Feb 26, 2018
Congratulation to BDCC member, Rob Jefferies. Following the selection trials at Grand Tully, Scotland last weekend, he has been selected to represent GB at the Wildwater World Championships in Switzerland at the end of May. This will be Rob’s second year on...
Feb 15, 2018
A small team took on the 12 miles from Aldermaston to Reading last weekend. Although the canal section was fairly benign, with a bit of a tailwind, the last few miles involve paddling upstream on the Thames, and in headwinds of up to 40 mph. All the paddlers coming...
Jan 21, 2018
Big Banbury celebration this weekend when our chairman, Graham had a significant birthday. In a failed attempt to keep it quiet, we organised his favourite session – mixed K2. Got to love a club who, despite a dozen or so being away at university, can still...
Oct 23, 2017
A small team ventured north up to the Burrs Activity Centre, Bury to take part in the Irwell Wildwater Race, and the National Wavehopper Club Team Championships. Undeterred by the fact that none of the team had actually raced a Wavehopper before, coach Rob J,...
Oct 3, 2017
After years of taking bell boats to Banbury Canal Day, this year we did something different. Dom, Andy and a team of helpers (especially Max H) took the British Canoeing gazebo and a couple of ergos and challenged allcomers to a trial. We had a lot of interest and...
Jul 31, 2017
Banbury entered a big team at the National Marathon Championships at the weekend. With entries in two-thirds of the race categories over the weekend, BDCC were hopeful of a good team result, which was achieved with an overall 5th place – out of 61 teams. There...
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