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Weekend of Fun June 27th to 29th

Hi all, Valdi here Picture this, Middle of a forest, house sleeps 63 people, 20 acres of land to relax in, open fire, quiz Sat eve, prizes!!! play volleyball/ badminton in garden, paddle the Wye, (See it from the garden) silly games in eve. Better then Pencelli last summer, (ask Rob and Sian) no set time to leave Sun, stay late. Yes its a Thameswey Weekend, Fri eve to Sun eve. £14 per adult / £7 under 15. for weekend. 3 rooms with 4 beds, the rest 8/9 bed rooms, first come, first served. Single and bunk beds, its basic not 3/4 star, (owned by Polish Scouts) No you don't have to wear shorts and go dib dib!!!. for more info give me a call. This weekend is a MUST. Contact Val to confirm, Email, Phone:01793 631401 or post a message on the Forum here.

Paul & Sue on the Tryweryn April 5th & 6th 2008
While you were all busy doing something Sue and I were bravely checking out the state of the Lower Tryweryn. We met up with our friend John in his Mad River Outrage and Sandie in her Esquif Zepher. Sue paddled the Legend and I squeezed myself into my InaZone (I must have had too many mince pies since last year!)

Nothing very exciting happened on Saturday until we got to Bala Mill Fall - Sandie and I ran the drop happily, but John had a bit of difficulty and ended up swimming. His embarrassment was increased by the fact that one of his drysuit zips had not been done up!

Sunday was much the same - except there was snow on the hill tops and every once in a while a snow flurry hit us. Both days were warmer than we expected and the sun was out - when we could get out of the wind there was real warmth in the sun! Again not much excitement until Bala Mill Fall, again Sandie and I ran it happily and John had difficulty. But today was different - he managed to retrieve the situation and ended up running the chicken shoot without getting wet!

We can report that there are no trees down which will pose problems in three weeks time - but we would be checking that on the trip anyway!

Tuesday evening sessions (2008)
Tuesday evening paddling sessions start again on April 8th and continue on Tuesday evenings until September.

Thameswey canoe club Christmas Party
Come and join Thameswey canoe club celebrates 20 years, 1987  to 2007 at the clubs Christmas disco. The disco is being held at Cirencester Rugby club on Friday 30th November, starts at 7:30pm to 12:00 am
Tickets are £3.00 per ticket.
There will be a local disco, also Rob’s son Adam will be performing live with his band the Tuxedo Tuesdays—Thanks Adam. There is a Licensed bar for all those not driving home. Tickets are limited first come first served basis. For further details click here (you will need MS Publisher to open the link)

Dragon Boat racing
Thanks to all those involved with the Dragon boat racing on 7th October.  It was a fantastic day out.  Congratulations to the adult team and the junior team, 2nd place overall for both teams was a great result.  A massive well done to the juniors though, only losing first place by a second to a team full of much older and larger members, and with only one nights practice in a couple of Canadians strapped together—you should be really proud of yourselves
 

We need your help!
Just to say thank you to all that helped with the Canoe Compound clear up today. I t has made a great improvement to the storage area, & has freed up space for more boats in the future. It was a good effort by all, Thanks again
Rob
                        

Well, I did it!
At 06:35 on Thursday 27th September 2007 I stood on the summit of Kilimanjaro, the highest point on the continent of Africa .

I can honestly say that this trip was one of the hardest and best things I’ve ever done, a truly life-changing experience.

I have put all my pictures on a website if you’d like to see them.   They’ve got captions so you can read for yourself all about the trip.  
The address is http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/Spindletree76/Kilimanjaro

I have loved absolutely every minute of this adventure and just wanted to say a huge thank you once again to all of you who have donated money to Oxfam and supported me along the way.   We visited two Oxfam projects at the end of the trip which you’ll see in the photos, so you can get an idea of the sort of projects that your money will go to help.
Asante and Kwa heri (‘thank you’ and ‘goodbye’ in Swahili!)  

Lynsey

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“Come in and join us, the water’s lovely”  – White Water Safety and Rescue at Canolfan Tryweryn
Whilst a weekend jumping into icy cold rapids is hardly the most inviting prospect – this course is a must for anyone who is serious about paddling on Grade 2 and harder rivers and who takes any responsibility for leading groups.  This is the third time Paul and I have done the course and certainly the best so far – not just because we wisely chose August rather than February this time!  The course has evolved over the last 10 years and is roughly structured around the concept of SRTRG, (another set of initials to add to the coach’s collection).  SRTRG stands for Shout, Reach, Throw, Row, Go.  I am not going to list all that goes under each heading – you need to go on the course for that, but I have created my own version to explain why I think the course is so good.

Read on click here

For further information click here

Want to know where are we meeting next?
Please refer to the Events page for all river trips, pool and lake sessions or contact us either by email or phone.

Lynsey's Kilimanjaro Trek
I will be leaving for Africa on Thursday (20th September) to begin my trek up Mount Kilimanjaro to raise money for Oxfam. As I am expecting to be completely out of contact with the outside world for 10 days, click here to see a copy of the trek's itinerary if you are interested in tracking my progress up the mountain. Thank you to everyone who has supported me in this adventure and see you all soon!

Lynsey

 

Sea kayaking
Stroud Valley CC occasionally run sea kayaking trips,
Anybody wishing to be notified of such trips should contact Paul Gibson