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Club marathon race results (old)
For many years, Bristol Canoe Club ran a Haslar-ranking marathon race at Hanham, just outside Bristol.
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Devizes to Westminster International Canoe Race 2006
Devizes to Westminster International Canoe Race 2006 The Devizes to Westminster International Canoe Race is a 125 mile non-stop physical and mental endurance push covering a total of 72 locks from Devizes up to Reading along the Kennet and Avon Canal, and Reading to London on the Thames. I had Read more
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Magazine Autumn / Winter 2005
Editorial A fine magazine here, with lots and lots of stuff. Please keep it coming! The deadline for the next issue will be around the end of January 2006. Thanks – Conor O’Neill Membership A reminder that your club membership is now up for renewal. The club’s membership year runs Read more
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Song of Silver
[This is a reference to the club’s win of the 2005 Endeavour race. Apparently should be sung to the tune of Hiawatha! ] Song of Silver Long had stood the swiftest recordTo complete Endeavour’s challenge,In the land of Market Drayton. From the south came the war partyKeen they were to Read more
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National Championships 2005
The National Canoe Marathon Championships,27th –28th August 2005, River Severn, Worcester. Stephen Bennett and Tristram Turner win the men’s twelve mile K2 Div 3-4, the first gold medal at this level for Bristol Canoe Club. See some more photos here. This was a top class event with a very strong Read more
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Golden National Championships 2005
Golden National Championships 2005 It was a hard days night and I was sleeping like a log Which as it happened didn’t endear me much to my friend when he arrived early on the morning of the 27/08 en-rout to the National Championships. It didn’t help that the teenager who Read more
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Exe Descent in a Playboat
The Exe Descent in a Playboat 3 Novice’s Tale! or That’s the Last Bloody time we do that! It was that time of year.. the Endeavour 50 Mile Challenge was finished, and all the hollow promises from the team to train through the winter this year had once again fallen Read more
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Old photos of marathon races
Here are old photos of marathon races… Steve Bennett: Mark Heeley: Pete: Ardeche 2002: Exe Descent 2002: Exe Descent 2003: Reading Haslar 2003:
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Magazine Spring 2003
Bristol Canoe Club MagazineWinter / Spring 2003 Thank you again to everybody who has contributed to this magazine. We have another bumper set of articles this issue, with something for everyone here to read, and photos too! Please keep them coming, whether it be poetry (none this issue), ranting, or Read more
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Exe Descent 2002
The Yak Exe Descent It’s winter in Britain: cold, wet, and no adventure races. Time to try something different, and white-water kayaking has to be a good bet. The Exe Descent is a classic river race held in Devon every November incorporating 19 miles of white-water and 10 large weirs. Read more