2008
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LCKC Annual Meeting and Awards Banquet
Sunday, December 7th, 2008 - 6pmFeaturing:
Potluck Supper
Election of 2009 Board of Directors
2008 Awards and HighlightsLCKC Members! Mark your calendars for the 2008 LCKC Annual Meeting and Awards Banquet for Sunday, December 7th at 6pm. This will be a potluck supper so pull out your favorite recipes to share with the LCKC family.
The election for the 2009 Board of Directors will take place along with the highlights and awards for 2008. Come join us!!!
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November 2008 Newsletter!
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Head Coach – Flatwater Sprint
Lanier Canoe and Kayak Club in Gainesville, GA is seeking qualified applicants to fill the position of head coach for our junior and senior flatwater canoe and kayak sprint program.
Candidates preferably have obtained formal coaching certification and/or previous experience coaching or competing internationally in order to successfully implement training programs ranging from beginner to world class levels of performance.
Additional areas of knowledge include expertise in water safety, weight training, cross training, and nutrition.
Applicants favorably have good communication skills, strong moral character, the ability to motivate others and work as a team player, as well as a vision for the future of the sport in our community.
For more information please e-mail resume to lckccoachsearch@yahoo.com by November 15th 2008.________________________________________________________________
Portrait, team and action shots of your Richardson Racing League athlete are now available for sale. Part of the proceeds from photo purchases benefit the Lanier Canoe and Kayak Club. This is a great way to support the club and preserve memories of your athlete in action. Thanks to Elizabeth Ash, our wonderful photographer, for her help in 2008.
Her work speaks for itself: please visit www.ashphotography.net to view & order.
Images should be up on her site soon: she even shot live action shots at the fungatta!
You can also contact her with questions regarding images or private photos by emailing her at elizabethash@alltel.net.
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LCKC Members and Friends,
It is with much regret that I have to inform you that on behalf of the Lanier Canoe & Kayak Club I have accepted the resignation of Dave and Devri Robertson effective December 31, 2008. Dave has been offered and has accepted the position of High Performance Director at The Wascana Racing Canoe Club in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Both Dave and Devri have done a wonderful job during their three years at LCKC and we will miss them both very much. Please join me in wishing this family all the very best as they return to their hometown where they will be near family and friends.
I also want to let you know that a Coach search committee is being put into place and will be meeting very shortly to start the process of determining our coaching needs and locating the next coaching staff. Over the past twelve years, our athletes at LCKC have been given the opportunity to be trained by the best Coaches available. The Coach search committee is committed to maintaining that high level of quality in locating and hiring our next coaching staff.Steve Sorrells
President
Lanier Canoe & Kayak Club
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Lanier Racing Series # 6
Halloween Howl
Saturday, October 25th, 2008
Lake Lanier Olympic Venue
Gainesville, Georgia
Final Points Standings
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Richardson Racing League
Fall Fungatta
ResultsSaturday, October 4th, 2008
RRL teams showcased their skills by competing in a variety of canoes and kayaks at the Richardson Racing League Fungatta. Individual athletes and crews were awarded medals for placing in the top 3, and teams competed for the overall team burgee.
Congratulations to all teams, competitors and coaches for a great year! We look forward to having all athletes back next year for more great competition.
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The Rotary Club of Peachtree City announces the 2nd annual Dragon Boat Races and International Festival will be held at Drake Field on Lake Peachtree on Saturday, September 27 beginning at 8 a.m. Dragon boat racing is the world’s fastest growing water sport. It combines tradition with modern day teamwork, enthusiasm and strategy. Dragon boating is a great way for corporations, organizations and youth groups to get involved in a dynamic setting designed to promote team building.
Teams consist of 25 persons: 20 paddlers, one drummer one steer person and three alternates. Last year over 2,500 attended to watch 21 boats compete. The Rotary Club of Peachtree City expects this year’s event to be much larger.
The International Festival will be held in conjunction with the races.
The objective of the Rotary Festival is to raise awareness of our cultural diversity and increase interest in international commerce through the interaction of the community, business and the arts. What a better way to learn about other cultures than to enjoy the food and fun!
There will be food vendors in colorfully decorated tents. You can dine on Caribbean Jerk Chicken, Hot Dogs, Polish Sausages, BBQ or Chinese or Italian cuisine.
Be entertained by Irish, Folk and Greek dancers as well as Adoptive Chinese American children singing. There will be vintage mustangs on display, origami demonstrations, as well as a children’s bounce structure. Come be part of the joy and entertainment of this inaugural day of fun and festivity.The flavor of the wonderful food will be complemented by spotlights of entertainment. There will be something for everyone!
The Rotary Club of Peachtree City is currently seeking sponsors, race teams, food vendors and entertainment. All proceeds from this event will support Rotary community projects including: Alzheimer’s and Breast Cancer research, Fayette youth programs, clean water programs, Fayette senior services, Boy and Girl Scouts, the Fayette YMCA and many other community projects.
Click HERE for live race results!
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Lanier Racing Series # 5
Fall Dash & Splash
Lake Lanier Olympic Venue
Gainesville, Georgia
Entry Deadline: Friday September 19th, 2008 - 12:00 Midnight Eastern time
Registration: Sunday September 21st, 2008 - 12:30pm to 1pm at the Finish Line Tower
Please bring changes/scratches to tower before racing begins.
Entry Fees: $20 Entry Fee
Competition starts: 1:15pm Sunday September 21st, 2008
The Course will be marked on the outsides at the 1000m, 500m and finish line. Please be courteous to other racers and maintain the straightest possible line.
Please note that the races are tightly scheduled. Races will not be held so please choose races with enough time between.
The Lanier Racing Series:
This racing series consists of 6 races in the 2008 season. Racers will accumulate points throughout the racing series, and the top-3 point winners in each age category will share a CASH purse. The winner will take 50%, 2nd place 30%, and 3rd place 20%. The 2008 LRS awards will take place following the Halloween Howl on October 25th.
The K1/C1 1000m AND 500m in each age category will contribute to the overall points total for each racer.
1st place: 12 points
2nd place: 11 points
3rd place: 10 points
4th place: 9 points
5th place: 8 points
6th place: 7 points
7th place: 6 points
8th place: 5 points
9th place: 4 pointsThe racers with the highest points total from the LAST LRS event will receive FREE entry into this event.
The Course: The race will consist of a 250m sprint, followed by a 10 km long distance. The 250m course will be marked with 9 lanes, with buoys every 50 to 100m. The 10km course will start at the finish tower, loop around the island, follow the east shore north, turn around a buoy and finish at the Olympic finish tower.
September 21, 2008 Sunday Afternoon 1:15 PM Start 250m Bantam W K1/C1 1:15 250m Bantam M K1 1:20 250m Juvenile/Master W K1/C1 1:25 250m Juvenile/Master M K1 1:30 250m Junior/Open W K1/C1 1:35 250m Junior/Open M K1 1:40 250m Sea/Rec/USCA W K1/C1 1:45 250m Sea/Rec/USCA M K1/C1 1:50 Races with more than 9 entries will be seeded into Final A, Final B, etc. 10000m (10km) Mass Start - All Categories 2:15
The Lanier Racing Series Schedule & Entry Form (Excel file - 60k)
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Join us for the 13th Annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in Atlanta!
A great way for your Company or Group to Learn to Work as a Team!
The 2008 Dragon Boat Festival will take place on Saturday, September 13, 2008.
Venue: Lake Lanier Olympic Venue. Click here for directions.
Schedule: The first race starts at 9am - ceremonies at noon!
Please click here to download the sequence of events.PLEASE NOTE: The Clarks Bridge Boat Ramp will be closed.
Food & Beverage: There will be a number of food & drink vendors on site for this year's Dragon Boat Festival. They will offer a wide range of tasty Asian & Western dishes.
Parking: There is limited parking available at the Lake Lanier Olympic Venue. The cost is $3 for cars. Buses and 15 or more passenger vans are free. Carpooling is encouraged!
Categories: Race categories include: Open, Female, Mixed, BCS (Breast Cancer Survivors), Collegiate, High School, International, Recreational and Law Firms. We will open a new category which has at least two teams!
Participants: In past years teams have participated from corporate Atlanta and from local organizations, churches, and colleges. A few teams which have participated include: AJC International, Georgia Power, Georgia Pacific, AT&T, Troutman Sanders LLP, Powell Goldstein Frazer & Murphy, Holder Construction, Winter Construction, Southern Center for International Studies, United Commercial Bank, Lanier Canoe & Kayak Club, National Association of Chinese Americans, Georgia Tech, Georgia State University, Kennesaw State University and Emory.
Come and join us for a fun and exciting time as a spectator or as a competitor while enjoying the diversity of the Hong Kong Dragon Boat races!
Reminder that all LCKC athletes need to have a signed Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival Waiver signed and returned to the LCKC office. You will not be able to compete at the festival without the signed waiver.
The waiver is here.
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WOOT! It's a boy!!!
Dave and Devri are happy to announce the birth of their son Sabe Michael Robertson. He was born at 4:55 PM, on Friday, August 22, 2008, weighing in at 8 pounds 13 ounces. Mommy and baby are doing fine! Dad and Baer are doing ok too.
We look forward to you meeting our new addition in the upcoming weeks.
Our new family is getting aquainted, so we request that we have no visitors to the hospital.
Thank you for all the well wishes!
Dave and Devri
Sabe Michael Robertson
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Lanier Racing Series # 4
Lanier Canoe & Kayak Club
Summer Sprints II Regatta
Lake Lanier Olympic Venue
Gainesville, Georgia
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The Magnificent Seventh!
The Lanier Canoe and Kayak Club has won
the 2008 USACK Sprint National Championships!
This is the seventh national title for LCKC: the others coming in 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2006.
To all the participants, coaches, parents, and everyone that went to Oklahoma City: You did us proud!
Bonus Pic: We <3 Chelsea! Get well soon!!
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Morgan House, center, stands on the medal podium
at the PanAmerican Canoe/Kayak Championships
in Montreal in May. House just missed out on a spot
in the 2008 Olympic team today in Hungary.
The Gainesville Times - June 7th, 2008
SZEGED, Hungary -- Gainesville native Morgan House missed out on making the 2008 Olympics by little more than a second on Saturday at the ICF World Cup Regatta in Szeged, Hungary.
House finished finished fourth in the men's one-man sprint kayak (K1) 500 meter finals, crossing the finish line in 1 minute, 48.468 seconds -- but fellow U.S. competitor Rami Zur finished second (1:47.112), beating out House for the lone remaining spot on the U.S. national team headed to Beijing.
House, who defeated Zur at the U.S. team trials this April, had to defeat Zur twice in competitive races to earn the spot that Zur had previously qualified for at the 2007 world championships.
The Gainesville native has said previously that he will also train for the 2012 Olympics in London, regardless of what happens in 2008.
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Lanier Racing Series # 2
Lanier Canoe & Kayak Club
Southern Invitational Regatta
Lake Lanier Olympic Venue
Gainesville, Georgia
Entry Deadline: Thursday May 29 2008 - 12:00 Midnight Eastern time
Late Deadline Friday May 30 - 5PM - $5 late fee
Registration: Saturday May 31, 2008 - 7:00am to 7:30am
Finish Line Tower
Please bring changes/scratches to tower before racing begins
Entry Fees: $20 Entry Fee (before May 29), $25 Entry Fee May 30
Competition starts: 8:00am Saturday May 31, 2008
The Course will be marked on the outsides at the 1000m, 500m and finish line. Please be courteous to other racers and maintain the straightest possible line.
Please note that the races are tightly scheduled. Races will not be held so please choose races with enough time between.
The Lanier Racing Series:
This racing series consists of 6 races in the 2008 season. Racers will accumulate points throughout the racing series, and the top-3 point winners in each age categorywill share a CASH purse. The winner will take 50%, 2nd place 30%, and 3rd place 20%. The 2008 LRS awards will take place following the Halloween Howl on October 25th.
The K1/C1 1000m AND 500m in each age category will contribute to the overall points total for each racer.
1st place: 12 points
2nd place: 11 points
3rd place: 10 points
4th place: 9 points
5th place: 8 points
6th place: 7 points
7th place: 6 points
8th place: 5 points
9th place: 4 points
The racers with the highest points total from the LAST LRS event will receive FREE entry into this event.
Lula Bridge Race Points Winners
Open Men K1: Morgan House
Open Women K1: Delyana Dacheva
Open Men C1: Alejandro Schwedhelm
Junior Men K1: Shaeffer Sorrells
Junior Women K1: Samantha Lopez
Junior/Women C1: Ben Hefner
Juvenile Men K1: Luke Potts
Juvenile Women K1: Chelsea Smith
Bantam Men K1: Stanton Collins
Bantam Women K1: Hannah Shilling
Masters Men K1: Javier Comelli
Masters Women K1: Cheryl Smith
The Lanier Racing Series Schedule & Entry Form (Excel file - 60k)
Lanier Racing Series 2008 Points Totals (Excel file - 28k)
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2008 US Olympic Trials - Canoe & Kayak
Oklahoma City, OK
LCKC Team Picture - 2008
Pick your caption: I couldn't!
1) LCKC wins gold!
2) LCKC is the "Top Banana"
3) LCKC KOs OKC
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2008 Canadian Olympic Team Selection Trials
For official Olympic Team Selection Trials info - check http://www.canoekayak.ca/
Canadian Olympic Team Selection Trials
May 3 - 4, 2008, Lake Lanier, Georgia, USA
Day 1 results are available at: Padtrac.com
Olympic Team Trials Day - Daily Program Day 1
Olympic Team Trials Day - Daily Program Day 2
Olympic Team Trials Information and Registration Package
Sprint National Team Trials #1
The Lanier Canoe & Kayak Club is proud to host the 2008 Canadian Olympic Trials on May 3 & 4, 2008. The races will start at 9:00 am and run throughout the day with a 2 hour lunch break. The last race should be over around 4 pm. This is an opportunity to see the top Canadian paddlers compete for an opportunity to progress on towards a spot on the Olympic team. The event is free and a concession stand will be available on site.
The Clarks Bridge Boat Ramp will be closed on both Saturday and Sunday.
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2008 Lula Bridge Race
LCKC is proud to present the 2008 Lula Bridge Race!
This is the first event in the 2008 Lanier Racing Series.
The series consists of six races. Competitors will accumulate points during each race. At the conclusion of the series, a purse will be awarded to the top three finishers in each category. Winners in each race will also receive free entry to the next race in the Lanier Racing Series.
Entry fee $20 per person pror to March 18, $25 per person after March 18.
Signed waiver and USACK membership or event only membership required.
Registration:
The registration deadline is 9:00am the day of the race (March 22). Pre- registration is recommended. Registration will open at 8:00am.
Send Checks and Forms to:
Lanier Canoe & Kayak Club
3105 Clarks Bridge Road
Gainesville, GA, 30506
laniercanoekayak@gmail.com
770-287-7888 (phone)
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11th Annual Polar Bear Swim
Jan 1 2008 - 2 pm
Eat Great in 2008 Raffle! Buy your tickets from an LCKC member today!!
The Polar Bear Swim has been the most attention getting activity we do at LCKC. A fun way to start the year for many, it is also a fund raiser for the Lanier Canoe and Kayak Club.
Theme this year is ‘Low Tide’. There will not be high jumps due to low water levels (safety first!), though there is plenty of room for mass jumps on the docks, which will be stationed on the finish tower side.
Eat Great in 2008 Raffle! Buy your tickets from an LCKC member today!!
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