The club has some active email lists. These use the yahoo mailing list system. Please note that all of these lists are restricted to people who are already members of Bristol Canoe Club. If you would like to join the Read more…
I’ve got a new bike, a Specialized Tricross Sport. Took it for a ride to Tintern via ShireNewton at the weekend. Now I just have to get a new Mountain Bike and I’m all set. And before someone says Read more…
The club will be organising a beginner’s course for adults in May and June 2010. The course will consist of four 2-hour sessions on Bristol docks, on Thursday evenings from 6pm. This will cost £55. This course is expected to Read more…
The club organises a sprint event on Bristol docks in September – the Bristol 10K. See: http://www.bristoltenthousand.org.uk. This will be held on Sat 18th Sep 2010. Stop Press: Unfortunately, this year’s race has been postponed. More details here.
We have a keen set of paddlers who train twice a week throughout the year on Bristol docks, from approximately 6pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We also compete in various marathon and/or sprint races. The club organises a sprint event Read more…
We have two active polo teams, who compete in the regional divisions. The Pitbulls are currently in division 3 (South), but look like they might get demoted this year to division 4. The Pussycats is a development squad to help Read more…
I have now installed a new website, which uses WordPress. This means we can have a combination of pages supplied by the Webmaster, plus posts supplied by any club members. If you’d like to be given a username so that Read more…
Given the amount of chase boating in France [ 2008 ], I thought this deserved a re-write; (courtesy of JK) Class I, Easy. Fast moving water with riffles and small waves. Boat chasing is easy and fun. Boat immediately rescued Read more…
New International System for Rating Rapids (Found somewhere on the web) Someone asked an anonymous boater about his class IV comfort level and he answered something along the lines of “I’m comfortable that I can usually find an eddy to Read more…