A reminder to all that next week (Thu 28th and Fri 29th June) are the last pool sessions before the summer break. Pool sessions will resume in October.

The Saturday Pugneys sessions are still being run as usual.

Further info on summer paddles (Calder at Healey etc) will be announced shortly.

A non-club organised paddle on the Upper Tees is being planned for Bank Holiday Monday, 7th May. I’ve posted it here in case anyone from the club fancies coming along. If you do, please let me, TT, know via email, text or Facebook as soon as poss so any last minute changes/cancellations can be communicated.

This is a grade 3/4 run with two main features, the S-bend (or Dogleg) and Low Force (a 10-foot drop over a waterfall) with a number of smaller rapids along the way.

The meeting/put in point is just off the B6277 outside Middleton-in-Teesdale. The plan is to meet at 10am and spend a few hours on the river. There are plenty of opportunities to walk around any features you don’t fancy doing and we’ll be obviously getting out to look at the big ones prior to running and setting up safety.

Meet up point is here

Cheers

T

A few shots from the day courtesy of the Carey family…

A few members of the club are again planning to attend the Washburn release on Sunday 6th May which is being organised by White Rose Canoe Club. This is not a club event but if anyone fancies coming along, you are more than welcome to join us. As usual, you will need to have some experience of fast moving white water and be able to break in/out of eddys.

There is a cost for going on the water – £9 for adults – for the day. Bring your membership card if possible to show you are a member of WYCC (or other club) as there may be a surcharge of £4.50 if not.

The release starts at 9am and runs through until 5pm. There is no shuttle on although we ‘may’ provide our own. Food is available.

Should be a good day out – weather forecast is showing as being good and no rain. We’re aiming to be there for 9am to watch the release 🙂

http://www.yorcie.org.uk/washburn/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1&Itemid=23

Hopefully see some of you there.

Regards

Tony

Reminder: Pugneys starts this Saturday, 14th April

As there is no river run this weekend, we will be having another practice session on the Calder at Healey, this Saturday (17th) at 1pm. If anyone is interested in attending, please feel free to come along. The weather is forecast to be quite mild, 13’C. Plan is to just spend a couple of hours playing and practicing…

For those familiar with the place, the wave down the bottom end was rather good last Sunday and the rocks we placed there last year to build up the wave are still there.

For those not familiar, it is a good place for practicing your surfing, ferry gliding and general white water skills (it is the place Mike has used on numerous occasions previously for his white water practice sessions and our summer evening sessions).

You will need to bring your own boat and kit unfortunately as we have no way of transporting club boats ourselves.

Thanks

Tony and Karen
tonythompson@pobox.com