River Mersey Open Canoe Trip With a reasonably early morning meet at the compound, we met Mike A. and Keith and helped load our chosen open canoe.  In memory of Gary, I wanted his favourite red one and knew he’d…

LCC Christmas Rolling Competition – Final Round Following the final pool session of the year, we have had many improvements and additions to the number of rolls in each category. The full set of results is shown below. Many of…

Junior Pool Autumn 2024 The junior pool sessions have been really successful this term. Sessions have been super fun including games such as Capture the Flag and Bull Boat, Tag and Simon Says. We have welcomed many new junior paddlers.…

River Dee Progression to White Water 14th Dec 24 We had two groups out on Saturday to paddle the River Dee from Llangollen Town to Ty Mawr Country Park. The river was on a good medium level and provided for…

Junior Rolling Competition 2024 Following the final junior pool session of the year last night at Broadgreen School Pool Alice and Marcus tied in first place with fantastic 9 Bar Rolls in 30 seconds. Clara and Marcus tie in first…

Speke Pool

It is with great sadness that the club has this afternoon received news of the sudden passing of club member Gary Edwards. Gary was a well-liked member of the club, with a passion for his sea kayaking, and was giving…

Junior trip on the River Weaver 1.12.24 A beautiful, bright Sunday morning saw the junior club meet at the Runcorn Rowing Club for a paddle on the River Weaver. We set off towards the countryside, making good progress under the…

Rannoch Moor to Perth by Chris Bolton Part 5 We knew the picnic site at the power station was closed, so I walked down to check it out before taking the boats down the hill. While the car park was…

Rannoch Moor to Perth by Chris Bolton Part 4 We found a landing spot just upstream of the fish ladder, on the North side of the dam. We’d expected to see signs of previous use, but it was quite overgrown.…

A Weekend in Barnard Castle by Chris Marsden Last weekend I took a trip to Barnard Castle. Not to get my eyes tested, I was a student taking part in a whitewater kayaking coach’s course. I was a bit nervous…

Rannoch Moor to Perth by Chris Bolton Part 3 The best route is to turn left after the gate, up a short hill then down to a bridge and round to the far side of the stilling basin. If the…

Rannoch Moor to Perth by Chris Bolton Part 2 The entrance to the Garbh Ghaoir is well hidden and the first 800m is really still part of the loch. Lunch was taken before inspecting the first rapid – this was…

Preparation for our move to Pool Speke Ian and I spent the morning building a frame to help store the kayaks at our new pool session at Austin Rawlinson Pool Speke. Our first session is next Wednesday at the much…

Rannoch Moor to Perth by Chris Bolton Part 1 My friend Andy wanted a canoe trip to commemorate a significant birthday, so we settled on the Rannoch Moor crossing and descent of the Tummel system. This classic route starts at…

End of an era. The last ever pool session at the Kingsway Leisure Centre is tonight (Thursday 28th November 2024). As some of you may know, we are leaving the pool at Kingsway Leisure Centre in Widnes after tonight’s pool session.…