Fairfield Canoe Club is a dynamic club on the banks of the Yarra River with a friendly club culture and rich history. We turned 100 years young in 2019.
The club offers a successful two session beginner course, regular training sessions, coaching, weekly e-News bulletin, access to a fleet of beginner and intermediate club-owned boats and allocated storage racks for private boats. Members can simply enjoy the use of club facilities or participate in training, events and social occasions such as BBQs, movie-fundraisers and our annual awards night. C
13/05/2026
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eNews from FCC Race at INCC this Sunday This Sunday the next PV marathon race is on, the Yarra Bender Pursuit, hosted just downstream at INCC. It's a nominated doubles race - so as far as possible we should be paddling in doubles, but singles are also very welcome. Starts will be in pairs, and the course is a ...
07/05/2026
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eNews from FCC Paddle to the Max - last Saturday Saturday 2 May saw 80 paddlers, plus family and friends supporters, descend on FCC for the inaugural Paddle to the Max event. The task? In 5 hours ... paddle as many km as possible. Paddlers of all ages joined in teams and singles - and together we paddled a t...
30/04/2026
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eNews from FCC We have 75 paddlers across about 30 teams paddling in the "Paddle to the Max "marathon event, from 10am to 3pm on Saturday. They will be paddling loops - lots of loops - down to Bellbird and back. If you come down for a paddle before or during this time, please be supportive of the paddlers and v...
16/04/2026
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eNews from FCC Snags in the river No, no BBQs going on midstream. But there are a number of large trees across most of the river in many spots, including:
09/04/2026
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eNews from FCC Canoe Polo Nationals The nats were on in Mawson Lakes, SA last weekend, with many FCC players selected for the Australian senior and U21 teams to play at the upcoming world championships in Germany in September 2026. Athletes selected included: Edie Simpson (U21 women), Julian Howes and Theo Partr...
04/04/2026
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eNews from FCC Happy Easter all! Found Item: Somebody's glasses near the dock, have been taken upstairs and left on the microwave. Lost Item: Hugo has lost his red Nelo cover (the cover is red, not sure of the boat colour!) if you find that you have an extra red k1 cover floating around please email Delphine. For....
26/03/2026
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eNews from FCC Victorian marathon championships Great results and turnout, particularly of our junior paddlers, in the Vic marathon champs last weekend. Results for singles here, doubles here and short course here. Photos below, courtesy Paddle Vic Marathon. Club intermediate boats After the note in last wee...
20/03/2026
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eNews from FCC National sprint championships Congratulations to FCC paddlers, and many many thanks to volunteers, parents and coaches who made the long trek across to Champion Lakes in Perth last week. We understand that there were some awesome paddles and some great results. Results online here (click results ...
12/03/2026
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eNews from FCC Beginner courses We have an Introduction to Kayaking course with Julie on Sat 28-Sun 29 March, starting at 11am on Saturday and 10.30am Sunday. At time of writing we have 3 places left. Book here. Remaining places will sell rapidly. What's on this weekend and next week ? Sat 14 March 25°C....
05/03/2026
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eNews from FCC Yarra Moonlight Meditations Tuesday evening this week was the full moon (well, apparently, behind all the cloud), and the first of our "Moonlight Meditations". A group of 8 of us paddled gently downstream to the freeway bridge then back, enjoying the night sounds and smells and the occasional du...
