Club Profile - Wyre Forest Canoe Club

Wyre Forest Canoe Club is a small independent club based in Bewdley. The aim of the club is to promote the sport of canoeing, providing maximum enjoyment in a safety conscious environment. We have been a thriving organisation for a number of years and have a membership of approximately 100 paddlers. We are able to provide taster sessions for those wishing to try the sport for the first time. The club has a number of coaches and trainee coaches, at various levels, who attend the club meetings where their experience can be used.

During the Friday evening sessions, we will be running the British Canoe Union star awards system where we will be instructing and testing for the awards.

The club organises paddles on different grade rivers throughout the country, these range from flat water paddles to grade three rivers. These rivers include the Severn, the Teme and for the more experienced, the Tryweryn in Wales. Each year the club organises some white water weekends away. In recent years we have paddled the River Dart in Devon and rivers in Cumbria. Again, the equipment can be hired for these trips.