Tolerant Canoe Club in or near Loughborough?
 

Hello all,

I couldn't find a FAQ, so apologies if this isn't appropriate.

I'm looking for a canoe club that trains on a pool in Loughborough. I
suffer from CFS/ME (A chronic fatigue disorder.
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/9217-3.asp), thus cannot
travel far often. I've been using kayaks on holidays and such since I
was small and enjoy paddling, although currently I rock about as if
it's my first time on the water and I cannot use a spray deck.

I was very nicely allowed into the club at a nearby school, but now
that I've graduated from high school this is no longer possible. The
only other club within a reasonable (for me) distance I can find is
only open to Loughborough Uni students. So, I was wondering if there's
anybody else, perhaps in a ‘hidden' club or from out of town, who has
paddling sessions on a Loughborough pool (or somewhere in the
environs) and would not mind me joining them. As indicated above, I'm
not exactly an asset (Spot of English understatement, here…) to any
group of paddlers, but I would pay my club dues regularly and actually
manage to attend only infrequently, so hopefully I wouldn't be too
irritating.

So, anybody out there? Any ideas on where else I could ask?
Thank for any help,
Steff

Why not phone up every pool you can travel to and ask if they have kayak
clubs in? It might be best to approach this one slightly backwards!

Charlie.

"SK" wrote in message
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Hello all,

I couldn't find a FAQ, so apologies if this isn't appropriate.

I'm looking for a canoe club that trains on a pool in Loughborough. I
suffer from CFS/ME (A chronic fatigue disorder.
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/9217-3.asp), thus cannot
travel far often. I've been using kayaks on holidays and such since I
was small and enjoy paddling, although currently I rock about as if
it's my first time on the water and I cannot use a spray deck.

I was very nicely allowed into the club at a nearby school, but now
that I've graduated from high school this is no longer possible. The
only other club within a reasonable (for me) distance I can find is
only open to Loughborough Uni students. So, I was wondering if there's
anybody else, perhaps in a 'hidden' club or from out of town, who has
paddling sessions on a Loughborough pool (or somewhere in the
environs) and would not mind me joining them. As indicated above, I'm
not exactly an asset (Spot of English understatement, here.) to any
group of paddlers, but I would pay my club dues regularly and actually
manage to attend only infrequently, so hopefully I wouldn't be too
irritating.

So, anybody out there? Any ideas on where else I could ask?
Thank for any help,
Steff

"SK" wrote in message
om...
Hello all,

I couldn't find a FAQ, so apologies if this isn't appropriate.

I'm looking for a canoe club that trains on a pool in Loughborough.
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So, anybody out there? Any ideas on where else I could ask?
Thank for any help,
Steff

"Charlie" wrote in message ...
Why not phone up every pool you can travel to and ask if they have kayak
clubs in? It might be best to approach this one slightly backwards!

Charlie.


Whoops. Award for lateral thinking, there! I'll give it a go on
Monday. Worst thing that can happen is they have a confidentiality
thing and won't be able to give me the info.

I suppose if that doesn't work out, some people *do* use the canal,
only I'm not sure how I'd contact them (Apart from hanging out by the
bank...), or if I'd feel secure enough in that environment to actually
learn anything properly; water's somewhat icky and I'm pretty scared
of Weil's disease.

Many thanks for the common sense donation,
:-)

Steff

I work in a leisure centre, we have people asking stuff like that all the
time. All the coaches the have clubs with us know we give their numbers out
to people. I'd expect it to be the same everywhere. After all, if you're
going to run a club you need to have some way for new members to contact
you. Just to let you know, we have a young disabled girl in the club, she's
about 16 and is (not sure of the correct way to put this) mentally and
physically a bit "behind". She kayaks in the surf (ickle surf), down the
rivers, and in the pool. Amazingly she also gorge walks with us, although
we have to haul her out on ropes. There's is hope for you, if she can do it
anyone can! =D

Charlie.


Whoops. Award for lateral thinking, there! I'll give it a go on
Monday. Worst thing that can happen is they have a confidentiality
thing and won't be able to give me the info.

I suppose if that doesn't work out, some people *do* use the canal,
only I'm not sure how I'd contact them (Apart from hanging out by the
bank...), or if I'd feel secure enough in that environment to actually
learn anything properly; water's somewhat icky and I'm pretty scared
of Weil's disease.

Many thanks for the common sense donation,
:-)

Steff