Welcome to the Belfast Kayak Club web site

News

»	Membership forms for 2009	Available Here
	Announcing Night Paddle on 4 July 2009 21:00	4 Jul 2009
	Night Paddle/Fireworks/BBQ.	4 Jul 2009
	3 star sea assessment	1 Jul 2009
	Announcing Club Sessions ( Autumn ) on 27 November 2009 20:3	1 Jul 2009
	Robinson Centre , Club Sessions ( Autumn '09 )	1 Jul 2009
	Boats for Hire from MTB - John Hubbuck	27 Jun 2009
	Announcing TEP - Kilclief to Killard Point (Strangford Narro	25 Jun 2009
	TEP 23 June 2009	25 Jun 2009
	Strangford Challenge - the best race in town is back !	24 Jun 2009
	Helens Bay 230609	24 Jun 2009
	3* Sea Assessment on 14 July 2009	24 Jun 2009
	'Traditional 12th July Route' Sea Paddle	24 Jun 2009
	Club boat for next week TEP	24 Jun 2009
	Tuesday Evening Paddle 23rd June (non coaching group)	24 Jun 2009
	VHF Radio Course - New date - Sat 1st Aug	22 Jun 2009
	Many thanks to all our coaches	22 Jun 2009

Selected images from club trips

 

»

View the images in this slideshow on a single page

 

 

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.