Team 5th at Marathon Nationals

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...

World Sprint Squads Named

British Canoeing have announced the teams for the World and European Sprint Champions, and there are a record 4 Banbury paddlers listed. Double Olympian, Angela Hannah, now self-funding and training has been selected with new partner Hannah Brown (Wiltshire Youth CC0...

Cheshire Ring Success

Congratulations to our all-female team who completed the Cheshire Ring race last night.  They finished the 96 miles and 94 locks in 19 hours and 45 minutes – comfortably inside their target time of 20 hours.  Led by our DW Vet Female winners,...

Congratulations Joe

Joe Petersen has been selected again for the Junior European Marathon Championships.  Last year Joe raced K1, and this year he and Oscar (Elmbridge Canoe Club) have been chosen as the junior K2 team.  They will be racing in Portugal from 29 June to 2 July – with...

These Girls Can Canoe

The club held its annual This Girl Can day today.  Hosted by the female paddlers and coaches of BDCC, over 30 women and girls from the Banbury area took to the water in kayaks and canoes – many for the first time. This has proved very a successful event for the...

This Girl Can

We are holding our annual “Have a Go Session for Women and Girls” on Monday 29 May from 10 – 2 at the club.  Run by BDCC’s female coaches and paddlers, this is a free event for women and girls aged 8 -80+, and gives them a chance to try canoeing and kayaking.  We have...