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Clitheroe Canoe Club
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Awards Evening 18th Feb 2006
| Paddlers'
Prowess Rewarded [CLITHEROE ADVERTISER by Sarah Nock] |
Jonathan
Downing is pictured |
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The purpose of the evening was to recognise members' achievements and contributions to the club over the previous year – both great and the not-so-great – and to have a fun night out. This year's venue, Langho Community Centre, saw an excellent turnout. There was plenty of food and drinks on offer, with music and dancing in the form of a ceilidh provided by "The Old School Band". The mildly strenuous dancing quickly exposed that canoeists – in general – are perhaps more co-ordinated on water! |
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Among the award winners, selected by this year's chairman Neville Wilkinson, was Jonathan Downing, who received the Club Member Of The Year award for services volunteered to the club in 2005. The Members Choice Award went to Marie Heyworth for providing a warm and friendly welcome to the club. The Casson family received the Flying Paddle Award for their enthusiastic participation in club events and for travelling from afar each week, while Bob Purdy, James Nock and Kirsten Platt all received awards for "river bed exploration technique", otherwise known as swimming! Meanwhile, Chris Wilkinson received the Derek's Paddle Award for paddling the River Crake with his new dry-suit on the wrong way around! On
a more serious note, Gary Walton was presented with the Rescue Award
for saving a very lucky young lady from heavy seas during the club's
Anglesey camping weekend. Clitheroe
Canoe Club is a not-for-profit family-oriented canoe club and is
run by volunteers. Anyone
who is interested, or belongs to a group or club that would be interested
in trying canoeing or kayaking, should ring Marie Heyworth on 01254
822440 for more details.
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