Taunton Canoe Club

Well done everyone who took part. Here are the grand totals.

🌍 It's World Cleanup Day! So what better time to celebrate this year's amazing efforts ♻️ 🙌

Over 3,700 volunteers took part across the UK, removing more than 1,800 bags of litter and discovering some unexpected items like fridges, shopping trolleys, toilets, and even fire extinguishers.

A huge THANK YOU for your time and efforts to protect our waterways 💪 The campaign keeps growing every year, and it's all because of YOU!

Why stop now? Let’s keep the cleanups going through autumn! See how you can organise your own cleanup 👉 https://orlo.uk/pbxhj

Brilliant youth session this week. Altogether 17 young players competing in some friendly Canoe polo training games. Many thanks to the students of Queens College for joining us on the river.

So good to see the new equipment from Taunton Town Council being put to good use.

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The Big River Watch Help improve our rivers. T ake part in The Big RiverWatch survey!

Really good paddling this evening with the youth. Very grateful to Taunton Town Council for granting the money to buy novice Canoe Polo equipment.

If you are interested in learning to play Canoe Polo, get in touch and we can arrange sessions in the pool where you can learn the basics before joining our regular polo sessions in Taunton Pool.

Fantastic result for our polo team at the Bude RNLI polo competition last Monday. We made it to the final. Then, despite scoring a couple of goals, we lost the final game.

We are recruiting new polo players at the moment. Message us if you are interested in learning to play. There is a beginners polo session this Thursday in Taunton Pool.

13 paddlers this evening for a return trip from Charmouth to Lyme Regis for an ice cream 🍦

A former member, Glyne Lock, is raising money for Devon Air Ambulance. The air ambulance saved his life and he would like to raise money to ensure that, in future, more lives can be saved with this valuable emergency service. If you would like to donate, please follow the link to the justgiving page. Thank you.

Glyne's fundraiser for Devon Air Ambulance Trust Help Glyne Lock raise money to support Devon Air Ambulance Trust

Social Media catch-up...a belated mixed bag of club trips, slalom, training, sea kayak trips, members on tour and more

Congratulations Lucy!

Lucy McQueen-Jones [GB] - World Champion of the Masters Women's Division at the World Waveski Surfing Titles presented by Buffalo Coty Tourism

Massive shout out to Katie Shattock for reaching the kayak cross semi-final of U23 World Championships in Liptovsky yesterday. So good!

We will be cheering for you at European Championships in August.

Big Paddle Clean Up. Spot the star find... the baby buggy. Runners up prize...Christmas decoration to Stuart. The chicks on the nest are one of the reasons why we need to keep our waterways clean.

River Festival Information!

'Youth night - surfing the wave (ripple)'

Now we can purchase some much needed club polo paddles and other club polo kit. Can't wait to have the right kit to invite anyone interested in learning to play Canoe Polo to join us.

Taunton FC awarded grant towards the cost of drainage works Taunton Football Club have received £3,750 towards the cost of drainage works as part of the local authority grants and sponsorships scheme.

First litter pick of the year by Leonie and Liz. They weren’t strong enough to pick up the waterlogged office chair!

Storm Kathleen meant that the Sea Kayaking Award planned for today has been postponed. Here are a couple of photos from Lyme Regis so you can check out the conditions.

A huge shout out to Katie Shattock who has made GB U23 team Kayak Cross 💪😃👏
A massive well done from us all at Taunton Canoe Club

Kayak Cross teams announced for 2024 season After two hotly contested days of racing during the Kayak Cross Selection Series at Lee Valley White Water Centre, 22 athletes have today been named across the Senior, U23 and Junior teams for the…

Our DW K2 crew called it a day at Aldermaston this year. The flow levels were super high and it transpired that none of the crews would be allowed to go further than Teddington. Clive and Tom felt the risks were too high for them to continue onto the Thames in the dark. They are very grateful for the support of TCC members and look forward to supporting the race next year.

'Good work' Harry and Jacob, on a pretty fast flowing/high level at Symonds Yat today....

Improving all the time - 5th out of 8 for our ladies team in Cheltenham at the weekend.

Get in touch, if you would like to learn to play Canoe Polo in the Taunton area. We have pool sessions every week, from Beginners to Advanced.

Charmouth beach we**am- one for the sea paddlers

Beach Cam – Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre If these views have inspired you to come down to our beaches to find some fossils then join us on one of our fossil hunting walks, bookings are available here. This camera is part-funded by your generous donations. If you would like to support our charity then please consider donating to our smal...

One of our members has had a photo published by the BBC

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Your pictures on the theme of 'on the horizon' A selection of striking images from our readers around the world.

Do we know true scale of pollution in UK waters? Is our bathing water more polluted than we think? We've seen documents which show that almost twice as many English bathing waters would fail pollution tests - if the regulator wasn't legally allowed to disregard some of the worst results.

Clive and Tom are planning to paddle 125 miles non stop at Easter. If you don't fancy doing that you can always get involved by volunteering.