I have made some guides on how to add posts to the canoe club website.
Guide on adding posts here: http://techtips.org.uk/2011/10/adding-images-to-a-wordpress-post-a-newbies-guide/
Guide on adding images to posts here: http://techtips.org.uk/2011/10/adding-images-to-a-wordpress-post-a-newbies-guide/
The canoe club had it’s annual trip to the River Dart last weekend so I thought I would share with you some pictures and videos from the weekend.
The trip went very well with all who went enjoying themselves and wanting to come again next year. Shame that the water levels were at the lowest level that I have ever seen (for those who know it was around a foot below the slab at Newbridge) so it was very scrapey especially the upper (no one fancied it on the Sunday).
We ran the Loop a couple of times and then continued down to Buckfastleigh leaving a large amount of plastic on the Weir there , which was more like a cheese grater than a weir.
A nice balanced group of ten paddlers on the Lower Treweryn in January, with plenty of old lags there to give encouragement and support to those who were at this level for the first time. High points:- Martin’s impressive efforts to stay in his boat; a magnificent team of rescuers doing their bit to to upgrade their rescue skills; a textbook high brace from Nick just above Bala Mill falls; the neatest pirouette halfway down the falls by yours truly (so I’m told- nothing to do with skill, though); a vertical bit of trickery by Tom H Sr (sorry Tom, don’t know what it’s called); and the most welcome bum-warming fire at the Green Inn on the way back.
The polo pool sessions will be starting Monday 9th January, 8pm to 9pm, at Shrewsbury’s Quarry Centre, Priory Pool.
New players get their first session free and then the cost is £6 thereafter. Be there from 7:30pm if you’d like a briefing on the rules.
All competent paddlers are welcome. If you haven’t played polo before, competent means you should be happy paddling forwards and backwards, doing sweep-stroke turns, and removing your spray-deck underwater. We are again splitting the session into polo paddling & playing skills, followed by back-to-back 3 or 4-a-side games.
If you can’t yet roll we won’t push you in until we’ve taught you how!
A Brian Wenlock special!- sunshine and mild springlike weather at the end of December brought out an impressive fleet of boats and paddlers of all sizes and descriptions for the gentlest of paddles along 9 miles of canal. A narrow winding channel to begin with, sometimes waiting for a barge to creep past; then the fabulous experience of crossing the Froncysylte Aqueduct over the River Dee; then single file through a long tunnel to emerge straight onto another aqueduct over the Ceiriog valley. You don’t often need a head for heights when paddling, but this is one trip where it comes in very handy. Nice pub meal at the Poachers Pocket to finish. A classic!
On a very wet and windy mid-September Saturday a motley collection of experienced and novice paddlers put on to the Menai Straits to sample the delights of salt water.
The rain stopped briefly:
But then lashed down:
First, some work on handling skills:
and a demo of rescue techniques:
Lunch on a beach only just big enough for the boats:
An impromtu slalom between the legs of an old footbridge:
Then, as the rain cleared, a journey up the Straits to look at how the other half live:
And then back to the launch site, coping with a stretching headwind and swell.
Later, we drove across Anglesey to meet the Holyhead Coastguard for a couple of hours of highly instructive chat about their work with sea kayakers.
Many thanks to Richard Janes for a brilliant day, despite the sheets of rain.
The plan is to meet at Royal Hill Pub ( OS Grid Ref SJ 251 173 on river bank left between Nesscliffe and Melverley ) at 12.00
Shuttle cars to Montford Bridge / pub lunch or picnic for those net involved with the car shuttle and be ready to leave at 1.00
7.5 mile downstream placid paddle to arrive at Montford Bridge ( Wingfield Arms ) at about 3.00 but definately before 4.00
Then travel to Newhouse Farm, Shoothill, Ford. Shrewsbury SY5 9NR for BBQ at 5.00
From Montford Bridge approx 400m on B4380 towards Shrewsbury. Then right onto B4473 and under bypass and past Field Studies Centre.
Then right on A458 towards Welshpool.
Past Shell services on left in Ford. Then aprox 300m and left at junction sign posted Shoothill.
Newhouse farm is on left after approx 400m.
Shower / changing available.
Bring and share BBQ but fire etc provided. Families and friends included.
UNLESS WE GET ENOUGH NUMBERS BY NOON ON FRIDAY I WILL HAVE TO CANCEL.
PLEASE REPLY IF YOU ARE
1. PADDLING AND JOINING THE BBQ
2. OR PADDLING ONLY
3. OR BBQ ONLY
After being runner’s up in National Div4 Central two years running, and then getting walloped in the play-offs, the national polo committee have decided to split Div 3 from two regions into three and promote Shrewsbury up alongside Avon, Aberfan, Cherwell & Nomad.
So with that southern-western bias these are all this season’s Div3 SW tournaments:
Cheltenham, 15 Oct
{Not playing} Aberfan, Celtic, Nomad, Avon D, Bridgend, Cherwell, Cardiff
Stratford, 29 Oct
Shrewsbury, Nomad, Avon C, Blackwater, Bridgend, Cherwell
Cheltenham, 3 Dec
Shrewsbury, Aberfan, Celtic, Avon C, Avon D, Blackwater, Cardiff
Cheltenham, 7 Jan
Shrewsbury, Aberfan, Celtic, Nomad, Avon C, Avon D
Cheltenham, 18 Feb
{Not playing} Nomad, Avon C, Avon D, Blackwater, Bridgend, Cherwell, Cardiff
Cheltenham, 17 Mar
Shrewsbury, Aberfan, Celtic, Blackwater, Bridgend, Cherwell, Cardiff
Looking forward to an exciting season.
Here’s advance notice that polo pool sessions will be starting up again at Shrewsbury’s Quarry Centre, in the Priory Pool from Monday 3rd October, 8pm to 9pm.
New players get their first session free and then the cost is £6 thereafter. Be there from 7:30pm if you’d like a briefing on the rules.
All competent paddlers are welcome. If you haven’t played polo before, competent means you should be happy paddling forwards and backwards, doing sweep-stroke turns, and removing your spray-deck underwater. We are splitting the session into polo paddling & playing skills, followed by at least four 4-a-side games.
If you can’t yet roll we won’t push you in until we’ve taught you how!
Club Paddle – a gentle 7.5 miles on the River Severn from Royal Hill Pub to Montford Bridge.
Placid water and suitable for all who can paddle the distance and have the required kit. The club container will be open prior to the paddle for those who wish to use club equipment.
The paddle leader has not been arranged yet so more details will follow. Any volunteers ?
There will be a car shuttle before the paddle so that cars are ready at Montford Bridge as every one finishes.
Provisional times. Container 11am. Royal Hill Pub 12.00. Car shuttle to Montford Bridge at the same time as lunch for those who wish at the pub.
On the water at 13.00 and arrive at Montford Bridge at approx 16.00. Changing and showers etc at Newhouse Farm.
Followed by a bring a share BBQ / meal at 17.00 for the all members plus friends and families at
Newhouse Farm, Ford, Shrewsbury, SY5 9NR which is a few miles on the little back road past Preston Montford Field Study Centre from Montford Bridge.
Bring your own drink. BBQ fire provided. Any queries – contact Richard Otto
More details will follow but put it in your diary now.
Sat 24 September Afternoon paddle plus evening BBQ / meal