Welcome!
Welcome to the website of Lee Valley Paddlesports Club
Proud to be the resident club at Lee Valley White Water Centre
The Centre opened its doors to us for our first Club Night on Wednesday 7th May 2014 and, with your involvement and support, we continue to develop and deliver part of the 2012 Olympic Legacy.
Our vision is for a vibrant, friendly club offering a full range of paddle sports. Whether you are a beginner, or a world champion, we welcome you to Lee Valley Paddlesports Club!
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About Us
Lee Valley Paddlesports Club is run by its Club Members for its Club Members, to provide paddle sports opportunities across as many of the paddle sports disciplines as we can. We are based at the Lee Valley White Water Centre and were established as the resident club as part of the Olympic Legacy. Our ongoing development as a Club is to meet the needs of our Club Members and to further develop that Legacy.
At the heart of our activities has been our Wednesday Club Night held at the White Water Centre. The sessions that we operate on Club Night vary during the year, so to get the up-to-date information contact our membership Secretary or, if you are already a Club member, check the bookings available on our WebCollect site. Typically a Club Night caters for those who wish to paddle on the Legacy Loop and the Olympic Course, whether as a recreational paddler, freestyler or rafter. We also have sessions that include slalom paddlers, Club Members on development pathways and those furthering specific skills such as bank safety.
The White Water Centre is also where we host our slalom development programme for those wishing to either get in to competitive slalom racing or who wish to further develop their proficiency. For more information see the section below on Join Our Slalom Programme which will link you to an enquiry/registration form.
As it is a world-class white water facility, the Lee Valley Whitewater Centre is not surprisingly our focus for white water activities. As a paddle sports club we do however promote flatwater paddle sports whether for recreational pleasure or for development in the competitive disciplines of Sprint and Marathon. We have a developing programme of flatwater activities for those wishing to start paddle sports and for those competing or wishing to compete in Sprint and Marathon events. These activities are primarily hosted in the sheltered waters of the River Lea at Rammey Island, a little over a mile away from the Lee Valley White Water Centre.
Should you wish to become a member of Lee Valley Paddlesports Club, our Standard LVPC Membership is targeted at encouraging people to get in to paddle sports through our flatwater activities. For those who wish to engage in our white water activities, including raft racing, then our Whitewater Membership will be for you.
Join Us – How to Become a Member of LVPC
If you are looking to become a member of Lee Valley Paddlesports Club, please contact our Membership Secretary (Pam Phillips) in the first instance, at lvpcmembership@gmail.com for more details about joining. This will ensure you have the best information we can provide you with on what we currently have available, the fee rates, and what is likely to best suit your paddle sport interests and your current level of skill on the water.
Please be aware that as we have to book the water courses at the Lee Valley Whitewater Centre to then provide activities to our Club Members, we may have to restrict the number of new Whitewater LVPC Memberships from time-to-time so that we can safely manage the demand for our sessions and the demand on our volunteers who ensure our activities take place.
If you are not joining at the start of our Club Year in the autumn, our Membership Secretary will also make sure you have the current information on the duration of new memberships and the associated membership fees.
There are more details about being an LVPC Club Member within the Membership page of this website, which includes use of our WebCollect site for joining-up, paying for membership, and booking Club activities to participate in. If you need to borrow paddle sport equipment, then as well as checking with our membership Secretary, you can also find some background information in our ‘Policy Statements’ document.
The following table shows our Membership Fees as at 4th September 2024.
Join our Slalom Programme
We are delighted to be offering a programme to our Club members who are interested in the discipline of canoe slalom. Our programme is designed to meet a range of needs, from those who would like to improve their boat control by learning slalom technique, to people who are keen to start training and racing.
Whether you are a beginner or already have experience, or whether you are a ‘senior’ or a ‘junior’, please have a look to see if there is an option that you are interested in.
How We Operate as a Paddle Sports Club
This website contains pages that describe how we operate as a Club, what our policies and procedures are that all Club Members need to be aware of, how the safeguarding of our Club Members is managed, and, why LVPC is a Limited Company.
Lee Valley Paddlesports Club Limited, which all Club members are members of, has two Directors (both Club Members) who have devolved the running of the Club to a General Committee. The Club’s Constitution describes the Committee, its key officer roles, and the operating of sub-committees etc. LVPC has structures, policies and procedures in place to help keep the Club economically viable, develop paddle sports activities, and look after the safety and welfare of its members.
You can find out more by using this website’s Main Menu or following these links:
Quality Club Award
We are delighted to announce that LVPC was, for a second year running, awarded ‘Quality Club’ recognition in 2023 by British Canoeing. Follow this LINK for more information. British Canoeing has changed its name in 2024 and is now known as Paddle UK. We will be updating our references as new graphics and logos become available.
Lee Valley Paddlesports Club Ltd
Lee Valley Paddlesports Club Ltd is a Private Company Limited by Guarantee without a share capital. Registered in England & Wales, Company Number 8905366. As the resident club at the Lee Valley White Water Centre, our registered address is Lee Valley White Water Centre, Station Road, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire EN9 1AB.
Lee Valley Paddlesports Club Ltd is a community-focused club run by volunteers to promote participation in paddle sports and to provide paddle sports opportunities.
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