Today we had a great new experience. It seems that by some miracle we all got on a flight, no dramas, no lost baggage (not that we have much left to lose!) and even arrived on time!!
Latest news, Dale is in Los Angeles with boats, I'm in Toronto (no drama, just a pre planned side trip), Wendy and all kids are in Ottawa. Hopefully by 9am tomorrow morning we will all be re-united.....whether 9 people have boats or not remains to be seen.......
CSNZ Junior & U23 Teams
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Friday, June 24, 2011
Start of the journey
First off we would like to send our thoughts to the family and friends of Simon Davidson who died kayaking in Banff a couple of days ago. We are currently in Calgary and Banff is only an hour away, many of the team had paddled with Simon and are all very sad right now.
Our trip so far has been difficult but this news has put it all in perspective.
We had problems getting kayaks on the plane in Auckland, then left some tickets behind, re-found them, flew to LAX, had all the kayaks refused, lost Wendy's cellphone.
In an emergency decision we decided the team would fly anyway and we ditched poor Dale Butcher in LA with 9 kayaks and a mission....should he choose to accept it....to get 9 kayaks to Ottawa by tomorrow. We'll find out how he does soon. So far we have been traveling for about 38 hours, not much sleep, 2 flights to go. Finn's bag has also gone missing on the last flight....
Oh well, off for another flight at midnight....more news soon. Good luck everyone racing in Tacen this weekend at the World Cup race.
Our trip so far has been difficult but this news has put it all in perspective.
We had problems getting kayaks on the plane in Auckland, then left some tickets behind, re-found them, flew to LAX, had all the kayaks refused, lost Wendy's cellphone.
In an emergency decision we decided the team would fly anyway and we ditched poor Dale Butcher in LA with 9 kayaks and a mission....should he choose to accept it....to get 9 kayaks to Ottawa by tomorrow. We'll find out how he does soon. So far we have been traveling for about 38 hours, not much sleep, 2 flights to go. Finn's bag has also gone missing on the last flight....
Oh well, off for another flight at midnight....more news soon. Good luck everyone racing in Tacen this weekend at the World Cup race.
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Good LUCK
Good luck for all the racing and have an amazing time. Best wishes from all the families and supporters in NZ.
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Kawerau training
Today Anna, Kelly, Cole, Carl and Laurence trained twice at Kawerau on a high flow. about 15 other juniors and members of the senior team joined them for a great warm day and awesome training.
Laurence got lucky, his kayak was found dumped and he has been re-united with it. Sadly his paddle wasn't found but the insurance company is paying up so the Canadian coach has come to our rescue again and has organised a replacement flown in from Europe in time for our arrival on Friday.
Laurence got lucky, his kayak was found dumped and he has been re-united with it. Sadly his paddle wasn't found but the insurance company is paying up so the Canadian coach has come to our rescue again and has organised a replacement flown in from Europe in time for our arrival on Friday.
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