Shropshire Paddlesport Blog

Shropshire Paddlesport is offering people the chance to come and try paddling (canoeing, kayaking and bell boating) on the afternoon of 6 June.  Sessions will last 2 hours and will run from 2-4 and 4-6. 

We are also offering a 1* course starting on Monday 8 June from 6:30 to 8:30 lasting for 4 weeks.  This leads to a recognised British Canoe Union qualification  and will give you basic boat handling skills and is the recommended minimum standard for club trips and saturday morning sessions.

Further courses are available in July and August.

Places are limited for both the Come and Try It and the 1* course so booking is essential.  Please contact Deb on 07747 535341 or deb[at]shropshirepaddlesport.org

(Please note that due to IT work, e-mails may not be picked up after Friday night)

From June into into July is a busy time for the flat water people in the midlands with the following races coming up:

June 6/7 Nottingham sprint regatta

June 14  Burton hasler

June 21  Hereford hasler

             Also Trentham lightning day

June 28  Shropshire hasler

July 4/5 Nottingham sprint regatta

July 12 Cardiff Sprint

July 19 Reading K4 race (10k)

If you are interested in entering Burton hasler or the July sprints, please speak to Dave Barnes.  Speak to Deb about entering any of the others!

Hopefully everyone will have seen the club email, but Karan’s funeral will be on Thursday 26 February, at 2:40pm, at the Shrewsbury Crematorium. The service will start at 2:40pm, so people need to be inside for then. No flowers, instead donations to Karan’s favourite charity, The Cinnamon Trust.

Anyone that knew Karan is welcome to attend. Richard has requested that people who are intending to attend  let him know by email to  youngmangonewest(at)hotmail.com so that they have some idea of numbers.

Many club members will by now have seen or heard the sad news about Karan Porter who was killed in a car accident on Wednesday evening whilst on her way home from slalom training last week.

Karan was an active member of Shropshire Paddlesport for many years and will be missed by her many friends in the club and by the people that she coached in the last year, especially the youngsters at Bryn Offa Primary School.

Her partner Richard has said that instead of any flowers or cards he would like donations to go to the Cinnamon Dog Walking Trust, with whom Karan also volunteered. Their website address is:
http://www.cinnamon.org.uk

Details of Karan’s funeral will be circulated to club members when we know them. Discussions are also taking place as to how as a club we can best remember Karan.

Well normal service has now resumed and the canal is back to being very wet and watery. Last Saturday’s session was iced up and Giles grabbed some photos. Here they are!

In a comment to one of our end-of-year posts we’ve just had a message from Phil, Caroline, Holly and Oliver. They say ”

Santa really loved his maltese mince pies!!! The weather here was a bit warmer than in Shropshire (just a bit). During the day, temperatures were reaching 20+ in the sun!! Very cold at night though and with no central heating or fire in a house that is designed to be cool in the summer, it is very cold watching the TV! But don’t think we will get much sympathy somehow!!!

Just seen in 2009 standing on the roof of our house watching the fireworks and the stars!! Oliver even saw a shooting star.

Happy New Year to all at Shropshire Paddlesport“