Indoor heated pool roll practice sessions will be held from 7:00pm to 9:00pm at the Warren/Holyfield Boys and Girls Club (map) on the following Monday evenings in 2012:

January 9, 23, 30  February 6, 13, 27
March  5, 12, 19, 26
April 9, 16, 23, 30

Note: Roll practice will not be held on January 16 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day), February 20 (President's Day), nor April 2 (Spring Break)

The Warren/Holyfield Boys and Girls Club operates on the same holiday/inclement weather schedule as the Fulton County Public School System.  So, if schools are closed due to winter road conditions, roll practice will not be held.

The Warren/Holyfield Boys and Girls Club's address is 790 Berne St.  It is located at the corner of Berne and Marion Streets near Grant Park.

Directions: (map) Exit I-20 at the Boulevard/Grant Park/Cyclorama exit. Go south about 1/2 mile to Berne Street and turn left. Go another 1/2 mile and you'll see the facility, a large brick building on the left. Turn left on Marion Street. The pool entrance is in the back. Enter via the gate at the far end of the building to unload boats.

Kayaks and canoes must be cleaned before entering the pool. Use the hose provided near the pool entrance.

This is a great opportunity to learn to roll, practice your roll, work on your off side roll, teach a fellow paddler to roll, or work on other techniques such as wet exits, hand rolls, deep water reentries, etc.

Insurance will be provided by the American Canoe Association (ACA), and an ACA membership is required.  
If you are a current ACA member, please be prepared to provide your current ACA membership number, and there will not be an additional insurance fee for indoor roll practice.

Participants may purchase an ACA membership during roll practice sessions.  The ACA has several membership options.

(A)  GCA club members can get a discounted ACA membership for $30 for an annual individual membership, or $40 for an annual family membership. Just mention that GCA is a "Paddle America Club".

(B)  Non-GCA members can get an ACA membership for $40 for an annual individual membership, or $60 for an annual family membership.

(C)  The ACA offers a one-time six month introductory membership for $15 if you have not taken advantage of an introductory membership previously.

(D)  Participants may purchase an ACA event membership for $5 for each pool session.

The GCA will collect pool costs to defray pool rental expenses. Current GCA members will need to pay $6 per session and non-GCA members will be asked to pay $9 per session. GCA annual memberships are available for $35 for either individual or family memberships.

The ACA wavier only needs to be completed once per year, except for those opting for the event membership, which requires an ACA waiver for each event. The standard short form wavier for the GCA events will be used each week. All attendees need to sign the GCA waiver at every roll practice session.

Essentially, you must have an ACA membership to be insured and to participate. A GCA membership is not required, but for most of us, it keeps our costs favorable and gets you a discount off the regular ACA membership. Non-GCA members are absolutely welcome. Cash or checks will be accepted.

We are currently upgrading the website to make joining the GCA easier while occasionally prodding the free loaders to pay their dues. After this is up and running, we will be adding a long overdue "Members" section that will be reserved for active members only.

We are also adding a website defense package to deture hackers. Nothing will make our site inpenatrable, but being a harder target can only help.

The IT special projects committee (Kate Wilkerson) will be working late nights through Christmas without pay to make the changes painless and smooth. If you have some super IT skills, she would love to have your help.

Kate Wilkerson has done an outstanding job getting this up and running and her work will have a positive impact on the GCA for years to come. Thanks Kate!

William Gatling
GCA President
December 21, 2011

 You know that feeling you get when you scout the drop really well from the shore, discuss it with your buds, then jump in your canoe or kayak for the run and when you get to the drop you realize you've no clue what to do? Well this is nothing like that. Take the plunge.    

So you want to paddle? And you like to do trips your way? And most of what is posted is not really what you had in mind or the when just aint quite right?

I got your back. Time for you to become a GCA trip coordinator, the single most important job in the club. It is where the rubber meets the road. We will set up a trip, your way. You chose the time the place the participants the weather.... Well the weather is a stretch but I am real lucky for picking pretty days months in advance. I'll help with posting, screening, promoting, waivers, safety speil, and I can run sweep or lead. I'll do those tasks that you want to delgate. 

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