Good morning to you all, very short notice but we will start our Paddlesport sessions today at Pugneys however if you can’t make today don’t worry as we can run in staggered sessions over several weeks.

We will also look to  put out some slalom gates and have a bit of an introduction into slalom – we will even drag out some of the slalom boats we have in the container for anyone to try out.

Suns out at the moment and a fine day forecast so hope to see you all later.

Click on  the image to view photos from Saturday 29th August 2015

Our annual slalom event at Slenningford Watermill is fast approaching so we will try to provide as much information as possible about the event.

Firstly we are looking to get as many entries from club members as possible, this can include children as well as adults.

Mark  Wilbond with the help of Richard Cooke and Andy Walker are looking to run a few practice sessions over the next few weeks to brush up on skills and provide an introduction into slalom. We have all required slalom canoes that can be borrowed for the weekend.

At the event there are medals etc. to be won for various categories.

Onto more important matters now – in the past we have had club members turning up at the club campsite area from Thursday onwards to take advantage of a long weekend, unfortunately the campsite Management have now asked us to only allow camping from Friday evening onwards apart from club members who are involved in the setting up of the event. Anyone who arrives at  the club campsite area before Friday evening and has not been confirmed as part of the set-up will be turned away.

 ALL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND HERE

A final note on the event – YOUR  CLUB NEEDS YOUR HELP

During the weekend we need help from club members to ensure the event runs smoothly in the following areas:

Front gate, in the control tent, starting team, on and off water rescue, judging, runners etc. anyone willing to help please let a committee member know what day/time you can help and what you can help with so we can put a schedule together.

THANKS – The Committee

Normal sessions will resume this coming Saturday 8th August at Pugneys.

We are planning to start the Paddlesport sessions in 2 weeks and will post details shortly, if there is anyone else interested in completing the course please get in touch at ukprojects@hotmail.co.uk or via Facebook/Twitter

Please note there will be no Pugney’s session on Saturday 1st August.

A lot of club members will be away in Devon and I (Andy) am unavailable to run a session, Mike is also unavailable to paddle on the Saturday.

Although a lot of members will be still be away the following week we will hopefully run a session  on the 8th August subject to enough competent paddlers being available.

Please keep an eye on the website and Facebook etc. for confirmation.

Just a quick reminder this Friday 17th July is the last pool session at Batley until September.

Pontefract Thursday night sessions will continue as normal throughout the summer.

Keep a look out on the website as we will look to plan some Friday night local river trips for beginners throughout the summer.

We are looking at running a Paddlepower Course over the summer for anyone under 16, the course can run during the sessions at Pugney’s over the summer.

Paddlepower is an introduction into kayaking for young people that will teach all the basic required skills step by step over several sessions.

At the end of the course all participants will receive a certificate of completion.

Appendix 1 in this booklet shows the content

If we have enough persons interested in completing the course then we will look to organise the course.

If you are interested or would like more information please contact me at: ukprojects@hotmail.co.uk or Facebook/Twitter or give Andy, Natalie or Smithy a shout.