Stratford-upon-Avon to Cropredy Challenge

In the pre-dawn twilight of Saturday 18th March, kayaks and paddlers could be seen on the water of Stratford-upon-Avon marina. What was going on? The infamous Stratford-upon-Avon to Cropredy relay, that’s what. By road, the distance from Stratford-upon-Avon to...

BDCC 2022 Awards

On Saturday 21st January, Banbury Canoe Club gathered at Cropredy Village Hall to celebrate the club’s achievements in the 2022 racing season. We were very pleased to be able to welcome the inspirational para athlete Jon White as guest speaker at our awards...

Cropredy to Oxford

Whilst most of us were still recovering from Christmas and eating the last of the mince pies and chocolate a small gang of mad paddlers decided to paddle the 35 miles from Banbury Canoe Club down to Falcon Canoe Club in Oxford. Well done all, amazing effort from the...

Christmas Relay

The hotly contested annual Christmas relay had to be delayed this year as the canal was frozen in the weeks before Christmas. We were finally able to run it on New Year’s Eve, burning off some excess energy before our parties later on. Unusually this year even...

Record breaking at the Ross Warland Canal Challenge.

A relatively warm and still November day gave us perfect conditions for our favourite 20 mile race.  New race records were set by Tom Lusty (Solihull) and Dan Johnson (Chelmsford) taking the Senior K2 class in a new time of 2.18.09.  Albert Hicks (Norwich)...

Busy Times

Our paddlers have been spread out recently. Summer, Millie and Henry, some of our juniors, headed to Nottingham for a Rocket K4 training day, with Summer and Henry being joined by Becky S at Reading the following day to take part in their K4 Race, along with a...