Meridian Canoe Club
Welcome
Welcome to Meridian Canoe Club. We are one of the largest clubs in London and the UK. We compete regularly in Canoe Polo, Slalom and are very active in Flat Water, Surf, Open Boating and White Water.
The club welcomes new members at all times and no experience in canoeing is necessary. We have a large number of qualified coaches who are only more than happy to help. The club meet many times during the week and at a variety of locations. Use the "Find us" link above to find where we meet and at what times.
This website has plenty of details about the club. If there is anything else you would like to know please use the forum as your first port of call. The forum may already have the answer to your question and if not we will try to answer your question as soon as possible.
New Members
This year the club is trialling a new method of introducing novice paddlers to the club and recommending everyone attends an Introduction course either run by or on behalf of the club. These courses are intended to give the individual a good grounding in basic skills and by the end of the course the participants should be able to integrate into the club as active paddlers. The cost of the course is £35 and will involve more than 10 hrs on the water at the end of the course the club waives the £10 joining fee for those who wish to join the club. To register your interest in on of these course drop us an email at enquiries@meridiancanoeclub.com.
The club is currently able to offer prospective 11-19 yr olds FREE courses funded by Sport Unlimited for further details email enquiries@meridiancanoeclub or see the links on this page in the menu on the left of the screen.
You will soon hear discussions of slalom and canoe polo competitions, river trips, white water weekends. These are really what canoeing is all about. You don't need to be an expert paddler to join in with of these. We will make sure you are well looked after.
Meridian Canoe Club has plenty to offer experienced paddlers too. We are always looking for new members for our slalom, polo and racing teams, to join in river trips, or to go surfing.
Meridian attracts members from far afield, including South East London, Kent, East London and South Essex. There is no limit to our catchment - if you want to join us you are welcome.
Courses offered by Meridian Canoe Club Autumn 2009
Meridian Canoe Club Training and development Sub committee has arranged for some 1 and 2 star courses and some 3 star training to be made available to club members and friends at very reasonable rates.
There will be two BCU Paddlesport 1 Star awards courses, the courses will be on either the 5th and 12th or 19th and 26th of September
There will be two BCU Paddlesport 2 Star awards courses, the courses will be on either the 3rd and 10th or 17th and 24th of October
The cost for each of these courses will be £35
There will be 3 Star “Touring” Training course, the course will take place on Mondays in September
The cost for each of these courses will be £20
All of the above courses include a river trip on the 25th of October at Yalding
The club will also continue to run the Free Paddlepower courses for 11-19 year olds, Sessions will run after school times during weekdays.
For Further information on any of the courses listed please see the relevant attachments, if you wish to be considered for more than on course please complete all of the relevant registration forms and return to enquiries@meridiancanoeclub.com.
Regards
Training and Development Sub committee
Meridian Canoe Club
Club Boat/Car Stickers
Club Boat/Car Sticker – 4inch round fablon type external stickers are available for £1 from the Membership Officer, Nigel Abel at the pool or lake sessions.
Danson Lake - CLOSED to kayaking
Hi all,
Due to the recent heavy rainfall, the council's weekly water sample tests have picked up that there has been an increase in some of the levels of micro-organisms within the lake. As such, they have taken the decision to suspend all immersion activities on the lake for the time being. The watersports centre will still be running activities, but no kayaking or canoeing will be allowed. A fresh water sample will be carried out tommorrow morning, and we expect the levels to be back to normal by the end of the week. However we will notify you all when it is all clear to use the lake again.
Posted: 23 Aug 2010 15:15
The slalom session with a difference
On the 29th of July it was organised that some club members would go to Shepperton and to practice their slalom skills. After picking up the boats from Danson boathouse we left for Shepperton and arrived at about 6:45pm. We all got on by the lock at 7:00pm and practiced a couple of turns before a little warm up paddle. We then paddled round to the gates and started to practice breaking in and out of the flow for about 15mins, due to the lack of rain the water level was low which made this activity more difficult. After the flow exercise, Mark devised a course which we all followed. Every so often Mark would change the course so that we could practice turns in different places. I liked this as it enabled us to practice on different levels of flow and kept us on our toes at all times. We did this until about 9:00pm which was when we got off. We loaded on the boats and we were off back home (Danson boathouse). We got to the boathouse at about 10:30pm; we dropped the boats off and went home.
This was one of the best slalom sessions that I have ever done and I would most certainly do it again. It may have been late but it was worth it, and if you ever get the chance you should definitely give it a go.
I give it a rating of
The only problem was that it was a bit late and if it wasn’t in the school holidays it would be quite hard to do.
By Marcus Davenport
Posted: 06 Aug 2010 08:44
New Paddlers Course
Folks ,
Over the next 3 weeks I am running a course aimed at new paddlers, or those who would like to gain a 1Star award.
The attached file gives the details.
Obviously this is targeted at those who came to our Danson Festival sessions but please pass on to anyone else who you think might be interested.
Andy Garlick
PS Sam I tried to post this in News but could not find any way of doing this. If you could switch it I think that is a more appropriate part of the forum. Thanks
Posted: 08 Jul 2010 08:16