Forest Canoe Club
Forest Canoe Club was founded in
the late summer of 1986
as a result of an Adult
Education Course in kayaking run
by the Forest School in Horsham,
hence the name of the club. In
the early years the club had
close links with the Adur Canoe
Club and Chichester Youth Wing
using some of their instructors
as all club members were
beginners. Joint trips were run
with the Adur Club.
Membership initially was mainly
adults but now has a very mixed
age membership of over 60
paddlers, of which half are
under the age of 16.
The Club now has a number of
British Canoe Union (BCU)
coaches able to provide training
for both the BCU's Star Awards
for adults and Paddlepower
awards for youngsters.
Club evenings are held at the Southwater Country Park lake on every Thursday from the beginning of May until early September. Over the winter there are also fortnightly pool sessions at Cottesmore School on Sunday evenings between 5-7pm. In addition there are regular official club trips to cater for all tastes, as well as many unofficial paddles organised informally by club members, including surfing and visits to the Thames weirs and Nene Whitewater Centre.
The club also travels further
afield for whitewater experience
with regular trips to the River
Dart, visits to the artificial
whitewater courses at Nottingham
and
