On Saturday 16 January 2010 Kingston Kayak Club, Albert Avenue, Hull, was voted the best canoe club in England by a panel of experts from the British Canoe Union. This prestigious award was presented at the Canoe England Coach Conference, Wyboston Lakes Conference Centre, Bedfordshire. The award was presented to club chairman Dave Lowthorpe and committee members Geoff Davis and Dave Rodgers by Etienne Stott who part of a C2 team who won silver and bronze medals at last years World and European Championships respectively.
KKC Canoe England Club of the year 2010
The club received a cheque for £700 and are now in a short list of 7 other sports clubs from around the country to receive the overall CCPR SCOTY award and the potential to receive a further £6 000 for club development. The club is invited to the finale in London in May, when the overall winner will announced.
The club was judged around the following areas:-
- Difference does your club make to its volunteers, coaches, participants and non-participants.
- Difference does the club make to the local community
- Partnerships the club has created
- Plans for the next 5 years and how will winning the Canoe England and SCOTY award will help deliver club’s key objectives in the next 12 months?
Club spokesman Dave Rawding (who has been a member of the KKC since it started 30 years ago) said ‘ This is a very significant moment for the club, we have already had a Top Club award. But getting national recognition endorses the hard work of the volunteers and members who have developed the sport of canoeing to this level. We have been very active at encouraging people to become involved in what is a fun and healthy pastime. Our members compete all over the the UK and abroad however there are so many varieties of canoeing it can appeal to the whole family from the ambitious young aspiring Olympian to a mum and dad who want to potter around on a summers day. We also know how much the public enjoy watching the annual canoe polo International on Princes Quay. This is a brilliant achievement for the whole city as we have been helped and encouraged by many to achieve this status’
The Humber Canoe Association invites applications for places from Members of its affiliated clubs on the following courses over the weekend of 24 & 25 April 2010. The training weekend will be based around: Sleningford Mill Camping and Caravan Park, North Stainley, Ripon, Nth Yorkshire HG4 3HQ 01765 635201 (Sheet 99 Grid Ref 428040).
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Sunday 21st March – Flat Water Paddle – Pocklington canal .
Sunday 21st March – Swale Paddle – Annual White Water trip near Richmond.
24th & 25th July
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YEARSLEY POOL, YORK – 13TH FEBRUARY, 2009 – 5 P.M.
RESULTS
Tournament 5
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Below are listed dates the KKC slalom team will be competing at slalom. Coaches, coaching and equipment will be available.
Division 4 events are suitable for all. Once you have gained promotion from Division 4 (by finishing in the top 20%) you can then go on to compete at Division 3.
Contact Duncan or Trudi well before
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Kingston youth saw the end of 2009 with not only the club social, but their own celebrations for both Halloween in October and the annual Christmas party.
Preparations for the Halloween party took place on the Thursday, and by Friday the 30th October, the upstairs club house had been transformed into a room of Halloween horrors.
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Open to All Club Coaches, Helpers and KKC members
When: Thursday 25th February at 7.30pm
Venue: At the Club house.
If you have any thoughts or ideas on coaching please come along or pop them in an email to be put on the agenda, this your chance to share your views and shape the clubs future.
We are to host a CPD module / workshop in Hull @ KKC on the evening of 10th Feb 2010. (6.30pm to 10.00pm)
The event was planned for a location in Leeds, but only one person was down for it, so we could move the event to Humberside.
The workshop is aimed at those who will be
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National Canoe Polo Division 3 North Table
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Skills Weekend – March 13th/14th 2010; building on the success of Team North’s weekend for coaches, here is Yorkshire’s variation, a Skills Weekend for all being delivered by a team of aspirant level 5 and level 5 coaches from across the country such as Claire O’Hara (World Freestyle Champion), Tom Parker (Level 5 Kayak/Specialist in
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