We came, we paddled, we cleaned

Today, Cuckmere Valley Canoe Club joined forces with Buzz Active and the South Downs National Park to take part in British Canoeing’s #ClearAccessClearWaters campaign. Our members took to the water in kayaks, SUPs and canoes. While practising our skills, we also fished out rubbish from around the Meanders and along the Cuckmere River. The most…

Paddling skills workshop

In the past, paddling skills were taught as individual skills, practiced and perfected (hopefully) and then used by the paddler to achieve a particular task. This has changed in that instructors and coaches are now tasked with setting challenges to the trainee paddler and let them learn by experimentation, making mistakes and learning from them.…