Maidstone Canoe Club

Dear members,

As we prepare for the MCC paddle sports calendar events for 2026 we would like to ask all our coaches to attend our preseason meeting to discuss ideas and a general plan for the year.

Similarly, the same for our Junior Club, inviting anyone interested in assisting with this weekly event and suitably qualified to help out to come along and help us to plan for the year ahead.

Members, is there an event, a place you wish to paddle, a qualification you wish to achieve, or a course that we could put on for you, let us hear your voice and tell us what you want from your club in 2026 and moving forward.

A lot of emphasis has been on building a structurally sound club but now we want to hear what else we can do to make your club better for you - please email or whatsapp me with any ideas you may have, we would really love to hear from you and I will bring them to the relevant meetings. Thank you.

Cheers,

Kathy

Kathy.syplywczak24@gmail.com

Thursday, 19th February is (as everyone surely knows) the 120th anniversary of the founding of the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company - or Kellogg’s, as it’s now known. We’ll be eating our cornflakes before the pool session at 7:30pm - see you there!

Dr Kellogg also invented a mechanical slapping device and an improved method of colonic irrigation. We’ll be sticking to the cornflakes.

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Come and learn the basics of tidal planning and marine chart reading to aid your sea paddles. We'll work on our local estuary charts to make the training pertinent to our actual location. There will be a Powerpoint presentation but mostly worked examples to keep you stimulated. If you have dividers and a chart plotter, it will help but not essential. An Imray or Admiralty chart of the Medway Estuary will also be useful but again not essential. Pencil and notepad essential.

Only 8 places. Sign up on the website calendar. Members only. CPD points may be available.