After the disruption of the severe weather on the 10th January the Senior Open / Masters BNTS have rearranged their next squad session for the 24th January at Kingston Royals. The follow on sessions through to the time trials will take place on these dates:

7th February

7th March

11th April

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Most of the dates for the 2010 season have been agreed with the remainder pending final agreement as part of an initiative with new partners. All the dates will be confirmed early in the new year and once again there will be a break in the run up to the European Championships in Amsterdam. Reserve these dates now, there's only 16 weeks to the first event!

Saturday 17 April - London
Sunday 2 May - Liverpool

Sunday 27 June - Monmouth 
Sunday 25 July - Caldecotte

Sunday 22 August - Worcester
Saturday 4 September - London

National Cup - Saturday/Sunday 25/26 September - Nottingham

Henley have set the date for their 2010 Junior regatta. They would like to invite you to join in the fun again on Saturday 24th April. With bigger and better plans next year there will be more crews, more off water entertainment, lighter paddles (phew!), trophies and medals for each winning category and additional fun categories. Download the flyer to press gang your crew or check out and comment on the event on facebook and twitter.

Following the submission of applications for all the BNTS coaching positions Tom Love has been confirmed as the new Premier Open squad coach. He will be assisted by Russell Stynes for the campaign through to Tampa in 2011.

Both Tom and Russell have many years experience of paddling and coaching and are looking forward to the challenge ahead. Information on winter training days and squad development can be found on the team website www.gbopendragons.com or you can contact them on This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Following the submission of applications for all the BNTS coaching positions Alan Parfrey has been confirmed as the new Senior Open squad coach in partnership with Stephen Lewis for the campaign through to Tampa in 2011. Both Alan and Stephen are qualified level 3 coaches paddling for Kingston Royals as there home club. The previous senior squad coaching team go forward with the Grand Dragons but both teams will work together initially to grow the squad into competitive units in each class, building on the camaraderie that has been established over the past few years. Contact Alan on This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it if you would like to join the quest for medals in Amsterdam and Tampa. The first training session will take place at Wraysbury on 13th December. 

An original traditional Teak Chinese Dragon Boat will get a new lease of life with disadvantaged young people in Germany. A non commercial, government funded organisation, Zaug Gmbh. based in Giessen, Germany, who specialise in educating young people, will be passing on the centuries old secret of wooden boat making, usually passed from Father to Son, throughout China.