A group of club members are arranging a visit to the Tees Barrage International White Water Course this coming Wednesday. Please feel free to come along if you fancy a bit of a challenging paddle. Note that this is NOT suitable for beginner paddlers. Long course opens at 4pm – hopefully see some of you there.
Cheers
Tony
A reminder that the clubs pool sessions start again on Thursday 6th and Friday 7th Sept.
Pontefract
Time: Thursdays, 8:15pm to 9:30pm (please note new start time and an additional 15 minutes to the session)
Batley
Time: Fridays, 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Please note new prices to cover increased pool hire cost: Members £5, Non-members £6
Both pool sessions are an ideal opportunity to practice your skills or learn to kayak in clean, warm water.
Reminder that there will be no club river session on Fri 10th Aug due to club holiday. Pugneys sessions on Saturday will continue as usual.
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.
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
