"A bright crisp morning with mist over the water welcomed 20+ paddlers to DCC annual Brathay wildwater race. Competitors from Yorkshire, Nottingham, Ambleside and Carlisle CC joined a good turn out from Duddon to make a great days racing. Water level had fallen almost a metre in 3 days so the occasional rock lurking just below the surface nudged a few paddlers off their prefered line!!
Medals for age groups and GP, WWR K1, WWR C1 , Wavehoppers and OC boats ment most of us went home with something to add to the trophy cabinet and illustrates the great versatility of Wildwater racing.
Thanks to race organiser Andy and all the other helpers that made this another great day on the water."
 John Sherwen

​"As part of the Saturday 1pm Docks Sessions offered recently, members asked about River paddling. Over the past few weeks those members have been learning some new skills at the docks, ready for a getting onto moving water, which happened today at the slalom section of the River Leven.
Everyone did extremely well, moving on from the slow water quite quickly. The day was not without incident, with a couple of people learning about controlling the lean of the boat the wet way, but only after advancing onto the faster water.
A big well done to all, and I hope you enjoyed it. The next step is to come and play on a river trip." DCC Coach Andy Longstaff
 

​"Only the hardy adults avoided the dreaded lurgy which is laying low the youth of the club. A dozen adults had a very enjoyable (and peaceful) trip round the north end of Coniston Water. Starting at Monk Coniston we drifted east over the mirror like surface down to Fur Island where a leisurely lunch was taken. Rested and fed our 6 kayaks and 4 open canoes made for the west shore and so north to the head of the lake. It was great to catch up with old friends and gossip about past exploits and future plans. I expect any juniors reading this will be glad they missed out on all this excitement!!" John Sherwen. Great pictures of the day by Carol and Andy.

​The conditions were good at the docks this afternoon so three groups took to the water, race training, oc training and general paddle. DCC welcomed visitors from down south today. They all enjoyed being out on the water for a paddle. Afterwards it was all into the brew cabin for tea before watching some great fireworks from the dock side. A great time was had by all. Thanks go to Scott for organising a great evening.

Saturday evening saw DCC members and friends dance the night away to the Ceilidh band "Wooden Leg" as we all got together to help John celebrate his 70th Birthday held at Pennington Memorial Hall. A great evening was had by all who were kept will fed by an assortment of lovely food everyone had brought along aswell as a couple of  fantastic birthday cakes baked by Kirsty and Carol. After a round of Happy Birthday, John gave it his best shot at blowing out the candle!!!! Happy Birthday John from us all.