5 Results for month: 07/2016

Coaching Session with Keni.

Coaching Session with Keni. Keni visited to teach one of her regular coaching sessions to help newer paddlers learn the basics of the paddling stroke and more experienced paddlers to refine and develop their technique. Some paddlers are making preparations to improve their strength and skills in order to compete in ... More

Helm Training

Helm Training Dragon boats cannot be paddled without a helm or steersperson. It is essential that teams can draw on a pool of paddlers with helm experience to paddle regularly. Peter and Sue trained paddlers from Port Edgar Dragons and Manchester Dragoneers as well Paddlers for Life Windermere to become helms for their ... More

Lancashire LA visitors.

Lancashire LA visitors. On Thursday afternoon Paddlers for Life hosted a group of Rowena's colleagues from Lancashire Local Authority. They wanted to experience dragon boat paddling and we were able to put out two dragon boats. More

Lancaster Canal Challenge 

Lancaster Canal Challenge Two fantastic crews of paddlers formed from cancer survivors and their supporters from Paddlers for Life Windermere paddled their dragon boat, Artemis Phyllis' thirty one miles along the Lancaster Canal from Owd Nell's at Bilsborow to the northernmost navigable point at Tewitfield. This ... More

Canal challenge preparation.

Canal challenge preparation, the event is imminent. Paddlers prepared for the great canal paddling adventure by getting the dragon boat Artemis Phyllis onto the trailer ready for the event which is just one week away. Two crews will paddle the dragon boat in relay from Bilsborrow to Tewitfield along the Lancaster ... More