Christmas Relay

The hotly contested annual Christmas relay had to be delayed this year as the canal was frozen in the weeks before Christmas. We were finally able to run it on New Year’s Eve, burning off some excess energy before our parties later on. Unusually this year even...

Record breaking at the Ross Warland Canal Challenge.

A relatively warm and still November day gave us perfect conditions for our favourite 20 mile race.  New race records were set by Tom Lusty (Solihull) and Dan Johnson (Chelmsford) taking the Senior K2 class in a new time of 2.18.09.  Albert Hicks (Norwich)...

Busy Times

Our paddlers have been spread out recently. Summer, Millie and Henry, some of our juniors, headed to Nottingham for a Rocket K4 training day, with Summer and Henry being joined by Becky S at Reading the following day to take part in their K4 Race, along with a...

Dingbats Decoded

Here are the results from this year’s Dingbats competition. Congratulations to all those who managed to crack them, and winners’ cheques will be sent out soon. Dingbats 2022 – Answers and Winners

And We’re Off

We’ve been back racing with a vengeance over the last couple of weeks. We had nearly 60 paddlers at Falcon Canoe Club’s Oxford Hasler and, although points weren’t officially awarded as it was part of the 20/21 season, BDCC did come out on top,...

Canal Clean-Up

About 20 members of our members have been out after training, clearing rubbish from the canal and towpath, supported by the Canal and River Trust.  From the water the groups of juniors and adults cleared from the Mill in Banbury to Cropredy, while those on the towpath...