Wensum Ospreys Canoe Club

Please let Nigel or Roland know if you would like a place in the next pool session.

Pool sessions will resume at Fakenham College pool on September 11th

When attending our pool sessions please do not leave valuables in the changing room. Please keep the changing rooms tidy—your instructors love instructing but they hate having to mop the floors and clear up discarded clothes  after a long and tiring pool session.

Canoe Polo

Canoe Polo is one of the eight disciplines of canoeing pursued in the UK, known simply as "polo" by its officionados. Polo combines paddling and ball handling skills with an exciting contact team game, where tactics and positional play are as important as the speed and fitness of the individual athletes.

The game requires excellent teamwork and promotes both general canoeing skills as well as a range of other techniques unique to the sport. Two teams each with five players on the pitch at any one time (and up to three substitutes) compete to score goals in their opponent's net which is suspended 2 metres above the water. The ball can be thrown by hand, or flicked with the paddle. Pitches can be set up in swimming pools or any stretch of flat water.

Boats are specifically designed for Polo and are shorter (3m) than typical kayaks which gives them fantastic manoeuvrability. Paddles are very light weight and designed with both pulling power and ball control in mind. Body protection, helmets and faceguards are all compulsory.

Pool training sessions