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A quick update this week: Sunday’s (25th) planned trip to Symonds Yat is CANCELLED due to lack of interest (we may reschedule this one away from the Bank Holiday!) Pool sessions are under threat for the next half-term (may not be enough participants to cover costs) but we’ll confirm this by next week at the … Read more

It looks as if we might be struggling to gather enough participants to run pool sessions next term (we need at least 12 to make ends meet), so if you know anyone who’d like to learn to kayak in the pool, please ask them to contact Steve immediately! If we are able to go ahead … Read more

Steve, Dave and Olly have all decided that they need a break, so there won’t be any Monday evening in August after all. Apologies for those who were looking forward to this. However, we do intend our planned Sunday trips on Aug 18 (Glasbury-Hay) & 25 (Symonds Yat) to go ahead. Please click on these … Read more

I know it’s the summer holidays and some people are away, but… …I only received one reply to last week’s update, which contained dates for paddling through the summer holidays and an urgent request for polo players to let me know if they want to join training and tournaments in September. I have therefore cancelled … Read more

Nominations are now open for the 2019 Canoe Wales Awards, which recognise the tremendous dedication and commitment of our members and those who support them. This year’s award categories are: Coach of the year Alan Baker Volunteer of the year Young Volunteer of the year Paddler of the year Club of the year Please note … Read more

Steve has spaces on the following 2 courses is anyone in the Club is interested – click for more details and/or contact Steve ASAP to book places: Fri 2 Aug Foundation Safety & Rescue Training, providing training on key skills needed to operate safely and deal with common emergencies in a sheltered water environment in … Read more

A few new dates for the summer holidays – more details in the event list. Contact Steve to book places or find out more: Sun 28 Jul River Wye Glasbury-Hay trip (sorry for the short notice!) Mon 29 Jul Outdoor Skills Training on the canal (for a change!) Mon 5 Aug – Mon 2 Sep … Read more

It’s that time of year when we need to decide whether to enter teams into the winter polo leagues, played in Cheltenham pool on Saturday evenings. So we need to know URGENTLY who (if anyone) is interested in being part of either our youth or adult teams (or both). Anyone with experience or interest in … Read more

to Andrew, Griff, Josh and Olivia for achieving the British Canoeing Paddle Discover Award; and to Alex, Charlotte, Edith and Natalie for achieving the British Canoeing Paddle Explore Award. A fitting end to the summer term! Thanks to everyone who has supported us this term. We will be continuing in the summer holidays – the … Read more

Since no-one from Brecon has booked so far onto our joint training weekend with North Avon Canoe Club 5-7 July, there will not now be any Brecon coaches attending – but NACC coaches will look after anyone who does go along and it may not be too late to book places with Stephanie – booking … Read more