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Based in a superb setting on the Thames at Chiswick Pier, Chiswick Pier Canoe Club was formed in 1999 and has over 150 members. It is a friendly club and new members are always welcome. The club has a good spread of ages with many adult members and youngsters. The minimum age is 8 subject to the prevailing water conditions.

The club is very active and a variety of disciplines are catered for including touring, white water (freestyle, river running and kayak surfing) and junior canoe polo - but we also welcome people who just want to enjoy being on the Thames .

Membership Form
Taster Session Form
Course Events and Trips Form

Garage sale - two kayaks
Never to be repeated offers..... we will be clearing a couple of boats from the garage to make way for some new stuff and would like to offer first refusal to the members. The boats are a Pyranha Inazone and an i3. Pyranha describe the Inazone as "Ideal for beginning on whitewater, moderate grade river running, playboating and even instructing, the Ina Zone's forgiving shape and loose hull offers a great value route into white water paddling." The i3 was Pyranha's mainstream WW River Running / River Play design for 2003 (Playak.com). Any reasonable offer considered but the most must be removed from the garage soon so if not sold we will look at disposing of them in other ways. Take a look any Sunday and if you fancy one of them, make a derisory offer and see how generous we feel.

RYA One Day First Aid Course
Description: RYA One Day First aid course
equivalent to an 8 hour BCU first Aid course
Course Provider: Professional Marine Training Ltd
Date: 4th February 2012
Course Location: Chiswick Pier London W4 2UG
Description: This is a course suitable for all, no prior experience or coaching qualification is necessary in order to attend.
It is a prerequisite of the UKCC that all club coaches who wish to coach or maintain their coach status attend a first aid course every three years.
Also a very handy qualification for any paddler to have.
Cost: Ł65 for CPCC club members and Ł85 for non CPCC members. This cost includes all course materials and certificate.
Start/finish Time: 09:00-17:00
Clothing: Comfortable clothing that is easy to move around on the floor in.
Lunch: Students to bring a pack lunch with them this will cut down break time etc and make it easier to finish on time.
To secure your place please contact Martin mobile number 07810001282 or email professionalmarinetraining@gmail.com

Lea Valley White Water training session
Lea Valley White Water training session - 9am -11am 11th Feb. We have 8 places for the next white water training session on the Legacy Course. This is for those of you who have been on our WW trips and would like some coaching; it is not for those who have been assessed, although you are welcome to join us independently. We may have another 4 places available at a later date, so watch this space! To book and further info, contact me: michele.losse@gmail.com

The club has been helped and supported by Chiswick Pier Trust, Sport England, the BCU, Active Ealing, Hounslow CIP and the London Marathon Trust. We work with Kayackojacko -a local company committed to coaching excellence in many types of canoeing and this has helped us to expand our programme.

New members of any age (8 +) or ability are always welcome. Assistance is provided to take people as far as they want to go in different parts of the sport. We are committed to developing all aspects of canoeing and helping people to make more use of the Thames. Look under Cool Stuff to find photos of recent club activities and more.

River sessions run from Chiswick Pier on Sunday mornings. These usually involve a trip towards either to Fulham or Kew - depending on the tide. All abilities are welcome. More details including what to bring, what time we meet and other useful info can be found under the ‘Sessions’ link at the top of this page.

You could also join us on a Thursday Evening pool session 21:00 - 22:15 every week at Gurnell Leisure Centre, where you can meet some of our coaches and members and try a boat. We teach rescues, rolling and basic skills at the pool.

You may also like to join a beginners or an improvers course. See club programme for dates of the next courses.

Key Links and Downloads
Membership Form
Taster Session Form
Course, Events and Trips Form
FAQs.

If you still can't find what you are looking for, email us.

Additional information
If you are new to the canoeing scene, additional information can be found on our Questions and Answers pages. You can also check out our Cool Stuff pages for additional information, articles, ideas and exchanges. Go to the Personalities page to find out about people on the scene in and around the club.
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Above left is the link for Active Ealing. It is the department in Ealing Council which encourages and provides opportunities for sport and physical activities. They run one of London's best sport development programmes -9 sports centres and an athletics track. They help clubs like ours to get started and develop. You can find out more about Active Ealing from their website. The link above right is for Awards For All. They provided us with some grant money to help our club grow to what it is now. The London Trust (centre) gave us a Ł7000 grant to buy boats and to fit a pontoon to the pier, which enables us to launch safely in any tidal conditions. Hounslow council also helped our club to get started in 1998 by giving us some kayaks.

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Chiswick Pier Canoe Club

The Pier House
Corney Reach Way
London W4 2UG
tel: 07933 276792