Yo PCC Member,

PCC_16, the LARGEST, LONGEST and TOUGHEST TIMED Winter Canoeing Timetrial series in South Africa (dare I say in the world!) is well under way! The leaderboards and ranking on the TimeTrial Results webpage are starting to get interesting. It’s still early in the competition (29 races to go!), we already have 82 competitors already involved the K1 series and 71 competitors in the K2 series.

I was informed we had a some jumpers at last weeks start. Up to now, everyone has been pretty good with the start so let’s keep it that way!  I will be there tonight and might have to get a little ANAL – I will have not hesitation in disqualifying anyone who blatantly creeps and jumps early. Please work with the Tracy-Lee and the lights!

Prize giving will be at 07:45pm SHARP and will be finished by 8:00!  This is to cater of a number of folk you need leave early Remember you have to be at the prize giving to get your prizes AND it’s not always the top paddlers who win them. We have a number of fantastic evenings lined up with some great sponsors and prizes so please make the effort to stay at a little while.

Tuesday TimeTrial – PCC_16 Winter Trial Series 5rd Race

Date: 13^th April 2010

Time: 6:15pm

Route: Will be adjusted due to low water – we will have to keep it in the main vlei (approx 10kms)

Bar: Open 6:00pm onwards – open earlier to accommodate spectators!

Catering: Free range chicken burger or veggie burger with chilli mayonnaise and rice salad.

Last week’s results and Leaderboards so far

Last week’s Timetrial

Male K1 Leaderboards: Junior; Senior; Vets; Masters;

Male K2 Leaderboards: Junior; Senior; Vets; Masters;

Female K1 Leaderboards: Junior; Senior; Vets; Masters;

Female K2 Leaderboards: Junior; Senior; Vets; Masters;

Note: if your results do not appear in any of the leaderboards, please check the Not Founds K1 and Not Found K2  list. If you wish to be included in the series results, please e-mail me ( This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ) with your birthdate and e-mail address.

Other Stuff

• PCC member registration for 2010 is now open.
• WCCU 2010 Race Calendars available on the website
• If your name in not in the Registered members 2010 list our website, then according to our records, you have not registered for the club. You need to be registered with a club to be able to participate in any WCCU sanctioned race.

Also, we have two maintenance projects on the go. Work is under way to complete the access control on at the gates on the perimeter fence as well as we will be upgrading he ladies changing room over the next few weeks. Please be aware of the these teams and we apologise of any convenience caused during the next few weeks while these projects are been completed.

Plans for the this year’s Swartland Marathon are well under way. Siv (for his sins) is the MAIN MAN this year and we are all amped to put on a great race this year. In this regards, one of the activities planned is the Swartland Black Dinner:

Swartland Black Dinner

In keeping with the Swartland (“Black land”) as the greatest canoe race in the Western Cape we are looking to organize a Black dinner ie wear what you like as long as you have something black (so bring out those black ties, little black numbers, black face paint and black humour) .  The dinner will be held on Saturday night at Riebeeck Kasteel (the Springbok/Italy test is at 3pm – we were unable to change it to an All Black game starting 4 hours later).  It will involve a 3-course meal, full bar and a live band. All the Swartland lucky draws will take place at the dinner.  It will be open to all paddlers, family and friends.  Ticket prices will be R175 (special rate for children) which includes the lucky draw.  Before finally committing to arrangements we would like to get an indication from members whether they would be keen on this so we have put up a poll on the website.  Follow this link and give us a heads up [insert link to poll on site]

Swartland Black Dinner

Are you likely to attend the Swartland Black Dinner on Saturday 19 June 2010?

Yes: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it for the Swartland Black Dinner

No: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it for the Swartland Black Dinner

Every week – starting this week, Pete Cole (Mineer Coach), had kindly agreed to put up a weekly Berg and Marathon training program for those who wish to take their padding to another level and do the thing properly. This program in on the ORKA website (under training) or just click on the logo above. In the course of the week, I will also put these training programs on the PCC website. Thanks to Pete and ORCA Paddles for their support.

See ya on the water