Welcome to the March newsletter
 
We have had quite a few new members since the AGM and I would like to welcome all of you to the club, it's great to see the club membership growing. There has been a lot of activity at Stanton with the containers now sited and racked out ready for the kit and boats to go back. A big thank you to all the members who have helped out at the working parties. I'd like to welcome Martin Walker back onto the committee, he has been co-opted on as the Social rep.

The pool sessions have been going really well with most sessions sold out and everyone progressing in the skills they are learning or brushing up on. The members that joined the Club network guys had a great sociable paddle at Rudyard Lake. The Dee trip was a great day with the sun shining, the river was at a great level for us and a big well done to the less experienced paddlers who joined us, they did really well and hopefully learned a lot. The trip reports and photos for both are on the website to look at.

The calendar is very full with something for everyone including a couple of camping weekends, white water, intermediate and touring trips, an ice skating evening, Level 1 coaching course and of course the HCC/Stanton open day will be here before we know it.

We start at Stanton lake on Thursday 17th April 6.30 till dusk. There will be coaching (maybe not the first week) for paddle power and star awards, or social paddling for more experienced paddlers. We have a nice big lake and even a bar for a drink and chat afterwards.

See you on the water Dave.