Forth Canoe Club

07/10/2026

Thanks to The City of Edinburgh Council and we've been able to offer even MORE outdoor activity to young people, including FREE sessions for young people with care experience.

Get in touch if your or a young person you know is interested.

Stock photo!

29/09/2026

FCC had five teams compete at the recent canoe polo Scottish Open - that’s an unprecedented 35 members!

Our women’s team Furies retained the Scottish champs title, while also fielding a second team for the first time in recent history.

We ceilidh’d, we tried SUP polo, and we paddled our hearts out.

What an achievement for the club! And thank you again to our very own Jack Watt for all his hard work making this competition work every year. Also a big shout out to the rest of the volunteers!

Until next time 💪

20/09/2026

Due to popular demand (everything was fully booked!) We're squeezing in one more Try It Out session, 1st October, 6.30pm.

https://events.humanitix.com/try-out-kayaking-canoeing-or-paddle-boarding-wqe8gp5y

17/09/2026

14/09/2026

What a weekend at Alva for everyone’s very first slalom competition! 🚣‍♀️

⭐️ Scarlett: Took 1st place in Div 4 K1W on day one with a run so fast they thought it was a timing error, won 1st in Div 3 K1W on day two, and got promoted to Div 3!
⭐️ Alan: 2nd place in Div 4 K1M on day one and promoted to Div 3!
⭐️ Alice: 1st place in Div 4 K1W on day two!
⭐️ Sarah: Smashed her first competition with only 30 minutes of prep and minimal experience!

The whole squad paddled brilliantly and we couldn’t be prouder.

Looking forward to more Forth representation at slalom comps soon 💪

14/09/2026

Forth has FIVE teams entered! Including TWO women's teams. Go Forth!

Thank you to everyone who has entered! We have 40 teams coming from all over the UK and beyond.

Great news: you can still sign up to try SUP polo! And you don't even need to be participating in the open! Open to the wider paddling community.

Just complete this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdEf3H1yffwZG1VyeZ4WHgGub23Z8Yp8dsMNFk_Ol0jwJYoIA/viewform?usp=dialog

30/08/2026

Kit sale underway at Forth Canoe Club

28/08/2026

We're doing tea, coffee and home baking for our end of season kit sale on Sunday afternoon, why not drop by if you're out and about at Harrison Park or along the canal?

12 till 3, Sunday 30th August. £1 entry to the kit sale gets a free hot drink.

You can bring/buy kayak and canoeing kit as well!

Edinburgh Union Canal Society Fountainbridge Canalside Community Trust Friends of Harrison Park

28/08/2026

We all love getting out on the water, here's the evidence on just how much it's worth to our health and wellbeing.

Our mission to share the wellbeing benefits of splashing about continues!

Introducing the Worth of Water report 💦

Across the Forth region, beaches and coastlines, rivers, lochs and canals offer places to walk, relax, enjoy the scenery or simply spend time near the water.

We’ve been exploring what these blue spaces really mean for our health and wellbeing, along with what their value could be if we had to put a number on it.

The Worth of Water report shares new findings on the benefits of the Forth region’s blue spaces. It also explores who is able to access them, who may be missing out and what this could mean for communities across the region.

This research was carried out by the University of Aberdeen, greenspace scotland and Public Health Scotland, as part of the FORTH2O Policy Innovation Partnership, supported by UK Research and Innovation.

Want to find out more? Read the full report here: https://loom.ly/YVSBme4

22/08/2026

FCC takes Belgium! 🇧🇪

Eight of our canoe polo crew survived (and thrived) in the marathon trek to and from Ypres to play in De Paddel.

8 games, 5 solid wins, and a 13th-place finish out of 24 teams. 🏆

It turned out to be much hotter than a Scottish summer, which meant only one thing: immediate excuse to bust out the kilts.