QUESTIONS?

Email them to hawkeye@guelphkayakclub.com

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GUELPH KAYAK CLUB has a ‘General Boating Discussion’ Forum:

1. Check out the Forum; a place to keep up with what’s happening and chat with local paddlers!
2. Create an account by picking a username and password...then l og in and you can post and reply to posts…it’s that easy.
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GKC MEMBERSHIP :

Purchase a club membership on-line by logging in and then clicking on the "Store” tab top right...

2012 Membership runs from January 1, 2012 through March 31, 2013.
$35 - Single member or head of family fee
- Add $5 for each extra family member 12 years and under
- Add $10 for each family member 13 and older
$15 - Single member fee (Instead of $35)...if you are already a Whitewater Ontario member

** If you join GKC AFTER the 'King of Clubs' weekend on Labour Day, membership cost will be $20 for the remainder of the year to cover our $20/member submission to Whitewater Ontario. This guarantees that we have you covered under all of the WO benefits, including insurance for all sanctioned GKC events (if concerned, check which events are sanctioned BEFORE participating). Also, $5 of your membership for WO goes towards River Advocacy initiatives...a very worthy cause.
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WEEKLY PADDLES at Elora Gorge: beginning Sunday April 1/2012

Wednesday nights – meet at Ross St parking lot in Elor! a @ 5:45pm to be ready to shuttle @ 6:00pm

Sunday mornings – meet at Ross St parking lot in Elora @ 10:45am to be ready to shuttle @ 11:00am
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SHUTTLING

Everyone meets at the put-in to unload boats and gear; we drive all vehicles to the take-out and come back in as few cars as possible, making sure the drivers
who come back leave their dry clothes in a vehicle at the take-out. After the paddle a few drivers need to get a ride back to the top, which is quite easy because we tend to leave the trucks or bigger vehicles (that can take extra boats) at the takeout.
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DIRECTIONS to ELORA GORGE PADDLING: We meet at the Ross St parking lot in Elora

If you are heading north on County Road 7 int! o Elora, drive past the Tim Hortons, straight through the lights, down the hill and turn right just before the bridge onto Ross Street; 100 meters in on the left is the parking lot where we meet...

http://www.mapquest....address=Ross+St
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DIRECTIONS to UPPER IRVINE RIVER PADDLING: We meet at the bridge crossing the Irvine River on Irvine St north of Salem.
From the 'Unofficial' takeout on Middle Brook Road, drive east into Elora (the road changes name at County Rd 7 and becomes David St). Stay on this road until it ends at a T-junction at Irvine Street. Turn left and head north for approximately 2 km until you cross a bridge. This is the putin for the Upper.
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RIVER INFORMATION – GRCA website (Grand River Conservation Authority):

http://www.grandrive...2&Sub1=6&Sub2=2

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POOL SESSIONS (2011/2012):

Open to the public; no formal instruction; bring own kayak, paddle, skirt and nose plug. Cost: $10.00, cash only; pay as you go; pay lifeguard as office is closed
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Every Sunday night from 8:00-9:00 pm
Dec 3, 2011 – April 22, 2012
Cameron Heights Pool
301 Charles St. East
Kitchener
(519) 741-2482

Special Instructions:

1 - Bring kayaks directly to the pool deck from your car and give $10 cash fee to lifeguard (office is closed)

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KAYAKING INSTRUCTION:
GKC does not offer formal instruction, nor do we have club gear available to rent or borrow. If you have the opportunity for formal instruction ! it is the best way to get the basics and increase your confidence leve l quickly starting out. There are a number of places that do offer beginner courses over a weekend where you can 'get your feet wet' and see if kayaking is for you. Whitewater kayaking is not for everyone, but if you are comfortable in water and get proper instruction you will almost certainly fall in love with this sport. Many GKC members only started a few years ago and have quickly become paddling fanatics!

Check out the contact information from Whitewater Ontario's website for commercial companies offering instruction:

http://www.whitewate... ... mbers.html
http://www.whitewate...nity/clubs.html