Updated 8th July 2008

Croesy Achieves Top Community Club Status

At the Outdoor Action Show in Cardiff Bay the Club was presented with the award by the President and the CEO of the Welsh Canoeing Association. The awarding of Top Club Status recognises the clubs commitment to the quality provision in four key areas of Activity Programme, Coaching, Duty of Care and Ethics, Club Management.

Whitsun Club Camp 2008 A large group of merry and hardy (fool hardy) campers braved the bank holiday weather for the annual Whitsun Club Camp, at Glan-Y-Mor Inn Campsite. Web site www.glan-y-mor.co.uk Click here for more photos.

Tuesday Nights Canoe Polo Session

Starting Tuesday 3rd June 08

Due to pool space becoming available Croesyceiliog Canoe Club Committee has arranged for a 10 week period of Polo sessions on a Tuesday night from 20:30 – 21:30.

It is intended to use this session for several purposes, these are: -

Polo Coaching – from passing, catching to being a referee
Tactics – How to ‘Zone defence’ or play ‘Five out’
General improvement of the clubs Polo Standard
Friendly games with other clubs

Cost per session is £6.

This is due to the need to pay not only the pool fees but also to cover for pool supplied lifeguards. If adequate regular attendance covers this cost, the fee will be revised accordingly. If during the 10 week booking numbers justify the session further bookings will be made. This will be reviewed by the Club Committee.

Please see Dave Siegel or Nick Spear for further information.

Fun in the Sun in May?

30 members of the club turned out for a river cruise on the River Wye. Shorts and tee shirts were the order of the day, although the water was still a little bit cold so I was told. Click on the photo to see more of the trip.

Junior U14 Polo Day

The Croesy Juniors U14 were out in strength, not only fielding a team but also lending players to two other teams. The results of the weekend are to follow.

The next Junior U18 Polo Competition takes place at
Cardiff Bay, during the festival weekend.
See Nick or Dave for details.

DW Result

Over the Easter weekend Kevin Littlehales, an old member and friend of the club competed in the Devizes to Westminster International Canoe Race. His provisional placing in the Senior Doubles was 7th place, with a time of 19:33:15.

For more about the DW Race click here.

The Usk Race 2008

The date for the Annual Usk Race is set for
7th September 2008

Click here for more details.

Club Dinner Dance

Once again past and present members were welcomed to the annual Club Dinner Dance held on 9rd February 08 at the Parc Golf club.

Usk River Trips

To see a few more photos of resent trips on the Usk click on the photo of young John.

New Level 3 Coach

Congratulations to our new Level 3 coach John Carter and Martin Beer. Thanks must go to again to Paul Marshal, director of Inspire Consulting and Coaching Ltd and the WCA for their support.

Cardiff Bay Water Activity Centre

follow the link here to find out more.

Portugal Surfing Trip

Click on the photo to see moe of the weekend trip.

Afon Tryweryn September 2007

More than 20 club members spent a weekend paddling on the Afon Tryweryn.

Click on the photo to see more of the weekend.

Canoe Polo

Follow the link to the Club's Polo pages to find out about polo matches.
Polo Pages

Supports
The River Access Campaign

FACT:
Only 2% of rivers in England and Wales
have access rights to the public

Find out more here

Illustrations by Andrew Quick