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