Saturday 6th Febuary saw teams from Bristol, Bath, UWE and Herts compete in the annual BUCC polo tournament for the prize of cake and bragging rights. The party atmosphere was aided by resident DJ George who played such classics as ‘holding on for a hero’ and ‘keep rolling, rolling rolling’ The tournament was enjoyed by spectators and players alike who saw Bristol Team 2 win their league after a draw agains the Bristol ladies team the Voodoo Vixens and go trough to the final where they were met by Bristol team 1 who after winning all of their games in their half of the league went on to win a highly competative final. The afterparty at ‘the park’ went on ’til the early hours and as the nibbles crept in, the cake was finished off. Thanks go to herts, UWE and bath for joining us this year, Rob for organising, and to the cake making extraordinaire Rachel for a noisy afterparty.

Saturday 6th Febuary saw teams from Bristol, Bath, UWE and Herts compete in the annual BUCC polo tournament for the prize of cake and bragging rights. The party atmosphere was aided by resident DJ George who played such classics as ‘holding on for a hero’ and ‘keep rolling, rolling rolling’ The tournament was enjoyed by spectators and players alike who saw Bristol Team 2 win their league after a draw agains the Bristol ladies team the Voodoo Vixens and go trough to the final where they were met by Bristol team 1 who after winning all of their games in their half of the league went on to win a highly competative final. The afterparty at ‘the park’ went on ’til the early hours and as the nibbles crept in, the cake was finished off. Thanks go to herts, UWE and bath for joining us this year, Rob for organising, and to the cake making extraordinaire Rachel for a noisy afterparty.

There’s been a lot of things to read this week, so here’s a brief summary of the things you can get yourself involved in during the next month. Don’t forget to check out the calender and forum to keep up to date>>>>>

Woolacombe-(19th-21st Feb)- £35
NSR -(5th-7th March)- £36

Kit-club hoodies and dressing gowns-£25
Kit night to outdoor active- £2

Cardiff polo tournament (27th-28th)-£30
Dont forget to come along to the pool this saturday 4.30pm onwards to watch our polo teams in action.

See you all after the thursday pool session for ‘Itchy feet’ social

On the last weekend of January, 21 students and some shiney new kit migrated south to the ‘warmth’ of Devon, paddling the Exe on saturday, then the Walkham on sunday. Fun was had by all over the weekend, skills developed for future excursions and boats got very friendly with dartmoor granite. Thanks to the leaders, drivers and helpers. Bring on Scotland!

On the 17th January the Dolphins managed to turn up to a polo tournament and as a result didn’t do too badly! It was our first tournament in Div 2 (after being promoted from Div 3). After missing the first tournament due to some date mixing up, the dolphins hit the ground running. Over the 5 matches played, the dolphins blasted in goal after goal, conceding only 2. This led to 5 wins out of 5, with the other teams completely unable to get into our zone, and the only goals being from far out long shots.

Bring on Cardiff polo tournament!

Hello

1) Beginner’s Weekend paddling Saturday and Sunday 24th and 25th 31st October 1st November - Outdoors, on rivers, whole weekend, no previous experience at all required, everyone welcome to come a give and it all a try!

All the Kit you need can be provided. Food, accomodation, transport and kit included for only £35. Come and sign up with your money and AU card on Wednesday afternoon at and docks paddle, or Thursday lunch time (12:30 to 1:30) at the Sport Centre or at the massive social on Thursday night. Look out for Free cans of Rockstar to keep you fueled.

We’re going to have a set of river kayaks for you to use and these can be tried out on Wednesday at the Docks session. This should give you a great chance to get used to slightly different boats!

2) Anyone who missed the first swim test and would like to start paddling or to join the club - Friday 23rd 30th meet at the union at 4:45 cos we’re giving you a second chance. You have to do this to come paddling with us. Nothing difficult, couple of lengths, some treading water and falling out of a canoe. All you need is a towel, swimming costume and that Friday feeling.

PS. It’s just in time for the beginner’s weekend so you can still come.

3) Top secret sources have indicated that the University Student’s Union Swimming pool shall be re-opening on Friday 20th November, just in time for Children in need. That means all of you play boaters scared of docks water can come and play and everyone else can improve their skills and have a go at polo in a nice warm swimming pool. Which means you only have 1 month left to get really excited about this!

And what with the scavenger hunt on Thursday evening we really are spoiling you this week!

mmmmmmmmmmmmmm Gin & Tonic

Dan

This Saturday (10th October) we are having the club docks day. There will be people there from about 12ish. This is primarily aimed at giving you lovely newbies some play time in a boat. There will be lots of experienced club members to teach the basics. As if that were not enough, there will also be a BBQ and party/night out/twister. Bring booze.

 For anyone who has paddled much before come along anyway in the afternoon or evening and say hi. Bring booze. there will be the social after to enjoy. Bring booze.

 Map link:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=B3129%2FQueen’s+Rd&daddr=Redcliffe+Parade+E&geocode=FVssEQMdHyDY_w%3BFe0JEQMd-HLY_w&hl=en&mra=cc&dirflg=w&sll=51.452295,-2.602558&sspn=0.01265,0.027509&ie=UTF8&ll=51.452536,-2.602987&spn=0.01265,0.027509&z=15

 Look forward to seeing lots of you there! Bring booze.

There will be a swim test for all new members on saturday at 5.15 meeting at the union. There will be a river talk and a trip to the pub afterwards, hope to see all of you there!!!

Hey,

You found the website, now all you need to do is join up. You can find us at Fresh; we’ll be with the rest of the sport clubs so come over and we’ll be happy to answer any questions you have. If you miss us at the fair there will be another chance to join at our first pool session/swim test. More information about that will be on here later.

As summer term drew to an end, most students were off home. Not so for 25 BUCC members, it was Alps time… This legendary time of year sees the mass migration of uni paddlers from all over the country to enjoy the sunshine, cheap beer and, most of all, AWESOME PADDLING. On the last Friday of term we all packed up the van and hit the road. 900 or so miles later we were in the French Alps ready for 2 weeks of fun.

The first few days were spent letting people get accustomed to the different style of paddling – the rivers in the Alps are much bigger and faster and therefore more fun. We ran some safety workshops teaching swimming as well as the in-a-tangle-zero to throw-line-hero works.