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Midland Canoe
Club present
EZ Kayak
Launch Facility
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Midland Canoe Club presented the brand new EZ kayak
launch facility, improving the club’s access and facilities
along the River Derwent.
John Chamberlin, President of
Midland Canoe Club, said:
The addition of the EZ Kayak Launch unit on to the
extended pontoon means Midland Canoe Club is the
first site in the UK to benefit from this new product. “The Midland Canoe Club’s new EZ
kayak launch facility has improved
even further the club’s ability
to cater for paddlers/potential
paddlers with disabilities or some
other form of reduced mobility.
Club members and friends flocked to the canoe club
in Darley Abbey to witness the new installation in
action for the first time, whilst partaking in some
paddle sports themselves during the open day.
Paralympic gold medallist Emma Wiggs, MBE and
freestyler Maya-Ray Cross, were amongst those who
attended, as they showed their support for the product.
The EZ Kayak launch facility has been supplied
by The Pontoon and Dock Company.
The launcher is designed to enable easier access
between the clubhouse and the water for disabled
users and anyone with reduced mobility.
“The overall facilities for wheelchair-
bound paddlers received fulsome
praise from Paralympian Gold
Medallist Emma Wiggs, MBE.
“The club is extremely grateful for
the assistance received thus far from
British Canoeing and Sport England
regarding the funding, and we are
grateful also to the Pontoon and Dock
Company for their help with the project.”