Maidstone Canoe Club

Beginner's Course for Club Newcomers - Canoes

Paddle with us!  If you're thinking of joining Maidstone Canoe Club and learning to paddle, you're in the right place!  This 4-week Beginner's Course is designed to give you the basic skills to control the boat.  Once you've completed the course, you'll have the confidence and abilities to join us on our trips, tours, and regular paddles on the Medway and beyond.

This course will be primarily in open (Canadian-style) canoes, rather than kayaks, although the kayaking basics will also be covered.  

Please note that courses must be pre-booked.  We are no longer running "open" sessions - all novice paddlers must attend one of our Introductory Courses.  Please see this page for details.

Full details of the courses and how to get involved in paddling at the Club are available on this page - please take a look if you haven't already done so.

Our courses cost £25, and are run by our friendly qualified coaches.  They consist of four 2-hour sessions.  (Note the cost is £25 for the whole course - not £25 per session!)

Your coaches for this Course will be Jamie McConville.  The dates for this course are:

Boats used for this session: kayaks

If you can't attend one of the sessions, please let one of the coaches know and we'll try to fit you in another time.  Please arrive at 9:30am - we will aim to be on the water by 10:00am.

If you'd like to attend this course, please fill out the form below to sign up.  If you've got questions or have any problems, please contact us and we'll do our best to help.

See you on the water!

This course begins on Sunday, 8th September