Navigation Training Evening

An Introduction to Navigation Skills required by Sea Kayakers. – Essential Foundation skills for anyone planning their own paddling adventure.

This course provides foundation skills required to plan your own or a group’s paddling trip. It will cover basic navigation skills together with its impact on planning for a sea kayaking, flatwater or whitewater trip. It is open to all members and is a recommended refresher course for Trip Leaders. It is essential for anyone considering obtaining any formal qualifications. Be quick to register as their are limits to the number who can participate, due to venue size restrictions.

Duration: 2-3 hrs
Discipline: Seakayaking
Date: 16th October 2019
Time: 6:30 PM – don’t be late (aim for 6:15!)

Venue: Room 237 in the Steele Building (03-237) – TO BE CONFIRMED
(Building 3 – off the Great Court on the St. Lucia Campus – where SEES (School of Earth and Environmental Sciences) is located).

Make sure you have registered so we can contact you at the last minute if needed.

Registration

Register with: Martin
Register by: 15th October 2019 Event ID: 191016 

Note: You do not have to have completed the Club Inductions or the UQ Sport Swim Test to attend (please simply tick the boxes in the registration form)

Event organisers and leaders: Check registrations here (copy the event ID first). Login required.

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