Maidstone Canoe Club

June 18th is the 211th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, in which Napoleon was defeated for the final time by Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington and inventor of the eponymous rubber boot. Napoleon was exiled to the island of Elba, from which he could have escaped by kayak - if he’d only practiced his paddling skills.

Don’t be like Napoleon. See you next Thursday at the Cranbrook pool.

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To be honest there is so much going on that it will be easier if I simply put in the links for you to have a look:

First off:  Maidstone Hasler (Canoe/Kayak Marathon Race) so no Sunday 7th June  club paddle this week!!

For our local community:

Junior club has started back - the coaching team is expanding with some great new aspiring coaches in Kate, Natalie and Andrew, thank you for coming along as it makes managing this very large group of incredibly enthusiastic young people seamless!!

Local Scout/Guide Units are invited for fun sessions on a Monday throughout June and July. These dates are booked up well in advance and are a great way to showcase our club and impress upon parents and juniors what we do really well: have fun on the water.

We have three annual Charity events: Kenwood Trust, Charlton Athletic and Kent Young Carers.  Coaches have in many cases given up a day's work to come and give these groups a fantastic day out on the water and it's our way of giving back to the community.

For our own club members:

1st Wednesday of the month we are trialling SUP night for anyone wanting to give this a go!

3rd Wednesday of the month we are trialling Canoe night for anyone wanting to give this a go!  

Please make sure to sign up if interested in coming along so coaches know to expect you!

Pool session - third Thursday of every month - a must for those who really want to practice their capsizing or indeed give rolling a go. Always a coach on hand so do please book up well in advance if you are thinking of going. 

Touring Award: starting 04.06.26 for three weeks and a trip. Read all about it on the link.

Bewl Water - invitational paddle. You must book onto the Bewl Water events page for this one and you can go for some or all of the day - but you will need to pay £12.00.  For those not paddled here before - book!!!

Paddlesport Instructor Course - completely booked. We will try and run another one again this paddling summer if there is a need, so do please let us know if you are interested.

River Nene, Northampton Active  - 10 of our juniors are giving this a go on the 5th July - but its open to all, so check it out.

Quiz night - 11th July - following on from the huge success of the Christmas quiz we are doing it again! Sign up - teams not required that can all be done on the night!! Don’t be shy - should be a great night!

Enjoy your paddling and lets see you all out there on the water!!

PS. If any members are thinking about doing Explore please message me and I will add to the list.

This week in 1966, The Beatle’s Ticket to Ride reached #1 in the charts. Meanwhile, Super-cali-fragil-istic-expi-ali-docious inexplicably only managed #66. The acoustics in the Cranbrook pool are excellent, so the sing-off at the pool session this Thursday 21st May promises to be a belter.

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