Meridian Canoe Club

This was not a Hasler race (They are over shorter distances). This was a Marathon race starting at Allington and going up to Tonbridge Canoe Club.
Wildlife on the Medway seen by me on the Sunday were a Kingfisher and a Heron.

Entries are now being taken for this event on the 18th June 2011. All are welcome to come along and have a go. There will be a Time Trial (Any canoe or kayak), a Perception Wavehopper Challenge ( Part of a national series for junior paddlers under 16 to introduce paddlers to wild water racing) and a...

I am planning to go to this event on the 15th May. If anyone else would like to attend and try racing down the Nene then please come along. (You do not have to use a Wavehopper if you are not happy with them). As the information below says the Nene event is part of the Youth series and Wavehopper se...

Russell. You will find it very difficult to launch at Cannon Bridge nowdays. The road is now very busy and you are surrounded by retail parks, DIY shops etc. and you will have problems parking. The access down to the bridge was overgrown when I went past a few weeks ago. I would suggest that you wou...

Thankyou to everyone who came and took part on Sunday. I hope you all enjoyed yourselves in spite of the weather being a little bit windy. Eleven people took part in the Wavehopper Event and twelve people entered the time trial. Thankyou also to Jane & Brian Borrett, Mark Preddy, Andy Garlick (Safet...

Sunday 23rd May 2010 at Wokingham Canoe Club. A training day has been organised for junior and senior women to try high kneeling canoeing. We will start off in stable canoes, teaching basic canoeing skills with the option to try more unstable canoes. We are also putting on an Open C2 race the follo...

The 7th Perception Wavehopper Challenge will be held on Danson Park Lake on Sunday 30th May 2010. Although this is a Junior competition there will be an open event for anyone else as well. On the same day there will be a Time Trial in which you can paddle any kayak or canoe. The information for both...

Liz and Adrian came 10th in class. Their total elasped time was 22:47:48 hrs. Arrival time at Westminster was 10:01:29 hrs. Did get into London and go along to the finish but I had to start work at 10:00 hrs so could not see you finish. Well done to both of you and also thanks to their support - Chr...

Well done to Mark and Antoinette, this is a great achievment as a large number of the competitors retired throughout the night. However Liz and Adrian are still going, They reached Teddington at 12:57:34 hrs and so far have paddled for a total time of 20:40:16 hrs. The next section will be the tidal...

Antoinette & Mark reached Aldermaston at 21:10:00 hrs tonight (Saturday) and will be going on throughout the night.