France 2023 Stafford and Stone are on the move, Travelling overseas, Seeing lots of beautiful scenery, Through the Eurotunnel or on the ferry, over to France we go, the journey had begun, sit tight, the drive will be long, but worth it in the end. Arriving at Sault Brenaz, met […]
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A busy week for Stafford & Stone’s Div 1 paddlers with a slalom school & squads training running the week before the racing. Thankfully the forecast rain was light and it was mostly blue skies and sun as well as the ever present midges ! C1M opened up proceedings on […]
Stafford & Stone Canoe Club are looking for the following coaches/instructors: Canoeing Coach or Paddlesport Instructor to work with our Beginners Groups Slalom Coach to work with junior paddlers. Canoeing Coach The role primarily involves teaching junior beginners between 9 and 11 years old the basics of kayaking and […]
A short jaunt to Ironbridge ensured a large turnout for Stafford & Stone, the club was well represented by a wide range of competitors from Div 3 paddle-ups all the way to the Chairman himself. Saturday started as it meant to go on with the sun blazing down on paddlers […]
A wet and overcast day welcomed the Stafford & Stone paddlers to the National White Water Centre for the Div 1 competition. Official practice started promptly at 9:30 before racing kicked off at 10:30 with Dave Royle the first to head down the course in the Vet C1M, not much […]
Stafford and Stone’s Joe Clarke, Adam Burgess and Chris Bowers have just concluded a fantastic weekend of racing at this season’s second World Cup race in Krakow. On Friday’s qualification races, Adam and Chris qualified for the semi-finals easily in 3rd and 6th places respectively. However, it was a […]
Viking CC were impressive in their military organisation from the off, with free practice starting as soon as the water levels were high enough, so the Div 3s & 4s especially, could plan a route of attack in their own time. Meanwhile, the kitchen opened bang on 8am to feed […]
It’s always a warm welcome at Llandysul for those willing to travel, a very picturesque camping spot with the constant babbling of the Teifi and the occasional bleating of goats ! The Div 2/3 was being run on an even shorter course than May’s event and previously well-hidden rocks were […]
The beautiful wild flower meadow of Bala campsite welcomed the paddlers of Stafford & Stone with most arriving on Thursday, very pretty to look at, but not ideal for those pitching tents or for trudging across in the rain! The paddlers were made of sterner stuff and after setting up camp and refuelling from the 2hr journey, quickly […]
It had been a long couple of days at Bala with lots of racing, rain and increasingly dubious toilet facilities,however, those selected to represent England pulled themselves together and mustered the energy from somewhere to do Club & Country proud. Stafford and Stone had members covering almost every age category, a fantastic achievement in itself !! The […]
Stafford and Stone were on a mission this weekend with the great and the good all braving the 3 ½ hrs plus drive to Llandysul. Slowly the field filled up with team members pitching tents and organising motorhomes and caravans, and then hopping onto the water for Friday night practice. Saturday saw Paul Evans and Darren Ship kicked […]
