Nine hardy members of the Club participated in the Big Paddle Cleanup on the floating harbour last Wednesday, in rather windy conditions. We collected over 7 bags of rubbish which were floating on the docks between Baltic Wharf and the Matthews. Many thanks to all who participated.
After struggling to get a team together at the beginning of the week, six of our Pitbull Canoe Polo Team took to the water at the outdoor pitch at Treharris on Saturday May 2nd. The first game was against a solid team from Rhondda where we lost having put up Read more
Following Mark and Julie Hamilton’s epic trip on the Yukon 1000 race in 2025, here is a more in-depth film on their 8 day adventure on the river. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqeZ5224-2U
Club members Emily, Lucy and Lisa competed in women’s SW regional canoe polo league last Saturday coming 4th overall. The team played extremely well, despite not playing together much or having any subs and lots of fun was had!
What started out a grey Sunday, with a few paddlers lost to the lurgy, turned into a delightful paddle down the Exe. Many thanks to Lewis who expertly led the team as pairs of experienced and beginner paddlers made their way down weirs and the other fun features the Exe Read more
On 21st Feb 2026, our Pitbulls Canoe Polo Team travelled up to Cheltenham to have the second set of games in the south West Regional league. Buoyed on by winning all of the games the previous weekend, the team was on top form. Our first game against Brecon A was Read more
Many thanks to Thomas Harvey for organising a Grade trip to the River Barle on Exmoor. Our trip included 2 beginners, so we decided to run the lower Tavy from Dulverton down to the Anchor Inn at Exebridge. Levels were a little higher than expected and we were forced to Read more
With rivers and sea paddling options covering all levels this was one of the largest events of the year. We had 42 people accepted on Spond; We had 35 Dinners prepared in the Abbey Inn with 34 people attending. The Bunk house was all but booked out, we also had Read more
Welcome everybody to this year’s canoe club AGM. We’ve got an exciting agenda not only covering the mechanism of the AGM, which is primarily to elect new members onto the committee and to present our highly coveted trophies. We also have a presentation by Julie and Mark Hamilton for their Read more
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