BCA, BCU and CCC Easter Meets

Easter Meets — our great Club tradition
List recently updated by Archivist Janet Hales


British Canoeing Association
1933 Severn — Shrewsbury to Worcester 66 miles
1934 Wye — Hay to Tintern 77 miles
1935 Llangollen to Shrewsbury by the Shropshire Union Canal to Llanymynech, Vyrnwy and Severn 57 miles
1936 Avon — Warwick to Tewkesbury 58 miles
British Canoe Union
1937 Teme and Severn — Ludlow to Tewkesbury 56 miles
1938Churnet, Dove, Trent to Nottingham 55.5 miles
1939Wye — Breinton to Chepstow 67 miles
1940Teme — Ludlow to Worcester 55 miles plus slalom first day
1941Ouse — Wolverton to Bedford 49 miles
1942Ouse — Stafford Bridge to St Ives 45 miles
1943Thames — Reading to Teddington 55 miles
1944Thames — Godstow to Marlow 50 miles
1945Severn — Shrewsbury to Worcester 63 miles
1946Wye — Backney to Chepstow 40 miles
1947Teme — from Ludlow Abandoned at Shelsley Beauchamp
1948Trent — Rugeley to Nottingham 57 miles
1949Ouse — Wolverton to Bedford 49 miles
1950Wye — Backney to Chepstow 40 miles
1951Severn — Shrewsbury to Stourport 52 miles
1952Avon — Stratford to Tewkesbury 42 miles
1953Churnet, Dove, Trent to Trentlock 45 miles
1954Wye — Glasbury to Backney 60 miles
1955Wye — Backney to Chepstow 40 miles
1956Thames — Cricklade to Oxford 44 miles
1957Thames — Oxford/Appleford to Marlow 56/48 miles
1958Severn — from Shrewsbury to Worcester 66 miles (Jubilee Meet)
1959Bedford Ouse — from Wolverton to Bedford 49 miles
1960Stratford Avon — Leamington to Eckington Bridge 53 miles
1961Lugg and Wye — from Leominster to Kerne Bridge 60 miles
1962Sow and Trent — from Stafford to Trentlock 54 miles
Canoe-Camping Club
1963Wye — from Mordiford to Chepstow 58 miles
1964Severn — from Welshpool to Bridgnorth 60 miles
1965Wye — from Glasbury to Hole in the Wall 58 miles
1966Stratford Avon — Alveston to Tewkesbury 46 miles
1967Lugg and Wye — from Leominster to Kerne Bridge 60 miles
1968Llangollen Canal — cancelled because of foot and mouth disease, transferred to Stratford Avon.
Alveston to Tewkesbury
46 miles
1969Llangollen Canal — Llangollen to Hurlestone 45 miles
1970Wye — from Whitney to Monmouth 72 miles
1971Brecon Canal — from Talybont to Brecon, back to Pontypool Road and return to Talybont 66 miles
1972Severn — from Shrewsbury to Severn Stoke 70 miles
1973Llangollen Canal — from Llangollen to Ellesmere and back 39 miles
1974Wye — from Hereford to Chepstow 65 miles
1975Bedford Ouse — from Bedford to St. Ives 35 miles
(Herts & E.Anglia Group)
1976Ure and Yorkshire Ouse — from Ripon to Naburn 53 miles plus white water stretch from Tanfield
(Vale of York Group)
1977Thames — from Cricklade to Culham 53 miles
(Thames Group)
1978Wye — from Glasbury to Ross 63 miles
1979Nene — from Little Irchester (Northampton) to Peterborough 45 miles
(Herts & E.Anglia Group)
1980Leeds-Liverpool Canal — Apperley Bridge to Barrowford 40 miles
(Vale of York Group)
1981Trent and Trent and Mersey Canal — circuit from Alrewas 50 miles
(Dee & NW Group)
1982Thames — Cricklade to Culham 53 miles
(Thames Group)
1983Severn — Shrewsbury to Worcester (Golden Jubilee Meet) 66 Miles
(National Committee)
1984Brecon Canal (National Committee)
1985Northern Oxford and Grand Union Canals (Thames Group)
1986Nene (Herts & E.Anglia Group)
1987Wye (Sea Group)
1988Lancaster Canal (Dee & NW Group)
1989Wilts Avon (Thames Group)
1990Norfolk Broads (Herts & E.Anglia Group)
1991Warks Avon (West Country Group)
1992Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Vale of York Group)
1993Severn (Sea Group)
1994Trent (Dee & NW Group)
1995Thames/Wey (Thames Group)
1996Norfolk Rivers/Broads (Herts & E.Anglia Group)
1997Brecon & Abergavenny Canal (West Country Group)
1998Lancaster Canal (Dee & N.W. Group)
1999Coventry Canal (Midland Group)
2000Oxford and Coventry Canals (Sea Group)
2001Cancelled due to Foot & Mouth Disease (Thames & S.E. Group)
2002River Thames (Thames & S.E. Group)
2003River Nene (Herts & East Anglia Group)
2004Yorkshire Ure and Ouse (Northern Group)
2005Warks Avon (West Country Group)
2006(Not yet announced) (Dee & N.W. Group)
2007(Not yet announced) (Midland Group)