December 2009 Letter to Members

Dear Members,

We hope you are enjoying the canoe polo practice sessions and are nearly ready for the tournament on February 13^th 2010. We have one more session before we finish for Christmas and will start again in January (dates TBA). Please ensure that all your payments are up to date for Polo Practice (£3) before the end of the year.

Due to the size of Southam Pool we will be holding three practice sessions at Newbold Comyn Leisure Centre on February 13^th, April 10^th and April 8th. These will be similar to the current sessions with the addition of higher goals to practice shooting and the larger pool means that we will be able to focus on positions for play. We will advise on costs and time shortly but please keep these dates free. We need to encourage more youth players so these Newbold sessions are "Bring a Friend" don't worry if they have not done canoe polo before although a bit of kayaking experience is handy (but not essential).

Please take a look at our facebook page as we need to try and secure funding for more boats through Youthbank. The new boats will probably be several Pyranha RX300's so we can get more people playing. In order to get a grant we need a Youth Committee (anyone under 18) to create a proposal to put forward. You will need to meet up or discuss what you need to put in the application and then write it, remember that you will need to be persuasive to win the funding over other youth groups.

Whilst you are on the interweb take another look at Warwick Uni Canoe Polo Rules as they are a good help. Also if you are feeling keen have look through the official rules to ensure that all the rules are adhered to i.e. Free throws, Jostling and Passing.

We have attached a membership form which needs to be completed for 2010 Membership as membership runs from 1^st January – 31^st December each year. The cost will be £5.00 (cheques payable to "Leam Boat Centre Activity Club") to cover BCU Club membership and insurance as well as the general maintenance of all the club equipment. If you have any problems please email us.

Finally we would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year and we look forward to seeing you in January at Southam Pool.

Yours Sincerely

 

Leam Boat Centre Activity Club

Polo Practice

We have now had two polo practice sessions and they are going well with a full turn out on both occasions. The sessions have incorporated polo skills as well as paddling and there has been several small games to allow a larger focus on technique, this also has proved beneficial for learning to referee.

In other exciting news we have just bought a nice new trailer for club use so this will make pool sessions much easier.

Watch this space for more info.

Polo Tournament

Well done to all of the players on Saturday's Polo you all did extremely well. Scoring three goals altogether by Yannig Lenoir and Dave Oliver scoring 2 backwards! We will have the pictures uploadced soon with the date of the next tournament.

Canoe Polo

Canoe polo has finished for the year out on the river, but it is carrying on in the pool. There have been organised a set of tournaments being held at Stratford Leisure Centre. The first of which is on the 17th October. If you are interested in participating or you want more info, please email us at leamboatcentre-activityclub@hotmail.co.uk.

Canoe Polo

Canoe Polo sessions are being held at the Leam Boat Centre on Monday evenings starting tonight (11/05/2009).

Contact us if you want more information.
We hope to get a junior and adults league going for tournaments later in the year.

Doggy paddle

This years Doggy paddle is again being organised. This year it will be held on the 10th May.
If you would like to take part then E-mail us and more information will be sent to you soon.
You could also click on the link below to see pictures from previous doggy paddles and extra information.
http://rlscc.org.uk/section.aspx?section=11

Canoe Polo Tournament

LBCAC carried on with their canoe polo. This time we had a team a great team of 7 players. Who did very well in the 4 games we played.

Litter Pick

We are currently organising a litter pick to clean up the Leam from the water, this is a brilliant opportunity to help keep the environment clean and to have a good paddle.
It has been organised to be on the 26th April 2009 please email or leave a comment if you will like to come. A BBQ and refreshments will be provided.

Canoe Polo

Leam Boat Centre Activity Club (Leam BCAC) Canoe Polo Team started out on their first campaign in the Midland League 2 at Stratford Leisure Centre with a creditable performance in the opening group of fixtures prior to Christmas. Considering that this was the Clubs first experience of competitive Canoe Polo promising results were returned. Losses of 7-0 against an impressive Cherwell outfit and 6-0 against Nottingham University “B” were followed by a fighting 4-1 loss against Viking Youth and a pleasing 1-1 draw against North Cotswold.

 

More encouraging results were obtained in the league fixtures completed on 17 January. Leam beat Wychavon  2-1 in the opening match of the evening with Duncan Sinclair scoring both goals. The next two matches saw defeats of 3-0 to Viking Youth and 7-0 against Cherwell. The evening was rounded off with a further  win , 2-1 against Cambridge University “B” with Jethro Lomas and Duncan Sinclair scoring the goals.

 

Anyone interested in taking part in the exciting sport of Canoe Polo should get in touch with Mike Sinclair on for further details of training sessions. 

We are now running practice sessions at the pool for anyone who is interested.  We have had some stainless steel posts made and donated to the club from EHM International Ltd. so our thanks go to them.

Happy New Year

Hope you had a good festive season and enjoyed 2008.

The 2009 dates for the pool sessions are listed below and they have returned to three, 1 hour sessions to make it more worthwhile.

Canoe Polo goals are being fitted on January 3rd so should be up and running for the following pool session.

If you are interested in playing canoe polo in a tournament please let us know as we have set up a team for a local league.  No experience necessary although good paddling/throwing/catching skills are needed.

And yes, you guessed it, membership is due again, only £5.  Fill out a form to join.

Happy 2009