🚣 Jan-Feb 2026 🎆

A reminder that our AGM will be held on Monday 2nd February 2026 at the bar of the Marlow Sports Club at 7.30pm. The committee is providing refreshments!

If you haven’t already, get your nominations to Tim for the following our annual awards!

• Most improved male

• Most improved female

• Volunteer of the year

• Coach of the year

• Best competition result

• Swimmer of the year

• …any other worthy category!

We’ve got open positions on the Committee for Marathon, Touring and Freestyle representatives – so if you’ve got ideas, energy, and enthusiasm, drop our Chair (Alex) a line. And if you think you could outshine one of us in another role – Media, Welfare, Treasurer etc… – go ahead and put your name forward!

You do not need to be a qualified leader or coach to organise trips, so please do not let this put you off!

We’re always on the look out for budding Duty Officers, Coaches and Leaders. So if you fancy helping out on club sessions or trips, get in touch with Chloe our Coaching Officer, who can chat to you about next steps.

Despite record paddlesport participation, cold water shock remains a primary cause of accidental drownings in the UK’s typically sub-15°C waters. This infographic from Paddle UK provides techniques on how to manage the body’s involuntary physical response during those first critical seconds of immersion:

👉 Handy reads: Winter Paddling Clothing and Cold Water Shock Advice.

To mark 50 years of Marlow Canoe Club, we’ll be hosting a weekend of celebrations on Sat 20th and Sun 21st June – so get it in your diaries! More details to come but expect lots of paddling and BBQ food!

Our 50 Paddle Challenge is underway, but we need more entries people! We’re collating 50 unique paddle trips from our members – one paddle per person, anywhere in the world.

Whether it’s a peaceful Thames glide or an overseas expedition, we want your story on the water! The top 50 paddles will feature in a commemorative book and be showcased at our 50th anniversary social in summer 2026.

📢👉 DOWNLOAD A SUBMISSION FORM HERE! 👈📢

Thanks so much for your patience as we navigate the ongoing bridgeworks. We promise we’re not keeping secrets – conversations and negotiations are still in motion, and as soon as there’s solid news, you’ll be the first to know!

Alex, our Chair, will give you the latest at the AGM on 2nd February (7.30pm, Marlow Sports Club bar).

We were deeply saddened to hear of the recent passing of Paul Squires and Charles Pain. Both were valued members of Marlow Canoe Club, and it’s been touching to hear from their families and friends just how much happiness the club brought them. Our thoughts are with their loved ones during this time.

A reminder that our AGM will be held on Monday 2nd February 2026 at the bar of the Marlow Sports Club at 7.30pm. The committee is providing refreshments!

Great opportunity to practice skills in clean water! Sign up on member mojo.

New to whitewater? Get in touch if you’re keen to get started. Frequent paddlers, sign up on the Spond App and email our equipment officer to reserve a club boat.

New to whitewater? Get in touch if you’re keen to get started. Frequent paddlers, sign up on the Spond App and email our equipment officer to reserve a club boat.

New to whitewater? Get in touch if you’re keen to get started. Frequent paddlers, sign up on the Spond App and email our equipment officer to reserve a club boat.

New to surfing? Get in touch if you’re keen to get started. Frequent paddlers, sign up on the Spond App and email our equipment officer to reserve a club boat.

To mark 50 years of Marlow Canoe Club, we’ll be hosting a weekend of celebrations on Sat 20th and Sun 21st June – so get it in your diaries! More details to come but expect lots of paddling and BBQ food!

Note from Simon, our Sea Officer:

“I have just spent a great weekend in Anglesey with Portsmouth Canoe Club that included rock hopping, big swell and tide races, all under the watchful eye of excellent advanced sea kayak leaders. If there is sufficient interest (between 8-16 paddlers) I will organise a trip for us. The trip would be open to paddlers from novice (some sea experience) to advanced on a 1:4 coaching ratio. The coaching would be provided by Sea Kayaking UK Adventures (www.skukadventures.com) at a cost £200pp. Accommodation would be at the Anglesey Outdoor Centre where we could camp or book out a bunkhouse to ourselves (not included in the above price).

I am looking at the weekend of 19/20th September 2026. This may seem like very advance planning but both accommodation and coaches will get booked up once we get into the New Year. It is at least a 5.5hr drive so we would travel up on the Friday.

I will create an event in Spond so please accept it if you want to go. We can then secure everything with a deposit in January.”