Home Brew Festival 2010

Its that time again.  Home Brew Festival 2010 http://stu.ods.org/Homebrew_Festival_2010.jpg Who will win this year?  We can't let a mid-strength take the title again... so get brewing.

2010 Murray White Water Festival

Entries are out... sign up. www.murraywhitewaterfestival.com

Indospective Kayak Surfari 2010

Got back from our Indospective Kayak Surfari 2010 trip... got photos and a movie

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjRvf7rd3K4
• http://stu.ods.org/Indo-2010/

Aus Champs Pictures

You can find pictures at http://stu.ods.org/2010AusChamps/ .  Thanks to everyone who sent them to me.

2010 Australian Canoe Polo Champs

April 3 to 5 saw the 2010 Australian Canoeing Canoe Polo Championships held at Champion Lakes, Armadale. The fantastic venue was witness to some fast and furious games, culminating in the Open Mens grand final which started with a large collision and jettisoned ball and ended with a magnificent power goal in extra time. South Australia continued its dominance of the sport at a national level, winning 4 of the 5 divisions contested. All competitors, officials and spectators hailed the event a success and were impressed with the venue.

Results:

Open 

1. South Australia 1 
2. NSW 
3. Victoria 1 
4. South Australia 2 
5. Western Australia 1 
6. Victoria 2 
7. Western Australia 2 

Women 

1. South Australia 
2. Western Australia 

Under 21 

1. South Australia 1 
2. South Australia 2 
3. Western Australia 

Veterans (35+) 

1. Western Australia 1 
2. Draft (mixed team) 
3. Western Australia 2

Masters (45+) 

1. South Australia 
2. Western Australia 

School Championship 

1. Champion Lakes Boating Club 
2. Mandurah Paddle Club 

The championships were also the final selection event for the Australian Teams to compete in Milan, Italy. Western Australia was well represented in the teams with Jeremy Lee being selected for the Under 21 team and Niki Lee and Libby LeCoultre making the Womens team. Congratulations.

Each canoe polo team consists of between 5-8 players with 5 on the water per team at any given time (upto 3 substitute players). Games are played in a 35m x 23m field and consist of two 10 minute halves. As the only full contact paddling sport, canoe polo is exciting team sport requiring great paddling, ball handling and tactical skills. Despite a game only lasting 20 minutes, competitors require great strength and endurance to see a game through.

Australia has a strong history in canoe polo, dominating the sport from the late 80's till the early naughties. The mens team won the World Championships in 1994, 1996 and 1998. While the womens team won the World Championships in 1994 and 1998, and claimed silver in 1996 and 2002. Recent success includes a strong showing at the World Games in Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei, where the mens team claimed bronze.

The competition organisers would like to thank all sponsors and supporters of the event:

Australian Canoeing
Canoeing Western Australia Inc
Perth Canoe Polo Club
Healthway
Heart Foundation
Department of Sport and Recreation
Sage Automation
Kayaks Plus
FGI
Mainpeak Paddlesports
Champions Lakes Regatta Centre
Armadale Redevelopment Authority
Scouts Australia



http://www.canoe.org.au/default.asp?MenuID=Disciplines/97/0/,Canoe_Polo/77/2230/
http://www.canoeicf.com/default.asp?MenuID=Canoe_Polo/c1024/1619
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canoepolo

Great internet day

Finally, iiNet won http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/04/2809856.htm?section=entertainment somehow I feel an appeal coming :)

Sad, terribly sad.

 My father and I were sitting in my brothers flat in Barcelona, a little bored.  We turned on the teev and searched for English channels.  Nothing.  Finally we settled on this ripper.  A lusty-busty-blonde standing on the screen encouraging people to ring in and guess the amount of euro on the screen (well, that's what we think she was saying) and win upto 50000 Euros.

When someone rang in, she would shout out "Hola solucion"... and wobble her ample chest.  Gold.

The sad part... we watched this for 3hrs waiting for the final answer, only to be told that they will continue the next night... and that's where it gets terribly sad.  We tuned in the next night and watched for another 2hrs only to have the competition close without an answer!