Copeland Canoe Club |

Copeland Canoe Club was founded in 1981. Its aim is to promote the amateur sport of canoeing. At Copeland Canoe Club, we want paddling to be for everyone. Paddlesport is fun, sociable and accessible for all ages and abilities.
We have been an affiliated member of the British Canoe Union - now Paddle UK - since 1983. Our PUK affiliation number is 954.
We became a Community Amateur Sports Club in 2004 and a Clubmark club in June 2009. Paddle UK has now taken over responsibility for accreditation, we became a "Quality Club" in March 2023, renewed in 2024-5.

Membership is open to all, trial membership is available for up to 4 sessions before we ask you to join (ie from the fifth session onwards). This is at a cost of £6.00 per person per pool or outside session. We ask visitors / trial members to give us some basic personal details so we have medical and emergency contact information, just in case it is needed...
See below for information on how this is handled.

Club membership fees for 2026 are below, for full details see the membership page.

• Junior: (Under 18) £20.00
• Student (Over 18, living at home, in fte): £20.00
• Senior: (18 or over) £26.00: (60 or over) £20.00
• Family: £34.00
  A family would normally be two or more related people. (Preferably one over 18)

Membership fees are annual, per calendar year. If you join in late November or December then your membership is valid until the end of the following December. We ask non-members to join after a period of 4 weeks (ie the fifth session). This is to comply with our insurance conditions. Please see the club membership page (link on the right) for more details.

These fees cover affiliation to Paddle UK and contribute to the running of the club and the purchase / maintenance of club equipment... Download information about what benefits club members have from PUK (May be out of date...
Club members have Public Liability Insurance when on Club trips because of the Club's PUK affiliation, those acting as Club Coaches also have insurance, provided they have undertaken a competency framework assessment.

Club Officers 2025-6

• Chairman: Mark Jones
• Vice-Chair: Vacant
• Secretary: Alastair Yates
• Treasurer: Jan Stalker
• Equipment: Barry Allan
• Welfare Officers: Joe Stalker and Estelle Kay
• Safety Officers: Joe Stalker and Alastair Yates
• Pool Coordinator: Coaching team
• Website / Calendar / newsletter production: Alastair Yates
• Junior Coaching coordinator: David Topliss
• Adult Coaching coordinator: Paul Bailey
• Competition Officer: Vacant
• Volunteer coordinator: Bob Frazer
• #ShePaddles coordinator: Vacant, contact the Chair
• Membership Coordinator: shared between Chairman and Secretary
• School Liaison coordinator: Mark Jones
• Junior Rep:Isla Price-Walter and Joseph Bird
• Paddle Ability / Quality Accreditation: Andy Bennion and Bob Frazer