Sorry this is a bit late. Happy new year to you all and I hope you all had a great Christmas break, with plenty of time to go paddling, and some nice new paddling kit from Santa.

Wow what a busy month again, there has been a few river trips, including the Upper Avon, Usk, Nene W/W Centre, Soar and the annual Dart weekend. We hit a HCC record on the Avon trip with 33 paddlers (please keep your eye on the website for some trip reports for these trips). The polo has been very busy and I believe the Hammerheads have the first friendly game, coming up very soon. We had a great night at the Christmas meal. This was held at Stanton lakes, it was a sell out with lovely food and great entertainment from Maria, (Rowans partner) Wow what a voice!!!.

We have lots on the calendar for January and beyond, including an evening chat about kit/equipment, first aid course, pool sessions, polo, and not forgetting the annual AGM. Also for 2016, HCC have another Alps trip planned. Please keep looking on website, and the Facebook pinned post, for more info. Looking ahead the Stanton Lake sessions and coaching courses are already planned for the summer season.
Membership has risen again and we now have 150 members, it is great to see the club growing like this, and great to see so many members getting involved in helping out, or just getting out on the water.

Happy paddling, see you on the water.

Dave Clarke