Boost for Kayak Club

Haverfordwest Kayak Club has received a welcome boost, thanks to a £2,500 Well-being Activity Grant.

The grant has enabled the club to buy equipment for adult beginners including buoyancy aids and two kayaks, and other equipment to help with setting up a junior section.   

It has also helped with the cost of training seven members to become Level One coaches. 

"This grant has been a fantastic bonus to the club, enabling us to offer a wider range of activities and improving the quality of coaching," said Philip Williams, Chairman.

"Having a junior section has injected a whole new group of enthusiastic young members into the club and they are already progressing well thanks to the Council's support and the fantastic facilities and staff at the new leisure centre."

The grant was awarded by the Welsh Assembly Government to support well-being activities in the Health Challenge Pembrokeshire strategy. 

• Haverfordwest Kayak Club will be running an adult beginners course from early March for eight weeks. Anyone who is interested should contact Philip on williamspd@tiscali.co.uk or 01437 762025 for full details. The club is also taking names for a waiting list for the junior section.

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Pictured are (left to right) Philip Williams, Councillor Sian James, Cabinet Member for the Voluntary Sector, Health and Well-being, and Richard Lawrence, Secretary of Haverfordwest Kayak Club.

ID: 19495 Revised: 12/2/2010