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Lower Wharfe Canoe club is a family orientated club, with a base at Tadcaster Community Swimming Pool in the winter, and Bishopthorpe on the River Ouse in the summer. We have a wide range of members aged eight to eighty who enjoy the sports of canoeing and kayaking.

We are a friendly welcoming club that run many water and non-water based events that are well attended. The club has a large number of both adults and children who enjoy the sport and develop their skills onto faster moving water, and into high level competitions through the slalom section, with our most successful paddlers going on to compete for Great Britain at international events.

The club is open to all abilities and it is a great place to come along and have a go at a new activity. To join please select membership when using our contact form

See the attachment below for our 2024 programme to give you a flavour of our events. It should be noted that events can be added, changed or removed subject to water & weather conditions plus coaches availability, so please make sure you book on our WebCollect booking system to ensure that you are kept up top date on plans or watch our Facebook page for details of these events & any additional events we add through the year.

2024 Programme

Club Organisation

The Club is run entirely by volunteers. At the AGM in November 2023 the following were elected:

• Club Chair – TBC
• Treasurer – David Mitchell
• Secretary – Heather Lindsay
• Membership Secretary – Ann Mitchell
• Welfare – Mike Minihan
• Deputy Welfare – Fran Shaw
• Publicity / Communication – Facebook - Dawn Wilson
• Social – TBC
• Pool – Helen Richardson
• Coach Development -TBC
• Touring – Simon Lowe
• Slalom – Martin Brown
• Equipment – Amanda Shaw
• Whitewater – TBC
• Polo – TBC
• Safety Officer – Jim Philpott
• Club Development – Stuart Barker

Any of these members may be contacted directly using the contact form

Coaching

The Club offers training & testing for the Paddle UK Awards through its own team of coaches & leaders. Training and assessment up to Explore Personal Performance is available and club coaches can train you for discipline specific awards and arrange assessment. Leadership, Coaching & Paddlesport Safety and Rescue Training and assessments can also be arranged. Would all those interested in training or testing please register with a senior committee member. See Club Documents for more detail on how we implement the Paddle UK Awards.

Equipment

The Club owns a fleet of kayaks and canoes together with ancillary equipment. This equipment is available for use during club paddles only, but must be booked the week prior to the event at the latest – bookings are taken on Webcollect as part of the event.