Cumbria Canoeists, is the brand name of the British Canoeing, Regional Development Team (RDT) supporting paddlesport in Cumbria.
Wherever you are on your paddlesport journey we can help. We are the local branch of British Canoeing and are here to support paddlers in the county either directly or through local clubs. Have a look at what is on offer and get in touch if we can help.

Chair and Vice Chair comments

A warm welcome to 2021 to all the Cumbria paddling fraternity – clubs, centres, youth organisations, coaches, leaders and all paddlers in Cumbria.
The summer allowed our sea kayak programme to be delivered, with smaller groups and some Covid restrictions, but a number of great trips were run and recorded by our volunteer team of organisers/leaders – so a big thank you to all those involved.
The November Zoom AGM, had a record breaking turnout and we expressed our farewell and thanks to Alan Ashby, standing down from the Cumbria Canoeists management team and as our sea kayak rep, with plans for a paddle as a more personal occasion to record our gratitude, and share memories.
We are pleased to welcome a number of new Cumbria Canoeists volunteers, keen to join our management team:  Rob Wilson as Treasurer, Michelle Reason as Sea Kayak Rep and Jamie Magee as Webmaster, to whom we are VERY grateful.
Our new Management Team and Reps have had a number of Zoom meetings, and spent a lot of time working out how to do things differently. We have some great plans, outlined and agreed (if CV19 allows) for 2021.  

Happy New Year to you all and looking forward to a dynamic 2021 paddling season.

Mike Sunderland                                                                             Mac Knowles
Chair of Cumbria Canoeists                                                          Vice Chair of Cumbria Canoeists
Coaching.cumbria@vol.britishcanoeing.org.uk                 M.knowles7@icloud.com

What's on in the next FEW months: 

Obviously we are unable to offer any events at the minute but we are optomistically planning for the year ahead. Please see the calendars for planned events, feel free to express an interest as we will try to run events even if we have to move the date!

• The NEW SUP programme, starting in spring, in partnership with Killington Sailing Association
• The NEW “Muck Experience” coaching week for improver sea kayakers
• The NEW March Sea Kayak Demo Day in partnership with a new local company, “Cumbrian Kayaking”, based out of the National Park Centre, Brockhole, Windermere.
• The NEW sea kayak starter programme.
• The NEW sea kayak events programme.
• The NEW monthly coach/leader CPD Zoom. Our first CPD Zoom session in December attracted over 50 participants. Our next CDP Zoom session. on the Leadership Award Changes is on Thursday Jan 14th.
• The NEW Coach/leader Update workshops, created and delivered by a new Cumbria Coach/Leader delivery team in Cumbria.
• The NEW Open Boat Training/Events programme
• The NEW 2021 “Youth River Running” programme
• The NEW sea kayak coach training programme, coming soon, working with WildRiver

As you can see; the grass has NOT grown under the feet of the NEW Cumbria Canoeists Reps and Management Team.

If your appetite is wetted by some of the 2021 plans above, but details are not apparent on the website, please contact Mike Sunderland - Chair and Coaching/Leadership Rep or Mac Knowles- Vice Chair - expressing your interest.
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If you are new to paddling feel free to contact us or book on to one of the introductory sessions which can be found in one of the discipline-specific pages 

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Regional Calendar:
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