These Girls Can Canoe

The club held its annual This Girl Can day today.  Hosted by the female paddlers and coaches of BDCC, over 30 women and girls from the Banbury area took to the water in kayaks and canoes – many for the first time. This has proved very a successful event for the...

Medals – home and away

A busy weekend home and abroad: Congratulations to Joe Petersen, who came back from the marathon World Cup 1 with two medals.  A silver in the short format final on Saturday, was followed by a bronze in the long distance race on Sunday. Meanwhile, in Hungary, Angela...

This Girl Can

We are holding our annual “Have a Go Session for Women and Girls” on Monday 29 May from 10 – 2 at the club.  Run by BDCC’s female coaches and paddlers, this is a free event for women and girls aged 8 -80+, and gives them a chance to try canoeing and kayaking.  We have...

Basingstoke Hasler

Basingstoke Canoe Club hosted the first Southern Region Hasler for 2017, and the Banbury team managed a 3rd place overall, keeping their qualification for the Finals well in sight. The juniors led the way again.  Although it’s apparently over a year since Toby G...

World Cup Squads

Congratulations to Angela Hannah and Amy Turner who have been named this week in British Canoeing’s World Cup Squads.  This is nothing new for Angela, who raced at both the London and Rio Olympics, but the next step up for Amy, who was 6th last summer at the K2...