{"id":16233,"date":"2014-04-22T17:17:32","date_gmt":"2014-04-22T17:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/?p=16233"},"modified":"2014-04-22T17:25:55","modified_gmt":"2014-04-22T17:25:55","slug":"ladies-paddle-symposium-2014-another-great-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/ladies-paddle-symposium-2014-another-great-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Ladies Paddle Symposium 2014 &#8211; Another great success!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the 5th and 6th of April over 110 ladies descended on North Wales for the second Ladies Paddle Symposium, organised and \u00a0run by team paddler and coach Frannie Kohn.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Frannie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-16234\" alt=\"Frannie\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Frannie.jpg\" width=\"302\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Frannie.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Frannie-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Once again it was a multi-discipline event with more than 30 white water kayak, sea kayak, freestyle, open canoe and white water safety&amp; rescue coaches running sessions over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Jed-Dee.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16235 alignnone\" alt=\"Jed Dee\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Jed-Dee-300x199.jpg\" width=\"270\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Jed-Dee-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Jed-Dee.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/canoeing-bala.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16236 alignnone\" alt=\"canoeing bala\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/canoeing-bala-300x225.jpg\" width=\"243\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/canoeing-bala-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/canoeing-bala.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Sea-Kayaking-Menai-Straits.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16243 alignnone\" alt=\"Sea Kayaking Menai Straits\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Sea-Kayaking-Menai-Straits-300x225.jpg\" width=\"231\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Sea-Kayaking-Menai-Straits-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Sea-Kayaking-Menai-Straits.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Chris-Brain.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16244 alignnone\" alt=\"Chris Brain\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Chris-Brain-300x199.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Chris-Brain-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Chris-Brain.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The weekend started on the Friday evening with the ladies on the residential option booking in and picking up their goodies &#8211; stickers from <a href=\"http:\/\/river-flair.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">River Flair<\/a>, LPS t-shirts and yummy 9 Bars !<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSC_1575.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16247 alignnone\" alt=\"DSC_1575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSC_1575-300x198.jpg\" width=\"270\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSC_1575-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSC_1575.jpg 986w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSC_1572.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16248 alignnone\" alt=\"DSC_1572\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSC_1572-300x198.jpg\" width=\"270\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSC_1572-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSC_1572.jpg 986w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Saturday morning saw the Ladies collecting their demo boats, which had been kindly supplied by Pyranha and Palm, although some chose to use their own more old school kit, with great success!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Saturday-Morning.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16251 alignnone\" alt=\"Saturday Morning\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Saturday-Morning-300x225.jpg\" width=\"243\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Saturday-Morning-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Saturday-Morning.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16241 alignnone\" alt=\"Safety and Rescue\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Safety-and-Rescue-300x198.jpg\" width=\"270\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Safety-and-Rescue-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Safety-and-Rescue.jpg 976w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Dee-wave-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-16263\" alt=\"Dee wave 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Dee-wave-1.jpg\" width=\"538\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Dee-wave-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Dee-wave-1-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 538px) 100vw, 538px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Elaine-on-Ski-Slope.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-16264\" alt=\"Elaine on Ski Slope\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Elaine-on-Ski-Slope.png\" width=\"518\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Elaine-on-Ski-Slope.png 960w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Elaine-on-Ski-Slope-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">For most it was a wet and windy day, but everyone came back smiling for a well earned and delicious meal at Glan Llyn.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Lunch-time-for-the-Open-Boaters.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-16256\" alt=\"Lunch time for the Open Boaters\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Lunch-time-for-the-Open-Boaters-300x225.jpg\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Lunch-time-for-the-Open-Boaters-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Lunch-time-for-the-Open-Boaters.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Dinner-Time.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-16254\" alt=\"Dinner Time\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Dinner-Time-300x225.jpg\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Dinner-Time-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Dinner-Time.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">In the evening there were some inspiring talks from Sara James on \u00a0motivation and inspiration, and Deb Pinniger on trust and her experiences on the Zanskar river, captured in black and white.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">There was also a fascinating presentation from Shelley Broomfield on her Phd into how paddling efficiency relates to seat height (if you&#8217;d like to participate in her research study email <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">sbroomfield@bournemouth.ac.uk<\/span> )\u00a0and a raffle raising money for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.womenssporttrust.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Womens Sport Trust<\/a> which raised \u00a3616 pounds!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Talks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-16261\" alt=\"Talks\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Talks.jpg\" width=\"518\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Talks.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Talks-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">With so many happy ladies, we better get organising next year!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Happy-Smiling-Faces.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-16266\" alt=\"Happy Smiling Faces\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Happy-Smiling-Faces.jpg\" width=\"461\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Happy-Smiling-Faces.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Happy-Smiling-Faces-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Many thanks to Paul Smith, Fiona Dubber, Susie Walker, Sharon McGovern and Diane Lee for the photos!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the 5th and 6th of April over 110 ladies descended on North Wales for the second Ladies Paddle Symposium, organised and \u00a0run by team paddler and coach Frannie Kohn. 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