A community sports club for recreational and competitive paddlers of all abilities
After a 2-week break, we’ll be back at Brecon Promenade for our next training session on Wednesday 16th June (details as Wed 26 May 2021 Summer Training Evening), with the following groups (if you’re listed as ‘TBC’, please let us know if you’re planning to join us): No Jess this week, so the polo skills … Read more
It was great to be out on the River Wye on Saturday 5 June with a small but enthusiastic group of kayakers, who made the trip from Hay to Whitney in glorious sunshine and quick time despite stopping to play quite a bit on route (sorry for the dodgy pics, we were too busy enjoying … Read more
If you want to join us for our river trip on Sun 5 June, please book your place by midnight on Sunday 30th! As long as the water conditions are good, the trip will be on the Wye from Hay to Whitney. You will need to be able to transport yourselves to the start and … Read more
The British Canoeing Foundation Safety & Rescue Training course provides training on key skills needed to operate safely and deal with common emergencies in a sheltered water environment in any craft – and is highly recommended for Club paddlers of all ages! Steve is considering running one of these courses for Club members on one … Read more
Steve is planning to run a First Aid course for some of our Club coaches and leaders in June / July; he has space for one or two other participants if any Club members are interested. The course will be run via a combination of Zoom sessions and practical (outdoor-based) face-to-face sessions held at Steve’s … Read more
Due to a change in Steve’s availability, the dates for the next block of three Wednesday evening summer training will now be 26 May, 16 Jun & 23 Jun. THERE WILL NOW BE NO SESSIONS ON EITHER 2 JUN OR 9 JUN. Apologies for any inconvenience caused by this change. These sessions will continue with … Read more
We’ve been a little disappointed in the uptake for our weekend trips recently – today’s Open Water trip was cancelled due to lack of numbers (although, to be fair, the weather’s pretty awful anyway!); and we only have one person currently booked for our river trip on Sat 5 Jun – despite these both being … Read more
Apologies for the delay in this week’s update – having setup an automatic newsletter for Sunday evening, Steve wasn’t in fact around all week to prepare any items for it! Nevertheless, there are a few things happening over the coming weeks – click on the titles of each event for more details and bookings: Sun … Read more
We’ve made a change to the timetable for our weekly newsletter and event list mailing, so you will now receive these on Sunday evenings instead of Wednesday evenings. It didn’t seem quite right to be sending them out at a time when we’re out on the river for training sessions!!!
…to all our Members – new and old – who’ve been joining us recently on the water. It’s been great to be out paddling again after such a long break!! Wednesday evening training sessions have got off to a good start (although some warmer evenings would have been nice!). It was fantastic to see 17 … Read more