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A great fundraising effort.
A huge thank you to Jane and the staff from Bishop Rawstorne Church of England Academy, Leyland
On Saturday 15 June 2019, 22 members of staff from Bishop Rawstorne Church of England Academy, Leyland came along to experience the joy of dragon boat paddling.
Under the expert tuition of Jane ...
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'Dotting of the Eyes' 2019
A tradition of Chinese dragon boating is dotting the eyes of the dragon heads. Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanwu Festival, is a traditional and important celebration in China and generally falls in early June.
Paddlers for Life Windermere honour this event by dotting the eyes of the ...
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Again Roz lead on this day.
Members gathered at Low Wood to get everything ready for paddling next week.
Roz trained everyone on how to prepare the boats for the water dressing them with the head, drum tail and steering oar and all the safety equipment.
In a race to dress the boats newer members showed ...
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Roz lead this day of familiarisation for Paddlers for Life members.
The aim of the day is to prepare members for the new season and give new members an understanding of our basic activities.
It is also a day to renew friendships after the winter 'off' season with no paddling.
People introduced themselves ...
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Members met at Kendal Leisure Centre.
About 15 members including three new members met for an exercise session with Ali.
After lunch everyone headed to the pool for a thirty minute Aquafit aqua aerobics session with Anne.
This was followed by a half hour session with Jaqui Young which covered correct buoyancy aid ...
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Another fantastic fund raiser.
This was the the tenth Coffee Morning to raise funds at the Gaskell Hall Silverdale to raise funds for Paddlers for Life Windermere.
Previous coffee mornings had raised close to £10000 over the years and this year's event continued the trend raising a brilliant £1475.27p.
Mags ...
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Paddlers for Life Windermere AGM
Paddlers for Life Windermere had a busy AGM on the 25th. November, 2018. The meeting was well attended with all the current trustees, Jill, Irene, Roz, Ruth and Pam being re-elected and Judy becoming a trustee again. After the usual reports from the secretary and treasurer the members got ...
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A fantastic donation.
The Co-op in Ambleside agreed that Paddlers for Life Windermere would be one of their chosen charities for fundraising. In November Ruth attended for the presentation of a cheque for the wonderful sum of £2142.22p. The team are so grateful to the Co-op and its customers for supporting the continua...
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Kendal Asda raise funds for the team.
Our hardworking trustees attended another presentation from Asda in Kendal. Jill, Irene, Ruth and Pam accepted a cheque for £200. All money raised ensures that cancer survivors and their supporters can continue to paddle on Windermere.
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Please watch the film commissioned to tell the story of Paddlers for Life in their tenth year of paddling.
You can see what dragon boat paddling and team participation means to the members many of whom have a cancer diagnosis and have had lengthy treatment in this 'Tenth Anniversary Film'.
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