Marathon and sprint, racing and touring
The recent AGM announced the following awards: Polo ‘most valuable’ player: Phil Charman Fish of the Year: Ruby (Lynne & Nick’s dog) for 5 swims on the Wye on the Glasbury weekend Phil Longrigg Trophy: Mark Gillett The following awards were ‘furloughed’ (not awarded this year_ due to lack of Read more
As of February 2020, the council have handed over control of parking at Baltic Wharf (i.e. “The Cottage Inn” car park), to the harbour master. We have seen that the harbour master has put up a sign saying that from 3rd March 2020 the car park will be closed overnight, Read more
The recent AGM announced the following awards: Most improved white-water paddler: Tom Brockett Best marathon paddler: Colin Chudley Polo most improved player: Isaac Johnson Polo ‘most valuable’ player: Lewis Downward River God: “Pablo” (random guy in Slovenia), care of Richard Puttock Fish of the Year: Dave Hill, for Upper Dart Read more
Here is the set of the club’s policies, collected together into one place. Operational policies Access to the boat storage cage at Baltic Wharf: Cage_Policy Information for borrowing club boats: Boat_Policy “Legal” bits General WW Risk Assessment: GeneralWWRiskAssessmentV1.0 Pool & Polo Risk Assessment: PoolAndPoloRiskAssessmentV1.0 Polo Hazard Log: BCCPoloHazLogV2.0 Flat Water Read more
The committee have agreed the wording of the following risk assessments, for use when participating in club activities: General WW Risk Assessment: GeneralWWRiskAssessmentV1.0 Pool & Polo Risk Assessment: PoolAndPoloRiskAssessmentV1.0 Flat Water Risk Assessment: FlatWaterRiskAssessmentV1.0
Very many congratulations to Tim Trew who came 10th in the senior doubles class in this year’s Devizes to Westminster race on the Easter weekend, with a time of 20:17:53 (non-stop). He was paddling with a friend Adam Dumolo. Also congratulations to recent new member George Botsford who paddled in Read more
We have a Facebook Group for experienced Flatwater and Surfski paddlers looking to Train and/or Race with Bristol Canoe Club members, search ‘Bristol Kayak Racing’ in Facebook. Please note, this is only for Flatwater and Surfski training and racing and not for general paddling*. As well as throughout the week, the most regular Read more
Very many congratulations to Tris Turner & Keith Saunders who came 9th in the Liffey Descent, and to and ex-member Tim Pearce and his brother who came 7th. Mike Millington also paddled a canadian canoe with his mate from up north, and they came 24th in Canadians. The full results Read more
As you will have noticed (or gone unnoticed, most probably!!) I’ve been testing the value of reporting on training sessions as both a log and to bring to life this page. I’ve missed reporting on the past 3 sessions as I am looking at another way of preparing and logging Read more
Total paddlers 6: 4 x K1, 1 x K2. Air Temp: 7ºC Getting Cold! Wind speed: 1 occasional breeze Conditions: Calm/River Traffic Bumpy Visibility: Clear / Dark. Session: Sets: 80 strokes @80%, 20 strokes @100% Highlights: Exceptional sprints Top paddlers: TT TT! Social: Club AGM in Nova Scotia Next Race: Read more