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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.
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From the dim and distant past
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Christmas socials…
We seem to have created a tradition of having a Christmas pub crawl in the week or two leading up to Christmas. People were asking me the other day about some of the routes we had done in the past, so I dug out some info from old emails… Year Read more…
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2023 Club Sea Kayaking trip to Croatia – Holiday or Adventure?
[ Link to the photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/NoqWM9HAt6jEhNQn8 ] Each year Bristol Canoe Club organizes a foreign trip, but with private trips to France and America the only overseas destination for members this year was Croatia. Our old sea dog – Dave Brain very kindly proposed sea kayaking, which would repeat a Read more…
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Canoe Club website clean-up and extras
I’ve given the Bristol Canoe Club website a bit of spring clean: https://www.bristolcanoeclub.org.uk/ It has a new WordPress theme, which makes it look a bit cleaner, with easier navigation. The search function is now more prominent, and there is a tag cloud which you can use to filter the articles Read more…
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Club History
Bristol Canoe Club was formed in the spring of 1962 to promote canoeing in the Bristol area and met at a barn with a loft in Keynsham. As this barn deteriorated, a new site was found in Saltford owed by Avery’s wine merchants. In December 1962, the first club newsletter Read more…
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Ancient canoeing videos (from VHS)
For your entertainment: I’ve sorted through some old videos of Bristol Canoe Club trips, which I originally got from Quentin Nichols on VHS tape. Variously from 1993 to 2003. I’ve (eventually) uploaded them to the web so that we can all have a laugh (aka enjoy the demonstration of skills Read more…
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History of the committee
Year Chairman Treasurer Secretary Membership 2024 – 2025 Mark Gillett Tom Brockett Anne Greenhalgh Anne Greenhalgh 2023 – 2024 Mark Gillett Conor O’Neill Lisa Gunton Nick Wainwright 2022 – 2023 Genny Sargent Conor O’Neill Fran Bamber & Tanya Cownie Nick Wainwright 2021 – 2022 Tom Brockett Conor O’Neill Fran Bamber Read more…
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New committee for 2018-2019
The Bristol Canoe Club AGM 2018 was held last week. The new committee for 2018-2019 is: Chairman: Jeremy Sykes Treasurer: Fran Bamber Secretary: Tanya Cownie Membership: Nick Wainwright Other committee members: Conor O’Neill, Dave Hill, Mark Gillett, Emma Newman, Iain Hissett, Lee Nicholls
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Neil Cox Iceland Cost-to-Coast May 2017
Neil Cox, and Leanne Dyke, both members of Bristol Canoe Club, crossed Iceland with a Packraft (a type of inflatable kayak) in May 2017. Here is Neil’s write-up, including video, and a river description. https://www.neilcoxmisadventures.com/packrafting/2017iceland-report Neil comments: “We believe this is the first recorded source-to-sea descent of the Þjórsá, with Read more…
Flat water
Congratulations to Tim Trew in DW
Very many congratulations to Tim Trew who came 10th in the senior doubles class in this year’s Devizes to Westminster race on the Easter weekend, with a time of 20:17:53 (non-stop). He was paddling with a friend Adam Dumolo. Also congratulations to recent new member George Botsford who paddled in Read more…