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Current Status
| If you have anything to do with kayaking, canoeing, or any
watersports for that matter, feel free to send them/it to me on this email
address:
enquire@ikayak.co.uk
Photographs, Stories, Events, Second hand kit, whatever you think would look
good on this site!
There will be forums for discussion and events, a calendar and a gallery.
If you want to help run a part of this site, please feel free to contact
me.
Thanks, Sam
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Welcome to the new (and final) site
| This site has had it's ups and downs, but finally after some extensive thinking and mulling over, I decided that the best thing would to be to 'go back' (even though it's just as good) to the original style site.
The basic reason for this change was that I was used to the old style, and the new Mambo stuff that was being used for the last version was a pain in the ****. So there you go!! |
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Kayak Capers Thermal Mugs! Available Now!
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Cardiff harbour authority is running their Second Canoe Festival in Cardiff Bay.
The festival will cover all aspects of the sport with a strong trade presence and the authority would like freestyle to be a part of the weekend.
As yet Cardiff still has no white water facilities however the Harbour Authority has commissioned a Freestyle Ramp to pull moves from. The Ramp itself will be placed in the heart of the bay in full view of the public. This is a good opportunity to show off some freestyle moves and there may be some cash prises confirmed soon.
Note: once again from UK freestyle...
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An initial selection event for a GB squad will take place on the 14th/15th
October 2006 at Holme Pierrepont. The squad will consist of greater numbers
of paddlers in each discipline than will be selected for the team (approx.
twice the number - although exact numbers have not been decided yet).
Note: From www.ukfreestyle.com (thanks!)
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This year the Youth Freestyle Series is even bigger and better than last year with more prizes, more coaching and it’s more than just freestyle!
The Youth Freestyle Series consists of 5 paddling events across the UK. The main focus of the events is fun freestyle competition, but there is also free coaching available on freestyle, river awareness and safety (there are limited places available for coaching so you will need to book early for this). This year there is also a boater X event (where sites allow) where paddlers will race head to head down the river.
The event is open to all progressing white-water paddlers aged 18 and under (age at 1st Jan 2006).
Events
8th April 2006 – Llangollen
3rd June 2006 – Nene
16th July 2006 – Teeside
22nd July 2006 – Boulters
2nd September 2006 – Series Final, Nottingham
Note: From www.ukfreestyle.com (thanks!)
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Kayak Capers Games online
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T-shirts-
Can you pass this around you paddling friends. Due to a print cockup we have some films made up for t-shirts that will go off in the next few days.
We have 13 Access t-shirts going for first come first served for a £10. (normally£13).
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So, I've just started my new Degree in Outdoor srudies here at St. Martins College (formerly the Charlotte Mason Teaching College) in Ambleside, at the north end of lake Windemere.
This is one of the prime locations in the UK for paddling activities- with over 200 rivers about the area to play on and explore!
For your information I'm having the time of my life!!
I'm sure that if you are here at St. Martins with me that you'll be havin a good time too- and thats the idea really, isn't it? So there you go- enjoy the site!
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Dear All,Keep checking out Kayak Capers - http://www.kayakcapers.co.uk over the next coming weeks. We will soon be adding Games to the range of products to play on your PC.Games can be commisioned or lincenced to use on your own websites.Coming soonQuicky
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Kayak Capers online
Kayak Capers have now updated there site to offer Mountain and snow wear as well as little critters - the latest in kids (and big kids) t-shirts.
All can be found at www.kayakcapers.co.uk
Quicky
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The system of qualifications for the coaching of Paddlesports is agreed jointly by the four Associations' Coaching Panels that make up BCU Coaching UK – the Canoe Association of Northern Ireland, the Scottish Canoe Association, the Welsh Canoe Association and the English Coaching Panel.
Achieving an award is straight forward. However, Paddlesport is a diverse sport, and the wide range of tests and qualifications needed to service its many different facets can make things appear complicated. All is explained, however, in the following pages and as such you are advised to read carefully the various syllabi and procedures required to achieve your goal.
Note: How to become a coach is also in our downloads section as a PDF.
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Well, as you can all probably tell, it's nearly the time of year that we get out on the rivers, and also get out the thermals!
If there's any sort of event that is worth going to, then please add it to the events list on here. Also, if you want to organise an event, then feel free to add the event to our listings.
As we are going into the Autumnal part of the year, there is more and more water in the rivers- lets use it!! So- a good start to warm everyone up for the season is Llangollen (Nomads>Eddylines>whatever you want to call it
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Following the success of Team GB at this year’s Freestyle Kayaking World Championships, the competition focus moves to home soil. Nottingham is host to Europe’s most prestigious freestyle kayaking events - The Euro Cup 2005 and the European Championships 2006. Set to attract 300 of Europe’s best whitewater kayakers from 20 countries, these events look set to put Nottingham well and truly on the world freestyle circuit.
Note: Further information:
www.eurofreestylekayak.com
Euro Freestyle Kayak Office
Tel: +44(0)115 981 3222
Fax: +44(0)115 982 6743
info@eurofreestylekayak.com
Events Office
Current Trends
Adbolton Lane
West Bridgford
Nottingham
NG2 5AJ
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25th to 26th June 2005
The Cheshire Ring race is a 96 mile race or challenge along the 6 canals of the Cheshire Ring. This can be paddled “all the way” in singles or doubles or as a relay. The favourite relay format is for ten paddlers in a double tourer or K2, with each pair being a senior and a lady or junior, but we can accommodate any reasonable relay format. Good times for the tourer relay are around 21 hours with most aiming to finish in less than 24 hours. The K1 all the way record is 18 hours 14 minutes.
Note: See http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/cheshireringrace/
For more details or contact jk_rjk@hotmail.com or phone 01625 574093.
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The BBC filmed a short piece concerning access to rivers as part of BBC1’s Country File series of programmes. It was shown of Sunday 16th January 2005.
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Other Stories
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· Kayak Capers Thermal Mugs
(May 02, 2006)
· Cardiff Harbour FreeStyle Ramp Event
(Apr 04, 2006)
· GB team selection for World Champs 2007
(Apr 04, 2006)
· Youth Freestyle series 2006
(Apr 04, 2006)
· Kayak Capers Games
(Jan 28, 2006)
· Kayak capers Games
(Jan 28, 2006)
· Access T-shirts - Quick offer
(Oct 07, 2005)
· Ambleside!
(Sep 30, 2005)
· Paddling Games on your PC
(Sep 30, 2005)
· Kayak Capers Update
(May 12, 2005)
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