Previous Committee 2017-2018

Executive

President: Henry Friend (Maija Raudsepp until Oct 2017)
Vice President: Darren Bennett (from Oct 2017)
Treasurer: Peter Voght
Secretary: Craig Selkirk

Representatives

Sea Kayaking: John Simmons (Steffanie Linde until Oct 2017)
Flatwater: Siti Abdul Khalid
Whitewater: Henry Friend
Canoe Polo: Paul Bowtell (Jordan Mulloy until Apr 2017)

Officers

Equipment: Jose Rehbein (from Oct 2017)
Membership: Haiou Qu
Publicity: Kathryn Greenwood
Fundraising and grants: Charlie Hsu (from April 2017)
Social: Nola Macaulay
Internet: Martin Wynne

Polo and Pool Training Calendar 2018

POLO Restarts 6th Feb 2018.

Next General POOL Training Sessions
Experienced members please come along help out at the General pool training sessions on the first few Tuesday evenings of each semester at 7:45 PM. (see below for dates). Entry is free if you help and/or teach. Note that these three dates are not canoe polo, and are not open to non-members unless invited specifically. Canoe polo will be every week at the UQ pool during semester other than pool training sessions. See calendar below for variations of this.

Next Polo Sessions

SEMESTER 2

    1. 21st Jul, 2018 – Canoe Polo 7:45 PM – Also “Train the trainers” preparation of trainers for the Pool training days

CLUB POOL TRAINING (experienced UQ club paddlers please come and help!)

    • 7th Aug, 2018 – NO POLO (club pool training instead)
    • 14th Aug, 2018 – Intro to POLO AND club pool training
  1. 21st Aug, 2018 – Canoe Polo 7:45 PM – Restarts every week
  2. 28th Aug, 2018 – Canoe Polo 7:45 PM -> also Sea Kayak Rescue Training in the shallow end (register here)
  3. 21st Aug, 2018 – Canoe Polo 7:45 PM
  4. Continues Weekly until December

SEMESTER 1

    1. 6th Feb, 2018 – Canoe Polo 7:45 PM
    2. 13th Feb, 2018 – Canoe Polo 7:45 PM
    3. 20th Feb, 2018 – Canoe Polo 7:45 PM – Also “Train the trainers” preparation of trainers for the Pool training days

CLUB POOL TRAINING (experienced UQ club paddlers please come and help!)

      • 27th Feb, 2018 – NO POLO (club pool training instead)
      • 6th March, 2018 – NO POLO (club pool training instead)
      • 13th March, 2018 – Intro to POLO AND club pool training
    1. 20th March, 2018 – Canoe Polo 7:45 PM
    2. 27th March 2018 – Canoe Polo 7:45 PM <— Also Paddling skills
    3. 10th April 2018 – Canoe Polo 7:45 PM <— Also Paddling skills
    4. 17th April 2018 – Canoe Polo 7:45 PM <— Also Paddling skills
    5. 24th April 2018 – Canoe Polo 7:45 PM
    6. 1st May 2018 – Canoe Polo 7:45 PM <— Also Paddling skills
    7. 8th May 2018 – Canoe Polo 7:45 PM <— Also Paddling skills
    8. 15th May 2018 – Canoe Polo 7:45 PM
    9. 22nd May 2018 – Canoe Polo 7:45 PM <— Also Paddling skills
    10. 29th May 2018 – Canoe Polo 7:45 PM <— Also Paddling skills

Polo may continue, depending on numbers over the semester (TBA).

Previous Committee 2016-2017

Executive

President: Maija Raudsepp
Vice President: John Simmons
Treasurer: Peter Voght
Secretary: Craig Selkirk

Representatives

Sea Kayaking: Pierre Lemaire
Flatwater: Siti Abdul Khalid
Whitewater: Steffanie Linde
Canoe Polo: Paul Bowtell (Jordan Mulloy until Apr 2017)

Officers

Equipment: Alex Archibald
Membership: Mark Thornton
Publicity: Kathryn Greenwood
Fundraising and grants: Charlie Hsu (from April 2017)
Social: Irina Georsoi
Internet: Martin Wynne

Website back online

The hosting company recently migrated to new servers. This rendered us unable to post to the website since the start of June. This post indicates that we appear able to post again.

Latest News

Upcoming Events

  • 26JunG2: Nymboida Whitewater WeekendA weekend paddling on the Nymboida river (or the Mann river if river levels are unsuitable) The Junction Campground, The Junction Road, Towallum NSW Map5:00 PMInfo / Registration »
  • 30JunAnnual General Meeting 2026The Club AGM. This is an important meeting for the club. Please come along. We need a quorum to continue club activities. The Viewpoint Room, University of Queensland (building 33) Map7:00 PM - 8:00 PMInfo / Registration »
  • 4JulPeel Island Camping WeekendCamp overnight on Peel Island in Moreton Bay. Peel Island, Moreton Bay Map6:00 AMInfo / Registration »
  • 11JulG2: Redcliffe to Bribie Island ReturnA longer paddle for stronger sea kayakers in the northern part of Moreton Bay. Deception Bay, Queensland 7:30 AMInfo / Registration »
  • 22JulS2 Intro Month: Market day, ComeTry, Inductions, Intro TripsSEMESTER 2 INTRO ACTIVITIES MONTH
    A month of activities aimed at new members and building/ refreshing skills.
    22 Jul - Market Day
    25 Jul - Come and Try
    27 Jul - Pool evening / swim tests
    1 Aug - Inductions
    8 Aug - Market Paddle
    15 Aug - Intro Sea kayaking
    23 Aug - Intro Flatwater
    13 Sep - Intro Whitewater
    Details to be posted after Sem 1

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