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Club AGM 2025 & Annual Trophy Awards

The Club held its 2025 AGM at the Novia Scotia last night (October 21st) and was well supported by 46 members.  We had several committee presentations, elected the new committee and presented the annual club trophies.  Mark and Julie Hamilton gave a magnificent presentation of their Yukon 1000-mile race earlier in the Read more…

By Mark Gillett, 1 dayOctober 22, 2025 ago
Flat water

Bristol CC’s Sprint Regatta 2025

Saturday October 18th saw our largest Canoe Sprint Regatta on the Bristol Harbour for some time Some 40 competitors came from outside the wider Bristol area and into Wales to join Bristol CC’s Racing discipline for Sprint Races. The races started from the iconic SS Great Britain and finished in Read more…

By Mark Gillett, 4 daysOctober 19, 2025 ago
General

BRISTOL CANOE SPRINT REGATTA, Saturday 18th October 2025.

ENTRIES NOW OPEN. FREE TO ENTER. Full details, see link at https://paddleuk.org.uk/…/bristol-sprint-regatta-18-10…

By Mark Gillett, 2 weeksOctober 11, 2025 ago
Flat water

Mark and Julie Hamilton complete the Yukon 1000 in July 2025

August 2023 Julie and I put our application in for 2024. So much more than a paddling CV is needed – details of wilderness experience and experience of stressful situations needed to be complemented by self-reflection on the multitude of deficiencies we had and how we would overcome them in Read more…

By Mark Gillett, 2 monthsSeptember 5, 2025 ago
General

Bristol Pitbulls play at the National Div 3 Tournament

Our first summer tournament of the year took us to Treharris with only 5 players raring to go, as some of our squad took the easy route and went to Glastonbury????. The tournament was held on the Taff Bargoed Valley near Merthyr Tydfil on the River Taff. There were 8 Read more…

By Mark Gillett, 4 monthsJune 30, 2025 ago
General

Big Paddle Clean-up on the Bristol Harbour 2025

A big thank you to the 15+ people who supported the club’s rubbish clearance in the City Docks last night (Especially Anne Greenhalgh, who got the clean-up kit from Paddle UK, and helped with the organisation.). We collected 5 large sacks of rubbish, working in three teams, covering Cumberland Basin Read more…

By Mark Gillett, 4 monthsJune 16, 2025 ago
General

Club BBQ and Activity Day 2025

The Club organised its first Activity Day on Saturday June 14th, 2025 with over 50 members and their families attending. During the day we had demonstrations of play-boating, racing and canoe polo, as well as food and refreshments from an excellent BBQ. Many of the attendees had the opportunity to Read more…

By Mark Gillett, 4 monthsJune 16, 2025 ago
Calendar

Beginners Courses 2025

So you want to get into kayaking! Bristol Canoe Club will again be running beginners courses on Bristol Harbour in 2025. The course is run in four evening sessions from our base at Baltic Wharf on the Harbour. We provide all the kit you need to learn to safely kayak Read more…

By Mark Gillett, 5 monthsMay 13, 2025 ago
General

New dates for Beginners Kayak Courses 2025

The dates for our next beginners courses are now available for booking: Course 2: MONDAYS 6.30pm Starts June 9th. Sessions on June 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th. Course 3: MONDAYS 6-30pm Starts July 14th. Sessions on July 14th, 21st, 28th and August 4th Course 4: TUESDAYS 6-30pm Starts August 19th. Sessions on August Read more…

By Mark Gillett, 5 monthsMay 13, 2025 ago
Committee

Committee Minutes 2024-25

This page shows the minutes from the current year’s committee meetings.

By Mark Gillett, 6 monthsMay 7, 2025 ago

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