Warrnambool marathon

Warrnambool Marathon

The Marathon Canoe Club is hitting the road and heading to Victoria for one of CanoeVic Winter Series marathon paddling events.

Warrnambool is about an hour and a half from Mount Gambier and is one of the first large towns you go through before hitting the famous Great Ocean Road. It is a city of nearly 30,000 people and consequently has a large variety of accommodation possibilities.

The date - Sunday April 25th

Briefing at 10.30am

Race Start at 11am

Distances of 24km, 18km, 12km and a junior distance of 2km

See flyer and map below

Other Links
	Map of Warrnambool
	Warrnambool race flyer

Facebook

Marathon Canoeing in South Australia is now on facebook

Why fight it!!!

The Marathon Canoe Club in South Australia has joined the Y generation and has started up their own Facebook page.

Facebook has become a social phenomena in recent years with capabilities for photo loading, diary management, event notification and communication. Following on from the successful Marathon Canoeing e-News the Marathon Canoe Club of SA hopes to use facebook to assist further with communication of marathon paddling events in South australia and sharing marathon canoe news and photos.

If you are a facebbok user simply log on to your facebbok account, then do a friend search for Marathon Canoeing and you might be surprised to find a photo of yourself bob up on the site.

And while you are there you might as well do a search for Marathon Kayaking Victoria as they have now joined the facebook craze as well.

Transporting your kayak

If you are transporting your kayak by car to or from events in South Australia you should be abreast of the relevant legislation for this state.

Getting your kayak from point A to point B

While discussing plans for upcoming events recently the eternal question of the legality of kayak transport was raised. It may therefore be prudent to detail here the road rules as they stand in South Australia for all to read.

Transport on your roof

The following loading regulations apply to light vehicles, Mass 4.5 tonnes or less -

Front Projection -

The load being carried on any vehicle must not project more than 1.2m forward of the vehicle.

Rear Overhang -

The rear overhang of a vehicle is the distance measured from the centre of the rear axle or axle group, to the rear of the vehicle and includes any rear load projection.

The rear load projection is the distance measured from the rear of the vehicle to the rear end of a load being carried and is included in the rear overhang measurement.

The maximum rear overhang allowed is 60% of the wheelbase up to a maximum of 3.7 metres, whichever is the lesser.

The wheel base is the distance between the centre of the rear axle or rear axle group to the centre of the front axle.

The rear of a load on a vehicle must carry a warning signal if the load projects more than 1.2m or cannot be easily seen.

In the daytime, the warning signal must be a brightly coloured flag measuring at lest 300mm x 300mm. At night, the warning signal must be a red light that can be seen for 200m.

Transport on a trailer

All trailers transporting rowing boats, canoes or kayaks must comply with the following requirements;

The rear overhang of the trailer as measured from the centre of the axle, or axle group, must –

1.     Not exceed 3.7 metres,

2.     Not be longer than the length of the load in front of the axle, or axle group.

The overall length of the towing vehicle and trailer combination including any load shall not exceed 19 metres.

This is best explained with a diagram (as supplied by Dept Transport)

NB - To confuse the issue even more trailer exmptions can apparently be sought (see below)

Other Links
	Overhand exemption in SA

Training sessions

Training

The Marathon Canoe Club of South Australia does not have a clubroom or boat shed like many traditional Canoe clubs. However our members do regular meet for training.

Historically our members have used the Onkaparinga Canoe Club facility at Port Noarlunga to train with a great training course winding up river to Old Noarlunga. If you would like you could attend training on the following times;

• Saturday 7am – 11am
• Tuesday 8am – 11am

Below you will find a map of Port Noarlunga (courtesy of Google Maps). The Onka club is at the end Wearing St, Port Noarlunga.

For more information and directions, go to www.onkacc.canoe.org.au

Other clubs in South Australia which hold weekly training sessions appropriate to Marathon paddling include -

Encounter paddling - www.encounter.canoe.org.au/

Holdfast Bay Canoe Club - www.holdfastbaycanoeclub.com

West Lakes Canoe Club - www.westlakes.canoe.org.au/

MCC-SA Membership

Membership

Membership of the Marathon Canoe Club of South Australia runs for a full paddling season. The season opens on the 1st of July every year and closes on the 30th of June of the following year.

Full membership of the MCC-SA automatically conveys membership of CanoeSA and Australian Canoeing on the member and includes all the rights and obligations of that membership including insurance cover and access to events.

Membership categories include -

Membership	MCC-SA fee	CSA fee	Total
Junior (Under18)	$20.00	$45.00	$65.00
Senior (Adult)	$30.00	$65.00	$95.00
Volunteer (non-paddler)	$15.00	$10.00	$35.00
Family	$35.00	(calculate as above)

Forms can be downloaded from the links below

All cheques should be made payable to the Marathon Canoe Club SA and forwarded to the club Treasurer

EFT payments are possible.

The clubs account details are:

NAB Wingfield

BSB : 085483 Account No: 206809964

Other Links
	CanoeSA membership form
	MCC-SA membership form