Monday, 18 October 2010

Saltford

The year has started off with a bang for UWE Canoe Club. Here are some photos from our trip to Saltford.
Everyone learned some skill, got stuck in and therefore had fun. The sun came out for us to enjoy a beer or two in the local pub aswell.
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Tuesday, 29 December 2009

Christmas Break


The Christmas break is here. For most of us this means heading home for a week or two. I thought I'd simply post a few photos to remind you of the last few months of 2009. We think 2010 we be a good one as I know there is lots planned.

Sunday, 29 November 2009

Ladies Canoe Polo

Saturday night the ladies attended a local Canoe Polo tournament. Only ladies teams were invited to the tournament. With so many paddle chicks in one place I thought I best go and take some photos.


Wednesday, 5 August 2009

Welsh International Canoe Polo

Last weekend a group of club members entered the Welsh International Canoe Polo Challenge. We won our first two games comfortably but then got shot down by the Royal Navy. Unfortunately that result placed us second in our group so we didn't go through to the top eight. However we won the rest of our games easily so placed 9th. The result was less important than the social aspect of the weekend. Far too many drinks were consumed as the team shredded the dance floors of Cardiff.

Tuesday, 19 May 2009

They think its all over...

For many club at UWE the year is over, everyone does their exams and then they all disapear off to work for the summer. Not at the Canoe Club. The pool sessions are all over now until September but thats not going to stop us.

There was a trip to South Wales last weekend and we're planning another trip in the UK before we head off on our mighty summer tour of Europe.
Below is a picture of us acepting the 2008/09 'club of the year' shield presented by Shelly Rudman.

Sunday, 10 May 2009

We are the champions!

Yes it is true we are club of the year 08/09!

Cheers to all who have put in lots of help to make us the best club!

Some of the highlights of the year for me:

The carnage and amazing surf at Polzeath! A great birthday weekend!

The Gene17 adventure paddler weekend and Dart trip adventures!

BUCS Slalom one of the best weekends ever! We are the UWE Morris Dancing Society and represented proudly!

Having Doug Ammons come and talk at Uni.

And Getting 4 new boats, 6 new cags and boots from the SU!

All of this couldnt have been done without lots of effort from a lot of people so thank you all!

Tuesday, 5 May 2009

We are Varsity winners

Every year the a select few of the University sports clubs challenge the University of Bristol to some games. We are one of these few clubs. Each year we build a Canoe Polo pitch in the middle of Bristol Docks and lay down the challenge. We generally invite some guest teams to come and fill out the day. It is a very friendly little tournament that we use to showcase the sport in the city center of Bristol. The sun came out as the giant crowd cheered us on. Our Alumni team took up the first Varsity match and won. The ladies then met their match, having previously beat UoB ladies unfortunately fell and lost by two goals. This put the pressure on the men, who norrowly won 2-1. The day it's self is fantastic and really shows how great the canoe club is. All other Varsities have alot of support from the Centre for Sport but we take this upon our selves and put on a good show for the public.
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The picture below shows UWE's Kevin Roberts (in red) being congratulated by a Bristol Uni student (in blue).
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I can't wait till next year.