Kayak & Canoe Club - University of Birmingham Sport

The University of Birmingham Kayak & Canoe Club is proudly sponsored by Grant Thornton. Click on logo to open website (opens in new window)

Club captain: Rhys Roberts

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Introduction

We are a very active club that aims to bring together people of all kayaking abilities and improve their skills. We cater for all skill levels from complete novices to experts.

We run regular pool sessions to teach the basic skills needed to take out onto white water rivers and play canoe polo. We also build novices up to taking British Canoe Union star awards. All our coaching is all done within the club, and we are very lucky to have enthusiastic qualified coaches, as well as some very competent river leaders.

The club takes part in four competitive disciplines, the BUCS recognised White Water Race, Slalom and Canoe Polo; and the National Student Rodeo.

Recent successes:

• Silver BUCS medal for our First Ladies Team at the BUCS White Water Race.

• 8th overall at the BUCS Whitewater Race.
• 4th for our Ladies Canoe Polo Team at BUCS Canoe Polo Championships (narrowly missed out in a place in the final due to a lucky golden goal by the opposition in the semi-final, and a golden goal in the playoff!).
• 6th overall at BUCS Slalom Championships, with two of our ladies being placed above ranked slalom paddlers.

Interesting facts:

• Our club takes part in various different kayaking disciplines including whitewater river running, canoe polo, kayak surfing, and freestyle.

• We run regular weekend trips away, and often go to the French Alps for a few weeks in the summer.

Club training

General: Tuesday 8:30 - 10:30pm

General canoe polo: Wednesday 8:00 - 9:00pm

Canoe polo team training: Friday 9:00 - 10:30pm