GB senior team headed to the Pyrenees for the third World Cup in the La Seu, Spain and World Cup final in Pau, France. Adam Burgess, Chris Bowers and Joe Clarke were in action in Spain. All three progressed to the semifinals in the La Seu but unfortunately unable to […]
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Following qualification for the Olympic in 2019 Adam Burgess had to wait a long time to compete in his first Olympic Games. It was also a debut Olympics for Adam’s coach Craig Morris who works for British Canoeing but is a former international paddler and Stafford & Stone Canoe Club […]
When you get an email from The High Sheriff for Staffordshire, you’ve got to go and meet him and his friends… They just happen to be his wife, the new Lord mayor of Stoke, the Staffordshire Wildlife Chief Executive and Louise Morris, the Head of the TTTV (Transforming The Trent […]
It’s hard to believe that it’s been 433 days since the last time S&SCC paddlers were competing in the UK. With such a long period of no action it was a special treat that racing resumed with the club hosting the prestigious U18 & U23 Junior selection event. The weekend […]
Did we think it would happen? No! But after a lot of last minute planning, determination and support from within the club we got there! 2020 started out as a normal year for Stafford and Stone CC, after holding our annual Winter Mini Series in January and February the club […]
We have to cast our minds back several weeks to when life was normal and we were able to train and race. Stafford & Stone CC were hosting the first Div3/4 this year. The threat of a COVID-19 lockdown was hanging over the country and because of this we had […]
The second Div1 race got off to a good, but cold and windy start. With the fast course to contend with along with the added weather conditions the weekend was set to be interesting for all the paddlers. The K1 men set the bar high after first paddle down with […]
After regrettably having to cancel the 3rd slalom due to the terrible weather a few weeks earlier it was a bit worrying for the crew who set the course on Saturday with a very high river. Praying the forecast was correct and the river would drop to an acceptable level […]
The 2020 racing season has got underway with a new Div1 race at Lee Valley. As ever S&SCC had a good number of paddlers who did the club proud. Saturdays Results Sundays Results Photos – Kim Jones
The course was set and everything was ready early on Sunday, all that was missing were the competitors. We didn’t have to wait long as the carpark started to fill and the river got busy with people practising. In the end we had an impressive 106 races in all classes. […]
There was a cold thick fog hanging over the Trent on Sunday, but this didn’t deter the racers as they started to stream into our carpark at Stone. By 9am the river was packed with paddlers practicing the course and working out their plan of attack. The clubhouse was full […]
2020 has started as we hope the rest of the year goes, with a bang! The annual New Years Day race saw 24 club members make their way to the start line at the Meaford Roundabout, last nights celebrations hadn’t dampen the mood and an array of costumes where on […]