Friday the 13th from 7pm – 8:15pm

Working with our partners at Horsenden Primary School, we are to offer a free pool sessions on Friday 13th December 2024, from 7pm till 8:15pm at the school pool on Horsenden Lane, North, UB6 0PD.

Safety

The first half hour will be for those wishing to do capsize drills, both for new paddlers, who have never been before (or those who have been coming but not done a capsize drill). We will also due drills with Spay-decks for those who wish to use spray-decks on our slalom boats at Harefield.

These sessions are not a prerequisite to joining our canal sessions, as falling out of a boat is quite easy, however, it is nicer to do it in a swimming pool and help build up everybody’s’ confidence. However, if you want to wear a spray-deck during our Slalom or Wild Water Racing Sessions, then you do need to attend a session.

Rolling

This is aimed at our slalom and River Racing paddlers, so they can learn to right a boat having capsized, without getting out. You need to be wearing a spray-deck, so spray-deck drill first. This has numerous advantages, it means you can complete a race as you can get upright again, and also during training you don’t have to get out and empty out, saving you time efforts and enabling you to do more training (you will also get a lot of cheers from you fellow paddlers when you come up again).

Spaces are very limited as we can only have 6 boats in the water at anyone time, so please book your space, by texting 07951 770241 or emailing greenford@thesharks.org.uk.

As this is the last pool session of the year, we thought it would be nice to go to the Black Horse in Sudbury afterwards for a drink and a chat.

Published 3rd December 2024