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2009

LCKC Coach Claudiu Ciur Given
Sprint Coaches Association
2009 Coach of the Year Award

Appointed earlier this year to replace previous Head Coach Dave Robertson (2008 SCA Coach of the Year), Claudiu took on this task and let his internationally honed sprint instincts be his guide. He had to find time to run his contracting company, plan his upcoming wedding on two continents, oversee the High Performance LCKC athletes, coach at the Lake Placid National Junior World Camp, coach Canoe athletes at the Senior Worlds in Dartmouth Nova Scotia and lead LCKC in its defense of their National Club Championship.

Apparently he felt there was still more to give, so he joined the USA Canoe Kayak Marathon Team at the Worlds in Spain as a coach.
Claudiu has also demonstrated his passion for the sprint “canoe discipline” and has led a crusade to inspire athletes at both the Junior and Senior levels men and women.

Congratulations Claudiu for helping to raise the performance level of USA Canoe and Kayak at the club, national and international levels. For most it takes a lifetime, you did it in your first year!

 

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LCKC Annual Meeting and Awards Banquet
Sunday, December 6th, 2009 - 5:30pm

Featuring:
Potluck Supper
Election of 2010 Board of Directors
2009 Awards and Highlights

LCKC Members! Mark your calendars for the 2009 LCKC Annual Meeting and Awards Banquet for Sunday, December 6th at 5:30pm. This will be a potluck supper so pull out your favorite recipes to share with the LCKC family.
The election for the 2010 Board of Directors will take place along with the highlights and awards for 2009. Come join us!!

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2009 Lanier Racing Series #4
Halloween Howl
Saturday, October 31st, 2009

Presented by
Lanier Canoe and Kayak Club
Gainesville, GA

Mark your calendars for Saturday, October 31st for the Halloween Howl! This will be the last race of the season and the last of the 2009 Lanier Racing Series. There will be 500 and 1000 meter races followed by the annual K-2 costume races. So pick your partner, choose your costumes and get ready for this annual competition to see who can come up with the winning costume.
All participants in the 2009 Lanier Racing Series will receive a free hot dog lunch. Additional meals will be available for sale to spectators.

The entry fee of $20 is due by Thursday October 29. After that date the fee goes up to $25. Races will begin at 9am.

Click here for the schedule and more info!

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Richardson Racing League
Fall Fungatta

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009

It’s a bit late, but we wanted to Thank all who helped to make the Fall Richardson Racing League Fungatta a success. Everyone seemed to have a great time and enjoyed all the racing.

A HUGE THANK YOU goes to all the folks who ran the concession and the VIP room, the officials and volunteers on the water and in the tower, the folks on the docks, the safety boat support, the invaluable coaches, parents of the athletes and all the great athletes. We must not forget to thank our Head Coach, Claudiu Ciur, our Program Director, John DePalma and our Developmental Coach Kalen Lee. Special Thanks go to Sam d’Entremont, our Announcer and to Mike Braff, our Chief Official. I’m sure there are lots of others. You know who you are…THANKS!!!!

Special thanks also must go out to Pete & Cheryl Smith for all they've done for the club this year. <3

Click Here For Results!

 

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Click HERE for live race results!

 

The third annual festival will be held on Saturday, September 26th at the Peachtree City’s Drake Field. It will be a fun-filled day of Dragon boat racing as well as an international festival of food and entertainment.

We will also be celebrating the City's 50th Anniversary!!

Dragon boat racing is the world's fastest growing water sport. It combines tradition with modern day teamwork, enthusiasm, and strategy. Looking for leadership and team building activities that focus on unique athletics and diversity? Dragon boating is a great way for corporations, organizations, and youth groups to get involved in a dynamic setting.

Teams consist of 25 persons: 20 paddlers, one drummer one steer person and three alternates. Last year over 2,500 attended to watch 27 boats compete. The Rotary Club of Peachtree City expects this year’s event to be much larger.

 

Team sponsorships are for organizations who want to have their own team in the race or who want to support a team for another organization such as a church or youth group. Some larger organizations may want to have more than one team competing against each other. The Rotary Club team will work with any organization to help organize and train the team.

 

International Festival

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!

What better way to learn about other cultures than to enjoy the food and fun? There will be food vendors in colorfully decorated tents. The flavor of the wonderful food will be complemented by spotlights of entertainment. There will be something for everybody!

You can dine on Caribbean Jerk Chicken, Hot Dogs, Polish Sausages, BBQ or Chinese or Italian cuisine. You can share the joy of dragon boat racing. Imagine 22 people in unison on one boat gliding across the lake. 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 special day of fun and festivity

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LCKC Athletes Competed at Marathon Worlds!

2009 ICF Canoe Marathon
World Championship
Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal

Friday, September 18th, 2009 to Sunday, September 20th, 2009

Four LCKC Athletes were part of the team representing the United States at the 2009 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships. Thirty-one teams from all over the world decended on the small town of Vila Nova de Gaia on the western coast of Portugal:

As with the US Championships, there was also a separate Masters World Championships event to be held during the week.

Congratulations to Anne Blanchard, Stanton Collins, John DePalma and Tanner Easterday for making the US team! Go LCKC!!!

Saturday Update:

LCKC Program Director John DePalma and Shawn Koos finished in 10th place in the K2 Men's Masters 40/44 race at the Marathon Masters World Championships. Way to go John!

LCKC's Stanton Collins and Tanner Easterday finished 28th out of 35 teams in the K2 Men's Junior race, only 12 minutes behind the winners!
Great job guys!

Sunday Update:

LCKC's Anne Blanchard and Kaitlin McElroy finished in 17th place in the K2 Women's Seniors race at the Marathon Masters World Championships. Their time was about 17 minutes behind the winners.

Click Here For the Official Site

Click Here for LIVE Video Streaming of the Event via Livestream

Click Here for Results

(Thanks to Roy Hyle for catching & correcting our error!)

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2009 Atlanta Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival
Saturday, September 12th, 2009

The Hong Kong Information Center in Atlanta held the Fourteenth Annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in Atlanta at the venue that hosted the 1996 Summer Olympic Games Rowing and Paddling events.

Activities commenced with races beginning at 9:15 am and the colorful Opening Ceremonies at 12:45pm. The race has grown from a handful of teams and a few spectators to an event which is one of the hallmark diversity events in the metro Atlanta area. The event now boasts a field of more than 50 teams with over 5,000 spectators and a wide variety of Chinese artisans either performing or displaying their wares.

Congratulations to all the teams for another GREAT festival! We hope to see you again in 2010!

Over 23,000 viewers watched the event during today's broadcast, whuch was presented LIVE, and is on replay now, on The LCKC Channel.

Click Here for Results!

 

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Morgan House Has a New Site!

LCKC's own Morgan House has a new website.

Check it out at http://www.housekayak.com/.

(Go Morgan Go! We couldn't be prouder!!)

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The Amazing 8th!

Congratulations to all the LCKC Athletes for winning the USA Canoe/Kayak Sprint National Championship! Congratulations also goes out to our Masters team for winning the Inaugural Masters Championship. Thank you and congratulations to each athlete who participated in these events.

This is the eighth national title for LCKC in our thirteen years of existance: the others coming in 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, and 2008.

Also a HUGE THANK YOU to all the volunteers who spent many long hard hours before, during and after the events to make Nationals happen here at Lanier. It's a huge undertaking to host a National event and it takes us all to make it successful. Thank you to everyone who played a part in making it happen.

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Bye, Y'all!
Thanks for coming!

Video Coverage For All Four Days Available on The LCKC Channel!

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The 2009 USA Canoe Kayak Sprint National Championships is complete. Athletes from all over the US met to compete in the events which were held on the site of the 1996 Centennial Olympic paddling & rowing events.

This year's Nationals came to LCKC out of necessity, and with so little advance time to prepare for such an event, we were concerned about our ability to properly host this penultimate meeting of the best paddlers in the USA. We wanted to give all concerned the experience here that years worth of hard work deserved. We hope we met your expectations. Rest assured, if and when we ever get the honor of hosting another Nationals, we will be ready! Thanks go out to all the volunteers from LCKC and other teams who made this event possible.

Additional thanks to the City of Gainesville for their outstanding support in preparing the venue for our guests, our sponsors who stepped up with no hesitation in a down economy to help us, and finally, to all of you. It's great to know that the sport we love has so many wonderful people associated with it.

The event was broadcast live via The LCKC Channel. Over 65,000 viewers watched the event. The response to this series of broadcasts continues to amaze us. We've heard back from our extended club family on vacation, friends in Germany, our former coaches from Canada logged in to say 'Hi!' and 'GO LCKC!!!' (hi Dave & Devri!), and our training partners in Romania - Bună ziua Orsova!

Our main goal in offering these broadcasts was to extend the ability for the whole paddling community to join in the celebration which are the Nationals. This was for the folks back home, and all around the world as over 48 different countries viewed the broadcast. We will continue to offer live webcasting and On Demand access to our events here at the venue as our schedule allows. Don't be surprised if you see us trying new ways of presenting the sport - including in-boat video feeds during races!

All of the official results are available at Powerhouse Timing.

Aug. 20-22nd - Online results for Sprint Nationals available from HERE.

Aug. 23rd - Online results for Masters Sprint Nationals available from HERE.

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2009 USACK
Sprint National Championship
and Masters National Championship

Presented by
Lanier Canoe and Kayak Club
Gainesville, GA

Thursday, August 20th - Sunday, August 23rd, 2009
Lake Lanier Olympic Venue

Video Coverage For All Four Days Available on The LCKC Channel!

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Day Four of the 2009 USA Canoe Kayak Sprint National Championships is complete. Masters Athletes from all over the US met to compete in the 500 meter events, which were held on the site of the 1996 Centennial Olympic paddling & rowing events.

This was the first year that a seperate Masters Nationals event had been held. Even though the turnout for Day Four was a bit smaller than the previous three days, the races were still as heated and several were historic. For example, the 1st medal for the new Oklahoma City Canoe & Kayak Club in it's history - and it was gold! Congratulations from all of us at LCKC!

The event was broadcast live over the last four days via The LCKC Channel. We've had almost 65,000 viewers watch the event. The response to this series of broadcasts continues to amaze us. We've heard back from our extended club family on vacation, friends in Germany, our former coaches from Canada logged in to say 'Hi!' and 'GO LCKC!!!' (hi Dave & Devri!), and our training partners in Romania - Bună ziua Orsova!

Our main goal in offering these broadcasts was to extend the ability for the whole paddling community to join in the celebration which are the Nationals. This was for the folks back home, and all around the world as over 46 different countries viewed the broadcast. We will continue to offer live webcasting and On Demand access to our events here at the venue as our schedule allows. Don't be suprised if you see us trying new ways of presenting the sport - including in-boat video feeds during races!

Video from today's races have been posted to the On Demand Library at The LCKC Channel, and are also being rebroadcasted on our video loop for those who may have missed it.

All of the official results are available at Powerhouse Timing.

All of us with the Lanier Canoe and Kayak Club were proud to once again have the honor of hosting this amazing event. Thanks go out to all the volunteers from LCKC and other teams who made this event possible.

Additional thanks to the City of Gainesville for their outstanding support in preparing the venue for our guests, our sponsors who stepped up with no hesitation in a down economy to help us, and finally, to all of you. It's great to know that the sport we love has so many wonderful people associated with it.

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Aug. 20-22nd - Online results for Sprint Nationals available from HERE.

Aug. 23rd - Online results for Masters Sprint Nationals available from HERE.

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20 Athletes from the Lanier Canoe & Kayak Club to Compete in World Championships

Little did anyone know that thirteen years after the Olympics came and went, that the Lanier Canoe & Kayak Club would still be working hard to develop Olympic caliber athletes and further an international sport in Georgia that did not exist before the 1996 Games...

Click here for more!

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LCKC Athletes are in Moscow!

Nine of the 15 Junior athletes selected to be on the U.S.A. Junior National Canoe/Kayak Team are from the Lanier Canoe & Kayak Club. They are in Moscow, Russia to compete at the 13th Annual International Canoe Federation Junior Canoe Sprint World Championships. Cannie Ash, Katelyn Dill, Ben Hefner, Jared McArthur, Chris Miller, Luke Potts, Zach Robertson, Chelsea Smith and Morgan Smith will put their hard work and training to the test during this bi-annual world competition, July 31-August 2, 2009.

Click here for coverage via The Big Green Blog (http://laniercanoekayakclub.blogspot.com/)

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2009 Lanier Racing Series #3
Summer Sprints
and
2009 LCKC Dragonboat
Racing Series Race #2
Saturday, July 25th, 2009

Presented by
Lanier Canoe and Kayak Club
Gainesville, GA

Partially Sponsored by
The Atlanta Hong Kong Association

LCKC is proud to present the combined events 2009 Summer Sprints and LCKC Dragonboat Racing Series! This is the third event in the 2009 Lanier Racing Series and the second LDRS race.

The Lanier Racing Series consists of four races.

The LDRS series allow teens and adults the opportunity to compete against other local corporations, organizations or groups in a dragonboat. Each team has 16-20 members and trains together four times over a three month period. No prior experience or personal equipment required. We provide boats, paddles, and lifejackets.

Summer Sprints will be run in conjuction with the Lanier Dragon Boat Racing Series.

Those athletes who are ahead in the point standings and have free entry in the Summer Sprints are:
John DePalma, Emily Vinson, Robert Finlayson, Chris Miller, Morgan Smith, Ben Hefner, James Watson, Stanton Collins, Chelsea Smith, Jonathan Olson, Elle Hefner, Javier Comelli and C.J. Haynes.

Results are HERE.

The race will be televised LIVE on The LCKC Channel!

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LCKC on 11 Alive

LCKC, Coach Claudiu Ciur and some of our sprint paddlers were a feature story on a recent WXIA 11 Alive News broadcast!

Stories like these are one of the reasons local sports broadcasters are SO IMPORTANT to local sports teams and clubs, like LCKC. They help spread the message of amateur athletics to a large audience that we would otherwise not reach.

We wish to thank WXIA (11alive.com), Randy Waters, and the news directors and management there for their time and efforts to spotlight local sports programs.

Thank you to Master of the LCKC Fleet Pete Smith for facilitating this story.

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LCKC to Host
2009 USACK
Sprint National Championships!
August 20-23rd, 2009 • Lake Lanier Olympic Venue

The announcement by USACK of the Sprint National Championship being moved from Oak Ridge took us all by surprise. Lanier Canoe and Kayak Club is proud to accept the responsibility of hosting this event for 2009.

Due to Georgia schools being in session, our volunteer base will be smaller than usual. With the limited time for preparation, LCKC is asking for volunteers from all clubs that will be participating in this event. If you would be available to help any of the days please contact us at nationals@lckc.org.

Thank you for all of your understanding and help to make this years Sprint National Championship a success. The USACK website has more info about this event.

Click here for more information!

For the Complete 2009 Sprint Nationals Race Packet - Click Here (pdf)

 

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2009 LCKC Dragonboat
Racing Series Challenge

Presented by
Lanier Canoe and Kayak Club
Gainesville, GA

Partially Sponsored by
The Atlanta Hong Kong Association

Does your team have what it takes
to win the LCKC Lanier Dragonboat Racing Series Challenge?

This annual event allows teens and adults the opportunity to compete against other local corporations, organizations or groups in dragonboat racing. Each team has 16-20 members and trains together four times over a three month period. No prior experience or personal equipment required. We provide boats, paddles, and lifejackets. And... the first race is FREE!

Click here for more info!

 

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LCKC Romanian Road Trip 2009

Back in the USA!

New postings on our blog (with pictures!) Check them out via the LCKC blog via the Media link on the Gold menu bar (above), or at:

The Big Green Blog (http://laniercanoekayakclub.blogspot.com/)

Also:

41st Decize International Regatta
Presented by
L'ESPERANCE CANOE DECIZE ST-LEGER
Decize, France

Saturday, June 27th, 2009 to Sunday, June 28th, 2009

Final results HERE!

 

Bună ziua Orsova!

LCKC Romanian Road Trip 2009

Our athletes have arrived in Romania! For the next month, LCKC team members will be training with the Kaiac-Canoe Orsova Academy.

The city of Orsova is a port city on the Danube river in southwestern Romania. They are 7 hours ahead of us, so plan accordingly if you wish to chat with our folks there.

From the Kaiac-Canoe Orsova website (translation by Google):

"In the last 25 years, Department of kaiac a canoe-LTTL Orsova, is considered one of the most successful sports schools in Romanian water sports... Olympic champions but also every year at the World Championships, European, Balkan and Romanian junior or senior students-athletes represent our country and Orsova, titles and medals much of the world sports, our department is one of the best in Europe and worldwide. "

We will be following our world travelers via the LCKC blog via the Media link on the Gold menu bar (above), or at:

The Big Green Blog (http://laniercanoekayakclub.blogspot.com/)

 

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2009 Lanier Racing Series #2
Southern Invitational Regatta
Saturday, May 30th, 2009

LCKC is proud to present the 2009 Southern Invitational Regatta! This is the second event in the 2009 Lanier Racing Series.

The series consists of four 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.

Click HERE for Results

 

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LCKC Summer Day Camp

The LCKC summer camp is a great way to introduce the sport of canoe and kayak to kids aged 7-14. Our knowledgeable staff will teach the skills necessary to paddle both canoes, kayaks and Dragon Boats!

Click here for more info!

 

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Richardson Racing League

The Richardson Racing League is an introduction to the Olympic Discipline of Flatwater Canoe / Kayak racing at the Lanier ’96 Olympic Venue. The program is offered in the spring and in the fall.  Teams of up to 25 youth, ages 10 to 15 practice twice a week for 6 weeks under the direction coaches in all types of canoes, kayaks and dragon boats. 

Click here for more info - or to watch the race LIVE!

 

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2009 USA Canoe/Kayak
Marathon Team Trials
Presented by
Lanier Canoe and Kayak Club
Gainesville, GA

Saturday, May 9th, 2009 to Sunday, May 10th, 2009

Live Video Coverage on Race Days - The LCKC Channel

Day one of this year's Marathon Trials saw strong showings in the Men's Senior K-1 division, as 2008 Marathon Trials winner Reid Hyle repeated as champion. Austin Schwinn also repeated as winner of the Junior Men's K-1 division, beating LCKC's Tanner Easterday by less than two seconds. LCKC's Macy Dwyer won in the Women's Junior K-1 division.

In the C-1 division, LCKC's Alejandro Schwedhelm took the title.

Day two of the trials featured K-2 racing, with the teams of Reid Hyle/Jason Quagliata and Shaun Koos/John DePalma pacing each other around the course for most of the morning. LCKC's Stanton Collins/Tanner Easterday had a good run in the Junior K-2 division.

Congratulations to all competitors for a great weekend. Special thanks to all the volunteers that made this weekend possible.

Click here for more info and results

 

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LCKC Athletes Excel in Chula Vista

Lanier Canoe and Kayak Club athletes captured 11 of 18 Junior World Championships Team Pool spots AND 3 of 10 Senior World Cup tour spots at the USA Canoe Kayak National Team Trials at the ARCO Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, CA.

Click here for more info!

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2009 Lanier Racing Series #1
Lula Bridge Race

LCKC is proud to present the 2009 Lula Bridge Race!

This is the first event in the 2009 Lanier Racing Series.

The series consists of four 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.

Click here for more info!

Click here for results

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"It wasn't THAT cold!"

 

The 12th Annual Polar Bear Swim is another LCKC success story. Actually 83 jumpers registered today to jump in chilly Lake Lanier. Many thanks to all our LCKC volunteers and our 2009 Polar Bear Sponsors for making this event a success. Thank you to Hot Springs Spas of Atlanta who provided hot tubs which were welcomed by the jumpers.

Some of the LCKC Athletes in attendance showed the U.S. Marine Corp what they are made of today. The Marines brought their recruitment vehicle and pull-up bar and much to their surprise they quickly ran out of t-shirts which they gave away to anyone who could do 20 chin-ups.

The following story is found on www.accessnorthga.com You can also go to www.myfoxatlanta.com see a feature story on todays event.

 

12th Annual Polar Bear Swim brings in 2009 at Lake Lanier

BY JERRY GUNN STAFF

Sixteen year old Luke Potts from Flowery Branch High School said it took him only two seconds to get up the hill to a waiting hot tub after his Polar Bear plunge

GAINESVILLE - It was another chilly Lanier Canoe and Kayak Club Polar Bear Swim to mark the New Year Thursday at the Olympic Venue on Lake Lanier.

Bruce Northrop and his 10-year-old daughter Sarah were the first divers in the 12th annual event; the water temperature was 48 degrees under a clear sky.

"It was great! Happy New Year," Northrop said as he warmed up in a hot tub after his frigid plunge. " I feel like a new man."

So why did 73 swimmers jump into cold Lake Lanier on January 1st; Northrop had a ready answer.

"Because its there, like Mallory said about Mount Everest," he explained.

"We're going to have over 70 people nice and blue running up to the hot tubs," Jim O'Dell with LCKC said.

Sixteen year old Luke Potts from Flowery Branch High School said it took him only two seconds to get up the hill to a waiting hot tub after his Polar Bear plunge.

O'Dell added the Polar Bear Swim remains the club's most popular event.

"It has been over the years," O'Dell said. "All of the canoe and kayak races we have throughout the year pale in comparison to the Polar Bear Swim."

Elizabeth Canupp dressed up as a Christmas tree and won the best costume category; awards were also given out for best jump, and the oldest and youngest swimmer.

 

Thursday, January 1, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Lake Lanier Olympic Venue

The 12th Annual Polar Bear Swim is Today, Jan 1, 2009 at 2pm!!! The hot tubs are ready and waiting for the jumpers. All volunteers need to be at the venue by 1:00pm. We will need a few hands earlier in the morning to put the finishing touches on the venue so if you can help please come on out earlier. The venue will open at 10:30am.

Support the youth of our community by being a sponsor of the 2009 Polar Bear Swim. This event 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.

 

Registration Form

Sponsor Package

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