Thank you to Tescos

We’re delighted that, for March and April, we are one of the Tescos Bags of Help nominations for Banbury.  This will help us to raise up to £4,000 which we will use to buy new beginner boats, as ours are really past their best, and we don’t want to put...

International selection for Rob

Congratulation to BDCC  member, Rob Jefferies.  Following the selection trials at Grand Tully, Scotland last weekend, he has been selected to represent GB at the Wildwater World Championships in Switzerland at the end of May.  This will be Rob’s second year on...

Waterside and Thameside Updates

A small but committed group are still battling their way through the cold weather to do the Waterside and Thameside Races.  Last weekend was Waterside B, where Annelies and Neil McA were a very close second in the mixed K2 class.  Neil was standing in for...

Thameside 1 Results

A small team took on the 12 miles from Aldermaston to Reading last weekend.  Although the canal section was fairly benign, with a bit of a tailwind, the last few miles involve paddling upstream on the Thames, and in headwinds of up to 40 mph.  All the paddlers coming...

Rob & George medal at Matlock

As a warm-up before the Wildwater selection trials this coming weekend, Rob Jefferies raced at Matlock, coming second to National Champion Nicky Cresser in the Senior Men K1.  In a move away from flatwater racing, George U also raced, coached by Rob, and won the U18...