In taking out membership of the Cumbernauld and Kilsyth Kayak Club, you are becoming part of an organisation in existence since 1975, with regular swimming sessions and varied, frequent excursions throughout Scotland on all sorts of water. The sport/pastime of canoeing has a wide range of disciplines to experience from long distance time trials through slalom. white water journeying to pottering about on a canal. The Cumbernauld and Kilsyth Kayak Club has instructional staff to cater for most of these disciplines to get you started.
The Club meets on Tuesdays, at 6.00 PM for Kids; 7.30pm for adults, in St Maurice's High School swimming pool during school term.Click here for pool rota The pool session is segregated into 2 parts, between 6.00pm and 7.30pm for the young and junior paddlers, then between 7.30pm and 9.00pm for adult paddlers. Safety personnel and Instructors are on hand at all times to help and supervise. Our Canoe store and summer meeting place is at Auchenstarry basin, on Wednesdays from where trips on the canal and further afield are arranged.
The Club is well known for its friendly atmosphere. New members are welcomed warmly and made to feel at home, encouraged to practice their canoeing skills and encouraged to participate in the training and awards schemes for canoeists. For those who do not possess a canoe the Club's equipment is available for hire to members at a fraction of the cost of a commercial hire. What better way to learn the basics and get in some practice before committing to the expenditure of buying your own equipment?.
The junior section within the Club works toward its own set of awards, The "Rainbow" awards which introduce the skills required from the real basics to quite advanced in a fun and informative manner. There are seven awards to be had, each with its own badge and Club generated certification. The kids need never be bored !.
The Club instruction staff have all gained certification from a syllabus laid down by the SCA.
Affiliate membership of the SCA as a Club gives 3d party liability insurance cover for Club trips. The SCA produce its own magazine "Scottish Paddler" which has articles, Sales and Wants, events diary and a comprehensive yearbook which gives contact addresses for every discipline in canoeing around Scotland. There is always a copy at hand. The SCA organise a vast range of events each year so you can always find a venue to join other like minded paddlers.
Throughout the year the Club members organise themselves informally for trips all over Scotland on rivers and the sea depending on the season. The Club also has a few annual events mainly in summer where all can participate. In spring, in conjunction with the SCA Marathon Committee, the Club organises teams to paddle from Glasgow to Edinburgh using the Forth and Clyde and Union canals, some sort of family day at Loch Lomond happens each summer and an expedition to the Outer Isles happens in September time. These events are all open to any Club member.
Click here for a page of forthcoming trips and events
Equipment available is listed below and is extensive in its quantity and diversity.
For weekend expeditions or holiday paddles, the Club can offer camping equipment of a good quality.
These are very reasonable (subject to change) and are listed below :
On a hire you get a Boat, Paddle, Buoyancy Aid, Spraydeck and Helmet if applicable
Non Members may hire equipment on the understanding that they are invited out with a CKKC member on a Club trip and the equipment is for use only on that trip.
Now you have read about us, if you wish further information about joining us at the pool or for paddling elsewhere, contact us via the mailbox on ckkayakclub@hotmail.co.uk
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