High school paddling season has been over for a couple months now. After coaching Le Jardin's junior varsity team with a friend, i have gained much more appreciation for the school as well as the sport. This year was the second year that LJA has had a paddling team, and they are growing fast. The other night, Le Jardin held an award ceremony for the school sports.
As coaches, we went to give all of our boys awards and congratulate them on a good season and wishe for more to come. At the end of the ceremony, one of the varsity paddlers Mike Dowsett's, father Jay Dowsett revealed to the school a brand new canoe that they had been working on. Jay and seven of the seniors on the paddling team had been working on a new Malia canoe for the school. This was especially awarding due to the fact that the school had no canoe's in its possession prior to this one.
I was lucky enough to get to see this new Malia and i have to say that it is one of the nicest six man canoes, that i have ever seen. The craftsmanship is excellent, and the overall finish look to it is amazing.
The Malia is the series of boats that all ILH schools must use in order to race in their division.
The seven seniors built this canoe from their hearts, and in doing so they decided to put some symbolism into the canoe. Each senior stamped their handprints onto the seat in which they normally sit. The Le Jardin community is very lucky to be blessed with this beautiful boat.
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