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As many of you are aware, 14 of us paddled the 18 miles from Leamington to Stratford as part of this year’s
Doggy Paddle last Sunday. It was a great day; hard work and great fun just like so many of our Club trips, but we musn’t forget that the main purpose of the event was to raise much needed funds or the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association.
All the money raised by us paddlers will be put together and a single cheque will be raised on the Club A/C to cover the total amount. If you couldn’t take part in the event but would like to make a contribution to our fundraising, please pass your money, or cheque (made payable to WKCC) to Liz or any other Committee member before 31st May. We will then let everyone know how successful we’ve been in helping those less fortunate than ourselves.
And for those of you who didn’t paddle this year, get training and join us next time.
Liz
Hi today we had a great day out doing the Doggy Paddle. It’s just over 18 miles on the Avon from Leamington to Stratford-Upon-Avon.
Our WKCC entries were coordinated and planned by Liz who id a fantastic job. We had 10 canoeists. Liz and Matt S, Claire and Adam, Emma W and Graham, Emma B and Nick D, Ed and Nick G. We also had Matt R, Richard B, Caryl and Lyndon in kayaks. … read more?
Newsflash :
Please note that there will be some form of July weekend happening after all if plans work out. John Gregson and Fitz are gathering interested parties so let them know as soon as possible. … read more?
With the sun shining it was a great day for a paddle . Wendy, Liz , Emma , Clive and myself met at Knightwick weir around 11.00 am. … read more?
A sunny morning at Llangolen Mile End Mill where seven of us met at 10am. We had Graham, Adam, Jules, Paul C, Jane, Emma and myself. Once we were all ready, Adam and Graham dropped a car at the town get out, while the rest of us took the boats to the launch point. … read more?
We are hoping to make good use of the wettest April ever and find something worth paddling at the weekend. I quite fancy the Dee at Llangollen as it is a great river and has something to keep most people happy. The level is currently quite high but is reasonably steady so hopefully it will hold until the weekend. Back up would be the Lower Tryweryn or something similar.
The trip will be a good grade 2 / grade 3 with two portagable grade 4s. If you need to ask what this means its probably not a trip for you. If you have been paddling over the winter and are confident on the Teme, Lugg, Symonds Yat, etc this will be a good trip. It would be an ideal progression for our level 1 coaches, Matt S, Emma, Jane and people at a similar level. I’m not intending to take Tom although Sophie and Emma would enjoy it. Please get in touch if you would like any advice on the suitability of the trip with regards to your paddling.
The intention would be to get up to Llangollen for 10:00hrs which would mean leaving Worcestershire arounf 08:00hrs. We can consolidate cars to minimise fuel when we have some numbers. Let me know if are coming and we will take it from there (before Friday please). If anyone did not want to paddle but fancied a day out in Llangollen a ‘shuttle bunny’ is always useful and Town’s falls and Serpents Tail are always entertaining to watch.
Adam Hall
Paddle Sport Development
Wychavon Kayak & Canoe Club
www.wkcc.org.uk
Today we ran two kayak and two canoe sessions at Top Barn near Holt Heath for 1st Worcester Scouts.
It turned out to be a very successful day and everyone enjoyed themselves despite the windy conditions.
As is typical with a scout group things started out not quite according to plan. We ended up being 3 to 4 coaches/assistants down on the day, the water based scout assistance never appeared, we ended up with nearly 40 scouts instead of the low 30′s we were expecting and the kit had not been arranged properly by the scouts to cover the numbers.
This is where our club do well all pulling together. With some good team work a new plan was hatched with the people we had. This plan relied on juniors Tom, Rachel, Harry and Olliver being a key part. All the coaches were extremely impressed with how mature and helpful they were throughout the day and we could not have done it without you 
Adult coaches and assistants were Adam, John G, Graham, Caroline, Ed, Paul C, Matt, Simon and providing vital bank support Rita.
We had a good debrief afterwards to map out everything we learnt so we can pass this on to other groups.
Well done to all.
thanks
Graham
On Paul C’s recommendation last month me and Marina went to Lea Valley White Water Centre to watch the final day of the GB Canoe Slalom Trials. Today was men’s C1, K1 and C2 and women’s K1. To see some of the countries top paddlers was superb.
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Today was the first time I used my boat on the river, the first time I seal launched and the first time I capsized by mistake! Sophie & Emma did a great warm up which was follow the leader, then we played British bulldog. Then Emma and Lucy were on and Emma got me, I then tried to get Sophie, but she was too quick, I leant over too far and went swimming! Thanks to Ben for rescuing me.
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The proposed camping weekend did not happen but instead we had a good 10 mile open canoe paddle. Here is the first report from Nick D and a few photos from Paul C.
p.s. New canoe/people friendly owner at the soon to be renamed back to the Fish and Anchor!!
Easter Sunday morning Graham, Paul c , John H , Fitz, Nick D, Liz, Emma, Sophie, Claire, Laura, Lucy, Rita & Caroline met up at PRSYC at 9:15.
We loaded up 3 cars with boats and paddles for the trip and dropped one car with dry kit in at the finish in Offenham. We then went to Luddington where in groups of 4 we carried the boats to the river. After everyone was changed and boats were loaded ,we set off. After about 3 miles we reached the first weir which curved round is a shallow angle with a step at the bottom where the river is at a low level.Not everyone shot this weir , Paul, Rita, Fitz, Emma, Graham and i did it. After this it runs into a short shallow rapid where at the end we stopped for a short lunch brake. We carried on and reached the second weir after a couple of miles, this one was a more rocky weir with a lot of debris in it but on inspection had a good runnable line. The third weir was only a mile down stream , this one was another rocky weir but with a nice easy line to run. The wind was picking up a bit and was making it more challenging on the windy sections of the river. We had another couple of miles before the third weir , this one had about a 2ft drop on it but there were no straight forward lines to run .3 of us ran the weir with different levels of success, unfortunately Fitz decided to take a run on the far side of the river where the flow was better, but the flow was going straight towards some trees and a large tree root which he managed to get pinned against. It then took Fitz,Graham, Paul & myself about 30 minutes with the use of a pruning saw, ropes and a pulley to get the boat free. After we packed everything away we paddled the last couple of miles, run one more very straight forward weir before we reached the fish and anchor, a very good day was had by all. Nick D
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