Celebration! 20 years of breast cancer survivor dragon boat paddling.

Let's celebrate. Paddlers for Life Windermere took to the water on June 13th. participating in a celebration of 20 years of breast cancer survivor dragon boat paddling. They joined an international 'paddling party' celebrating this milestone. Abreast in a Boat in Canada were the first breast cancer dragon boat team ... More

Artemis Phyllis and Lucy at Low Wood have their eyes ‘dotted’.

Awakening the dragons. Paddlers for Life 'Dotted the Eyes' of the dragons on their two dragon boats Artemis Phyllis and Lucy at Low Wood. Eye dotting is a traditional part of the dragon boat festival to 'awaken the dragons' that protect dragon boat paddlers on the water. Helen retold the story of the poet Qu ... More

A cardboard dragon boat at ‘Low Wood No Wood’.

Paddlers for Life at 'Low Wood No Wood'. Low Wood No Wood is a charity fundraiser event. Teams build boats, largely from cardboard as no wood is allowed. to try and navigate a figure of eight course against another team to try for the fastest time. There is also a grand finale in which boats try to rescue treasure ... More

Lancaster University Confucius Society visit for training

Some members of Lancaster University Confucius Society visited Paddlers for Life Windermere. They were practising for a dragon boat racing event for other Confucius societies at universities in the North West. The event is to be held on the River Lune in Lancaster on Saturday 16th. May. More

Keni tutors our first coaching session of 2015

Keni visited with her newest family member to do some start of season coaching.   Keni gives excellent tuition on technique to eager paddlers. Keni took the team through the basics of the paddling stroke as we try to awake our muscles at the beginning of the season and re-establish the muscle memory ... More
Along with more regular paddlers they started to get back into paddling shape.

Start of the 2015 paddling season.

Our paddling has started. After a cancelled paddling session due to strong winds and heavy rain the eighth season finally got off to a start. 19th. April, 2015       More

Down and Ready Day

As our eighth paddling season looms ever closer Paddlers for Life Windermere prepared for the season as novice and more experienced paddlers gathered together for a 'Down and Ready ' day to help new members get ready to paddle. As well as reminding paddlers of routines for readying the boats, techniques of ... More

Water confidence and safety pool session

Paddlers for Life held their first water confidence and safety pool session at Kendal Leisure Centre.   Paul, from Low Wood watersports centre, refreshed our skills for buddying up and keeping warm in the water to look after fellow paddlers. Participants also discussed and practiced techniques for swimming as ... More

Coffee Morning Fundraiser

Paddlers for Life Windermere kick off their eighth season with an annual fundraising coffee morning at Gaskell Hall in Silverdale. 31st. January, 2015 As usual the residents of Silverdale turned out in great numbers to both help run the coffee morning stalls and refreshments but also to generously support our charity in ... More

Paddlers for Life in its eighth season.

Eighth season, a video of our activities. This video was filmed and edited by Judy's daughter Sian with the help of a couple of friends. Filmed on a wet August day in 2014, it is a timely reminder of what Paddlers for Life Windermere is all about as we start our eighth season. Paddlers for Life Windermere 2014 from ... More