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Canoe Polo training for those looking to improve or compete this year. Aimed to intermediate/competent paddler however no canoe polo experience is necessary. If your unsure if this is a session for you contact the Exec.
We are really looking to build up our teams this year both on the Men's and Women's side. If you have paddled a bit before and want to get better, stronger or maybe just add a bit of competitive spice this could be the session for you!
Aim to be on the water quickly with potential for a 10 minute break halfway through so bring a snack as well as the usual towel and change of clothes.
NOTE - These sessions will be dark, and cold, and potentially quite miserable depending on how many alarms I missed that morning. Swimming at this time will likely lead to filling out paperwork because of the cold. As such, these sessions are exclusively reserved for club members who have either been to a morning session previously, or have been told by the exec that they are suitable. If you're in doubt, ask Joe.
Also, 7.15 start. Don't be stood around waiting.
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Morning fitness resumes! Meet at the boathouse for 7.15am, off the water and dry-ish by 8.30am. Sometimes these will be super intense sprint sessions, other times it will be chill skills based workouts. Yes, I DO have a season plan for this. Bring gear that will keep you warm! And DEFINITELY bring spare clothes and a towel.
Small number of places for this session at post, but if more leaders are present this will change. If you're for some reason desperate to be out of bed super early on a Monday morning, keep an eye on this page.
Friday
7th:
Warmup: Technique work to the racecourse
(or half the session time). Focus on a Particular part of the stroke E.G
Inserting paddle at the front. Pause before putting the paddle in and hold
shape. Begin with pausing every stroke, then move to every 3, then every 5.
Leapfrog to the bridge at the end of the racecourse then Interval Sprint back 1
minute Hard 30 seconds off. If extra time continue intervals to 20 max.
05/10/22, 20:00 is late!!
Join us for the first bar crawl social of the year! The theme is pool party, so please wear your finest swimming attire or pool party outfits. The exec are on lifeguard duty, so they better bring their whistles and prepare to save the silly fresh.
The social will start at 20:00 in Mary's Bar, and will be soon followed by a chaotic bar crawl filled with challenges, games and general antics!! Depending on numbers, we will split into teams that will compete against each other to get the most points.
If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to your social secs (Laura and Ben). Don't forget to join the socials groupchat! (Accessible by the Facebook group)
See you on Wednesday!
THE WEDNESDAY WARRIORS RETURN AT MC 13:30-15:30
The usual Wednesday session! Open to beginners and is just a really chill couple hours on the river Wear.
If you did a fresher's session and enjoyed it this is probably the next session for you.
Please bring a fleece to wear on the water, spare shoes, plenty of spare clothes and a towel.
NOTE - These sessions will be dark, and cold, and potentially quite miserable depending on how many alarms I missed that morning. Swimming at this time will likely lead to filling out paperwork because of the cold. As such, these sessions are exclusively reserved for club members who have either been to a morning session previously, or have been told by the exec that they are suitable. If you're in doubt, ask Joe/Sarah.
7.15 start. Don't be stood around waiting.
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Morning fitness resumes! Meet at the boathouse for 7.15am, off the water and dry-ish by 8.30am. Sometimes these will be super intense sprint sessions, other times it will be chill skills based workouts. Yes, I do have a season plan for this (Novel I know - See Below). Bring gear that will keep you warm! And DEFINITELY bring spare clothes and a towel.
Small number of places for this session at post, but if more leaders are present this will change. If you're for some reason desperate to be out of bed super early on a Monday morning, keep an eye on this page.
Tuesday 4th: Warmup, Longer Splits Session: 10 min continuous paddle followed
by 2 min break. Repeat x3. (Medium intensity), Finish with hard push to the
from the downstream bridge to the landing and slow paddle for 5 mins if time.
Sunday 2nd October17:00-
Please put any dietary requirments as a note next to your sign up: e.g. Vegetarian
Join us after the Sunday paddle for some takeout pizza by the boathouse! Nothing better than pizza and paddling.
The cost is £5 (bring along in cash)
If you have any dietary requirements let us know in advance and we can order something for you :))
If you have any questions or concerns about the freshers week socials, please either contact your social secs (Laura Gibbs and Ben Honnywill) or our welfare reps (Izzy Page and Polly Crowther).
Sunday 2nd October 15:00-16:30
Welcome to DUCC!
Come join us for a chill paddle on the River Wear! This session is suitable for complete beginners so don't worry if you've never paddled before.
We provide all of the kayaking kit and the session is completely free (we offer three free sessions each). All you'll need is a spare change of clothes (just in case you get wet), some trainers to wear on the water, and a towel. Where possible, try to come to your session in what you intend to wear on the water.
Please come to the boathouse 15 minutes early so we can get you kitted up and choose a boat. We meet at the boathouse behind Maiden Castle next to the river (see the about tab for more info on where to find us)
If you have any questions, drop us a message on Instagram/Facebook.
We can't wait to see you on the water!
Sunday 2nd October 13:00-14:30
Welcome to DUCC!
Come join us for a chill paddle on the River Wear! This session is suitable for complete beginners so don't worry if you've never paddled before.
We provide all of the kayaking kit and the session is completely free (we offer three free sessions each). All you'll need is a spare change of clothes (just in case you get wet), some trainers to wear on the water, and a towel. Where possible, try to come to your session in what you intend to wear on the water.
Please come to the boathouse15 minutes early so we can get you kitted up and choose a boat. We meet at the boathouse behind Maiden Castle next to the river.
If you have any questions, drop us a message on Instagram/Facebook.
We can't wait to see you on the water!
Saturday 1st October 15:00-16:30
Welcome to DUCC!
Come join us for a chill paddle on the River Wear! This session is suitable for complete beginners so don't worry if you've never paddled before.
We provide all of the kayaking kit and the session is completely free (we offer three free sessions each). All you'll need is a spare change of clothes (just in case you get wet), some trainers to wear on the water, and a towel. Where possible, try to come to your session in what you intend to wear on the water.
Please come to the boathouse15 minutes early so we can get you kitted up and choose a boat. We meet at the boathouse behind Maiden Castle next to the river.
If you have any questions, drop us a message on Instagram/Facebook.
We can't wait to see you on the water!
Saturday 1st October 13:00-14:30
Welcome to DUCC!
Come join us for a chill paddle on the River Wear! This session is suitable for complete beginners so don't worry if you've never paddled before.
We provide all of the kayaking kit and the session is completely free (we offer three free sessions each). All you'll need is a spare change of clothes (just in case you get wet), some trainers to wear on the water, and a towel. Where possible, try to come to your session in what you intend to wear on the water.
Please come to the boathouse15 minutes early so we can get you kitted up and choose a boat. We meet at the boathouse behind Maiden Castle next to the river.
If you have any questions, drop us a message on Instagram/Facebook.
We can't wait to see you on the water!
Friday 30th September 12:00-13:30
Welcome to DUCC!
Come join us for a chill paddle on the River Wear! This session is suitable for complete beginners so don't worry if you've never paddled before.
We provide all of the kayaking kit and the session is completely free (we offer three free sessions each). All you'll need is a spare change of clothes (just in case you get wet), some trainers to wear on the water, and a towel. Where possible, try to come to your session in what you intend to wear on the water.
Please come to the boathouse15 minutes early so we can get you kitted up and choose a boat. We meet at the boathouse behind Maiden Castle next to the river.
If you have any questions, drop us a message on Instagram/Facebook.
We can't wait to see you on the water!
Friday 30th September 10:00-11:30
Welcome to DUCC!
Come join us for a chill paddle on the River Wear! This session is suitable for complete beginners so don't worry if you've never paddled before.
We provide all of the kayaking kit and the session is completely free (we offer three free sessions each). All you'll need is a spare change of clothes (just in case you get wet), some trainers to wear on the water, and a towel. Where possible, try to come to your session in what you intend to wear on the water.
Please come to the boathouse15 minutes early so we can get you kitted up and choose a boat. We meet at the boathouse behind Maiden Castle next to the river.
If you have any questions, drop us a message on Instagram/Facebook.
We can't wait to see you on the water!
Wednesday 28th September 20:00-
WELCOME FRESHERS!
Come join us at Bishops-mill spoons to get to know the club and learn about what we do. A very chill night, feel free to come and go as you please.
We will be heading over to Bohemia Night club for those that are interested! We have a discount code that will be posted closer to the time.
We look forward to seeing you all there!!!!
If you have any questions or concerns about the freshers week socials, please either contact your social secs (Laura Gibbs and Ben Honnywill) or our welfare reps (Izzy Page and Polly Crowther).
Wednesday 28th September 11:00am
Welcome to DUCC!
Come join us for a chill paddle on the River Wear! This session is suitable for complete beginners so don't worry if you've never paddled before.
We provide all of the kayaking kit and the session is completely free (we offer three free sessions each). All you'll need is a spare change of clothes (just in case you get wet), some trainers to wear on the water, and a towel. Where possible, try to come to your session in what you intend to wear on the water.
Please come to the boathouse15 minutes early so we can get you kitted up and choose a boat. We meet at the boathouse behind Maiden Castle next to the river.
If you have any questions, drop us a message on Instagram/Facebook.
We can't wait to see you on the water!
Just a nice afternoon paddle on the Wear. The chillest of chill - I don't really have a plan, we'll probably paddle towards Prebends bridge and see how far we fancy going. A chance for all of us to catch up and relax before the freshers week chaos begins.
Hope to see you there!
DUCC is excited to welcome back all the returners from last year! We have decided to do a returners paddle just before freshers start for those who have arrived in Durham early.
This will be on the river Tees and will consist of High force to Low force and potentially Abbey rapids depending on the day and weather conditions.
If you have any queries about skill requirements do speak with Nick and Charlotte about this trip - we do plan to have a variety of trips occurring this year to be inclusive to all abilities.
If you have any questions, thoughts, or ideas please do speak to one of the exec members!
We look forward to seeing you soon!
16:00-18:00
Chill paddle on the Wear with an extra leader! (Yay more spaces on the sign up)
Chill paddle down to prebends bridge, bring bug spray and sun cream!
As usual, bring a spare change of clothes and a towel etc :))
13:00-15:00
With everyone off to the alps, there aren't many leaders left for sessions (big sad), but we are able to run small group sessions with the one leader we have left!
A normal chill session, maybe with some messing around and falling in!
Please bring clothes for on the water, water shoes, a spare change of clothes, a towel, and suncream.
13:00-15:00
With everyone off to the alps, there aren't many leaders left for sessions (big sad), but we are able to run small group sessions with the one leader we have left!
A normal chill Wednesday, maybe with some messing around and falling in!
Please bring clothes for on the water, water shoes, a spare change of clothes, a towel, and suncream.
It's been far too long since DUCC has left the UK to explore kayaking in other places, but there's finally an opportunity!
Provisional dates are 18th June - 2nd July (or thereabouts). This is 2 weeks in total, with 10 days out in the Alps and 2 days travel either side.
We'll be paddling and camping in the Southern French Alps as cheap as we can. For reference, last time the total cost came to ~400 euro for everything - but last time we weren't there as a club, so this price will likely be a bit higher between the higher costs for literally everything but the campsite.
All abilities are welcome here, there are rivers for all abilities! Additionally, we'll be in the Alps - so there's plenty more than just kayaking to do. Last time, a bit of hiking and climbing was thrown in the mix on off days.
This is a PROVISIONAL form - we don't currently have any numbers on drivers and numbers, then depending on dates they can make, this might change.
If you're interested, add your preferred dates as a comment to your signup - that will make the planning much easier.
Regular Wednesday session.
Looks like we may only have one experienced coach this week, so the number of paddlers will be capped at nine initially. If any experienced paddlers are available, this number may be extended.
To help judge the level of supervision required, could everyone please summarise their level of experience when signing up.
