Lochwinnoch & Paisley Kayak Club was formed in 1995 by the amalgamation of Lochwinnoch Kayak Club and Paisley Kayak Club.
The LKC’s history goes back to 1980 when John Webster and Bob Sommerville (both rangers at Castle Semple Loch at the time) formed the club so that people from the Lochwinnoch area could be introduced to the sport.
The club is affiliated to the SCA and is predominantly a whitewater and surfing kayaking club, although we do have many paddlers interested in other disciplines (e.g. Touring, Slalom, Canadian, Racing/Marathons, Sea Kayaking etc…) so everyone is more than welcome.
The Club endeavours to provide interesting and varied trips for all levels of club members. Activities consist of regular day trips, overnight and weekend trips on various rivers, Lochs and at the coast, as well as non-paddling / social events. Basically anything else we can think of to keep our members paddling time up.
The club is based at Castle Semple Loch, in the village of Lochwinnoch, which provides our Wednesday night entertainment in the form of our weekly loch session. We meet at the Lochside between the end of April and October around 7pm and have a schedule of events on to keep people amused for weeks.
For the folks who aren’t quite so keen on cold water or want to paddle twice a week, we have the use of Johnstone Swimming Pool on Friday nights from 8:30pm till 9:30pm. These sessions are great for the training of beginners as it allows them to gain some confidence in capsize and rescue techniques in a warm, clean environment. For the more experianced paddlers it is also an ideal opportunity to learn to eskimo roll and other advanced techniques.
