Pool sessions are back!
We are happy to announce that following the short notice cancellation of our Yateley Manor Sessions we have now been able to secure use of another indoor pool.
We will be running a three week trial of paddling at Lord Wandsworth College. We will run two 45 minute sessions each Wednesday evening on the 15th, 22nd, and 29th November. This pool is significantly larger than the one at Yateley Manor, but unfortunately the price for the club to hire it does reflect that. So while we hope to be able to continue paddling there, we will have to monitor attendance over the course of the three trial sessions and determine how to proceed.
All of the trial sessions can now be booked through the events page of the club website. If you would like to paddle at these sessions then please do sign up as there is important information we need to send you about accessing the pool. At present we have not set a specific theme for each session (like we did for some sessions at Yateley); instead there will be a number of coaches available to help you learn / practice whatever you wish to. As a result please feel free to book whichever session time you prefer (though I imagine the earlier session time will be more popular with our younger paddlers – being a school night). Each session will be limited to 10 spaces, as determined by the number of kayaks available (see below).
Please note that the school has informed us that they will not allow any external boats to be used on their pool (we did ask for leeway, but they were very firm on the matter). As a result we are limited to using the 10 kayaks that they have stored on site (pictures of these kayaks can be seen on the event page). We appreciate that this situation is not ideal for everyone, but we do not have an alternative. Should you arrive at a session and be unable to paddle in the kayaks that are available (i.e. you do not fit) then we will of course refund you the cost of the session.
We would also like to say a big thank you to everyone who suggested potential venues to us; we did enquire with every single one of them (over 25 in total!), but Lord Wandsworth has emerged as the only viable option.
We hope to see many of you on the water again soon!
