The Cornwall Recreational Whitewater Club

Well, this weekend has been a spectacular one for us!
Friday night was a CReW evening on the Riviere St-Charles and we were fortunate to have good weather and a couple hours of paddling for the sake of paddling.
Sylvie, Zachary, Emily, Chery,l, Jennifer and I headed out to the river so we could just play. And play we did. Everyone though the best moves that they could and we all got some good rides in. As soon as it got dark we packed up and headed home for a night of rest.

Why rest? Saturday was the 2008 North American and Junior CanAM Freestyle competition on the Ottawa River.
At 5:30 in AM (Saturday morning) we all got up and drove out to Wilderness Tours to get ready to compete. (Man that is way too early for this old guy:)…)
10 miles out from WT our club trailer had a melt down.. The right wheel bearing crapped out and we had to do some quick shuffling of gear to get us there. Sylvie took the trailer and the 2nd car back to Renfrew fro repairs and I took Cheryl, Emily, Zachary and Sean onward to WT.
AS it turned out a couple guys at the four corners store (corner of Story land road and Chenaux) helped her out so we could limp home at the end of the evening Amazing what people will do for a pretty lady in distress! Thanks guys!
Back at WT I took everyone to the WT put in and we headed down to Corner Wave and the competition.
WT, with the help of Matt, Ryan and a group of volunteers and competitors put on a great show. Lots of competitors and categories and plain old fun.
With the exception of myself (worst competitve rides of my life!!!) our CReW Team did great.
Corner wave is not an easy ride and many people were fushed off. But Zachary, Sean, Sylvie (yep she made it back on time with the trailer!!!) Emily and Chryl did well.
The girls held the standings for us and made us proud!
Emily: (All of 10 years old) placed 4th for the day (Canada Cup) and placed 3rd overall in the Junior CanAms!!!
Cheryl: Placed 2nd for the day (Canada Cup) and 1st overall for the Women’s North American Championships! Who hoo!!!!
Sylvie: Placed 3rd for the day (Canada Cup) and 2nd overall for the Women’s North American Championships! Who hoo!!!!
Zachary and Sean both did well and as for me, I guess everyone has bad days… But it was all good and I had a blast.
Between heats Sean, Cheryl and I played in Horshoe right and left side and had a blast there too.
At the end of the day everyone headed back to WT for a banquet and awards.
Joe Kowalski and his group really have an awesome facility and are a fisrt class act. Thanks Joe for making this all available. For 20/person you cna not ask for more. Great competition, great food and an excellent evening at Rafters (WT facility).
Emily also got a special award for being the youngest competitor (and cutest too!)
The ride home was late at night but otherwise uneventful. That is good.
And the sleep was welcome:)
Sunday: September 1st was another early day and we were up at 6 to load all the gear fro the 2008 Youcan go to the following link:http://worldkayakblogs.com/crewkids/

For pictures from the weekends click here: OUR CLUB PICTURES

And as for today: Sleep and recovery. A lot of gear to clean, fix and get ready for the next outings and program events.

See you on the river,

Robert
www.cornwallwhitewater.com