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WATERFRONT ON-LINE (Club News)

This section is intended for articles of current interest. If you want an article published then please see the Waterfront page. Click on the highlighted headline for more details of the story

School Holidays? Want something to do? Various trips being organised. Read this.
BCCC hosted the 2010 Hampshire Games canoeing event. Read the Case Study.
The June 2010 edition of the BCCC Waterfront newsletter is now available on the Waterfront page.
Upcoming trip: Sat 10th July 2010: Yat Picnic: a day's fun at the popular whitewater intro spot on the Wye. See details.
25th May 2010: Paddlepower went to Shepperton Weir. See Brian's report.
New club trips announced, including the revised B3C annual Pub Crawl- see trips page.
Club points table from the 2010 BCCC Hasler Race . Full race results on the Flatwater Racing page.
15 May 2010: Hamble Estuary Paddle. See report.
Rose meets Old Harry. See report. Includes an interesting caption contest..
Cardington trip May 2010 - see report.
Open Canoe trip on River Wey on 10th april 2010 - see report.
BCCC scoops prizes in 2010 Devizes to Westminster race. See report.
BCCC paddlers at Gent Marathon.
Devizes to Westminster 2010 - read about Jason and Nigel's preparation.
Report from Mark and Neil on Waterside D 2010.
Waterside 'D' 2010 : Outstanding performances by BCCC paddlers: Team Trophy, new record and more!
PADDLEPOWER and other training for 2010 announced - see the training page. N.B. first Paddlepower Enrolment will be on Tuesday 30th March 2010 from 6.30 to 7.30pm at Mytchett.
Bored? Want to try Dragon Boating, Slalom, Sprints, White Water and more in a fun team environment? The good news is that B3C still has places on our Paddlesport Challenge Team for this season. See details.
Waterside 'C' 2010 : an ice report and... some excellent photos from Richard Boreham.
A very wet and cold Thameside '2' 2010 .
Brian Biffin has announced the 2010 Canoe ("that's proper Open Canadian Canoes") courses and trips.. See details. This includes the 2010 sea trips.
From 1st March 2010 the Basingstoke Canal will be dammed from Double Bridge to Crookham Wharf Bridge to enable repairs to be made to the West Hart Embankment. The isolated section between these bridges will then be drained down. See details from the BCA.
Winter Racing - includes a report and pictures from the 2010 Waterside 'B'.
Did you know......the BCCC Committee meeting minutes are published on the Policies and Documents page.
For the 2nd year running, BCCC has achieved second place in the Canoe England Club of the Year Competition.
Winter Training..
Odiham Swimming Pool: Courses and sessions for Spring 2010 now on the pool page.
2010 Trips announced - see the trips page.
Club event and racing calender 2010
BCCC's first Canoe Orienteering Event was held on 28th Nov 2009 - See the results.
The 30th BCCC AGM was held on 13th November 2009. Draft minutes are available in the Document Library. Club Award winners are also listed in the Virtual Trophy Cabinet.
A trip to the Barle in October 2009 was organised by the Youth Committee to experience white water but, as Dan says, low water meant a late change in plans.. See Dan's Report... and.... Lauren's report (with pictures).
Please send photos of the event to the Waterfront editor: .
The Youth Section of the website is now active! See link on left-hand side of this screen.
Report on the 2009 Henley Hasler.
Report on the 2009 National (Marathon) Championships.
Report on the 2009 Southampton Hasler.
Club equipment usage policy has been revised.
Challenging day at Symonds Yat trip on 19th July 2009. See trips page.
BCCC wins Gold Medals at the July 2009 BCU Canoe Sprint Racing Regatta. See Ruth's report.
Surrey Heath Sports Awards 2009: BCCC members win "Young Sports Team of the Year" award.
BCCC are Runners Up in the 2009 BCU Club of the Year Competition.
BCCC takes 3rd place in 2008-9 BCU Southern Region Paddlesport competition. Report and pictures
BCCC Hosted the Hampshire Youth Games on 20th June 2009. Report and pictures
Sea trip from Lulworth Cove on 13th July 2009. Report and pictures
Report on the June 2009 Nottingham Sprints.
Report on the International Junior Sprint Kayak Regatta held in Gent.
Club member's successes at sprint events. See attached for more details
Canoe sailing? Liz and Rose tackle the sailing element of their BCU 3* assessment on 6/5/09.
Jason and James on our April 16th trip to the much improved Symonds Yat rapids on the river Wye.

BUY AND SELL

A new BUY and SELL page has been added to the site, managed by Brian Biffin. If you have stuff you want to sell, or stuff you need, please drop him a mail - .

Anti Social Behaviour

Sadly there are some people about who have decided to throw stones at paddlers.
If this happens to you please call the Police on 999 as soon as possible, it is an assault. If you see some bad behaviour that you feel doesn't merit Police involvement then call the Canal Centre on 01252 370073 (Office hours) or 078944 425588 (Out of office hours).
Stay safe, your first priority is yourself and the group you are paddling with.

The barrier to the field

Club members can use the BCCC key in the boathouse to open the barrier. Members can also buy their own copy of the barrier key from Basingstoke Canal Authority.
If you unlock the the barrier then you must lock it again immediately after use.
N.B. If this procedure is not followed then we risk losing vehicle access to the field.