Apologies for the short notice but Andy Walker is planning a paddle tomorrow (Fri 2nd Aug), at Sowerby Bridge.

Please let Andy know if you fancy a paddle.

Meet up time is 18:00 – 18:30 ish at the market car park in Sowerby. Please let him know ASAP by text/mobile 07748 111819 or Facebook if you plan to go.

Members of WYCC will be attending the Washburn release on 24th July, starting at 4:30pm with the water running until 8:30pm.

If you fancy coming along and are a confident paddler, you are most welcome to join us.

Hopefully we’ll see some of you there.

There’s very little water in the rivers at the moment and the weather is forecast to be hot all next week too, so the rivers are going to be even lower unfortunately.

Rather than cancel a paddling opportunity, we thought it might be a good idea to have an evening session on Pugneys to cool down instead after work/school. This will be followed by a trip across the road to the pub for those who fancy it, to relax and cool down even further.

Meet up time is 18:30 at Pugneys car park – if you’re late, don’t worry as you’ll be able to spot us whizzing around in our playboats and what not.

Worth noting too that you don’t need a parking permit after 18:00 as it’s free to park. However, we will have to pay the usual Pugneys fee as the club in turn has to pay Pugneys for the number on paddlers on the lake.

Hopefully we’ll see some of you there…

Cheers,

Tony.

The first summer evening club cruise will be held on Friday 12th July at 6:30pm, on the River Calder.

Meeting at the start at Healey WF5 8NE and paddling down to the Navigation at Bombardier at Horbury Junction Industrial Estate WF4 5ER.

Bring money as we will end up in the beer garden of the Navigation pub or elsewhere 🙂

This is a good, easy river for people who fancy trying moving water and ideal for practicing skills such as ferry gliding.

Batley Baths pool sessions have now finished for the Summer so over the the next two months, we plan to run regular paddle sessions on local rivers. Many of these paddles are suitable for the newer paddlers and are a good intro to moving water.

The first of these is at Sowerby Bridge on Friday 5th July, meet at 18:30 onwards. If you arrive late, no worries as we won’t have gone far.

For Sowerby Bridge, you need to have had some experience of paddling on moving water – it is a grade 2 section of river with some grade 3 rapids that we spend our time playing on, all in the space of a few 100m. It is also a good opportunity to come see what the fuss is about (and watch us practicing our rolls 🙂 ) if you don’t fancy taking part.

Directions to the car park are as follows:-

Approaching Sowerby Bridge from the Halifax side, drop down through Sowerby Bridge, cross over the bridge spanning the river and take an immediate right before you go under the railway bridge and before the pedestrian crossing. The car park is at the side of the river, approx 25m from the main road.

Hopefully see some of you there.

PS Bring money as we tend to visit the pub afterwards 🙂

A group of club members are running the River Calder from “Mytholmroyd” to Sowerby Bridge this Sunday. Members from the club are more than welcome to come along – the paddle is easy and mostly flat with a few slidey weirs, suitable for newer paddlers. You will need your own gear or borrow and transport kit from the club prior to Sunday however, as we have no way to transport additional equipment. You can collect equipment from Pugneys on Saturday afternoon if required.