Durham University Canoe Club

DUCC has just spent the best part of 2 weeks in the sunny French alps. Here is the photo dump.

To burn off the excessive amount of baguette and Sangria we usually ran 3 sections a day, including:

✅️ Briancon gorge
✅️ Upper Guil
✅️ Château Queyras
✅️ Middle Guil
✅️ Guardian Angel Gorge
✅️ Middle Ubaye
✅️ Fresquiere
✅️ Ubaye Racecourse
✅️ Ubaye Gorge
✅️ Upper Guisane
✅️ Lower Guisane
✅️ Gyr
✅️ Gyronde
✅️ Sunshine run
✅️ Veneon

For some of us, however, this wasn't enough paddling, and we then went to Austria for a week.

This week DUCC’s Wednesday warriors embarked on the annual camping trip to the Wye valley!
Here are a few highlights:

1. The crew!
2. Efficient car packing with - who needs legroom anyway?
3. Chaddie
4. Mooring up for lunch
5. The sandwich factory
6. Canoe handstand
7. Camp dobble
8. A SUP train
9. Fajita cooking under a double rainbow
10. It might have rained a bit
11. Synchronised handstanding by Arun and Anaya
12. Zak, , and enjoying a brief moment of sun
13. Sausage party with
14. evading brutal .earl26 attack
15. Top tier balancing by
16. and Zak cruising
17. Drying clothes and toes round the campfire
18. A sunset to end a lovely week

Thanks to everyone who came along!
Missed the trip this year? Fear not! There are still a few more chill paddle sessions in Durham left before the end of term! Please get in touch if you are interested!

The DUCC annual BBQ social is on Saturday, 30th May, at 2pm. Meet at the boathouse, and we will then make our way to the racecourse for a chill afternoon.

Please bring your own drinks, food will be provided. Please let us know of any dietary requirements.

Please sign up on the website so I know how much food to buy.

DM us if you have any questions.

Sign up on durhamunicanoe.co.uk. DM us if you have any questions.

Summer Term Week 2 Timetable has arrived! Signup on the website tomorrow at 17:00!

2 of the club’s resident gingers headed south down to Norwich on the 20th of March to spend the weekend racing both 200 and 500 metres, in k1 and k2. Ryan also competed in the 5k. The weekend included a strong 3rd place finish in the 200-metre relay. Photos/videos and descriptions below:

1. The dynamic duo!
2. Tate and Ryan claiming their podium spot for the 200-metre relay.
3. False start on 200-metre relay.
4. Tate’s rapid start on the 200-metre relay (lane 5).
5. Ryan narrowly finishing the race in 3rd (lane 5).
6. Tate’s 200-metre race.
7. Broken k2 in 200-metres (lane 5).
8. Narrowly beating Loughborough in 500-metres despite the same broken k2.
9. Ryan finishing 200-metres (lane 5).
10. Tate almost paddling across the line in his 500-metre.
11. Tates preferred method of transport.

Summer Membership Deal!!

We are offering a reduced membership rate for the Easter term. It is only £15. As well as this, you can come along to one free session before committing to purchasing membership.
Third term is a great time to try something new and do some kayaking on the river. Evening paddles are also a great way to de stress from exam season. All equipment is provided. If you have any questions send us a message.

Membership should be paid into the following account, please send us a message once you’ve done so.
Name: Durham University
Sort Code: 202766
Account Number: 53770109
Reference: InitialSurnameSummer (eg. MDelaneySummer)

Sign up for sessions on our website durhamunicanoe.co.uk. See the pinned FAQ post for more details and directions to our boathouse. We hope to see some of you there!

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