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Nelson Paddling Club wants to help you have fun on the lake this summer!
Friday 08 July 2022
Come out for our NPC Adults Paddling Nights!
Only $11 to take out a Boat or SUP or Surf-ski? REALLY!?
JUST SHOW UP at the NPC CLUBHOUSE at LAKESIDE PARK
Tuesday(6-8 pm), Wednesday (4-8 pm), Thursday(6-8 pm)
from now until August 11
$11 drop in, $45 for entire season!
Free for NPC members!
You will need to sign a form & waiver, pay (Cash, E-transfer)
and our coaches will get you on the water. EASY PEASY!!
Ages: >18 years or <18 welcome with parent/guardian participation
Take out a SUP or a Sprint Kayak (K1, C1) or Surfski!
Just add water and lots of laughs!
Boats/SUP will be chosen by Coaches taking into account paddlers ability/request and boat availability.
Safety Rules & Regulations will be outlined by coaches.
Limited Availability of boats so FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED!
AND Don’t Forget with an NPC Membership ($45) you also get special deals at Hellman Canoes & Kayaks!
Questions about ADULTS PADDLING NIGHTS?
Contact Coach Zoe or Coach Maya at npcexecutive@gmail.com
Thanks for supporting our non-profit sports society,
the Nelson Paddling Club
NPC OPEN HOUSE SATURDAY JULY 24 2021
Tuesday 20 July 2021
The Nelson Paddling Club will be hosting an OPEN HOUSE with Canadian National Team athletes Dominik Crête and Rowan Hardy-Kavanagh! Come join us and try out a paddleboard or a kayak. For more information contact Zoe at nelsonpaddlingclub@gmail.com
- When: Saturday, July 24 12:00 - 2:00 PM
- Where: NPC Boathouse located within the Rowing Pavilion at Lakeside Park (near tennis courts)
- Registration:
Members:
Free, no registration required
Non-Members:
Register for the open house online: NPC Registration
OR
Register the day of CASH ONLY
$10 for adults, $7 for youth
Cardboard kayaks take over Nelson’s Lakeside beach 2019
Saturday 10 August 2019
Cardboard and duct tape.
That’s all you are allowed to use, and you have to make the kayak in the park just before the race.
On Monday, racers paddled their kayaks down the lake and around a pylon and back. Many didn’t make it – they floundered and sank, often slowly and hilariously.
The event is organized by the Nelson Paddling Club and sponsored by Columbia Basin trust and Telus. This year there were three race categories: kids, families, and adults.
There were 71 entries this year, up from 46 last year, according to Heather Potkins who organized the event along with Tessa Timmermans and Carson VanHorne.
Frances Tait and Fyn Taylor won the kids’ race.
“I’m feeling really good,” said Fyn after the big win.
“Like a champion,” said Frances.
What was the winning feature of their kayak design?
“The point at the front,” they said. “And it was waterproof. There were no holes.”
See a video of the event on the online version of this story at nelsonstar.com.
Credit: Bill Metcaf, Nelson Star
NPC Hosts BC Day Regatta!
Saturday 10 August 2019
On August 5th the Nelson Paddling Club hosted our fourth annual BC Day Regatta and as excited to have our biggest turnout yet with over 28 local paddlers! There were the normal 1000m, 500m and 200m distances as well as a 2km SUP and Surfski race. The highlight of the event were the team bonding activities including a TUG-A-CANOE event where four athletes faced off in teams of two facing separate directions in a C-4, and the team boat knock out event where developmental athletes were teamed up with high performance and master athletes to make even crew boats and then raced off in a 200m knock out format.
A BIG Congratulations to:
1000m Champions
U16 Female: Erica Potkins and Tess Nuttall
U16 Male: Carson VanHorne
U18 Female: Zoe Taylor
Masters Female: Lauren Heckley
Masters Male: Jason Rusu
500m Champions:
U10 Female: Lila Beckman and Atiyana Wenaus Quispe
U14 Male: Marco Garrisi and Antonio Perez-Labarta
U16 Male: Carson VanHorne
U18 Female: Zoe Taylor
U23 Female: Heather Potkins
U23 Male: Quinn Currie
Masters Female: Cathy Potkins
Masters Male: Jason Rusu
200m Champions:
U10 Female: Lila Beckman and Atiyana Wenaus Quispe
U12 Male: Gabriel Janz
U14 Male: Marco Garrisi and Antonio Perez-Labarta
U16 Male: Carson VanHorne
U18 Female: Zoe Taylor
U23 Female: Heather Potkins
U23 Male: Quinn Currie
Masters Female: Lauren Heckley
Masters Male: Jason Rusu
Open SUP Champion: Dan Gaudreau
Open Surfski Champion: Jason Rusu
NPC Team Boat Knock Out Champions: Jason Rusu and Coen Morris
Congratulations to Brooke Campbell, Marc Deschenes and Coen Morris for the "BEST EFFORT" awards!
RESULTS:
| Age Category | Placement | Crew | Time | Lane |
| U18 | 1 | Zoe Taylor and Emma Saville | 4:39 | 2 |
| U16 | 2 | Erica Potkins and Tess Nuttall | 4:46 | 1 |
| U16 | 3 | Carson VanHorne | 4:56 | 3 |
| Master | 4 | Lauren Heckley | 5:24 | 4 |
| Age Category | Placement | Crew | Time | Lane |
| U23 | 2 | Quinn Currie | 4:15 | 1 |
| Master | 7 | Cathy Potkins | 5:56 | 3 |
| Master | 6 | Dave Potkins | 5:10 | 5 |
| Master | 1 | Jason Rusu | 4:05 | 6 |
| Master | 4 | Matt Nuttall | 4:45 | 7 |
| Master | 8 | Marc Deschenes | 6:02 | 8 |
| Master | 5 | Richard Milde | 4:51 | 9 |
| Master | 3 | Julien Locke | 4:25 | 10 |
| Age Category | Place | Crew | Time | Lane |
| U10 | 2 | Lila Beckman and Atiyana Wenaus Quispe | 3:49 | 1 |
| U14 | 1 | Marco Garrisi and Antonio Perez-Labarta | 2:55 | 4 |
| Age Category | Placement | Crew | Time | Lane |
| U16 | 3 | Erica Potkins | 2:35 | 1 |
| U16 | 5 | Tess Nuttall | 2:43 | 2 |
| U16 | 7 | Emma Saville | 2:46 | 4 |
| U16 | 2 | Carson VanHorne | 2:27 | 6 |
| U18 | 1 | Zoe Taylor | 2:17 | 8 |
| U23 | 4 | Heather Potkins | 2:39 | 9 |
| Master | 6 | Lauren Heckley | 2:45 | 10 |
| Age Category | Placement | Crew | Time | Lane |
| U23 | 2 | Quinn Currie | 2:06 | 1 |
| Master | 6 | Cathy Potkins | 2:53 | 3 |
| Master | 8 | Brooke Campbell | 3:08 | 5 |
| Master | 1 | Jason Rusu | 1:59 | 6 |
| Master | 4 | Matt Nuttall | 2:19 | 7 |
| Master | 7 | Marc Deschenes | 3:05 | 8 |
| Master | 5 | Richard Milde | 2:20 | 9 |
| Master | 3 | Julien Locke | 2:17 | 10 |
| Master/ U23 | 9 | Laurie Timmermans/ Tessa Timmermans | 3:12 | 2 |
| Category | Placement | Crew | Time | Lane |
| U10 | 3 | Lila Beckman and Atiyanna Wenaus Quispe | 3:37 | 1 |
| U14 | 1 | Marco Garrisi and Antonio Perez- Labarta | 1:04 | 6 |
| U12 | 2 | Gabriel Janz | 1:20 | 8 |
| U12 | DQ | Coen Morris | DNF | 4 |
| Age Category | Placement | Crew | Time | Lane |
| U16 | 3 | Erica Potkins | 1 | |
| U16 | 4 | Tess Nuttall | 2 | |
| U16 | 7 | Emma Saville | 4 | |
| U16 | 2 | Carson VanHorne | 6 | |
| U18 | 1 | Zoe Taylor | 8 | |
| U23 | 5 | Heather Potkins | 9 | |
| Master | 6 | Lauren Heckley | 10 |
| Age Category | Placement | Crew | Time | Lane |
| U23 | 2 | Quinn Currie | 1 | |
| Master | 6 | Cathy Potkins | 3 | |
| Master | 7 | Brooke Campbell | 5 | |
| Master | 1 | Jason Rusu | 6 | |
| Master | 5 | Matt Nuttall | 7 | |
| Master | 8 | Marc Deschenes | 8 | |
| Master | 3 | Richard Milde | 9 | |
| Master | 4 | Julien Locke | 10 | |
| Master | 9 | Dave Potkins | 2 |
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