Welcome to the Belfast Kayak Club web site

News

»	Membership forms for 2010	Available Here
	Announcing Sea paddle , Fisherman's Quay Carrickfergus on 10	8 Mar 2010
»	Kayaking :: Kayarchy - sea kayaking resources	8 Mar 2010
	4* sea training 2nd course 27th - 28th March	8 Mar 2010
	Richie's Canoeing Class	6 Mar 2010
	Open Boat Training 6th. March	5 Mar 2010
	Announcing Salt Island Kayak Quiz and BBQ 10th April on 10 A	3 Mar 2010
»	Kayaking :: Decathlon has cheap cag	2 Mar 2010
»	Kayaking :: Paddle Ecuador - email from provider	2 Mar 2010
	Announcing Afternoon paddle to Copeland on 4 March 2010 14:0	2 Mar 2010
»	Kayaking :: Kayaking the Amazon	28 Feb 2010
	More Medals than the British Winter Olympic Squad !	28 Feb 2010
	Club membership 2010	27 Feb 2010
	Announcing Splash And Dash on 27 February 2010 09:00	27 Feb 2010
	Announcing River Sunday on 28 February 2010 10:00	26 Feb 2010
	Announcing Coaches Meeting - Tentative Date on 23 March 2010	25 Feb 2010
	No More Friday Pool Sessions/Feedback	25 Feb 2010

Selected images from club trips

 

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The club is open to all members of the public and is intended to promote kayaking and canoeing in a cross community environment. The club is mostly non-competitive and we aim to encourage people to feel safe and confident in a white water or sea environment, but we also have an intensely competitive polo team. To build confidence and good basic skills, we try to get as many people as possible to obtain British Canoe Union Beginners and Intermediate Certificates (1-3 star). To achieve this we run a number of training courses, which are open to all members at no cost.

Club members can participate in any of the canoeing or kayaking disciplines: open (Canadian) canoeing, white water, surf and sea kayaking are all catered for. In 2007 the club ran 138 trips across the North of Ireland. In 2008 this figure went up to 164.

Club members use the pool at the Robinson Centre Montgomery Road, Belfast on a Wednesday night 8.30 - 9.30pm and a Saturday morning at 9.00 - 10am, with polo practice at the earlier time of 8.00 - 9.00am. These sessions are NOT RUN BY Belfast Kayak Club, however they are supervised by some of the club's coaches for the Robinson Centre. Note that these sessions are public and not limited to club members, so potential members are welcome to come along and talk to the coaches.

The Club is a registered charity XR60023 and is affiliated to the Canoe Association of Northern Ireland (BCUNI/477/club/2002).

Members of the Public are actively encouraged to participate in Club activities - We are a community-based organisation.

The Club Chairman for 2008,2009 is Peter Dew.