Poole Harbour Canoe Club has a base at Wimborne Riverside from which a racing section of K1 paddlers as well as a number of general paddling groups train and enjoy the sports of kayaking, canoeing and paddle boarding. The club benefits from having nationally-ranked paddlers who have attended World Events but also has a large base of members who kayak and canoe from both the Wimborne base and from their Lake Pier boathouse in Hamworthy – as the club’s sea/harbour base. The club holds a monthly photo competition for members that is designed to share the varied nature of paddling sessions in which members are involved – and in that contest the members and their friends vote for a monthly winner. At the end of each year the submissions from the whole year are judged together as an annual contest which, for 2021, has just been voted on. Monika Lloyd-Burton’s winning shot was going to take a lot of beating. Amazing pictures too from Rachel Kelly and Matt Harris – either of which could have won, they are such great images. Runners-up were Keith Wright’s picture along with Karen Royles.

by Bill Richmond