October Roundup

We had three crews competing at the October Reading Canoe Club K4 race – and all came home with new beanie hats. For the juniors this was their first K4 race with the girls’ Rocket (helped by last minute super-sub Ruth S from Reading Canoe Club) beating...

Banbury Break Out

Although we are primarily race, sometimes we enjoy being on the water just for the sake of it.  Last weekend a group tried a new section of the Thames, launching from Lechlade.  There were options to do 10, 15 or 20 miles – with conveniently sited pubs along the...

A Good Summer

A quick look back at the club’s summer. It’s been great to get back to racing again – we’ve had people sprinting, wildwatering and marathoning, including selection races in all. Our wildwater paddlers have had the most successes, with a number...

Ross Warland Online Event

As we couldn’t run our usual Ross Warland Canal Challenge this year, we had an online club event instead.  To make sure everyone still felt they’d worked hard, there was Zoom Circuits followed by Zoom Pilates.  Once everyone had recovered that evening, we...

Small Steps Forward

As lockdown is gradually lifted step by step, so we are slowly getting back on the water, paddle by paddle.  Obviously we are unable to run full club sessions, and the clubhouse remains closed.  However, we have some small coaching groups up and running, and members...

Celebrating Success

We recently held our annual Awards Evening. Starting with the usual level of BDCC over-catering (practically a whole pudding per person), we then had an excellent and inspiring talk from Olympic medallist Guin Batten, about taking on challenges – particularly...