Hi All.
Hope you’re all ok and enjoying your paddling. Just a quick update on some latest club news.
Firstly I’d like to say welcome to all the new members that have joined us over the last few months, great to have you on board, please ask any coach or committee member, if you need any help or info about anything at all. HCC membership is now at 135.
As you all must have noticed, it’s been a very busy few months. The lake sessions have been going really well, with plenty of coaching courses and social paddling going on. This season stand up paddle boarding has been really popular, which has been helped by HCC buying 2 new SUPs, so we now have a total of 4 boards.
Away from the lake we have had all sorts of river trips, weekends away and events going on, Including touring, WW, canoeing, sea kayaking, courses etc. HCC hammerheads polo teams are still going strong, with a few tournaments and games planned, training sessions are on a Sunday evening if anyone else would like to get involved.
A big well done to all the members who have achieved qualifications over the last few months, these have included, 1,2,3 and 4 star awards, paddlepower, coaching qualifications, FSRT, first aid, WW safety and rescue.
Recently HCC have achieved British canoeing quality mark recognition, and have renewed our Sport England “clubmark” award, this is now in a brand new format (we are the first club in the region to do this) and is valid for 3 years. A big thank you to Hayley Clarke and all involved in helping us achieve this.
Well done, and very well deserved to Hayley Clarke, who is our paddlesport development officer on the committee.(along with lots of other things). She has just been awarded the British canoeing East Midlands Region Volunteer’s award, and is now being put through to the national awards.
Earlier on in the year HCC applied for a Sport England grant. The grant was to enable us, as a club, to promote paddlesport, and encourage and help 14 to 24 year olds get into the sport. We have recently been informed that we have been awarded the full £10000. This is great news for the club. We are buying a selection of new kit, including some polo kit, and also funding some coach development, (further details to follow). This will help the build the club for all members and help us accommodate some new members. Thank you to Sara Wright, Laura Southerland and all involved with this application.
Lots of trips, courses, and events planned, so as I always say, keep an eye on the Website calendar and Facebook page for more info.
Dave Clarke