After a few technical hitches the website is back in action so we will start posting updates again.

First on the agenda is Pugneys sessions – the season begins on Saturday 16th April, get your gear dusted down and head to the lake.

There are some changes this year that have been put in place by Pugneys, you should have all received an email informing you about this but if not continue reading:

Unfortunately the fee charged by Pugneys to the club has increased this year, so in line with this increase the fees to paddle are as follows.

Members not using club equipment £4.50

Members using club equipment £5.50

Non Members £7.00

All fees to be paid to the club member running the session on the day not directly to Pugneys.

A new system has been introduced by Pugneys management to enable them to know who is on the lake.

Everyone should have received a form but if not it is below:

Private Launch Application

ALL members are required to complete & return to either a club pool session or by email to wyccclub.secretary@googlemail.com

Please return your completed form asap but do NOT return the form  to Pugneys. This will register you on their system & you will be issued with a swipe card. On arrival at Pugneys you will need to go to Pugneys reception to have your card swiped, this will register you as paddling that day & you will be given a band to wear whilst on the water. Once you have registered at reception come to the lock up & pay your fees to the club member collecting that day & get ready to have some paddling fun.

Please note it is one form per person not per family, if Pugneys do not have a completed form they will not allow you on the water.

Please note: NO CARD = NO BAND = NO PADDLING!

Happy Paddling

Looking at running a session for a couple of hours on the Calder, probably from Healey down to Bingley arms river level and safety cover depending.

Anyone interested please contact me HERE or message me on Facebook and let me know you are interested before Friday. Plan would be to meet at Healey around 11.30am

Andy

Well girls and boys it’s that time again, the last session at Pugney’s is here today.

It looks like it could be a river day today as there is a little bit of water in the Calder – oh and the suns going to shine all afternoon.

What are we all going to do over the coming Saturday’s until next year I hear you all shout? How about some river practice on the local rivers? We have the Calder around Wakefield and Horbury, the Holme at Holmfirth makes for an interesting afternoon paddle and of course we have Sowerby Bridge for practising  whitewater and slalom skills.

We will try to organise river sessions most Saturday’s but of course this depends upon the weather and what safety cover we can put in place so  please keep an eye on the website and social media channels for details.

For all those of you who are interested in items of clothing with our club logo and your name etc. please see website below:

HERE

If you have a browse over the website and pick out any items you are interested in – they can embroider or print our logo onto almost any item they sell.

Make a note of the item code, price, size and colour required along with what you would like printed etc. and email to me here

I am just waiting for the final costs of the logo and name to add onto the item but will publish as soon as they send to me.

Once I have a list of a few items I will then place an order for the required items.

If anyone has any questions please get in touch here or via Facebook or Twitter.

Please Note – do not reply to this email directly as it will not be read, please use the links provided.

We have another supplier for clothing with the WYCC Logo embroidered, we also have some of the 60 years celebration hats left for £7.50.

 We can get most clothing items with the logo on and can also have your name added if you wish, prices will be roughly as below:

Hoodies/Fleece £18 – £20

Polo shirts £9

T  shirts £5

Name on any item £1.80

I will also look at beanie hats and any other item anyone is interested in.

If you are interested  in ordering any items please drop me a mail here and I will put a list together, when I have enough items we can place an order.

Below you can see some of our models wearing some items from our last batch of clothing.

Hopefully you have all seen the recent email about our upcoming club Birthday BBQ.

The club has been running for 60 years and to celebrate we are throwing a BBQ and general fun day at Pugneys.

Plan is to meet at Pugneys on Saturday 17th October at 10.30am, we will have a selection of boats to have a try in and maybe some rafts, we will organise a few games and then we will throw a free BBQ at lunchtime.

YES you did read correctly  – FREE BBQ – all  we ask is that if you wish to attend (family members and children are also welcome to join us) please contact Peter Dawson here before Wednesday 14th October to confirm how many persons will  be attending and also if you have any dietary requirements (vegetarian etc.)

Lets hope the sun shines but just in case it doesn’t we  will have the club marquee on site to keep the food at least dry.

Once again if you wish to attend please ensure you get in touch as we will have a list on the day for food so unfortunately if you just turn up on the day we will have to cater to everyone on the list first.

We are looking at club merchandise again, we will have various clothing items available for order including caps, T shirts, hoodies etc. with the club logo, your name can also be added if wanted.

We have had some sample caps made up specially for our slalom event this coming weekend of which we will be giving some away as prizes throughout the event, there will be a few available for sale at £7.50 on a first come first served basis but if we get a large amount of interest in the next day or so we may be able to order a few more for the weekend.

If you would like to reserve one for the weekend please  send me an email here

Please click links below for starting lists for the West Tanfield Slalom Sat/Sun 26/27th September.

Saturday 26th

Sunday 27th