About
Magnetic Island Outrigger Canoe Club was formed in 1994. It was a new club established on Magnetic Island with a view to to bring more competition to the zone. After some time, the Magnetic Island Outrigger Canoe Club shifted it home base from Magnetic Island to the Townsville mainland. This was the result of a number of various reasons and why our Canoes are located on Townsville’s famous Strand, on the beach located behind the Tobruk Pool.
Magnetic Island Outriggers are made up of a wonderfully diverse range of individuals and are the clubs greatest strength. As a member of “Maggie” you will meet paddlers from all walks of life, social settings and professional backgrounds. These people make the clubs’ well being their responsibility and they work at building an environment whereby people learn, develop, train and race together.
New members are always welcome, so if you are curious about the sport or just wanting to get fit please come down to our training sessions and introduce yourself. We will be most happy to show what outrigging is all about.
The culture of Magnetic Island Outriggers is based on encouragement, support, personal challenge, development and finding out just how hard you can push yourself. It is a place where there is always a joke, a drink, laughter and a slap on the back for a job well done.
We compete in the North Queensland Zone of AOCRA. Monthly regatta’s (races) are held through out the North Queensland region (Rockhampton to Cairns) from January to August.
The club is run by a committee, and the current committee members are:
President - Anthony Contarino anth.kush@bigpond.com
Vice President - Jenny DeWitt jennifer.dewitt@bigpond.com
Tresurer - Chris Rockhemer chrisr@jimsbookkeeping.com.au
Sectretary - Lewis Anderson mioccsecretary@gmail.com
Committee - Loren Van Soest vannsoest@optusnet.com.au
Committee and Coach - Melissa Steedman MSteedman@nqacc.org.au
Committee - Linda Davis lindatownsville@hotmail.com
Equipment Officer - Shane Hagerty hagartyhome@bigpond.com
Equipment Officer - Brett Doyle kelski@aapt.net.au
For further information regarding the outrigging or Magnetic Island Outriggers please contact the appropriate person above.
Our canoes are located on the strand beach, behind the Tobruk pool.
Just read a great line which at this point I think Maggie is at…”you dont need great numbers of members for a great club, just great people..” and I’m not even drinking.