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Registered Company No 2612775
Hoorah, summer is coming so its time for every one to get down on the river and enjoy
paddling without the need for anti-
The Club’s river coaching sessions start during the week commencing 4th April (except beginners courses).
But the membership renewal night and the opportunity to sign up for whichever session you want to do is on Wed 29th March at Sowerby Bridge Cricket Club (from 7.30).
As ever, the Club’s coaches will be running a range of sessions for members, if you
want coaching with the Club you’ll need to join one of these groups -
- Sign up for a group by coming along to the membership and enrolment night on 29th March from 7.30pm.
- Session run until late June, (we'll give details of what will be available later in the summer before the end these sessions).
- Juniors must paddle in one of these groups, or with their parent.
- If the lead coach is not available, they will arrange for another coach to take the session or cancel and tell you when the next session is.
- Please remember, our coaches are all volunteers and give up their free time to run these sessions.
We have tried to ensure our sessions cover the widest range of paddlers needs. So here are the details of the session being offered:
Monday
- Moving Water Skills / BCU 3 Star (Kayak)
- Open Canoe skills
Tuesday
- Tiger Sharks -
junior group (not beginners) working on various activities and paddlepower awards - Whale Sharks -
varied intermediate paddling session for adults.
Wednesday
- Slalom -
coaching / training session for those wanting to race. - Beginners courses -
see below
Thursday
- BCU 2 Star -
generic canoe and kayak award for intermediate paddlers - Freestyle workshop -
for those wanting to flip, slip and cartwheel.
For more details about what is involved in each block speak to one of the Club’s coaches or look on the website www.halifaxcanoe.org.uk.
Most sessions (except beginners) will start in week commencing 4th April.
Please note that for safety, coaching and equipment reasons there is a firm limit
to the number of people that we can take on each session -
Beginners Courses
We are expecting high numbers of beginners this year, and will be offering these places through a new system
All new beginners will be assigned to a taster session prior to being put on a beginners class. Those that want to continue can them sign up for a class.
The taster sessions will run on Wednesdays 6th and 13th April.
The Beginners courses will run on Wednesday Evening starting on 4th May.
There will be a charge of £5 for the taster which can be offset against the full membership fee you decide to stay and are allocated onto a beginners class.
We are hoping this will improve beginners courses as everyone will have a chance to try paddling before committing to a longer course.
Safety Courses
We usually organise a White Water Safety and Rescue course for members -
Start Slalom Courses
We will also be putting these on during the year -
Hopefully these sessions will cover the needs of most Club paddlers, if there is anything we are not covering please let one of the coaches know so we can try and accommodate them during the summer.
We are also able to help any young people wanting to use canoeing towards their GCSE, AS or A level PE or Duke of Edinburgh’s Awards or complete the Cadet Leader Award. If you are interested in these, in the first instance speak to Cliff Speight.
Club Sunday’s
Following the success of these over the winter we are going to try and keep these
monthly sessions running over the summer -
There will be coaches around to help anyone that wants some coaching or encouraging, but these won't be formal coached classes like we run on evenings However, these will not be beginners sessions! You need to competent paddling on the river at the Club. Also remember juniors still need to paddle either with a coach , with parents or under the Club’s Young People’s Paddling policy.
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