Pool sessions restart on Friday 6th September, Wellington Sports Centre, meeting at 8:15pm
Hope to see you all there, raring to go and practice your rolls and play a fun game of polo!
Welcome to Wellington Kayak Club
New members always welcome. Come and join us at the pool on a Friday evening (meeting 8:15pm at Wellington Leisure Centre in Somerset)
Pool Sessions
The first half of our Friday night pool sessions is for everyone. This is a great opportunity to learn to roll, practice some kayaking skills and for our juniors to enjoy lots of fun games!
Polo
The second half of our Friday night pool sessions is devoted to kayak polo. Once you have mastered some basic kayaking skills this is a fantastic sport to get into. Great fun, very sociable, and an excellent way to develop your paddling skills. Some of us just play for fun, but we also have one or more teams entered each year into the regional Kayak Polo league.
River trips
Anytime there is water in the rivers during the autumn and winter white water season we head out to enjoy some of the fantastic rivers that we have in the southwest. We aim to include a mix of both beginner trips (for example the Axe, Barle, Teign or Dart) and more advanced trips (such as the Upper Dart, Erme or Lyn). Our usual trip day is Sundays.
Sea trips
We are close to the fantastic coastlines of both north and south Devon. Great for enjoying a bit of sea kayaking, or a peaceful evening catching a few mackerel or the excitement of surf kayaking.
Treweryn and the Alps
Every year we try to get away to sample the whitewater paddling further afield. Recent favourites have included weekends at the Treweryn in Wales, or a week in the Alps. Highly recommended as much for the sociable fun as for the fantastic paddling!
DofE
We have had numerous teenagers join us to enjoy learning to kayak for their physical section of their DofE award. Why not come and give it a go! Learn some paddling skills. Learn to roll a kayak in the pool. Test out your new skills by joining us for some kayak polo or discover the joys of white-water paddling.
Learn to roll
Being able to roll a kayak is one of the steps that can massively increase your confidence on the water and enable you to progress to greater things in your paddling. Come and learn to roll in the warm water of our pool!
