6 Results for month: 07/2011

Community Spirit event at Brockhole Visitor Centre

Paddlers for Life Windermere offered opportunities to paddle their dragon boats as part of a Community Spirit event at Brockhole Visitor Centre near Windermere. Paddlers for Life took their two dragon boats to the nearby Brockhole Visitor Centre. A few lucky members of the public got the chance to spend some time ... More

Power Boat refresher training.

A few paddlers refreshed their power boat skills on a beautiful evening. What a place to be on the water! More

Helm practise. In beautiful sunshine…

On a glorious day for paddling Aly and Alwyn took the opportunity to develop their skills for helming the dragon boats as part of the Paddlers for Life helm training programme.                       More

July Paddle

Paddlers assembled in unpromising weather on Sunday 17th. July. Having had a wonderful day the previous Thursday the grey skies and drizzle must have discouraged some. Over the next 45 minutes however keen paddlers arrived and numbers slowly increased until we had enough to nearly fill the dragon boat. Chris helmed the ... More

Inspire Project visit Paddlers for Life.

Charles Allen, CBE, Chair of the London 2012 Nations and Regions Group and LOCOG Board Member, visited Paddlers for Life. Other visitors included other Inspire board members and members from South Lakeland District Council. Inspire project, Paddlers for Life, in Windermere, is part of the Northwest Inspire Programm... More

Reporters Academy film us for the Olympics ‘Inspire’ Mark

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