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Sign ups open Tuesday 17th at 12:00 This terms first taste of canoeing is on the River Usk! This will be a nice introduction to white water, perfect for returners and freshers! We will be leaving Friday evening, and getting back Sunday evening.

To go, you must have canoe membership and you must have been to one pool session. However, we recommend coming to as many as you can, as we will practise many useful skills for the river.

To sign up to the trip, you will need to go to: warwickcanoe.uk, there, create an account before the signups go live. Then in the 'trips' section under the canoe tab, you will find the upcoming fresher trip.

The signups will drop soon, this Tuesday at 12:00. Sign up quickly as the places will go fast!

The kit you'll need for the trip is just dry clothes for two days, a towel, wet clothes and river shoes (shoes you don't mind going in the river)! With wet clothes, we recommend several layers; but we will provide wet suits as well the canoes, helmets, cags, etcetera.

We hope to see you there!!!

Hey guys,

After a very enjoyable polo session last week it’s time to swap over and try out some Mixed Netball!!

We will be going to the outside Mixed Netball courts at the Sports Hub on Wednesday Week 8  (14th) to join their training session from 12-2pm. This is a charity skill swap so a £2 donation is required to participate (more details later). If you are willing to join, sign up on the website here so we have an approximation of numbers: 

https://warwickcanoe.uk/trips/trip.php?trip_id=151

Any questions feel free to contact either one of us, or any of the Exec! 

Polo Love,

Yousuf & Alex xx

Hey everyone! I hope everyone has been surviving the exam season so far. There is no better way to ease your mind from exams than to join the Canoe Polo & Mixed Netball Skill Swap!! 

Mixed Netball will be joining us first at this week’s Friday’s pool session 8:30-10pm (2nd of June). Please be aware that this session will be treated as a ‘Taster Session’ meaning priority will be given to the Mixed Netball members and the regular returners session will not take place. I would still like to encourage as many of you to come and join the session to show the sport to everyone trying it out and help out during the session to make sure the Mixed Netball members really enjoy their time playing polo! 

After this, you all will get the chance to swap skills too by heading out to the netball courts and join MIxed Netball at their sport. The details for this are still being confirmed so stay tuned for more information over the next few weeks. 

Any questions feel free to contact me or any of The Exec :)) 

Polo Love,

Yousuf x

Surf shirts, Get them now!!

Get a memento for the epic surf trip or simply commemorate this eventful year by obtaining this year's surf shirt. It has unique personalised nicknames for current members and comes in a mystery colour. Get yours for only £13!

link to grab below, hurry as the deadline for orders is Sunday 4th June!

https://forms.gle/YTeGTiMcEUmF78LX7

Hope exams have gone well so far.

Peter E and the Canoe exec

Hey everyone,

Hope exams are going well!

Something to think about to take your mind off revision for a minute is our annual surf trip.

Taking place on the 23^rd – 26^th June at the end of week 9 we will be heading to Newgale campsite and praying the weather will be nice. Here we will be camping right next to the beach so it’s the perfect place to try out some surf kayaking or a gentle paddle in the sea depending on the conditions!

Signups go live at midday tomorrow (Friday 19^th) so be ready! The link can be found below.

https://warwickcanoe.uk/trips/

Canoe love,

Brother and all the exec.

The annual rage tournament is a chance for our members to play against each other at the end of the year, showing off the skills they have learnt over the year but also raising money for charity.

Over the course of 3 Tuesday evening canoe polo sessions (weeks 6, 7, & 8), members will play in their allocated teams to win. The teams will play in a round-robin format, with each team competing for their charity. All the money that we raise will go towards the charity of the winning team.

If you would like to get involved by playing, please sign up on the Warwick Canoe website. Entries close on Friday 26th May!

For those of you who are not canoe polo players or don’t have the time to play, you can still get involved! Alongside this, we will be running our own internal fantasy league based on the members that are playing. You will be given a budget and each member will have a price, your job is to pick a team of players who you think will score the most points and must be within budget.

Players will get points for all sorts of things, starting with scoring, assisting and stopping a goal, but also for things like binning, refereeing, and subbing off. But be warned, players can also get negative points, for example, if they receive a card, they will lose points, so be careful who you pick!

At the end of the tournament, there will be awards up for grabs for both players and fantasy league team managers! These include the ‘Mount Everest’ Award, the ‘Naughty Naughty’ Award and the ‘Everyone Wants Me’ Award.

Entry to play is £2 per session you play in and £2 per fantasy team entered. You are allowed to enter as many fantasy teams as you like. To enter keep your eyes peeled for a Google form coming soon!

If you have any further questions, feel free to ask the exec,

Polo love,

Dan and the polo exec