At the 2011 AGM, various trophies were awarded, as follows: White-water ‘River God’: Mike Millington (for his siphon experience in Morocco). Most improved white-water: Bill Pickles Marathon award: Kevin Littlehales Most ‘Most Valuable Player’: Richard Russell-Johnson Phil Longrigg Trophy: Lisa Gunton Chunder Bucket: Not awarded! Fish of the Year: Steve Bennett, for falling in before [...]
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The Bristol Canoe Club AGM 2011 was held this week. The new committee for 2011-2012 is: Chairman: Nick Wainwright Treasurer: Conor O’Neill Secretary: Richard Puttock Membership: Conor O’Neill Others: Lisa Gunton, Richard Steptoe, Steve Bennett, Lee Taylor, Theron Lodge, Richard Russell-Johnson, Helen Harris, Robin Wilson, Toni Sherratt-Ayerst, Ben Wetherill
The new Lee Valley Whitewater Centre (the Olympic venue for canoe slalom in 2012) is now open for recreational paddling: http://www.leevalleypark.org.uk/en/content/news/white_water_thrills_/white_water_thrills_.aspx For info about what you can do there, see here: http://www.leevalleypark.org.uk/en/content/cms/White_Water_Canoe_Ce/Activities/Activities.aspx
Unfortunately, the 2011 beginner’s course is now full.
Unfortunately this course is now full. The club will be organising a beginner’s course for adults in June 2011. The course will consist of four 2-hour sessions on Bristol docks, on Thursday evenings from 6pm. This will (probably) cost £60. This course is expected to begin on Thursday 2nd June. If you are interested, please [...]
I’ve just discovered that we have missed some Severn Bore dates in 2011. See http://www.severn-bore.co.uk/ for full details. There are 4-star dates in March and September this year. See dates on our calendar here: http://www.bristolcanoeclub.org.uk/club-calendar/
Hi If you send an email to the Bristol Canoe Club Enquiries email address (enquiries@bristolcanoeclub.org.uk) the email will come to me, Nick Wainwright, you’ll get an automatic reply with some hopefully useful information. I’ve included the auto-reply below for information. If your question is not answered in the auto-reply, feel free to mail me on [...]
If you want to print out and fill in the 2 forms for CIWW (Cardiff International White Water) before you go – they’re here: Safety & Risk Declaration Medical Consent Form But they must be signed at the centre. Stewart
Please note that the beginner’s course starting in May is now fully booked. Apologies to anyone who has missed out. We have no plans to run another course soon.
The club has some active email lists. These use the yahoo mailing list system. Please note that all of these lists are restricted to people who are already members of Bristol Canoe Club. If you would like to join the club, please see our General Information and Contacts pages. We have a list for general [...]
