The selection for this years Great British Freestyle kayak team was three events held over the past two months. The first two were held up at Nottingham, at the Holme Pierrepoint white water course. The third was held at Hurley. These events, for anyone that doesn’t know, were to select the British team for this [...]

Posted on November 24th, 2009 by Gear 4 Women
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From the National Assembly of Wales website:
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Inquiry into Access to Inland Water
The Sustainability Committee agreed on 24 June 2009 to undertake an inquiry into Access to Inland Water in Wales.
You may be interested to note that the Assembly Bus will be visiting the following locations to gather video evidence as part of the Sustainability Committee’s [...]

Posted on November 18th, 2009 by Nick Horwood
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It’s been a little while since my last post and now I’m back in the south west I thought it was about time I did a time trial on my adopted “home” run, the upper Dart. So here it is, my time from just below the put in where it opens up into the river, [...]

Posted on November 15th, 2009 by Ed Smith
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When I was 15 I ran the top drop on the Gamlan (at very low levels). 10 years later, I was lucky enough to find good water levels and sunshine on the same day; so donned my shiny kit to run the river with nostalgic memories of Topos and Schlegels.
The gear has changed, but the [...]

Posted on November 10th, 2009 by Gear 4 Women
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Although many would reel back in horror at the idea of spending a rainy November weekend camping in a field outside Newcastle, team Palm are made of tougher stuff. With a van full of warm clothes and a fleet of kayaks and Canoes, we headed to the historic town of Hexham for one of north [...]

Posted on November 9th, 2009 by Nick Horwood
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This October once again saw Plas-Y-Brenin play host to the BCU Student Safety Seminar, where Britains’ intellectual cream gather to gain tips and tricks on running a university canoe club from some of the best in the business. As you’d expect at such a valuable event, Palm were there with bells on (not literally, you [...]

Posted on November 6th, 2009 by Tom Parker
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