Juniors
Our junior members take part in the Paddlesport Challenge, Dragon Boat Racing, Sprint and Marathon racing. Juniors are encouraged to take part in the BCU paddlepower scheme which helps to develop their skills whilst ‘messin’ about in boats! Juniors are welcome to attend any of the following sessions which take place between April and October
- Racing Time Trial ~ Monday 18:30
- Junior Dragon Boat Training ~Wednesday 18:30
- Junior Racers ~ Thursday 18:30 and Saturday 10:30
- Club Paddle ~ Sunday 10:00 and Wednesday 18:30
- Paddlepower junior session ~ Sunday 10:00
- Ladies Dragon Boat Training ~ Sunday 10:00
And any of the following sessions which take place between November and March
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Circuit Training (14 years+) ~ Wednesday 18:15
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Running and Paddle Machine work ~ Thursday 18:30
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Race Training K1 or C1 ~ Saturday 10:00
- Race Training Lightnings ~Saturday 11:00
- Club Paddle ~ Sunday 10:00
- Paddlepower junior session ~ Sunday 10:00
- Ladies Dragon Boat Training ~ Sunday 10:00
Please ensure that you arrive at least 15 minutes before the session is due to start.
- When junior members are attending events or trips away from the club, a parental consent form must be completed. Download here
February 1st, 2012 (Shirley)
Meet at waterside centre at 9.30am .
We will go to Mytchett visitor centre, on the Basingstoke Canal, and head south down the canal to the aquaduct that crosses the A331 and then return to the visitor centre for lunch in the cafe. please provide money for lunch, suggested £10 max
We would anticipate returning to centre by 3 30.
If we have enough people we will arrange a mini bus for transport so please let louise know as soon as you can if you are coming. Email Louise
January 27th, 2012 (Shirley)
A big well done to Hafsa Kabeer who has just become Junior Female Sports Personality of the Year in the Reading Sports Awards. The award was presented in an all-star ceremony at Reading’s Hilton Hotel.
January 24th, 2012 (Shirley)
Join us for a swim followed by a pizza during half term week. Click here for details
November 28th, 2011 (Shirley)
By Sam Rippington
Well done to all crews who took part in the Ross Warland Race at Banbury on Sunday 27th November. The club was very well represented, with entries in three different categories.
The first category was K1 Relay. Our junior mixed team consisted of George, Oscar and Kieran. They completed the 20 miles as a relay in a time of 4 hours and 10 minutes.
The second category was K2, raced by Dave Seward and Paul Appleby with a time of 3 hours and 2 minutes.
Alan Freer competed in the K1 category, completing the 20 miles in one go. He finished 16th out of 29 people, in a time of 3 hours and 23 minutes.
The weather left something to be desired, with very strong winds. this was a fantastic effort by all our paddlers.
March 15th, 2011 (Shirley)
All juniors are invited to take part in this regatta. If you are interested please contact Rod Hart.
May 29th, 2010 (Shirley)
Well done to everyone who raced today. Shame the weather wasn’t kinder to us but it is a bank holiday weekend after all!
Thanks also to all the adults who helped the event to run smoothly.
Click here to see the results
March 22nd, 2010 (Shirley)
Three club juniors; Sara and Hafsa Kabeer and Ed Pearson took part in this year’s Hare & Hounds Series at Wey Kayak Club. The series was blighted by bad weather and races had to be rescheduled on several occasions. Nevertheless our youngsters stuck with it and were rewarded with some good results. Sara bettered last years’ time by 5 min 16 secs, Ed by 8 mins 04 secs and Hafsa by 4 mins 01 secs. Hafsa won the best Lightning category. Well done all of you.
September 3rd, 2009 (Shirley)
Congratulations to Hafsa Kabeer on becoming U10 Lightning Champion at the National Championships at Longridge on Saturday 29th August. It was a hard fought race with 16 starters on the backwater. Hafsa narrowly beat Madi Barnicoat of Longridge by one tenth of a second.
(Courtesy of Reading Post 3/9/09)
Well done to all Wokingham paddlers who took part in the event.
July 21st, 2009 (Shirley)
Wokingham juniors put in some great performances at the TVC race on Sunday. It was a great day for the Jarretts with Olly promoted to Div 5 and Fraser promoted to Div 8. Congratulations to Magnus Gregory and Ed PEarson 2nd and 3rd respectively in the U12 Boys Lightnings and also to Hafsa Kabeer first in the U10 Girls Lightnings. Further success came for Hafsa and Magnus when they came second in the U12 Hody race.
July 7th, 2009 (Shirley)
A team of juniors has been taking part in the BCU south Paddlesport Challenge. This series of ten events were designed to improve skills, build team spirit and most importantly to keep juniors paddling over the winter months. There were ten events this year including canoe polo, dragon boating, K1′s and K4′s and Slalom. The series finale was on June 28th at the Pangbourne Regatta – Wokingham won that event and went on to be runners up in the whole series, being beaten into second place by Pangbourne. Blackwater Valley finished third.
The team were presented with a trophy (which is on display in the cabinet), individual medals and will also receive £100 prize money.
A big WELL DONE to our team: Jamie Boyt, Joe and Jack Foster, Magnus Gregory, Sara and Hafsa Kabeer, Marie and Remi Lucas, Edward Pearson, Ben Rollinson and Aaron Thompson
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Our junior members take part in the Paddlesport Challenge, Dragon Boat Racing, Sprint and Marathon racing. Juniors are encouraged to take part in the BCU paddlepower scheme which helps to develop their skills whilst ‘messin’ about in boats! Juniors are welcome to attend any of the following sessions which take place between April and October
