Training Times 2024/25 Season

Paddler feedback is always welcome as we want training to meet your expectations so you feel that every session was worth attending.

For more information contact Laurie Haynes our club president email address

  • Junior Divisions: 12 and Under, 14U, 16U and 19U
  • Senior Divisions: Open, Masters, Senior Masters, Golden Masters

Note: age divisions are based on the paddler’s age at 31st December

Summer Season: October 2024 – May 2025

**Season Opening Day** – Saturday 5th October 2024, 9am

Session times refer to start times. Please arrive 15 mins before the session starts to help with the rigging of canoes and moving them to the water

​We use the InstaTeam App for the latest training updates and for paddlers to indicate attendance to help with session planning.

New senior paddlers are asked to attend the Saturday 8:30 am Intro Sessions for some initial coaching before attending the women’s/mixed crews/men’s sessions. New junior paddlers are asked to attend the Saturday 10:00am session for some initial coaching before attending the Tuesday session.

Tuesdays 

5:30am  Early Mixed OC6 Session (Coach: Jess Grabham)

4:30pm Juniors training (Coach: Darren Allsopp)

Wednesdays

5:15pm Mixed OC6 Crews (Coach: Jill Johansen)

Thursdays

5:15pm Gender crews:

Men’s OC6 Crews (Coach: Darren Allsopp)

Women’s OC6 Crews (Coach: Julie Hoyle)

Saturday Club Day

8:00am Seniors Mixed Crews (Various coaches)

8:00am Intro to Paddling Courses (October – December; Coaches: Laurie Haynes/Jess Grabham)

10:00am Juniors Mixed Crews (Coach: Darren Allsopp)

Sunday Va’a Session (V1)

See InstaTeam for details each week (Coach: Laurie Haynes)

Winter Season: June – September

Winter paddling is based at Port Geographe Marina from the beach at the Freycinet Drive carpark.