Practice

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Supporting our 'Ohana during COVID-19

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Today the board made the difficult decision to suspend our practices and meetings until further notice based on the current guidance from state and local health officials. Paddling together as an ‘Ohana is what brings us all to this sport and this club. Unfortunately right now this is our responsibility to our members and the wider Tri-Cities community to keep everyone healthy and safe. As the situation evolves into April we will continue to monitor and update with our plans for the season. Please everyone stay healthy and wash your hands, I have full confidence we will pull together and be back on the water together before you know it.

Club Updates

It’s been a while since we’ve put something up here so I thought it would be good to make a post now that the season is in full swing.

We’ve had a great spring season with lots of new members and very good attendance at practice. It’s hard to think of one where we’ve had less than three canoes on the water! Saturday Practice Times are now at 8:30 A.M. as we get into the hot summer months and prepare for Rooster Rock and The Gorge.

Looking forward to seeing the same enthusiasm and spirit as we paddle into summer!

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Air Quality Alert

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Please be aware of the reduced Air quality this week and make healthy choices when it comes to outside activity. We are under an air quality alert through Wednesday, meaning that unhealthy to very unhealthy air conditions will persist. TCOCC will meet for practice as normally scheduled but we will evaluate conditions and personnel when deciding on a plan. If you have any sensitivity to cardiac or respiratory distress carefully consider whether or not to take part in outside activity.

Look at the links below for information on air quality and weather forecasting:

Washington Smoke Information

National Weather Service Forecast

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Practice Clarifications

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We've had a lot of change recently so this is to clear up any confusion about our current practice schedule:

Monday, Wednesday, Saturday practices are not changing they start at 5:45 P.M. and 8:15 A.M.

For our new practices we are requesting notice at least 24 hours in advance if you plan to paddle so seats can be worked out and we insure full canoes:

Friday practice is for those who want to work harder and be more competitive, it will consist of more difficult workouts to simulate race conditions. This starts at 5:45 P.M. Contact Tyler for a seat.

Sunday practice is for our wahine (women) to work on their blend and get a different feel from paddling with the usual mixed crew. This starts at 8:15 A.M. Contact Laura or Nessa for a seat

Back on the Water!

What a great start for the season! We had 16 paddlers so we could comfortably paddle all three wa'a. From here on out we'll be on our normal schedule. We're Starting with Monday/Wednesday Practice at 5:45 and Saturday Practice at 9:30.

Don't forget our first new paddler night will be April 9th. Anyone new to the sport can come out on this practice that will be geared towards a smooth introduction to paddling.

Pictures from Saturday are below

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Monday Mahalo

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Mahalo to everyone who came out to practice on Monday. We had 20 paddlers show up and 2 graciously volunteered to sit out. That's the first time this season. Its never good to leave anyone on shore but this is definitely filed under good problems to have. If we keep up the great spirit and recruiting, we might have to find another Canoe!