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Mark Gillett

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, 9 monthsJune 16, 2025 ago
Bristol Canoe Club Club Activity Day
Events

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, 9 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, 10 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, 10 monthsMay 13, 2025 ago
Committee

Committee Minutes

Committee Minutes are now published on Spond for members. This page shows the minutes from 2024-25.

By Mark Gillett, 11 monthsMay 7, 2025 ago
Information

Our Canoe Polo Team play their first tournament of 2025

The Bristol Pitbulls debuted their new kit at the Div 2 South West Regional in Cheltenham on January 11th. Seven players all in new purple rash vests took to the water to face Wellington, who were joined by some Avon players. The game saw Tom roll and Nick roll onto Read more

By Mark Gillett, 1 yearJanuary 13, 2025 ago
Historical

History of club trophies

This lists the trophies that the club has awarded over the years. The information goes back to 1998 for complete information, and partial information back to 1989.

By Mark Gillett, 1 yearDecember 3, 2024 ago
General

Dart Weekend – Nov 15-17th 2024

Bristol Canoe Club’s annual Dart weekend took place over 15-17 November 2024.  We had over 29 paddlers having a great time despite the complete lack of rain, which came a couple of days too late for us. Nevertheless, a wide range of activities were pursued including hiking, sea kayaking, caving, kayaking, Read more

By Mark Gillett, 1 yearNovember 23, 2024 ago
News

Sprint Regatta October 2024

Bristol Canoe Club held a Sprint Regatta on Saturday Oct 19th, with a superb sunny day of racing enjoyed by a strong turnout. Thanks to all competitors and supporters for coming and entering this unique event, and all the volunteers for making it happen! Many thanks also go to All-Aboard Read more

By Mark Gillett, 1 yearOctober 29, 2024 ago
General

2024 AGM – Chair’s report

Welcome everybody and thank you for attending the 2024 AGM. The agenda for our AGM is very straightforward, I will be asking shortly if there are any comments on the minutes from last year, I will then ask the officers on the committee to present, followed by the discipline leads Read more

By Mark Gillett, 1 yearOctober 25, 2024 ago

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