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June 18: Shirley Drive to Freeport
This trip may be CANCELLED if no one volunteers!
An exciting paddle…approximately 3 hours–with some nice drops in the water to make the morning interesting!
Email Anne Woolner if you are available: annewoolner@hotmail.com
This trip may be CANCELLED if no one volunteers!
Below is the canoe schedule folks can save or print, OR view when required.
Trips start May 9th and end with canoe cleaning on September 26th.
Trip Schedule for 2024
TRIP SCHEDULE – OSSCC Blog (5)
ANY questions about schedule, or you want to volunteer to lead a trip or tow on a certain date, please email the trip Co-ordinator, Anne Woolner annewoolner@hotmail.com
ALL canoe trips will be posted on the blog and include:
1. Trip information – where we are going, time to meet, what to expect to see, experience required.
2. Trip leader to rsvp to (NOT always Anne, please READ the post)
3. IF cancelled the morning of, the leader will send out emails to those signed up
4. ALL trips MUST be registered for. NO show up on day of and pay/drop ins
5. PLEASE contact trip leader if you cannot make it the day of so the groups does not wait needlessly.
6. These trips are planned for enjoyment and there is never a race to finish it fast or first. However, the trip sweepers may remind you to go the pace of the others.(as someone who always dilly-dallied, I appreciated their reminders!)
Do not make plans for the day of canoe trip, sometimes we arrive home later than planned.
Looking forward to a fun, safe canoe season on the waters calling us.
Thanks to Anne’s efficiency, we now have the trip schedule.
See attached for the schedule, and perhaps volunteer to be a tow-er or lead a trip(s).
Schedule starts May 9th and ends at the Annual Regatta September 24th.
Plan to join us this season.
Training Forms for 2024:
This year, if you choose to take ANY kind of training, you will be required to fill out the training form and pay by cheque, cash, or e-transfer.
Cheque, cash, and e-transfer payments are available at Membership meeting.
Volunteer Trip Towers AND Trip Leaders Required~ Please consider helping!
Anne would like members to bring their calendars so they can sign up to tow and/or lead canoe trips.
Once dates and trips are confirmed, the trip schedule will be sent out to members via blog post. You will have ample time to review dates, decide when you can volunteer, OR see Anne at membership meeting.
**Our club cannot be successful if we do not have volunteers and continue to rely on the same few people to do many tasks. **
Date: Tuesday, August 8th
Trip: Grand River. Bean Park, Paris to Brant Conservation Area–
Intermediate training is a must for this trip/required.
Leader: Brenda and Dianne
Tower: ???
Without a tower, this trip will be cancelled.
Please reply to blog or brendajwelch@hotmail.com if you can be the tower for Tuesday paddle.
Cost:$8 (no envelopes necessary)
Time: Meet at the shed @ 8:30am
Trip Details:
This is a trip that we postponed so that we could do the Conestoga when the water levels were high. This is a lazy summer paddle with wide vistas and a chance to see Bald eagles and Blue Herons. There is a fee for the trailer to go into the park for our take out, which will be split among the paddlers.
Please make car pooling arrangements before we meet on Tuesday morning.
If you carpool, please reimburse your driver ($20 would be appropriate for this trip). If you drive in a different car each way, please reimburse both drivers.
Remember: Bring lunch, water, hat, sunscreen, PFD and proper foot wear- no flip flops
Contact: Brenda Welch will be the person to register with.
I will let you know Monday if we are successful or not.
You will receive a confirmation email to confirm your spot. If you don’t receive a confirmation by Monday night, please contact the trip leader to make sure you are on the list.
If you change your mind or are unable to make it for some reason, please let the Trip Leader know asap as this will affect number of canoes required, partners, etc
Please check your email the morning of the trip in case of cancellation
Date: Tuesday, August 8th
Trip: Grand River. Bean Park, Paris to Brant Conservation Area–
Intermediate training is a must for this trip/required.
Leader: ???
Tower: ???
Without a leader or tower, this trip will be cancelled.
Cost:$8 (no envelopes necessary)
Time: Meet at the shed @ 8:30am
Trip Details:
This is a trip that we postponed so that we could do the Conestoga when the water levels were high. This isi a lazy summer paddle with wide vistas and a chance to see Bald eagles and Blue Herons. There is a fee for the trailer to go into the park for our take out, which will be split among the paddlers.
Please make car pooling arrangements before we meet on Tuesday morning.
If you carpool, please reimburse your driver ($20 would be appropriate for this trip). If you drive in a different car each way, please reimburse both drivers.
Remember: Bring lunch, water, hat, sunscreen, PFD and proper foot wear- no flip flops
Contact: ?? to register for this trip.
You will receive a confirmation email to confirm your spot. If you don’t receive a confirmation by Monday night, please contact the trip leader to make sure you are on the list.
If you change your mind or are unable to make it for some reason, please let the Trip Leader know asap as this will affect number of canoes required, partners, etc
Please check your email the morning of the trip in case of cancellation
OSSCC to be successful.
Towers AND Trip Leaders required:
Please consider leading or towing for some of the upcoming canoe trips.
If you can assist, we will not have to cancel canoe trips, contact Anne Woolner (annewoolner@hotmail.com)
According to the Trip Schedule, listed on the website, we require help for many trips. Please consider helping our club with this request.
If someone has already reached out to Anne to volunteer, apologies to you.
Tuesday, August 1st: Grand River – Bridgeport – Otterbein
Tuesday, August 8th: Grand River Brant Conservation Area-Erie Street, Brantford
Thursday, September 7th: Rockwood Paddle and potluck BBQ
Tuesday, September 19th: Canard River Amherstburg or Owen Sound – Sydenham River
Tuesday, September 26th: Regatta – Social Committee land games and potluck.
A BIG Thank you to people currently helping ~
We sure do appreciate YOU.
