Shannon and I are visiting Flattach for the second time. To my mind this is the most beautiful location we have visited in pursuit of slalom courses. Nestled in the Austrian Alps the views in all directions are stunning. There is an easy run along the grass path or tarmacked road to keep up with the action. The water looks cool (cold!) […]
Monthly archives: June 2019
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At first glance it was just another day at Stone, but amongst the parents and children lining the river bank was a Blue Peter film crew with the shows presenters Lindsey Russel and Richie Driss. Blue Peter had decided they wanted to make a film about canoeing and where better […]
An excellent weekend at Cardington. Issac had fantastic weekend taking the hot spots in C1 and little brother didn’t shy away from the competition either by beating his brother’s K1 time at Sundays racing. It was good to see the new paddles christening there paddles in new water and having […]
Three of our Juniors (Shannon Judge, Thomas & William Mayer), took the long trip to Solkan Slovenia on the lovely green Soca river. For William and Shannon it was the first time racing in Solkan. The format of the race is 1 qualification run followed by a final. With over […]
The international season got underway for the British team last weekend in Pau, France at the ECA European Championships. Having spent a lot of time there in 2017 and with the Lee Valley World Cup (next round of Olympic selection) on the horizon, we chose to not spend as much time […]
It was a large group of S&SCC paddlers who made the short trip to Ironbridge last weekend. Nigel Evans and his team had done a sterling job setting up the course and getting everything ready for the racing, no mean feat at Jackfields. Racing was for Division 2 & 3 […]