Four Locations for Roll Practice Select a location for more details: Charlotte (MAC) - Thursday Nights, 8:00 - 9:30pm Huntersville (HFFA) - Tuesday Nights, 7:30 - 9:30pm Matthews (Siskey YMCA) - 1st & 3rd Saturdays, 6:00 - 8:00pm Latta Plantation Park - Outdoor, park closes at sunset Please note: Equipment is not provided for these sessions. If you're just starting out in the sport and do not yet have your own equipment please post a message on our board asking other members to bring extra equipment if possible. MAC Roll Sessions, Thursday Nights 8:00 - 9:30pm Roll sessions are held at the Mecklenburg Aquatic Center, Thursday nights from 8:00pm* to 9:30pm. Admission to the pool is $5, rolling advice is free! The Mac is located in the Uptown area at 800 E 2nd St, Charlotte, NC 28202. *Pool staff will do their best to open lanes for kayaker's use at 7:00pm, however, priority will be given to swimmers with season passes. Contact the front desk of the pool to confirm an early start time. (704) 336-DIVE Huntersville Family Fitness & Aquatics Roll Sessions, Tuesdays 7:30 - 9:30pm HFFA has graciously agreed to allow roll sessions in the 25yd heated pool. You do not need to be an HFFA member to attend. The cost is $5.00 for non-members, payable at the Guest Services desk in the pool lobby. To unload gear, follow the driveway next to the volleyball courts and park behind the building near the first set of double doors. Management requests that equipment is clean and everyone is out of the pool by 9:30pm. HFFA is located near exit 23 off I77 at 11725 Verhoeff Drive, Huntersville, NC 28078 Siskey YMCA (Matthews) Roll Sessions, 1st and 3rd Saturdays 6:00 - 8:00pm. The Siskey YMCA has also graciously agreed to allow roll sessions in the indoor pool. Sessions will be the first and third Saturday of the month. The cost is $6.00 for members and $10 for non-members, payable at the pool. The entire pool will be available so longboats are welcome too. To unload gear, follow the driveway to the big glass wall. The glass doors should open at 6pm. Management requests that equipment is clean and everyone is out of the pool by 8:00 pm. Siskey YMCA is located at 3127 Weddington Road Matthews. 704-716-4200. Latta Plantation Sessions - Outdoor, park closes at sunset Admission is free! Latta Plantation Park is open year round although attendance tends to be seasonal. If you need help with your roll be sure to post to see if others are going. The park entrance is located at 6211 Sample Rd, Huntersville, North Carolina 28078. People meet at the Southern canoe launch (not the old boat rental location). Click here for a PDF map of the park. Kayak Polo Anyone, male or female, 14 years old and up can play. All players must sign a release, participants under 18 years of age must have a parent's signature. All equipment is provided, including the boat. There is a small one time insurance fee, contact Rick Garcia, 704-588-8221 for more details. Kayak polo participants maintain a site at www.carolinakayakpolo.org and an active Yahoo! group at groups.yahoo.com/group/Northerly for more information. American Whitewater discount membership for MRP members MRP members are entitled to a $10 discount when joining or renewing membership with American Whitewater. Be sure to enter MRP's affiliate membership number CL10mrp in the promotional code box to give yourself the discount. AW membership is $25/year with the discount. For a list of AW membership benefits, click here. MRP Stickers Available Brentley Metcalf has kindly designed and produced stickers for MRP. Don't be the last on your block to display the latest in MRP swag. The stickers are $3 each and may be ordered from Brentley by either phone or email, both may be found on his profile here. USNWC Needs Raft Guides Full time, part time, days, evenings, and weekends. Super flexible schedules. No prior experience required. Must be 18+ to work as a guide. Visit the USNWC web site for additional information. Got an event you'd like to see posted? Send us an email and let us know. Events posted in this box should be of broad interest to the MRP community and announced at least a week in advance. Attach pictures if you would like to see them included in the post. If possible, please write the complete text of your announcement in the email including date, time, location, and links for additional information. Announcements that can be simply copied and pasted from an email will be posted much more quickly than those we have to write ourselves.