{"id":2881,"date":"2023-10-26T14:01:38","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T04:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sunshinecoastpaddlesportsclub.com.au\/sckc\/?p=2881"},"modified":"2023-10-26T14:01:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T04:01:38","slug":"october-blue-moon-newsletter-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunshinecoastpaddlesportsclub.com.au\/sckc\/2023\/10\/26\/october-blue-moon-newsletter-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"October Blue Moon Newsletter 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"isPasted\">Dear Sunshine Coast Paddle Sports Club Members<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Welcome to our &#8220;Blue Moon&#8221; October newsletter, where we&#8217;ve got not one, but two newsletters in one month. &nbsp;The second full moon, often called a &#8220;blue moon,&#8221; signifies a special occasion, and indeed, we have two important announcements to make. &nbsp;If you miss any newsletters they are uploaded onto our website&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sunshinecoastpaddlesportsclub.com.au\/sckc\/\">sunshinecoastpaddlesportsclub.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1. Annual General Meeting (AGM) Reminder:<\/strong>&nbsp;Our Annual General Meeting (AGM) is just around the corner, scheduled for&nbsp;<strong>November 4th at 9 am<\/strong>&nbsp;at our club house. Official documents related to the AGM have been emailed to all members. In case you missed them, please let us know, and we&#8217;ll be happy to send them to you again. To participate in the voting process, you must be a financial member. If you cannot attend the meeting, remember to use the proxy voting form. We value your contributions, so don&#8217;t send any ideas or suggestions by emailing us at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:sunshinecoastpaddlesportsclub@gmail.com\">sunshinecoastpaddlesportsclub@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2. Club Christmas Party:<\/strong>&nbsp;Get ready to mark your calendars for our upcoming Club Christmas Party, which will take place on&nbsp;<strong>December 9th<\/strong>&nbsp;at the club house. We have catering arranged, and the approximate cost per person will be between&nbsp;<strong>$10-$15<\/strong>. Don&#8217;t forget to bring your own drinks. To ensure we make proper arrangements, please inform us if you plan to attend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Paddle Australia Awards:<\/strong>&nbsp;We&#8217;re thrilled to announce that Nicky Donaldson has been nominated as a finalist for the Paddle Australia (PA) awards. The Awards evening will be held on&nbsp;<strong>Saturday, October 28th<\/strong>&nbsp;at the Twin Towns Clubs &amp; Resorts in Tweed Heads. Fingers crossed that in the November newsletter, we are congratulating some club members on their remarkable achievements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Member Achievements:<\/strong>&nbsp;Our club members have been shining in various activities other than paddling recently:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Elke Madlener and Scott Smallwood competed in the Coolangatta Gold.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kerry Prior achieved a remarkable milestone, joining the 500 Club after running his 10th 50km marathon at Guerrilla near Kenilworth.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nicky Donaldson, Delia West, and Harden Mosley completed the Chinderah Chase, braving tough conditions with lots of motorised boat traffic and strong tidal in-flow.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Upcoming Event &#8211; Hawkesbury Canoe Classic:<\/strong>&nbsp;Taking place over the night of&nbsp;<strong>October 28-29, 2023<\/strong>, the Hawkesbury Canoe Classic is an exciting event. &nbsp;As part of her preparation, our club member Annette Dawson has been diligently training for this event, including a 40km training day around Sydney Harbour with her doubles kayak partner James. &nbsp;Annette described the training as challenging with ferries, speed boats, big yachts, huge boats and big, big waves. &nbsp;They crossed at Watsons Bay and back again near Sydney Harbour Bridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">November 4 @ 7:00 am&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;5:00 pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/paddleqld.asn.au\/event\/sunshine-coast-paddle-shop-island-ocean-paddle\/\"><strong>Sunshine Coast Paddle Shop Island Ocean Paddle<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mooloolaba Beach&nbsp;QLD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This 16km ocean paddle will be conducted on the 4 November 2023 from Mooloolaba Beach. &nbsp;Depending on wind conditions, participants will head around Old Woman Island and back to Mooloolaba. &nbsp;Registration\/Check In will be from. 7.00-9am at the spit on Mooloolaba Beach. &nbsp;More details available on the Paddle Qld event calendar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">November 10&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;November 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/paddleqld.asn.au\/event\/2023-canoe-sprint-championships\/\"><strong>2023 Canoe Sprint School and State Championships<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SYC Oxenford Watersports Centre&nbsp;33 Watersports Lane, Oxenford, QLD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A lot of club members have entered this series of races that promises to be a great weekend of racing. &nbsp;The Championships will be held at the SYC Oxenford Watersports Centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Cancer Council of Queensland&nbsp;<\/strong>&#8211; We were successful with an application for a new shade shelter from the Cancer Council of Queensland. &nbsp;The new shelter will replace one of the old, broken shelter shades and be delivered sometime between 1 December and 31 January 2024. The shelter shades are stored in the road side section of the club house and are for members to use at paddling events.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>New Land Allocation<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Council have extended our footprint to enable the expansion of our club house facilities. &nbsp;Please contact us if you or some one you know can help with any aspect of building design. We intend to apply for a Gambling Community Benefit Fund grant in February and any ideas or assistance with this project will be appreciated.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sponsors<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our club has some ongoing sponsors that provide services to the club. &nbsp;Please consider using these companies should you need their services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Sunshine Coast 4WD Centre<\/td><td>Office Works Maroochydore<\/td><td>Accurate Pest Management<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Westaway Electrical<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Maroochy River Paddle 2023 Sponsors were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Perren &amp; Penny, Civil &amp; Plumbing Contractors<\/td><td>Paddles (formerly the Paddle Shop), Warana<\/td><td>Alexandra Headland SLSC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>North Coast Frozen Foods<\/td><td>Noosa Paddle Shop<\/td><td>Future Plus Environmental<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Viking Trucks<\/td><td>Carruthers Contracting<\/td><td>More Smiles Dental Practice<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Gara Paddles<\/td><td>Buderim Guardian Pharmacy<\/td><td>Clint Robinson Paddling Clinics<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Pure Paddling<\/td><td>Caloundra Skin Cancer Centre<\/td><td>Heads in the Cloud Salon<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are also grateful to the following local, state and federal governments for their grants:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Sunshine Coast Council<\/td><td>Qld Government, Dept of Sport &amp; Rec<\/td><td>Australian Government, Dept of Business &amp; Industry<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please don&#8217;t hesitate to contact us with your ideas, concerns, or suggestions anytime. You can find my phone number on our Facebook page, and we are always responsive to club emails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We look forward to seeing you at the AGM and our upcoming Club Christmas Party. &nbsp;Let&#8217;s continue to celebrate our members&#8217; accomplishments and achievements within our paddling community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stay safe and paddle on!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Warm regards, Delia, president; Doug, treasurer; Paul, secretary; Tim and Lach, general committee members, Matt Media and Facebook; Nicky and Tom club coaches. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Sunshine Coast Paddle Sports Club Members Welcome to our &#8220;Blue Moon&#8221; October newsletter, where we&#8217;ve got not one, but two newsletters in one month. &nbsp;The second full moon, often &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2883,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[71,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunshinecoastpaddlesportsclub.com.au\/sckc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunshinecoastpaddlesportsclub.com.au\/sckc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunshinecoastpaddlesportsclub.com.au\/sckc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunshinecoastpaddlesportsclub.com.au\/sckc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunshinecoastpaddlesportsclub.com.au\/sckc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2881"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sunshinecoastpaddlesportsclub.com.au\/sckc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2884,"href":"https:\/\/sunshinecoastpaddlesportsclub.com.au\/sckc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2881\/revisions\/2884"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunshinecoastpaddlesportsclub.com.au\/sckc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunshinecoastpaddlesportsclub.com.au\/sckc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunshinecoastpaddlesportsclub.com.au\/sckc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunshinecoastpaddlesportsclub.com.au\/sckc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}