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…
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…
ENTRIES NOW OPEN. FREE TO ENTER. Full details, see link at https://paddleuk.org.uk/…/bristol-sprint-regatta-18-10…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
This page shows the minutes from the current year’s committee meetings.