All States Program – Canoe Slalom
The Canoe Slalom All States program will be supported by Paddle Australia to continue the development of the Canoe Slalom paddlers and the sport of Canoe Slalom across Australia.
Paddle Australia’s Canoe Slalom Technical Committee will support the program to have a national focus and the camps will be delivered in by volunteers in local slalom clubs.
Canoe Slalom Recovery Plan
The purpose of this Canoe Slalom Recovery Plan (Plan) is to highlight some of the challenges faced in the development of canoe slalom in Australia and to identify initiatives that may assist in overcoming some of the challenges faced by the discipline.
One of the key initiatives of the Recovery Plan is to formally recognise and establish the All States Program as an important and valuable program within the participation pathway.
To find out more details on the Canoe Slalom Recovery Plan please click HERE:
All States Aims & Purpose
Canoe Slalom has a long history in Australia with a very successful High-Performance Program with a strong history of delivering success on the international stage
The grassroots community of Canoe Slalom has struggled in recent years to grow or maintain a healthy level of community activity. The All-States Program will aim fill this gap by creating more canoe slalom activity at the community level on a national basis.
The All-States Program camps are Whitewater focused camps with the aim to deliver slalom development programs, for all levels of canoe slalom paddlers.
The program is run by the sport through volunteers from slalom clubs across Australia with the support of Paddle Australia’s Canoe Slalom Technical Committee (PACSLTC). The committee will facilitate the program to provide opportunities for paddlers, coaches, officials, and parents within Canoe Slalom across Australia.
Overall, the All-States Program is aiming to strengthen the connections in the Canoe Slalom community by bringing paddlers and their families together, and where possible at camp events that are separate to major competitions.
Delivery of All States Program
In 2022 All States will run camps at Penrith in NSW at Brady’s Lake and on the Mersey River in Tasmania and on the Goulburn River in Victoria.
Club paddlers of all ages are welcome to attend the All-States camps, once you have a strong live roll and adequate Whitewater skills.
The camps will be aiming at three levels to accommodate the development of the Canoe Slalom paddler.
The three levels are:
- Introductory camps
- Development Camps
- Race Camps
In 2022 the host clubs will be the Western Sydney Whitewater Club (WSWC), Melbourne Canoe Club (MCC) and the Derwent Canoe Club (DCC) for camps run in those states.
Any club is welcome to run an All-States Camp provided they support the philosophy of the All-States Program.
All camps will have some specific coach development and paddler connection activity. This may take the form of mentoring or reflection for coaches, forum discussions with parents, updating for officials and a social BBQ for all.
The connections established in the coaching groups are also important to the All-States program.
Camp Dates, Locations & Contacts
Camp 1:
   Date: 18th – 20th April                        Location: Brady’s Lake, Tasmania
   Camp Level: Development and Introduction Camp
Registration: Click HERE
Camp 2:
  Date: 11th – 13th June                        Location: Penrith Whitewater Stadium, NSW
  Camp Level: Development and Introduction Camp
Camp 3:
  Date: 24-26th of September          Location: Penrith Whitewater Stadium, NSW
  Camp Level: Development and Introduction Camp
Registration:
All registrations for the above camps are through Paddle Australia’s Just Go Membership Portal
To register for the camps please contact the host club.
Funding
The All-States program is a self-funded program, so it will be run on a user pays principal.
The coaches on the Introduction and Development level camps will be volunteering their time and so any fee to attend these camps will be used to cover small incidental costs of running the camps. Â All camps will be run on a cost recovery basis.
Volunteering
Volunteering is an important component of any healthy and thriving sport and the All-States program will utilise volunteers to administer, lead and coach on the camps.
Furthermore, the camps will encourage all attending paddlers to volunteer their time on the camps and within their clubs.
All States Program Contact
For more details of the All States program please contact Peter Eckhardt petereckhardt1960@gmail.com on behalf of the Paddle Australia Canoe Slalom Technical Committee.
