13Sep 2025 by Nigel Atkinson 1 Comment

River Wye Weekend 2025

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A Saturday and Sunday visit to Symonds Yat saw 9 Nomads enjoy a weekend of paddling in sunshine, showers and bouts of heavy rain. Saturday saw a paddle from Kerne Bridge to Symonds Yat with two Nomads on their first river trip, Stanley and Ankit. Well done to both who enjoyed the day and were smiling throughout, even when running through Nigel’s warm up routine - open the door, shut the door - with stretching actions to mimic. After some Health and Safety pointers we were off - paddling 5k lazily down the river to a lunch stop of sandwiches and fruit midway. Arriving at the rapids there was some trepidation amongst the new guys but all tackled the rapids well with some of the more experienced paddlers keeping an…
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12Jul 2025 by Nigel Atkinson 1 Comment

Tryweryn and Dee 2025

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Four nomads arrived about 1:30pm at Mile End Mill (formally JJ’s) on the river Dee for a warm up session on the Friday so we could all get used to moving water before tackling the Tryweryn. Break ins, break outs, ferry glides along with a couple of rolls. Waves were surfed and stoppers negotiated and everyone found their sea legs (or river arms!) On Friday evening we had dinner in the White Lion pub and as we had all signed up to paddle the Tryweryn on the Saturday It was decided to meet at the Welsh National White Water Centre top car park. Simon, Ian, Martin, Nick and myself all paddled the upper (2km of grade 3-4 rapids) rerunning the Grave Yard a few times stopping at the Cafe for…
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28Jun 2025 by Nigel Atkinson No Comments

Polo UK Div 3 SE

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Another Fantastic weekend of polo hosted by Nomads. Thanks to all who helped and took part that made this so enjoyable Statistics:28 matches 8 teams competing, with a more than 50 players.240 goals have been scored by 8 different teams. Nomad Stats:Played 7, Won 3, Lost 4Total points earned: 9Goals made: 29Goals against: 35 Full stats can be found here
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22Jun 2025 by Nigel Atkinson No Comments

SE Region Polo Fun Day

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Sunday saw over 50 signups from around the region for a day of fantastic social polo and some ridiculous matches on SUPs and Corricles where the teams appeared to be more interested in sinking the opposition rather than scoring goals. Well done Chilly for being the key person who organised a great day and thanks to all who helped with the BBQ, setting up the second pitch, taking it down, refereeing and manning the tables. Nomads deployed their second polo pitch so everyone was always only one match away from being back on the water. This is a great addition to the facilities available at Nomads making us a key polo location in the region. The day started by creating scratch teams and playing polo in the morning on the…
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15Jun 2025 by Nigel Atkinson No Comments

The Big Paddle Clean Up 2025

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A huge Thank You goes out to all those who helped with the big paddle clean up of the river Colne on Sunday 15th June. This was, as always, organised and run by our resident Clear Access Clear Water Champion Ian Walker. Along the way Club members, in Kayaks and Open Canoes and armed with gloves, litter pickers and sacks provided by British Canoeing ‘Clear Access Clear Waters' campaign, scoured the river and banks for every bit of rubbish they could find. The good news is we are now finding less rubbish on the river Colne around the Ricky Loop section. After 3 years of cleanups Nomads have made a difference to the local River Colne. 👍 Even so 6 bags of rubbish were collected and taken to the dump!…
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07Jun 2025 by Nigel Atkinson No Comments

Matlock 7-8th June

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This was a great weekend run in conjunction with ICC (Ipswich Canoe Club). Weather was great and despite the weather warnings of thunderstorms it remained dry and little wind and the River Derwent provided a great location for those new to moving/white water or for those who just wanting to improve their moving water skills and have a great time. We arrived on Friday and met up with ICC at Barn Farm Campsite (DE4 2BL) to arrange times and places for the weekend’s paddles. In total there were 14 paddlers of all abilities. Sat meet at 10:00 & on water for 10:30am, (6-7 Km trip)Ingress: Near Darley Bridge, Station Rd, Matlock DE4 2EQEgress: Tor Mill House, 204 Dale Rd, Matlock Bath, Matlock DE4 3PT Sun (short paddle, on water 1000am)Ingress: 146 Dale Rd, Matlock…
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27Apr 2025 by Nigel Atkinson No Comments

River Ivel

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On a sunny Sunday afternoon in late April a small group paddled the River Ivel from Sandy to Tempsford in Bedfordshire. Ian Walker led the trip as he has done several times before. It was a small group of 4 this time with Chris, Anton, Rob & Ian. We set off to get to the first sloping weir, this only after 20 mins paddling in the sun, we took the old mill stream river, which a right fork instead of going down the sloping weir. This was pretty paddle with no blockages at this time of year and then ran the old mill race fast at the end back into the main river, Fun! After an hour or so paddling, then it is the big high drop of nearly 2 metres in height. After an off water inspection, 3 of us ran it, with Anton deciding not to tempt his luck and did a high seal launch portage around instead.  After yet…
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13Apr 2025 by Nigel Atkinson No Comments

Tournament Report: Nomad/Tandridge Development – SE Regional Division 2 (2024–25)

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Nomad/Tandridge Development participated in the SE Regional Canoe Polo Tournament on April 13, 2025, delivering a series of competitive performances. Over the course of the day, the team played with precision, energy, and discipline despite some close calls after a long break between games but still securing critical wins to solidify their position at the top of the league. They finished the season with 10 wins, 1 draw, and 1 loss, scoring 82 goals and conceding only 30, finishing with 31 points and earning promotion to Division 1. 🔹 Highlights included: 8–1 vs East End Black 6-1 vs St Albans Raiders 10–1 vs Blackwater 8–2 vs East End Pink Full Results can be found here Their success reflects consistent development and strong team chemistry. Nomad/Tandridge Development now look forward to…
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23Mar 2025 by Nigel Atkinson No Comments

Nomad River Clean-Up Sunday 23/3/2025

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Thanks to the awesome six (Graham, Dan, Anton, Martin, Hannah & Rachael) who joined up with Ian to help collect loads of rubbish up today . We cleaned the Canal up to Tesco's, Upper river Colne Loop down & Hannah & Rachael scoured the Canal & river banks and filled 3 big bags full. The paddlers collected another 5 big bags bin bags full. So 8 bags in total. The plan was to paddle & clean the whole river loop, but this was shortened to just cleaning the top Colne loop for three reasons: We found lot more waste than I expected 😒 Anton had a small incident at the 2nd weir: he played in stopper went in and then did well to roll up, but then went over again…
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09Mar 2025 by Nigel Atkinson 1 Comment

River Dart Weekend 7-9th March

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Seven intrepid Nomads paddled the Dart over the weekend. We met up on Friday evening at the Dartbridge Inn to plan Saturday’s paddling and to wine and dine. We decided to paddle the Loop from New Bridge to Holne Weir and then continue down to Buckfastleigh water permitting. After all these years of paddling and with so many experienced paddlers you would not have thought it so difficult to organise the shuttles, but, with some cars without roof racks, someone’s wife taking a car, some without spare straps, wanting to leave a car half way ((Holne Weir) in case of emergencies or conditions not being conducive to paddling all the way) and a certain amount of taking the Michael the normal fun a games was had deciding who should go…
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