Juniors

Juniors enjoying our Thursday club sessionsOur 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

  • Circuit Training (14 years+) ~ Wednesday 18:15
  • Running and Paddle Machine work ~ Thursday 18:30
  • 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

Success for juniors at Wey

April 23rd, 2012 (Shirley)

Our juniors did well at  Wey on Sunday 22nd April
Rhys Page ~ 1st Lightnings U12
Oscar Sartori ~ 1st in Div 9 promoted to 7
George Reid ~3rd Div 8 promoted to 7
Remi Lucas ~ 4th Div 7 promoted to 6
Sam and Emily 1st Div 7 C2
Great start to the season everyone!

Junior Camping Trip

April 20th, 2012 (Shirley)

Junior Trip to Basingstoke Canal

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

 

Sports Award for Hafsa

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.

Swim and Pizza Wed 15th February

January 24th, 2012 (Shirley)

Join us for a swim followed by a pizza during half term week. Click here for details

Ross Warland Race

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.

Henley Junior Dragon Boat Regatta – May 7th

March 15th, 2011 (Shirley)

All juniors are invited to take part in this regatta. If you are interested please contact Rod Hart.

Sprint Regatta Results

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

Hare & Hounds successes

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.

Gold for Hafsa at Longridge

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.

3-9-09-hafsa2 (Courtesy of Reading Post 3/9/09)

Well done to all Wokingham paddlers who took part in the event.

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