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Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 9:06 pm
by fison
hi there
Not been around but is this true that they are about to shut Nottingham in 2009
My souce says that they are pumping all the money into Teesside
Can not revail my souce can some one please tell me as mite get back in a boat
Fison 
Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 9:20 pm
by canoecrazy
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i love hpp!!!
Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 2:37 am
by katonas
Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 10:24 am
by fishy
I hope your sources are correct it would be good if more money was put into teesside, its a much better course and you dont get ill from tees unlike the river trent
Fison would be good to see u back in your boat
Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:39 pm
by Smoggie
What? Teesside is a much better course? Than nene maybe. But Nottingham, no.
Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 3:42 pm
by mole
at nottingham you can do everything and it is haome to more than one thing! eg. rafting, peak uk shop, rowing and of corse CANOEING/KAYAKING!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 5:58 pm
by canoecrazy
nothing but trywerryn can beat hpp.....tees is like the worst course ever(my opinion)
Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 6:06 pm
by mole
ye trywerryn is great but it is to far for an evening! nottingham is faily close to most people :O
Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 7:10 pm
by ninja
If they shut down hpp I'll cry!!!
teese is alrite for good novices/intermediat paddlers, but its toooooooo shalow!!!!!
I think both should stay open.
everyone knows how not to get sick at hpp....drink some coke
Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 8:59 pm
by fishy
yeah well tees is best in my opion but that i guess is due to paddling it a couple of times a week and only paddling hpp at competitions, or ocasionally to row there
I believe that the ARA (amatur rowing assciation) aint too hapy either as alot of the major races are held there
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 5:35 pm
by star
Both HPP and Tees have their flaws, hopefully the money will be put into Teesside and improve all the problems that you all report, but who knows. Rumours about improvement to Teesside have been flying about for years and nothing has yet to be done so lets wait and see......... Eventually, if the work is done, there will still be people who are unhappy!!
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 5:51 pm
by fishy
It looks like they are upgrading Teesside. There's an article http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news....ge.html
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 9:53 pm
by Slow_n_dirty
unlikely as the course is the only part of the National Water Sports Centre that actually makes any money! Maybe you're getting confused with the fact that NWSC reverts to Notts City/County ownership, from Sport England in 2009. As yet they haven't decided what they will do with it.
HPP is going to be needed as a training site for 2012, so don't expect any major changes until well after that, I would expect further investment, improvement of facilities, rest assured it wont be close, don't forget the BCU invested alot of it's own money in this site.
It would be nice to get the Trywerwyn back from the freeking rafters though!
Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 11:44 pm
by katonas
If you draw a 50mile circle around the two centres its clear which centre allows a larger population access. However, both centres are needed for the health of the sport.
Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 5:51 pm
by John Sturgess
Looking at the website, these are the same obstacles they use at Cergy - in which case they are magnificent as long as we are allowed to use them properly.
I was at Cergy a couple of weeks ago, and watched them turn off the pumps after a White-Water Racing session; a man in waders changed the whole configuration of the drops in ten minutes while coaches moved the gates out; and fifteen minutes after the water went off it was back on for a regional Slalom session.
Talking to people from the local Club (research for Feb 24th: what I was there for) they do the same when there is a Rodeo session.
But will HPP let us do that?