By having an excellent selection of equipment it means that we can offer open access to the sport without people having to buy their own. This is particularly important in relation to young people, who may try a variety of sports before they find the one to specialise in. The facilities and equipment make creating effective and worthwhile partnership with community groups achievable.
The following list is some of the things we have been involved in 2009, each has been so successful the groups have all asked for them to continue.
Astra Youth Club – we have coaches that run regular Monday night sessions, on school premises.
Princes Quay Charity Events – this year we offered trips on the Bell Boats to the public, for Help the Hero’s charity raising £277.
CAT ZERO a programme run by the Wilberforce Youth Development, part of the Hull & East Yorkshire Community Foundation for 17/19 year olds not in a job, school, college or training. We offer an introduction to canoeing over 10 monthly sessions. This has a strong emphasis on team building prior to participants taking a place on a sail training vessel.
Longcroft Secondary school – provide an annual one day introductory session for pupils aged 16 plus
Sidney Smith School Alternative Education Home Learning Team for Year 7 pupils – We provide 6 x 1day courses building to Paddlepower passport
Bridgeview – provide an introduction to Kayak & Canoe over 4 sessions
Horton House- a 6 week course building up to One Star kayak.
Work alongside Hull City Councils Sports Development Services providing 6 week taster sessions in kayak at a local boating Lake.
For 25 years a summer school has been run for 5 weeks. We offer 3 introductory sessions a day for up to 12 children per session at a very reasonable price.
Scout and Guide groups experience introductory sessions throughout each summer
The following is a list of our regular club activity. The specialist sessions mentioned above assist to get people started but whilst not wanting to ‘poach’ them we really prefer them to become involved in mainstream club life and this is brief list of what is available every week:-
Beginner sessions for both adults and juniors every Saturday Separate Children and Adult session every Monday At the very least one polo and one slalom session each week
The club is also very active throughout the year :-
At least 2 Come and Try sessions in the city centres Princes Quay
Frosty Fingers Paddle (topical but not tropical!)
Each year a ranking slalom, an International Canoe Polo and two Marathons are run
Bell Boats
General Touring Smooth and White Water here and abroad
Sea Kayaking
European Polo tournaments
Organised trips ranging from one day to a full week away, throughout the British Isles.
If you or your club or organisation is interested in working with us please get in touch.
