The Lisbon Treaty and sport 4
James MacDougall
What signing of the Lisbon Treaty
means and does not mean for canoeing.

Beale Park Thames Boat Show 36
More traditional canoes on show and more variety than you will find anywhere else.

Ticks can kill 54
Lyme disease and Tick Borne Encephalitis
are more common than you might think
and they are spreading.

Greenland paddles 56
Chris Pease
The Eskimo stick looks, behaves and is used differently from the European paddle.

2009 Index 82

 

 

 



Calendar 4
Forthcoming events for the next two months.

Editorial 5
Stuart Fisher

Spinning the figures.
A very sick society.

Undercurrents 6
Bridge collapses despite paddlers’ warning.

Up the Creek
11
Foxy’s cartoon feature.

Incident file 11
Loch Maree fatalities.

Letters
11
Newborough parking.

Access and environment 12
Welsh Assembly report recommends
new access legislation.

Eureka! 24
Canoeing holidays for the public.

Touring
32
9th Scottish Sea Symposium.
Open Canoes Open Water.

Guide 67
Canal d’Ille & Rance - Ille Rivière End.
The floral short cut.

Books 46
Building in glassfibre without a mould.

Films 53
White water runs in the French Alps.

Moods 55
Devilishly fast.

Do you know? 55
Balancing the strengths of two people
with a canoe.

Back then 83
What we reported in earlier decades.

Classified 83
Including association contact addresses.



Slalom 60
World Championships - Joanna Greenfield
Bratislava Slalom - Brandi Derksen
Augsburg Slalom - Brandi Derksen
Youth Olympic Games Test Competition -
Brandi Derksen

Freestyle 66
World Championships

Sprint
68
World Championships - Joanna Greenfield
Paddle Round the Pier - David Somerville

Surfing 69
European Championships - Oana Matty

Wild water racing 60
Junior World Championships - Brandi Derksen

Marathon 60
British National Championships

Lifeguarding 78
National Championships

Polo
81
European Championships - Samantha Hosken



Raasay and Rona
Two trips to the islands
between Skye and the mainland.
Snerdlers in the Western Isles 16
Tom Keene
After cat strangling and a net mending day, there Portree wasn’t.
Hebridean Gold 20
Clive Ashford
Mr Interesting, Mr Boring and others
in the land where Midges are King.
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Great support by
Herts Canoe Lifeguards
23
Martin Suzan
Providing safety cover for long distance swimming events from Liverpool to London.

The longest journey in the British Isles 31
Catherine Goodier
Travelling by sea kayak and bike from
Bishop Rock in Scilly to Muckle Flugga
in Shetland to raise funds for charity.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Freestyle worlds.


 

 

 

 

 

Hebridean Gold.

Beale Park Thames
Boat Show.