Flat water
Yukon 1000 race movie
Following Mark and Julie Hamilton’s epic trip on the Yukon 1000 race in 2025, here is a more in-depth film on their 8 day adventure on the river. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqeZ5224-2U
General
River Dart Trip 2025 21st – 23rd November
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
Events
Bristol Canoe Sprint Regatta 2025
Saturday October 18th saw our largest Canoe Sprint Regatta on the Bristol Harbour for some time Some 40 competitors came from outside the wider Bristol area and into Wales to join Bristol CC’s Racing discipline for Sprint Races. The races started from the iconic SS Great Britain and finished in Read more
Flat water
Mark and Julie Hamilton complete the Yukon 1000 in July 2025
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
General
Bristol Pitbulls play at the National Div 3 Tournament
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
General
Big Paddle Clean-up on the Bristol Harbour 2025
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
General
Dart Weekend – Nov 15-17th 2024
Bristol Canoe Club’s annual Dart weekend took place over 15-17 November 2024. We had over 29 paddlers having a great time despite the complete lack of rain, which came a couple of days too late for us. Nevertheless, a wide range of activities were pursued including hiking, sea kayaking, caving, kayaking, Read more
White water
River Spey, September 2024
Lisa and I paddled a canoe down the river Spey (Scotland) in September 2024, in a group of seven people.
Polo
Bristol in Bruges!
Friday:As Radio 6 music announced our departure, eight Bristolians and their coach travelled to take on the Belgians in an international canoe polo showdown! The early arrivals staked their claim to some primo campsite real estate before heading into the historic city of Ypres. Dinner was devoured, ice cream was Read more
White water
Bristol Canoe Club: Italy, June 2024
Our recent trip to Italy was an extraordinary adventure, full of thrilling paddling, stunning scenery, and warm hospitality. A group of us went paddling in Val Sesia during the first week of June and miraculously returned with all our gear, though the condition of the gear can’t be spoken for! Read more