Articles and News from Shropshire Paddlesport

Great day out sea kayaking on the Mawddach Estuary. The weather was cold but, for the main part, dry. On the way back, we had some wind funnelling through the narrow part, which created some waves to punch through — 20 km with an average of 6km/hour. +4

They did however experiment during their practice and second run with how sensitive the edges are on a slalom C2, taking a couple of dips in the Trent. Anne and Erica also took on their first slalom race in a kayak, racing in Division 4 .During the lunchtime interval Anne had a few practice runs

Paddlers and friends from the club went up to enjoy a weekend of paddling in the lake district. Despite cold temperatures and snowy conditions a good time was had by all. Rivers paddled included EDEN GRETA (twice) CRAKE (trees) LUNE. Looking to do more? Join us? Find out more: https://www.shropshirepaddlesport.org/

Earlier this week Anita earned her recommendation to become a River Race Raft provider. Anne, Andy, Nina, Gari and Andy K (from Llangollen) all received their River Raft Race award PPA. Everyone had to put some homework in and have been training hard over the last few months. Well done to all! A special mention

Shropshire Paddlesport Paddlers being lead down the River Dee in Llangollen as part of a WWSUP leader assessment run by Phil Hadley. Great day out lots of swimming and laughter.

Great sea kayaking trip on Sunday at Llandudno, brilliantly led by Amy Apple Goolden Many thanks to Lindsey for the photos. We practiced a number of techniques and got to play in more dynamic conditions by the headland on the Great Orme. We couldn’t land on the beach as it was covered with seals! We

This summer the club held 3 fabulous family days in the summer holidays. Our Grandchildren age4 and 6 became members of the club at the beginning of the holidays ( £5 each because their Grand parents were full paid Adult members) and attended 2 of the 3 days. They had a fabulous time and had

The Mascot ‘Handy Andy’ made his first appearance on a club expedition and was to accompany us on the whole journey. His original plan was to end the expedition with a Viking funeral as he drifted out into the North Sea. However, he became a focus of everyone’s daily struggle with wind, rain and physical