SUCC - Southampton University Canoe Club

2024-2025 Southampton University Canoe Club! 🛶🛶

We had the pleasure to have our annual photos taken last week!

Xmas Meal! 🎄☃️✨

With the end to 2024, here is a recap of our lovely Christmas meal. Thank you to the social secs for organising and for the photos! On behalf of all of Committee, we wish you a very happy holiday and good start to 2025 ✨🙌🥳 # # #

South Wales 1! 🛶🍂

A lovely beginner trip to Wales. Although there was severe lack of rain, we made the most of it. Thank you to Ruby and Ale for organising the trip and a yummy (not so yummy) chicken jambalaya (this is ale writing), and the rest of committee for helping save dinner!

October Dart!

Our first beginner river trip of the year! 🍂Thank you to Fil and Ale for organising, and for the camera photos. The autumnal vibes were 👌👌🤌🤌, AND there was river dog Ruby! A lovely trip with some yummy fajitas and mostly no incidents (love u Ted)

Here are all the trips we have planned for the upcoming year!

We have a variety of beginner and intermediate level trips throughout the year, these are subject to change depending on water levels, but we will let you know if they change.
Members of committee will be organising each trip, so make sure to get in contact if you have any questions.
Hope you are all excited for the upcoming trips, including a few new ones added to the schedule 🤩🔥.

More information on each trip will be posted on the Facebook about a week before the trip, and sign-ups as well.

SUCC Boat ball 2024 🛥️🥂🌊🛶

Hello hello all,

On the 27th April 2024, SUCC celebrated its annual boat ball! It was lovely seeing so many people there, freshers, members, and alumni, many who came down to Southampton specifically for the boat ball 😊. Sadly the weather was not on our side (a few very wet succers), but a little rain has never stopped SUCC.

I’d like to thank Jake Southern for organising the boat ball, had an amazing turnout and was a very lovely evening.

The boat ball featured a raffle (thank you to Ayla for presenting) with a load of goodies to go, merch, vouchers, and even a personalise yourself dry robe!! (which conveniently Connor (pres) won 🤨🤨.

The Katie Locke Award was presented, which is given to the SUCCer who has gone above and beyond for the club. Katie was a brilliant member of SUCC, who sadly passed away, and her parents created this fund in her memory. This year Euan Donovan-Hill ( )won the award. Euan is a bubbly kind SUCCer, who always has a smile on his face, and happy to help in SUCC, he has been a member of the club for quite a few years now ( ). He is an excellent leader on rivers, always helpful at pool sessions, and an icon at the annual abba socials 😊. Congratulations Euan!

Thank you to all of the 2023-2024 committee, and good luck to the 2024-2025 committee! Credits to most the pictures to and 😌
Hope to see you all soon, and good luck with your exams 😌.

SUCC Love ❤️

Pictures:
1. Group picture
2. SUCC Committee 2023-2024
3. SUCC Committee 2024-2025
4. Exec Committee 2024-2025
5. Ayla presenting the raffle
6. Euan winning the Katie Locke Award
7. Boat balling
8. SUCC Gals and Non-binary pals ❤️
9. Boat balling x2
10. Boat balling x3

Welcome back!

This week we are returning with our usual pool sessions, a weir session on Wednesday afternoon, and a s**t shirt social on Wednesday evening.
With exams coming up, it's important to remember to look after your physical and mental wellbeing. Luckily, kayaking is a great way to do both :)

SUCC love

Hello hello and welcome to another (spooky) week of SUCCing! 👻

We have a very classic SUCC week ahead of us as we recover from October Dart, with pool sessions running as usual on Monday and Thursday, and a flatwater session on Wednesday afternoon. This session will be followed by some chill Jackbox games and a huge game of Werewolves - If you don't know what this is, come and find out!

SUCC love and happy Halloween 🧡

Happy Monday!

Hope you've had a great weekend. This week, we have the usual pool sessions on Monday and Thursday along with a weir session on Wednesday (see Bill's post in the Facebook group to find out exactly when signups are). If you haven't been to a weir session yet and wish to come on October Dart, you MUST go to this session!

One of the favourite events in the SUCC calendar is the safety talk and Halloween social taking place on Wednesday from 19:30. Get dressed up and come to building 58, room 1067 (the big lecture theatre) to learn all about river safety (don't worry - it's very fun).
If you wish to go on ANY trip this year, attendance at safety talk is mandatory! If for whatever reason you can't make it, please message Ted as soon as possible.

Finally, we have our first river trip of the year this week. We will set off from the University Watersports Centre (boathard) on Friday and return Sunday evening.

SUCC love 🧡

Happy Monday! This week we have pool sessions as usual on Monday, 9-10pm at the Jubilee Sports Centre. Hang around afterwards if you want to join us for a chill pint!
We will be running the first weir session of the year on Wednesday from 3pm at the Boathard (University Watersports Centre). This is open to beginners, we only ask that you have been to a pool session before for a spraydeck test.
Our social this week is on Thursday instead of Wednesday, because we are joining up with SUCP (Canoe Polo) for an epic game of manhunt!
Current members are welcome to go to the pool instead on Thursday, but no coaching will be available for beginners. If you need to go to the session on Thursday because you are going to Perranporth, please let Alex Wilson know.

Unless this is your first ever session with the club, you will now require club membership to attend sessions (https://www.susu.org/groups/canoe). Make sure to get it soon so you don't miss the Freshers discount. The Sports Pass is also required, more info about the different membership types can be found here: https://www.southampton.ac.uk/sport/memberships/student

This week we have our two pool tasters at Jubilee, which are free to attend! Just remember to sign up on our Freshers page (https://www.facebook.com/groups/sucanoeclub.freshers.2324) and on Southampton Sport to get through the gates (joinin.soton.ac.uk). On Wednesday we have the first river session of the year at 2pm - sign up on the page - and later on we have our welcome talk followed by a white T-shirt social. Please remember to either bring £2 for a white T-shirt or transfer the money to our bank account:
UNIV/SOTON CANOE CLUB
Account number - 01478518
Sort code - 30-90-34

Hope to see lots of you there!

It was great to see so many of you at Bunfight yesterday! If you want to get involved, come along to our relaxed river taster sessions this weekend.

Sessions run from 10:00-16:00 so you can turn up whenever suits you. We will get you out on the water to play some chill games and meet like-minded people. Don't worry about having all the gear, just bring along a towel, warm clothes, shoes you don't mind getting wet and something to wear under a wetsuit (i.e. swimming costume or trunks).

We will also have a BBQ running throughout, will vegan / veggie options available. Thanks to the amazing team at , we will also have plenty of drinks for all your caffeine needs.

Can't make it? Don't worry - We will also be running pool tasters this week. Keep an eye on this page for more info!

It's Freshers Week!! Here's what you can look forward to:

Bunfight
The annual clubs & socs fair is taking place on Thursday 28th September from 10:30 - 16:30. Our stall can be found in the Jubilee Sports Hall, plus we will be touring Highfield Campus all day with the famous SUCCtopus and Skateboat! Plenty of committee members will be around so this is your perfect opportunity to ask any and all questions before you attend any tasters.

River Taster Sessions
Over the weekend we will be hosting two fun-filled days of kayaking. Sessions will run between 10:00 - 16:00 with no need to sign up - Just come whenever you fancy. There will also be a BBQ, offering free burgers (vegan / veggie options included) plus enough Red Bull to have you bouncing off the boat shed walls.

Any questions, a member of committee is only a message away!

Freshers Events

Here's everything you need to know for the Freshers period 2023! We'd love to see loads of you getting involved in our free tasters and as always, feel free to ask us any questions you may have regarding these events.

Bunfight will take place on Thursday 28th September, come and find us in the Jubilee Sports Hall! Throughout the day you might also spot the SUCCtopus and SkateBoat making their way around campus, so keep your eyes peeled 😉

Big thanks to Alex Green for photographs and Emma Buzzard for the fantastic design!

Come see us at bunfight!
When? Thursday 28th September, 10:30-16:30
Where? Jubilee Sports Hall (enter via the large north-facing doors, down the ramp)

Here's a little of what we got up to over the summer. We went camping and surfing in Wales, expelled plenty of energy at the New Forest Aqua Park, and had a sunny day out at Cardiff International Whitewater Centre!

If any of this sounds like something you might be interested in, come along to our taster sessions and give it a go!

It's a busy week for our coaches and coaches-in-training, with two evenings in the pool and a whole weekend out on the river (quite possibly a pizza order too)! This does of course mean that there will be no normal pool activity.
Hope you have a great week!

2023/24 Committee profile 13/13

Last and quite possibly least we have me (Amy Jackson) as this year's web sec! I'm in charge of all things media and merch, and am looking forward to another great year in SUCC.

Course: Biomedical Sciences (3rd year)
Favourite boat: Jackson Star
Favourite river: Tryweryn
Favourite SUCC activity: Weir sessions
Dislikes: Rocks, ill-fitting kit and frozen rivers

2023/24 Committee profile 12/13

The third of our social sec trio is Rowan Carter, an outgoing party animal who is often seen pushing her limits out on the water.

Course: Biology (3rd year)
Likes: Spreadsheets, BLTs, river chocolate, your mum jokes, Tiki rum and stop-motion animation
Dislikes: Doing my degree
Committee goals: Promoting more women's activities