SASI Canoe Sprint athletes have kicked the 2008/09 National GP Regatta Series off on a good note. Conditions at West Lakes last weekend were less than perfect with rain, strong winds and extremely choppy conditions but all athletes handled the conditions well and produced some outstanding performances. This regatta also doubled as selection for the National U19 team to represent Australia at the 2009 Australian Youth Olympic Festival (AYOF) to take place in Sydney in January - 18 athletes were selected from across Australia with 8 being selected from SASI – Glenn Rypp, Luke Haniford, Laurence Fletcher, Jeremy Petho, Tom Boerema, Adrian Laub, Fiona Kidd and Kate Ferguson these selections are a credit to the athletes and the professional coaching and leadership provided by SASI scholarship coach Kate Barclay.
David Foureur was appointed SASI Head Coach November 1994. David is currently National Head Coach and in 2004 was an Olympic coach at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games where he coached Daniel Collins and David Rhodes to 4th place in the K2 1000m event and also coached the Australian Ladies K4 500m crew which included SASI athlete Kate Barclay to 6th place (Australia’s best result ever in this event at the Olympic Games)
QUALIFICATIONS/ACHIEVEMENTS
Level 2 Coach Canoeing – Flatwater.
Level 2 Coach Canoeing – Sprint.
Level 1 Coach Strength and Conditioning
2007
National Team Coach
2006
National Head Coach
2005
National Team Head Coach
2005
SASI Coach of the year
2004
Olympic Team Coach – K2 1000m, LK4 500m
National Women’s Head Coach Australian Senior Sprint Canoe/Kayak Team.
SASI, Program of the year.
2003
Head Coach of the Australian Junior Sprint Canoe/Kayak Team.
Australian Junior Kayak Team Head Coach - Australian Youth Olympics
2002
SASI, Program of the year award for 2001.
Australian Junior and Senior Sprint Canoe/Kayak Team coach.
2001
Head Coach of the Australian Junior Sprint Canoe/Kayak Team.
1999
Australian Junior Sprint Canoe/Kayak Team coach.
1998
Australian Senior Sprint Canoe/Kayak Team coach.
1996
Australian Junior Sprint Canoe/Kayak Team coach.
1991
Selected in the Australian Sprint Canoe/Kayak Team - Athlete
The News - Caltex Sports Star of athe Year Awards, Finalist
1994 - 1996
State Team coach, South Australian Sprint Canoe/Kayak Team.
1985 - 1993
State Team member, South Australian Sprint Canoe/Kayak Team.
The SASI Canoe/Kayak Program is a partnership program funded and supported by the South Australian government through SASI in partnership with both National and State Sporting Organisation. A key partner in the program is Australian Canoeing who contributes funding support to the program as part of its National High Performance Plan. The NTC endorsement of the program recognises the status of the program in the sports National High Performance Pathway and also the indirect funding contribution to the SASI program by the Australian Sports Commission through Australian Canoeing.
