Hi all,
I’m afraid the pool have told us that people can no longer bring their own kayaks into the pool and……hehe, just kidding. I’m sure tonight’s session will be a veritable bling-fest after seemingly the entire club went out and bought new boats!
Cya in the pool and, yes, I do want a shot!
We’ve now added a new button to the site (look up a bit, now right…a bit further. There it is!!). This will detail a brief breakdown of our committee meetings showing all important information and decisions made.
Our river trip ended up taking place on the River Nith at a nice “first time” level. It was very well attended with 14 people on (and quite frequently in) the water on a glorious sunny day. The swim count was prestigious (we stopped counting at 30!) but everyone showed great enthusiasm and (if they were to be believed) had a great, if very tiring, day.
Alan has kindly written a cracking trip report and there has also been a few pics added to the photo gallery. Unfortunately, the photographers were also the rescuers so, in a strange outbreak of responsible behaviour, we chose to rescue rather than document the carnage so there aren’t too many shots.
Bring on the next one!
Hi everyone,
We are now officially finished at the Loch until next spring. This heralds our return to Johnstone pool on a weekly basis. We’re also planning on squeezing in another couple of beginner’s trips so watch this space.
Hi all,
Well I’ve finally managed to get some of the highly successsful Glenbarr trip pics uploaded. Special thanks to Stuart Crawford for taking some really nice shots in hard conditions and to Amy, Heather, Maddie and Fiona for building two awesome fires to keep everyone warm and toasting marshmallows. I’m sorry if some of you aren’t featured; if any of you have pics you’d like included just give them to me and I’ll add them. Click here to have a look!
We’ll hopefully be announcing the next beginner’s trip (either river or surf; we’ll wait and see what is best nearer the time) so keep checking in for up to date news. We’re looking to arrange it for early next month.
And finally, a big congratulations to Graham who, after 4 days gruelling training involving paddling kayaks of many strange shapes and sizes and canadian canoes (a.k.a. the Dark Side), has passed his level 1 Instructor award. Well done that man.
The happy couple
Euan (an old & borderline insane) ex club member recently got married to his long suffering partner Laura. In typically untypical style, Euan entered a competition to win a wedding (having not consulted poor Laura) and, much to both their surprise (and the extreme pleasure of the father of the bride) he won an £11,000 wedding for his 60p outlay. Bizarrely, it took place in the Kingdom Shopping Centre in Glenrothes surrounded by hundreds of curious onlookers and, from there, the party continued into the wee, small hours in Rothes Hall.
As I know members new and old visit the site regularly, I thought I’d place a link to a wee video of the ceremony.
Well, the trip to Machrihanish (now a dim memory) was a great success with a cracking turnout of over 20 people! The weather gave us force 5 winds, rain, hot sunshine (sometimes within a 5 minute time period) & the surf built from nothing on Friday to solid 6 foot conditions on Sunday & Monday…yeehaa!
Everyone had a great time surfing and a special thanks goes out to Heather, Fiona, Amy & Maddie who built two cracking fires that were enjoyed by everyone on Saturday and Sunday night and also to the camera gimp (a.k.a. Stuart Crawford) who turned up with a cracking camera and uber-lens. Hopefully we’ll get the pics off him soon and I’ll update the club photo album; although with over 1000 shots I may be reviewing them for some time!
On the pool session front, the pool we will be on every second week starting from Friday 13th June; see the Important Information page for a detailed list of dates. We may also still put on special sessions at short notice so keep your eyes on the site for up to the minute information.
Hi all,
This years fees are now due…you can download the form here or we’ll try and get some printed out thast can be uplifted at any club nights. Joining is, of course, important as we will always give priority to members for use of kit, places on club trips etc and allows us to invest in more equipment for the club. Please feel free to contact us if you have any queries.
Also, I have uploaded the photographs of this weekend’s beginners trip to Stanley including some new ones courtesy of Ronald. It was a great trip, great weather and everyone had fun in the sun on a gorgeous day. Visit the gallery to see how we got on. Big thanks to Ross for submitting a trip report too (and without the need to threaten physical harm if it wasn’t done!). Read his thoughts on the trip here
Hi everyone,
Ok, it’s a biggie so brace yerself: -
Hopefully we’ll see a trip report from someone soon (eh boys?)Look forward to seeing you on the water!
Read Graham’s trip report on two consecutive weekend trips to the River Avon in the Trip Report section.
Photos of the trips can also be viewed in the photo gallery.
