A wonderful donation from Carnforth Community Choir

The choir performed their summer concert choosing our charity to benefit from the proceeds. We are so thankful of their generous donation of £900. Gina, one of our members, sings in the choir and brought a cheque to a recent paddling session to present to Paddlers for Life. We aim to ensure access to all who ... More

Cross Bay walk fundraiser 2025

The forecast for Arnside was not optimistic with high chance of heavy rain and possible thunderstorms forecast. Fortunately we had only light rain for the first mile or so then dry, calm and warm conditions. Michael and Jo from Guide Over Sands Trust along with their tractor drivers and marshals led us on ... More

Another evening coaching session.

We gathered to give some hotel staff some coaching in dragon boat paddling as a team. They have an entry in the YMCA Lakeside dragon boat regatta on 12th. July 2025. Paddlers for Life will also have a team there. More

Solstice Paddle.

It has become a tradition that we do a long paddle the 10.5 mile length of Windermere around the summer solstice. Initially, in 2010 and 2011, we participated in an event organised by 'Windermere Canoe and Kayak' for any human powered craft. (See here). We paddled the length of Windermere and towed the dragon boats ... More

A great coaching session.

Keni visited from Three River Serpents (Serpees) in Durham to give us paddling tips as we get ready for the Bradford Dragon Boat Festival It's always good for experienced paddlers to be reminded of technique and helpful for newer paddlers to start to understand how to make the stroke efficient and effective. If you ... More

Dotting the dragons’ eyes, 2025

This is done on the fifth day of the fifth Chinese lunar month and recalls the origins of traditional dragon boat ceremonies. Many thanks to Barbara and Sandra who had prepared flowers and other decorations for the the boats and dragon heads and led us through the ceremony. The ceremony ... More

Lovely publicity for our dragon boat paddling activities.

Julie collaborated with the editor at the Westmorland Gazette to publicise our dragon boat paddling activities for cancer survivors. Also welcome publicity for our Cross Bay Walk fundraiser with the support of Guide Over Sands. The walk is on the 19th. July, 2025 starting in Arnside at 12 noon. See what a fantastic ... More

Coffee Morning 2025

Our annual coffee morning fund raiser in Silverdale Gaskell Memorial Hall raised important funds for our breast cancer dragon boat team. The efforts of team members and supporters and the generosity of the Silverdale Community helped raise a grand total of £1622.48p with stalls, tombola, raffle, donations and refreshme... More

Happy New Year 2025

May 2025 bring everyone great paddling. We wish all your hopes are fulfilled and all the best for all you hold dear. Happy New Year to all our members and everyone who supports our activities. Low Wood Bay Resort & Spa host our boats and their staff are very helpful particularly at the water sports centre. ... More

A great coaching session.

Keni, our friend and coach from Three River Serpents, came over to give a mixed team of paddlers a really useful session. Paddling technique and timing were the focus of the season with emphasis on leaning into the stroke to get a good long reach as well as what stage in the stroke to get the paddle out of the water ... More