19May 2015 by Webmaster No Comments
Rickmansworth Festival 2015 Success

Rickmansworth Festival 2015 Success

Event, News
Rickmansworth Festival 2015 Chairman's Report I write to you at the end of what has been an extremely successful weekend for our great club. Across the 16th / 17th of May the Nomad Kayak Club supported the annual Rickmansworth Festival, the event was held at our home waters in the beautiful Rickmansworth Aquadrome. [caption id="attachment_1901" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Ready for day 2 of the festival![/caption] As with all outdoor events the weather can really end up dictating the scale of any attendance, this year the sun was out so the club was busy interacting with the public. Across the two days we gave a large number of people the opportunity to enjoy paddle sport, in addition we took numerous details from individuals for follow up sessions and as always the excellent…
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11May 2015 by Webmaster
Nomad Kayak Club in British Canoeing Magazine

Nomad Kayak Club in British Canoeing Magazine

News
Nomad Kayak Club is in this month's British Canoeing Magazine! The article highlights the hard work done during 2014 to improve our sheltered teaching facility and some of the goals of the year to come. Head over to page 8 of the BCU Newsletter May 2015 (PDF) to read the article in full.
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11May 2015 by Webmaster
Rickmansworth Festival 16th/17th May 2015

Rickmansworth Festival 16th/17th May 2015

Event, News, Polo, Recreational
Next weekend is the Rickmansworth Festival and your club needs your help to promote the club and let festival goers know who we are and what we do. This means we can recruit more members and remain a healthy and active club. To promote the club, we will have an information stand at the clubhouse and we will be running ‘Come and Try’ sessions on Saturday 17th at 1pm, 3pm & 4.30pm and Sunday 18th 11.30am, 1pm & 3.30pm. There will also be Canoe Polo Demonstrations on both days at 2pm. Help is required from 10am on both days. Over the weekend there will be no formal recreational or polo sessions but there will be plenty of opportunity for all members to kayak at some stage during the weekend. How…
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03Nov 2014 by Webmaster No Comments
Aquadrome Bridge Closure

Aquadrome Bridge Closure

News
3rd - 8th November Just a quick note to say that the Aquadrome Bridge is closed to cars for maintenance this week. Works are due to be complete by next week but there is a chance that it will take longer. Club members will have to park elsewhere and walk in on Wednesday. We will let you know if there are any updates.
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22Sep 2014 by Webmaster No Comments
Mid-Week Recreational Sessions

Mid-Week Recreational Sessions

News, Recreational
As of 1st October the Aquadrome car park closes daily at 6pm; this coupled with coach availability and ever decreasing daylight means that this Wednesday (24th September) will be the last mid-week recreational session of the year. Over the last 5 months, Wednesday evening recreational sessions have run continuously. Thanks to all members who attended the sessions particularly the coaches/experienced paddlers who ran/supervised the sessions. Mid-week sessions will restart again in April/May next year. Sunday recreational sessions (10am till 12pm) will continue as normal throughout the winter months.
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06Aug 2014 by Webmaster No Comments
London International 2014 Results

London International 2014 Results

News, Polo
On the 26th and 27th July Nomad Kayak Club entered two teams into the 16th London International Canoe Polo Tournament 2014, hosted by Meridian Canoe Club. [caption id="attachment_1600" align="aligncenter" width="300"] 'Nomad Mixed' entered into Division 2, finishing in 4th place.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_1601" align="aligncenter" width="300"] 'Nomad Others' entered into Division 3, finishing in 11th place.[/caption] The full results are below:
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29Jul 2014 by Webmaster No Comments
Canoe Polo for Beginners

Canoe Polo for Beginners

News, Polo
The Nomad Kayak Club is actively looking to form and support a completely new development team. The team will be made up of club members that are complete beginners to canoe polo, guidance will be provided by our experienced squad members. This is a great opportunity to get involved in the sport, there will be a number of local competitions that the team will play in, all teams will be of a similar standard. The club will make the necessary equipment available to all involved. For more information, please contact: polo@nomadkayakclub.co.uk This is a great opportunity to experience canoe polo at a beginner level. Your club needs you… Malcolm Stagg Chairman, Nomad Kayak Club
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11Jun 2014 by Webmaster No Comments
Nomad Development Works

Nomad Development Works

Maintenance, News
Working party - Saturday 14th June from 10am to 1pm Bank improvement works to our sheltered training facility and polo pitch started this week and are expected to last for approximately 2 weeks. Whilst these works continue, help from Club Members is required to prepare for the fencing works and relocation of the containers/clubhouse. There will be a working party this Saturday from 10am to 1pm. Planned works include: Preparation of site boundary in advance of fencing contractor Relocate a 5m section of the bund Some tree lopping activity Preparation for positioning of shipping containers Preparation of ground for positioning of clubhouse Equipment required: Gloves, wheelbarrows, spades, garden forks, strimmer, rakes, loppers and a chainsaw. Hope to see as many of you there as possible, many hands make light work!…
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22May 2014 by Webmaster No Comments
Newsletter 22/05/14

Newsletter 22/05/14

Event, Maintenance, News, Polo, Recreational
Rickmansworth Festival 2014 Feedback Across both Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th of May the Rickmansworth Aquadrome hosted the annual Rickmansworth festival. The event is a prime opportunity for the Nomad Kayak Club to raise its profile, secure additional members and generally highlight the sport of canoeing. This year we were blessed with excellent weather which really made a difference, this good luck coupled with some fine planning from key members of the NKC committee saw us have probably our most successful event to date. Key statistics: 50+ NKC members helped across the weekend, many thanks to you all 75+ members of the public paid to ‘come and try’ canoeing A further 60+ members of the public are now keen to try canoeing at NKC This is all very promising and…
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