The club will be organising a beginner’s course for adults in May and June 2012, to gain the British Canoe Union (BCU) 1-star qualification. The course will consist of four 2-hour sessions on Bristol docks, on Thursday evenings from 6pm, Read more…
Stop Press! The Bristol Pussycats polo team has beaten the Bristol Pitbulls team at the Div 2 SW polo tournament at Cheltenham today. Congratulations!
At the 2011 AGM, various trophies were awarded, as follows: White-water ‘River God’: Mike Millington (for his siphon experience in Morocco). Most improved white-water: Bill Pickles Marathon award: Kevin Littlehales Most ‘Most Valuable Player’: Richard Russell-Johnson Phil Longrigg Trophy: Lisa Read more…
The Bristol Canoe Club AGM 2011 was held this week. The new committee for 2011-2012 is: Chairman: Nick Wainwright Treasurer: Conor O’Neill Secretary: Richard Puttock Membership: Conor O’Neill Others: Lisa Gunton, Richard Steptoe, Steve Bennett, Lee Taylor, Theron Lodge, Richard Read more…
Polo dates for Winter 2011 are now available on the club calendar here. Note that in each division, the club’s teams will play in 4 out of the 6 scheduled tournaments; the exact dates are still to be decided.
Unfortunately, the club has not managed to get the organisation in place to run the proposed Kayak Regatta on Sun 18th Sep 2011, so regrettably it is cancelled.
Here is a link to a lot of photos from Bristol Canoe Club trips up to 2006: http://www.bristolcanoeclub.org.uk/static/photos/photos.htm Similarly, old videos: https://www.bristolcanoeclub.org.uk/static/videos/videos.htm
The new Lee Valley Whitewater Centre (the Olympic venue for canoe slalom in 2012) is now open for recreational paddling: http://www.leevalleypark.org.uk/en/content/news/white_water_thrills_/white_water_thrills_.aspx For info about what you can do there, see here: http://www.leevalleypark.org.uk/en/content/cms/White_Water_Canoe_Ce/Activities/Activities.aspx
Operation Cous-Cous has returned after successfully conquering Morocco. More details and about a million photos to follow [ ed – see some photos here ], but this is a brief summary of our trip: Day 1 – Get boats past Read more…