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Canoe Polo Clubs

Submitted by James Hosken on 28 October, 2007 - 20:08.

If you are looking to find a canoe club that plays Canoe Polo the best and first instance for the time being is to contact the BCU. Check their Regions and Clubs web page or contact them by phone on 0115 982 1100.

In time a list of clubs and contact details will be made available on this page.
If you are a member of a club that plays canoe polo and wants to be listed on this page please email the following information to webmaster@canoepolo.org.uk.

  • BCU region
  • Club Name
  • Town/Cite based
  • Contact Name
  • Email address
  • Web site
  • Breif description of the club, membership, number of team


East Midlands

Loughborough Kayak Club

Loughborough Kayak Club was established in the summer of 2006, primarily as a group of ex Loughborough students. Since then the club has begun to grow and we have taken in new members from other walks of life, bringing more diversity to the club. We are currently based at the Loughborough Grammar School pool, and meet on a Thursday evening (details on website) for an hour and a half. The club's current focus seems to be canoe polo by far and away, and we have entered division four midlands under the name "Lufbralumps", in bright turquoise and purple, and are so far doing reasonably well! Aside from polo, we are intending on pursuing some trips away along a more white water route, taking in both rivers and surf. Whatever your primary discipline, and whatever your skill level we would love to hear from any wannabe Lufbralumps! See you on the water??


London

Battersea Canoe Club

Battersea is a friendly club that doesn't take polo quite as seriously as some other teams. Our Tuesday evening pool sessions at Putney Leisure Centre are open to everybody, and all standards are welcome. See our web site for further details. We currently have a team playing in Open Division 4 SE, and usually manage to play in some of the summer tournaments.


University of London Canoe Polo (ULU)

ULUCP is a club run by and for students of the University of London. We have three weekly pool training sessions pretty much all year around and are often found training on the canal in Paddington. In recent years we have had 3 teams in the national league; one in Division 2 Ladies and one each in Open Divisions 3 & 4. We attend student tournaments such as Warwick, Cardiff and BUSA and try to field teams for many of the summer tournaments such as the Club Champs, Cancer Challenge, Liverpool, Hull, Meridian Summer League, Welsh Open and the London International.

If you are a member of the University of London Union and you would like to try out canoe polo, join the club or just find out more, please turn up to one of our open sessions on a Wednesday night at 8.15pm at the ULU swimming pool. All you need is swimwear and a T-shirt. We will supply the rest.


Northern Ireland

Ulster Canoe Polo Club

The club was established in 1992 as Grove Canoe Polo Club based at Grove baths in Belfast. The club has competed in the Irish National league contests every year since. This year the club has changed its name and started to implement a development plan that will see more competitions and more teams. The Club runs a winter and summer league for CANI and the Belfast cup in March. There will be a new competition in Enniskillen 5/6 August 2006 and new outdoor pitches at Shaw's bridge and Newry, a junior Polo session will start in October at the Grove with a view to developing our first junior teams.


North West

Manchester Canoe Polo Club

As an active branch of the Manchester Canoe Club, we have approximately 25 members. We train on Thursday evenings at Cheadle pool. We are always keen for welcome new members. We also welcome any experienced players from other clubs to train with us. See our website for further details.


Yorkshire

Green Star

Last year, the the club gained 'Top Community Club' status and has a membership of between 70 and 100 paddlers of all ages and is very strong in slalom and general coaching, particularly of youth members.
There are about 15-20 regular polo players. In winter they train at St James' pool in the town centre and in summer, at Hatfield Water Park (home of the BUSA and National Club Champs and used for GB training weekends). They usually field a team at the Liverpool, Hull and London summer events.

In recent years, Green Star 'A' & 'B' have competed in National Div's 3&4 and, in collaboration with other local clubs, the club has entered and done well in National Youth Div 1.
Green Star also enters Yorks Region Divs 1,2 & 3 and Yorkshire U16 premier & novice leagues.
A number of it's players have gone on to represent GB at U21 level.
The club runs 'come & try' weekends at Hatfield WP during the summer.


Pennines

Divison 2 polo club with England U21 captain on the club. There are 3 teams (A, B & Open Age) the Open Age group "the zimmers" we 7th in there Division last year (04/05) I hope to improve this time round. About 17-20 people turn up on training sessions on Tuesdays (2200-2300) at Dewsbury Sports Centre.


WYCC (West Yorkshire Canoe Club)

The club currently has no team in place due to lack of interest. But local Div2 team Pennines has two members with WYCC who are currently trying to light a spark within the club to form a new team. The club once had a Div3 team but later lost that place after dropping out in 2003. Every 3rd Thursday of the month is the club's training session & are hoping to form at team in time for 2006/07 the club has around 30 members & only 3 are so far up for the polo challenge.


South West

Avon Canoe Polo Club

Avon Canoe Polo Club currently has over 40 members, with 5 teams playing in National Open League and 2 teams in National Ladies League. Our Open League teams play in Divisions 2 to 4, so we are able to cater for all ability of polo player. Our ladies play in Division 1 and Division 2 of the Ladies League. We also participate in the regional South West League. We welcome all new players although we cannot currently cater for people who have never paddled before. Our open training sessions are currently held on a Sunday and Thursday evening.


Bristol Canoe Club

Bristol Canoe Club is for paddlers of all disciplines in the Bristol area. The club consists mostly of adults and at June 2007, we have around 100 members. We are an informal club and not highly 'organised'. In addition to Canoe Polo, the Club is also very active in white water, marathon racing, surfing, and organises continental trips as well as many social events during the year. Our primary Polo team is called the Bristol Pitbulls, and was promoted to Division 3 following the 2006/07 play-offs where we reached the final. The Club also enters a “development” team in the south west league, and organizes friendly games with other local teams. Each Wednesday evening from September until May, we have a Pool session for basic training, followed by polo games where club polo equipment is available too. We welcome all beginners to canoeing and polo, as well as experienced polo players wanting to join a club offering a variety of disciplines and a slightly more relaxed attitude to polo competition!!


Wales

Bangor University Canoe Polo Club

Bangor Uni Canoe Polo club was established 2 years ago. Run by students, we have one 2 hour pool session each week, and 1 2 hour lake session each week. We participate in the FOA Universities league and BUSA Canoe Polo Competition. We are open to students and non-students, membership fee is £15 per year. Please contact us if you would like to join.


Scotland

Stirling Canoe Club

The club was formed in 1990 by a small group of paddlers from the Stirling area. They enjoyed the sport and were interested in improving their own skills and introducing others to their love of canoeing.

Members are interested in most aspects of the sport including: white water kayaking, sea touring, surfing, open Canadian canoeing (both touring and white water), flat-water touring, marathon racing, and canoe polo. The emphasis at present is on river running, sheltered flat water, pool training evenings and (not very serious) competition canoe polo. The club does its best to encourage youngsters to develop and train up new potential coaches.