If you would like to try kayaking and canoeing with MADCC you should come to a club night to meet us and find out more. We can usually get new people on the water for a try-out on most club evenings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Club sessions are held on Mondays at Bollington and on Thursdays at Brereton between April and September – when evenings are light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The club sessions are supervised by nationally qualified club coaches with the help of experienced club paddlers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To begin with you do not need to buy any specialist clothing. You will get splashed and dripped on, so wear clothes that you don’t mind getting damp and perhaps a bit muddy. A windproof jacket is also very useful (an old cagoule is perfect).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Don’t wear jeans or heavy cotton clothing as they feel very cold once they are wet.
Try and wear some form of water shoes or plimsolls as larger footwear\/trainers may not fit within some of the kayaks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Make sure that you bring a full change of clothes and a towel in case of unexpected swims!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You should be able to swim at least 25m, if this is a problem then let a club coach know before the session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The club provides paddling equipment for you, a kayak, a paddle and a buoyancy aid. Just bring yourself, a change of clothes and a towel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Please note that MADCC does not have any changing rooms or toilets at the Bollington site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Monday night club sessions are based at the Macclesfield canal in Bollington.We meet at the car park of the Adelphi Mill, Grimshaw Lane, Bollington, Cheshire, SK10 5JB from 7pm -9pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Thursday night sessions are based at the lake at Brereton Country Park, from 7pm-9pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
See the “where to find us”<\/a> page for maps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Limited amounts of club equipment are kept at Brereton, members usually bring their own kit, but contact us as we can bring boats and other equipment along. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Please contact us for advice via the website inquiry form if you want to come to meet us and try canoeing at Brereton or Bollington. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" How do I start Kayaking and Canoeing? If you would like to try kayaking and canoeing with MADCC you should come to a club night to meet us and find out more. We can usually get new people on the water for a try-out on most club evenings. Club sessions are held on Mondays at… Read More »Getting Started<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-201","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/macclesfieldcanoe.club\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/macclesfieldcanoe.club\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/macclesfieldcanoe.club\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/macclesfieldcanoe.club\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/macclesfieldcanoe.club\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/macclesfieldcanoe.club\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":707,"href":"https:\/\/macclesfieldcanoe.club\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/201\/revisions\/707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/macclesfieldcanoe.club\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}