2025 12 07 Festive Paddle Liverpool Canoe Club – Festive Christmas Paddle & Meal The Liverpool Canoe Club enjoyed a brilliant Festive Christmas Paddle at the Albert Docks, with plenty of Christmas spirit on display. The docks came alive with decorated kayaks covered in tinsel, fairy lights, and Santa hats, bringing colour and cheer to a crisp December day. After the paddle, everyone headed to the Anchor Bar at the… Read More »2025 12 07 Festive Paddle

Christmas Rolling Competition – Results & News Update The club’s Christmas Rolling Competition is now well underway, with two rounds completed across both Broadgreen and Speke pools. This year’s event is held in memory of John Lamb, one of our wonderful juniors who is greatly missed. It has been heartwarming to see so many paddlers taking part with enthusiasm, encouragement, and fantastic team spirit. The rolling competition will continue at… Read More »Christmas Rolling Competition – Results & News Update

River Dee (Llangollen to Tŷ Mawr) – 29 November 2025 First Run of the Winter Season – Medium Level, Great Coaching & Plenty of Smiles For the first run of the winter season, conditions lined up beautifully. With the River Dee sitting at a predicted 0.88m, the standard section from Llangollen down to Tŷ Mawr Country Park was the perfect choice for a progressive white-water coaching day. The plan ran… Read More »2025 11 29 Progression to WW – River Dee

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Dee Estuary: Connah’s Quay Dock → Chester Racecourse (…almost!) → ReturnPaddlers: Mike, Amy, Olwen, Roger, Martin, Francesca, Andrew, Christine, Ian, KeithLeader: IanConditions: Windy-but-fun Sunday… with a lunchtime soundtrack we didn’t ask for! Sunday’s original sea trip looked questionable thanks to a very enthusiastic wind forecast. But rather than cancel, Ian unveiled a clever Plan B: a tidal-assisted paddle up the River Dee Estuary from Connah’s Quay Dock, with the tide… Read More »Dee Estuary: Connah’s Quay Dock → Chester Racecourse (…almost!) → Return

LCC Junior Polo Team Makes a Splash in Kendal! 5 LCC Junior Polo players made the trip up to Kendal Swimming Pool to play in their first tournament, their first time playing as a team. Playing against 5 other junior teams, with each named after their BA colour, LCC or ‘Black and Teal’ improved noticeably every game we played. We picked up just a point overall from a draw in… Read More »LCC Junior Polo Team Makes a Splash in Kendal!

3 days on the Royal Dee 15-17th Nov 2025  by Neil Thompson I’d been wanting to paddle the Dee for a number of years, so it was a great relief to see both adequate water levels, a team of enthusiasts and reasonable weather, a miracle!We met on Saturday at 7.40 am at Braemar, organised the shuttle, leaving the cars at Banchory and catching the bus back. We departed at about… Read More »3 days on the Royal Dee 15-17th Nov 2025

2025 Canoe Symposium – Bala by Mike A What is a symposium? It’s a fancy name that describes a great get-together of paddlers. The 2025 canoe symposium was held in Bala, with several members attending – some keeping it rather quiet! Anyway, please consider attending a future symposium as they are pitched at many levels. Attendees of all levels will find something for themselves, in addition to the fun of… Read More »2025 Canoe Symposium – Bala

Progression to Open Canoe – River Ribble by Mike Alter The 2025 open boat progression is going really well. Numerous paddlers have moved from nothing to paddling the docks and now onto various rivers. Friends have also moved from paddling tandem to solo on moving water as their skills have progressed. Looking for a different river so as to expand horizons, my thoughts turned to the Ribble. This is a… Read More »Progression to Open Canoe – River Ribble

Paddle UK have amended the recent article about paddling around the Liverpool Docks Following intervention from Canal and Rivers Trust, Paddle UK have amended the recent article about paddling around the Liverpool Docks and has removed all mention of free access at Coburg Slip and that a Canal Licence allows you to paddle on the Docks. Places to paddle: Liverpool’s historic docks on the Paddle UK Site…. Andy Gouldie (Harbour… Read More »Paddle UK have amended the recent article about paddling around the Liverpool Docks