A-Team. Once National Junior Team Trial results come in, we will add both National events to this list.
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0Bw_BLM7FVcUoXzRaN3JrUHhld0U