It was fantastic to kick off the new season with our first race, and even better to reconnect with everyone at the event. There was a real buzz as paddlers shared stories of their winter training, and the atmosphere was as warm as ever. The standard of paddling across all […]
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In early April, we hosted our junior and adult taster sessions which were a huge success. For information on our next taster sessions (first come first served when advertised), please contact beginners@staffordandstonecc.co.uk
The mini slaloms proved yet again to be a great unofficial start to the season. Across the 3 race day events, 261 paddlers took part. See below for race day results and overall top 10 shoot out winner. Overall Results 2025 Mini Slalom 3 Mini Slalom 2 Mini Slalom 1
Well done to the 22 paddlers that turned out for the 2025 New Year’s Day race. In a change from tradition due to the building works on the old Darlaston Inn roundabout, the race was on the canal starting by the Star Lock. Following a briefing in the clubhouse it […]
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 […]
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 […]