Addlestone Canoe Club

28/09/2026

🍂🚣 SEPTEMBER ROUND UP! 🚣🍂

What a busy September it’s been at Addlestone Canoe Club!

🏆 We kicked off the month at Holme Pierrepont, with members competing at both the National Sprint Championships & Freestyle Championships. Huge congratulations to Jack on his Junior Freestyle silver medal 🥈 & good luck with selections in October! Well done too to Henry for reaching a final at his first National Sprint Regatta & to everyone who competed.

🙌 We were also very proud to receive the Volunteer Award at the National Sprint Regattas this year, on occasion we’ve definitely outnumbered our paddlers! 😂

🧹 Our Club Clear Up Day was a huge success, getting everything looking winter ready, before we enjoyed our annual Fun Regatta & BBQ, complete with silly races, race boats, plastic boats & plenty of soggy paddlers!

🌊 Our whitewater paddlers have been busy at Lee Valley, challenging themselves on the Legacy & Olympic courses, while our racers headed to the Pangbourne Hasler, bringing home some great results & promotions.

💪 We were proud to host a fantastic Paracanoe Fun & Engagement Day, trying different boats & adaptations, learning about classifications & hearing some inspiring stories.

🏁 We finished the month with a brilliant turnout at the Elmbridge Hasler, with lots of Addlestone paddlers making the podium, while some of our whitewater crew headed to South Wales for a weekend of paddling, surfing & fun!
What a month! Racing, freestyle, whitewater, paracanoe, volunteering & plenty of fun along the way 💙
A huge well done & thank you to everyone who has been part of it!

04/09/2026

🌊 Thames 200km Ultra - Addlestone 1-3-0! 🛶

Three Addlestone Canoe Club paddlers took on the huge challenge of the Thames 200km Ultra as Team Addlestone 1-3-0, a playful nod to the classic TV series Hawaii Five-O, with 1-3-0 representing their combined ages of 130! 😄

At just 16 years old, William was the youngest member of the team and put in an incredible effort, paddling three legs and covering an impressive 91km of the 200km course.

Andrew drew the short straw, taking on two legs during the night. Poor light and low water levels made some of the portages particularly tricky, and despite struggling with back pain, he persevered to keep the team going. 💪

Paul took over in the early hours of the morning, completing his leg before handing back to William for the final stretch, and a sprint finish to the line! 🏁

A brilliant team effort and a fantastic achievement from William, Andrew and Paul. 👏👏👏

Their adventure has already inspired a few more Addlestone paddlers, so we have a feeling ACC will be back at the Thames 200 next year… although perhaps a K2 team might make the relay a little easier! 👀🛶

Huge congratulations to Team Addlestone 1-3-0! 🎉

17/07/2026

Last weekend, Addlestone Canoe Club took part in the National Marathon Championships at Laleham Park on the River Thames, right on our doorstep!

It was an incredible weekend of racing in some very hot conditions, with our paddlers showing determination and resilience throughout. We had both junior and masters paddlers competing in K1 and K2 events across their respective age groups, taking on the challenge of racing at national championship level.

The highlight of the weekend was undoubtedly the Mixed K2 race, where two Addlestone Canoe Club crews went head to head on the start line alongside 70 boats from across the country, creating an exciting finale to a fantastic weekend of marathon racing.

A huge thank you to Wey Kayak Club and all the volunteers for organising such a fantastic event. We really appreciate all the time and effort that went into making the weekend such a success.

📸 Photo credit: Antony Edmonds. Thank you for capturing some fantastic moments from the weekend

02/07/2026

🚣‍♀️ What a day for Addlestone Canoe Club at the Wey Hasler Marathon! 💙

For a small club, we had an incredible turnout, with some fantastic performances, podium finishes and well earned promotions throughout the day.

A huge shout out to Jack, Oliver and Ethan, who all completed their first ever marathon race, an amazing achievement and, hopefully, the first of many! 👏

Special congratulations to:
🥇 Henry – 1st place & promoted to Division 7
🥉 Aash – 3rd place
🥉 Ethan – 3rd place
🥇 Immi & Andy – 1st place
🥉 Chris & Nigel – 3rd place
⬆️ James – promoted to Division 8

Whether you stood on the podium, earned a promotion or simply challenged yourself by taking to the start line, you should all be incredibly proud. It’s brilliant to see so many of our members embracing marathon racing and supporting one another throughout the day.

A big thank you to everyone who raced, volunteered and cheered from the sidelines, you all helped make it such a fantastic event.

Also on the Whitewater side of the club, congratulations to Freya who passed her Lee Valley Legacy assessment.

Congratulations, Team ACC! 💙🚣

23/06/2026

What a busy time for Addlestone Canoe Club! 🚣‍♂️☀️

On Saturday we hosted a fun regatta for our racers, with our friends from Wey Kayak Club joining us on the water. The day featured a mixture of sprint races and fun events, with plenty of laughs along the way. The adults even demonstrated the legendary chariot race to the juniors!

On Sunday, a small but determined ACC team headed to the Richmond Hasler Marathon. Racing in the heat was no easy task, so well done to everyone who took part and represented the club brilliantly.

There was more good news from the whitewater side of the club, with several junior and adult paddlers achieving important milestones at Lee Valley White Water Centre. Congratulations to Ethan, Daniel and Cat, who all passed their Legacy assessments. Also a huge well done to William and Gavin, who successfully passed their Olympic assessments, a fantastic achievement for both paddlers.

Well done to everyone involved. Another great weekend of paddling, racing and progression across the club! 👏🚣

15/06/2026

A huge congratulations to Jack, who recently competed at the 2026 Paddle Europe Freestyle Championships as part of the Great Britain team! 🇬🇧🌊

The Junior Men’s competition produced some of the highest standards seen in recent years, with an incredibly strong field and athletes regularly scoring over 1,000 points across their best rides.

We’re especially proud that Jack secured his place in the semi-finals, competing against some of Europe’s very best junior freestyle paddlers. To represent Great Britain on the international stage is an outstanding achievement and a testament to the hard work and dedication he puts into his paddling.

Well done Jack, everyone at Addlestone Canoe Club is incredibly proud of you! 👏🚣‍♂️🇬🇧

12/06/2026

🚣‍♀️ Another action-packed couple of weekends for Addlestone Canoe Club!

🏆 Huge congratulations to our marathon paddlers:

🥇 William stormed to 1st place in Div 4 at the Wokingham Hasler Marathon, earning promotion to Div 3 with a brilliant finish!

🥇 David also took 1st place at the Maidstone Hasler Marathon, continuing his fantastic run of results.

🌊 Meanwhile, our younger paddlers were out in force at the Elmbridge Sprints, representing the club brilliantly and gaining valuable race experience.

From marathon racing to sprint events, whitewater sessions to regattas, it’s been nonstop lately, and we’re proud of every member who’s been out there flying the ACC colours.

👏 Well done everyone!

29/05/2026

☀️ What a busy week we had at Addlestone Canoe Club, in the glorious British sunshine! 🛶🌊

Saturday saw some of our racers team up with Wey Kayak Club for a fantastic long paddle from Wey Kayak Club to Addlestone Canoe Club. A special shout out to our youngest club member, who paddled the entire distance with a smile on their face from start to finish, an amazing achievement! 👏🚣

A couple of our racers also took on the Reading Circuit Hasler Race. Racing in extremely hot conditions was no easy task, but they both dug deep, represented the club brilliantly and completed their races successfully. 💪🔥

Meanwhile, some of our members were enjoying the whitewater at the National White Water Centre in North Wales, making the most of the fantastic conditions and getting plenty of sunshine laps on the water. 🌊🏔️

On Tuesday, we were delighted to welcome our local MP, Dr Ben Spencer, to Addlestone Canoe Club for our Big Paddle Clean Up. Together, we collected litter from the river and removed large amounts of Pennywort, an invasive non-native plant that is choking our waterways.

A huge thank you to all the members and parents who joined us for the afternoon. After all the hard work, our younger paddlers enjoyed cooling off in the river, having fun in the sunshine and finishing the day with a well-earned ice pop! 🍦😎

26/05/2026

18/05/2026

What a busy weekend for Addlestone Canoe Club! 🚣‍♀️🔥

A huge thank you to Wey Kayak Club for inviting a few of us to join your fun regatta we can’t wait to welcome you to our club later this summer! ☀️

Sunday was packed with action as our whitewater paddlers headed to Lee Valley White Water Centre to put their skills to the test on both the Legacy and Olympic courses 💪🌊

Meanwhile, our racers were competing across two events: the Hastings 1066 Hasler and the Basingstoke Canoe Club Hasler race.

👏 Huge congratulations to:
🥇 David for taking 1st place in Div 6 at the Hastings 1066 Hasler
🥈 Aash for taking an amazing 2nd place in Geoff Sanders C at the Basingstoke Hasler!

A few members also spent part of the day helping with car parking and pre-starts 🙌

Well done to everyone who represented the club this weekend - fantastic teamwork, effort, and results all round! 🚣🎉