Welcome to the Belfast Kayak Club web site

News

»	To contact or join BKC	Look Here !
»	Beginners Course @ Shaw's Bridge - Finished! Well done everyone :-)	Next Course Oct 2010
»	It's Liffey time again! 30km (18 miles), 11 wiers, 184 million gallons of water. Check out Kevin's Trip Report, Desi's video and the Course Map
»	Summer Whitewater in France Check out Will's Trip Report and Roy's Trip Report
»	Track that shark tag ... by special request from Kevin	Here
	Strangford Challange 11th Sept - Cancelled	2 Sep 2010
	Announcing TEP - 7th Sept Venue to be confirmed on 7 Septemb	2 Sep 2010
	Sun Fish	1 Sep 2010
	Some good articles from CanoeNI.com	1 Sep 2010
	Liffey	31 Aug 2010
	Update on Basking Shark Tag	30 Aug 2010
»	Buying And Selling :: VERY old Kayak for Sale	30 Aug 2010
	Liffey	29 Aug 2010
	Announcing TEP - Copelands 31st Aug on 31 August 2010 19:00	29 Aug 2010
	France trip reports	29 Aug 2010
	REWARDSURGENT-Basking Shark Satellite Tag near Larne Lo	29 Aug 2010
	Announcing Copeland Play on 28 August 2010 13:30	27 Aug 2010
	SeaBoat and equipment still for sale	27 Aug 2010
	Announcing Saturday Paddle, Cushendun/Carnlough on 25 August	25 Aug 2010
	Announcing Sunday Cycling on 29 August 2010 10:00	25 Aug 2010
»	Buying And Selling :: Pyranha Orca sea kayak for sale	24 Aug 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. In 2009 it went up to 205.

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.