Welcome to the official web site of the Basingstoke Canal Canoe Club - the BCCC

Waterfront Online (Club News)

This section is new and 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
Fancy trying your hand at racing? Then read about the Autumn mini series>>

A note from the Club Chairman (Liz Murnaghan) regarding volunteers: 'I would like to thank all these volunteers for giving up their time to contribute to the running of the club. Without volunteers, there would not be a Canoe Club. You do not need to be a paddler to help out, so what are you waiting for?' Help Wanted. Situations Vacant>>

Important notice about use of club equipment >>
BCCC 2nd at Thames Valley (Wokingham) Hasler Race on 20th July >> and pictures of the event >>

Event-filled trip to Shepperton Weir >>

BCCC 2nd at Pangbourne Hasler Race >>

Marathon World Cup News >>

A fistful of medals for the BCCC at the Sprint Championships >>

Sea Trip: a beginner gets hooked >>

The June '08 edition of the quarterly Waterfront newsletter is now available on the Waterfront page

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.


General Information

The BCCC is a family club which aims to introduce parents and children to canoeing. The club was formed in 1979 and is affiliated to the British Canoe Union. The club celebrated it's 25th anniversary during 2004 and is one of the largest and most diverse canoeing clubs in southern England.

Check out our newsletter archive to find out what we get up to.

Whilst many clubs specialise in a specific discipline of the sport, we here at the BCCC cater for a wide range of canoeing activities including flat water racing, slalom, touring, white water and sea canoeing. To help encourage newcomers to the club, and existing members broaden their canoeing experience, the club owns a range of both general purpose and specialist boats available to all to use/try/borrow.

Our regular club evening is Tuesdays, from 6:30pm until dusk, at the Basingstoke Canal Centre, Mytchett, Surrey. Here's a if you need one.

Besides our summer-time Tuesday evenings, the club hires a swimming pool at RAF Odiham, every other Sunday evening. You can find all the details on our pool page.

We also organise various trips throughout the year, visiting different kinds of water - fast flowing rivers, weirs, the seaside and other venues, both in the UK and France. Some trips involve camping.