Just to let you know that the Waterside Series Canoe race is CANCELLED this Sunday. This is due to cold weather and80% of the course being frozen over with ice. Check the Waterside series website for updates.Thanks to all of you who have offered to →

To Paddlesport team members HiJust a reminder that the next polo evening is taking part on Saturday 21st January. Meet willink pool between 5.30 and 6pm →

Berkshire CPShas announced a new Bursary - Get Berkshire Active Coach Bursary.

The aim of the bursary is to increase the number of qualified coaches and raise coaching standards in Berkshire with a focus on participation in sport for those aged 16 and over.

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In the name of research I would like people to share their favourite ‘on the river’ recipes which can be carried successfully in a thermos flask. I’m thinking fail safe recipes for hot chocolate, a favourite stew, and possibly some strange (but delicious things) you’ve seen, or tried, from a thermos flask. →

I hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Year, certainly the Centre was active with the annual Boxing Day paddle.We dropped in gifts by boat and by walkingto our local lock keepers.Also our January staff padle down swift ditch ( thank you Ed and Kevin ). Now we are setting final arrangements for the full staff training day on the 29th January. The day is for all staff/ helpers at the centre to get together and find out about whats going on and have →

After a wait of nearly a year the New mini bus has arrived and has been nicknamed Russell. Russell now joins Flo our smaller mpv to meet our transport needs. Chris will be arranging for driver inductions from now on, so if you are a driver, please book in with Chris by ringing or e mailing the →

What a fantastic 2days, overall we had a total of76 people attending at both Pangbourne and Waterside Centre. All of the young people managed to climbto Santas alpine grottoto receive a present plus aphoto of them with santa. Therewere evena couple ofadultstoo!! Overall it was a really good 2days.

Santa has returned to lapland untill next year.

Liam Hansen →

Please be aware that the floor of balcony on the first floor of the Centre isveryextremely slippery and therefore quite treacherous.

We are working on the matter but in the meantime, Please DO NOT use the balcony until further notice.

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It’s been an amazing year of Ladies paddling in 2011. We have been on adventures all over the placein all types of boats. We ended the year with our now annual Ladies Xmas Paddle.

Keeping with the theme from last year of passing castles by the river our paddle this year took us past Hampton Court Palace. We arrived at the centre early Sunday morning 18 santa hats and one Turkey hat all present and ready to paddle. →

Congratulations to all of our paddlers for performing so well. Adventure Dolphin Pangbourne and Newbury teams had some of the fastest times of the day!It was a great turn out, with 44 people from different clubs,includingAdventure Dolphin Newbury and Pangbourne, BlackWaterValley, Basingstoke CC, Sharks and many others.Overall it was agreat day for everyone involved, with the following results: →