News

Huge congratulations to our new VSKC Sea Leaders - Kate Alberico, Joe Alberico, Ben Flora and Glenn Wilkins!

Many thanks to John Evertze who was the Assessor for the weekend in November, and his support crew, Keith Russell and Ron Morris.

Keith says, "they did an excellent job at an intensive weekend full of not so serious mishaps down at the beautiful surf coast."

Image: Keith Russell

As COVID-19 continues to find new ways of impacting upon us, the VSKC Committee thought it timely to remind members of the club's COVID-19 activity guideline for members.

The committee notes the strong health advice from our Federal and State health authorities for all who can, to get vaccinated.

As always, the committee asks that all members make themselves aware of the public health restrictions as they apply to our club activities and always act in accordance with the restrictions that are in force at the time and general advice available from the Department of Health and any Federal or State recommendations or requirements that are applicable.  

Paddle Victoria also has useful guidance for the club and in particular trip leaders:

• If a case of COVID-19 has been confirmed in a member or a confirmed case has attended your activity or event, please contact your state health authority immediately to get further advice on what steps need to be followed.
• Clubs can assist the state public health authorities to provide prompt advice by keeping a record of who has attended an activity or an event and what day and time the activity or the event took place; and providing the contact details of those who have attended the event or activity.

Even under our COVIDSafe settings and with the reservations many of us have as to how this pandemic will play out, it is still very exciting to think we can get together and enjoy our paddling and socializing again.

The VSKC's Annual General Meeting will be held via Zoom on Wednesday 10 November. 

We do hope you will be able to join us for this important event.

The details of this meeting are as follows:

Date: Wednesday 10 November 2021
Time: 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Location: Online - this meeting will be held online, using Zoom Video Conferencing.

Please note, you will need to register for the AGM in order to attend.

Please check your email for the full AGM Notice and registration instructions.

VSKC membership fees for 2021/22 are payable from 1 October and due by 15 November.

To pay your membership fees click on the 'Renew to 15 Nov 2022' button in your member profile. (To view your member profile click on the small person icon in the top right of the screen and then click on 'View Profile'.)

Reminder emails will also be sent out.

We look forward to getting back on the water soon!

 

Dear members, 

Please check your email boxes for the August 2021 newsletter.

Thank you

Sea Trek 96 is available now!

This edition covers a fantastic array of adventures including:

• Seal Island
• Gourmet paddling in Nooramunga Marine Park
• NSW paddling road trip
• British Columbia's West Coast
• Paddling with the Shetland Canoe Club

We have a number of Sea Trek editions missing from our website and we'd love to fill the gaps.

Please go to the Sea Trek web page to view missing editions (they're the editions without hyperlinks).

If you have either electronic copies or hard copies of any of these missing Sea Trek editions, please email communications@vskc.org.au

We're excited to launch the new VSKC website! You will by now have received an email with instruction on how to log in. 

Some of the great features of our new website include:

• An event calendar that allows online registrations
• Forums on all things sea kayaking - please get the conversations going!
• A searchable membership directory with the ability to email other members
• The ability pay membership dues online and edit your directory profile
  
• A marketplace for buying and selling your kayak gear.

There's also a mobile phone app for members where you can: 

• Renew your membership
• View the member directory
• Email other members
• View a calendar of upcoming events
• View details of upcoming events
• Add events to your device calendar
• Register for an event
• View your existing event registrations
  
• Cancel an existing event registration
• View and update your member profile
  

 

VSKC's COVID-19 Guidelines

Act in accordance with the latest COVID-19 advice:

All paddlers on club trips should familiarise themselves with and always act in accordance with the latest COVID-19 advice from the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and any Federal, State or Local Government recommendations or requirements that are applicable. 

Before the trip:

• Please don’t come on any trips if you have any symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19), however mild or you have had contact with someone who has Covid-19 symptoms
• Don’t share cars unless you are in the same household
• Bring your own supplies such as hand sanitiser and sunscreen
• Think about bringing your own protective wear for a rescue - a neck buff to pull up, sunglasses, hand sanitiser for after the rescue
• Bring a face mask to wear before launching and after coming off the water. You must carry a face mask

On the trip:

• Sanitise before and after helping someone with their boat
• Maintain physical distancing, keep at least 1.5 metres away from others
• Greet people with a smile or wave - don’t shake hands, hug or kiss as a greeting
• Do not share food or drink
• Avoid sharing sporting equipment and don’t share equipment that touches the face or head.

The Annual General Meeting of the Victorian Sea Kayak Club will be held in November.

Date: Saturday 7 November 2020  
Time: 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Location: This is an online meeting using Zoom Video Conferencing

You will need to register in advance for this meeting in order to attend.

We do hope you will be able to join us for this important event. On 17 October we sent all members links to relevant documents and a link to register - please check your emails.