National Championships at Nottingham

We’re in peak racing season at the moment. This weekend all the action was at the National Water Sports Centre, Nottinghamshire, for the British Canoeing National Sprint Championships and British Open Wildwater Championships. Amazingly, we had yet another sunny...

Bank Holiday Racing and Partying

The last southern region Hasler race of the season saw an overall win on the day for Banbury, with a whitewash in both Div 7 and Div 5 K2. The latter saw some bitter family rivalry between father and daughter, with Jessie U, paddling with Rosa D, taking the top spot...

No Races but Still Busy

There may have been no marathon or sprint races nearby this weekend, but assorted Banbury paddlers still found something different to do. A few more ventured up to Nottingham to take on the “Daleks” again on the WWR course at the National Water Sports...

Canoe Club Cafe

Fairport – when the club becomes a kitchen. A huge benefit of being based in Cropredy is the annual Fairport Convention – which gives us our main fundraising opportunity each year. Once again, the clubhouse has been transformed, the astro has been covered...

No Training This Weekend

As most of the club will be at the National Marathon Championships this weekend, there will be no training at the club. If you want to see what it’s all about though, come and join us at Reading, and see the top marathon paddlers in action.  We’ll even...

Something for Everyone

We’ve had sprint, wildwater and fairly bouncy marathon racing in the last few days. There was only a small team at the regatta for the McGregor Paddle, and the only team “award” we won was for the most penalty points – including some given to...