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Poole Harbour Canoe Club
This section contains all the lastest club news as well as archived news. If you have any news or photos that you'd like featured, send them in using the link on the right.
Calling all keyholders! Can you help out during the coming season by volunteering to be the Duty Officer one Wednesday night down at the club hut. The Duty Officers roll is to help people book out and book in club equipment and be the main point of contact for new enquiries. If all key holders can help with one night each we'll have enough to last all season. Want to find out more? Take a look at the Duty Officer checklist there will also be a copy on the door in the club hut
With more and more new paddlers in the club, the committee has put together some guidelines to help paddlers focus on having safe and enjoyable trips in the harbour this year. Please take a minute to read the guidelines here and there'll be a copy on the wall in the club hut shortly.
Download the Canoe Lifeguards Convention Pack (word doc 72k) that contains all the details and application form for this years convention in Weymouth. There's also a poster (PDF 336k) advertising the convention.
This new take on the Viking ceremony traditionally held on the last Tuesday in January, will see a viking long boat replica paddle up to Wareham where we'll enjoy a bonfire and hospitality before a starlit paddle back to the club. If you'd like to help us celebrate King Canute's capturing of the town in 1016 A.D. click on the title link to find out more.
Take a look at the photos in the gallery
As the evenings close in, the winds start to howl and the canoeing family huddles around the open fire. You could patch those spraydecks,clean your stove,retread your bootees, whittle a paddle or attempt the PHCC wordsearch. Please download the wordsearch using the title link, find as many words as possible and get it back to Allen Westerby by the Christmas party and you could win one of these amazing prizes: A bottle of wine, another bottle of wine, some chocolate...( or more chocolate if the winners are under 18).
Alternatively you may enjoy some of these games to relive the action and enjoyment of the summer!
Kit and Kaboodle
www.krazykayak.co.uk
www.kayakcapers.co.uk
www.smallrockets.com/pc/kayak http://library.thinkquest.org/joo3191/page7.html
www.campus-adr.org/fun/riverkayak.html www.gamescene.com/river_kayak.html www.wgcu.org/ckc/explore/games.asp
or help crazy carl catch the fish on..
www.webtechu.com/student/canoe/gamecanoe.html
or for a 3-D slalom adventure...
www.kayak-escape.com/kayak-software.htm
N.B. No responsibility is taken for the reliability of these web sites or any accidents caused whilst kayaking with a computer!
Permission is needed for all groups who use the weir irrespective of numbers. Contact Geoff Goulden to obtain permission and obtain information on where to park and access the river. As much notice as possible please. Read the agreement here.
The PHCC Photo competition has just a few more days left. Categories include: Best Sea Photo, Best Inland Photo, Best Action photo, Best landscape Photo, Best Wildlife Photo, Best comedy shot, PHCC Photo 2006. Get your entries to Ian Mercer ASAP and results will be revealed at the Christmas party. Click the title link to download an entry form.