Hull and District Canoe Club

Annual General Meeting 2009

This years annual general meeting will be held at 7pm on Wednesday 25th February 2009.

All members are encouraged to attend and have a say on how your club is run.

Several commitee positions will be vacant at the AGM and anyone interested in becoming a commitee member is welcome to apply.

The clubs annual blunders award will also be presented at the meeting as well as a premiere of the clubs 2008 blunders DVD (if we have time).

Posted: January 3rd, 2009 under Club News, Club Events.
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Hull Daily Mail Photo Shoot

The Hull Daily Mail were down at the pond on Saturday 2nd August to photograph the first ‘Summer Scorcha’ session. Photos will be printed in the Hotshots section of the Mail on Tuesday 5th August.

The summer scorcha scheme is a sports scheme for children run by East Riding Council during the Summer Holidays. HDCC are hosting three sessions after the main pond session during August. This years scheme follows last years successful programme.

A full selection of the photos can be viewed here:

http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/galleries/Hotshots-Canoeing-gallery-251377-detail/gallery.html

Posted: August 5th, 2008 under Club News.
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HDCC Awarded Top Sports Club in East Yorkshire

On Friday 7th March 2008, Hull and District Canoe Club were named as the top sports club in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Below is a write up about the award from our Club Secretary Irene Dudley:

East Riding of Yorkshire Council - Sport & Play Recognition Awards.

In January nominations were invited from residents of the East Riding for the above Awards.
There were 8 categories:

Community Project of the Year
Talented Performer
Team of the Year
Top Club
Top Coach
Top School
Junior Volunteer (under 18)
Unsung Hero

I decided to put our club forward for the Top Club Award. After filling in forms and having to answer many questions over the phone I received a letter stating that we had made the top five in that category. Bill Mercer, Lance Ostler and myself, Irene Dudley were invited to the Awards evening on March 7th 2008 at the Beverley Leisure Complex. This was held in the presence of Councillor Barbara Jefferson who is the Chairman of the East Riding of Yorkshire Council. There was a wine reception, followed by the awards presentations and then a sumptuous buffet supper.
We were also to receive our Level 3 ERCAS award.
I had written that our club could boost many achievements over the last 12 months including achieving the BCU Top Community Club Status, Sport England Club Mark Accreditation and East Riding Club Accreditation Level 3 (there are only 3 clubs in the East Riding to have achieved Level 3). The club had created a new youth canoe polo team, increased membership and had two members who had been selected to play in the GB Canoe Polo Men’s and U21 Squads, also that our top polo team had come 1st in the National Division 2 league.

We received our framed certificate of nomination and then came the Chairman’s Awards where the top two were chosen from the nominated five in each class. When we were called out as the winner of the Top Club I couldn’t believe it and felt very honoured and proud to go up and receive the award, which was another certificate and a lovely glass trophy which will go on display in our cabinet in the pavilion as soon as it is made.

So attending all club forums meetings, pushing many of you to do various courses, Child Protection, Disabled Performers, Equity and First aid paid off - Sorry to all of you who I pushed into doing theses courses.

I am very pleased that all our hard work has paid off.
Perhaps I can sit back and relax a bit !!

Irene Dudley.

Posted: March 11th, 2008 under Club News.
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HDCC achieves Top Club Status!

This November HDCC was awarded Top Club status by the British Canoe Union. The Top Club Clubmark is the Sport England accreditation scheme that sets standards across all quality sports clubs in England. It represents higher standards of safety, coaching, and management.

This award is a fantastic achievement for the club as there are currently only 7 top clubs within the Yorkshire region. It recognises our commitment to young people and to coaching within the club and local community. A big thank you to all members that have helped contribute to this award.

Posted: November 24th, 2007 under Club News.
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New Boats and Equipment

HDCC were recently awarded a large grant for new equipment by the Local Network Fund. This award has now been used to buy new paddles and several new kayaks including the following models: Pyranha Inazone (232), Pyranha G3, Dagger Redline, Dagger Infrared, Dagger RPM, Dagger Dynamo and Dagger Blackwater.

All this now means that combined with our existing open canoes and kayaks the club now own a large and varied fleet of modern boats to suit all sizes and abilities.

If you are thinking of joining HDCC it is worth remembering that you don’t need to have your own boat, all of our boats are available to use at pond sessions and on club trips.

Posted: July 6th, 2007 under Club News.
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HDCC Members make the most of the recent flooding in Beverley

HDCC members Sally-Anne and Katie Neal managed to make the national press as they made the most of the recent flooding in and around the North Bar and Westwood areas of Beverley. Several photos of them enjoying the flood water in their kayaks appeared on the websites of national newspapers. The photos below were taken from the Guardian Newspaper website and MSN.com.

Posted: July 4th, 2007 under Club News.
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