Canoeing Club
A canoeing club (often called a canoe club or a canoe club ) is a sports club in which people interested in canoeing come together.
history
The oldest canoeing club is the Royal Canoe Club founded in 1866 by the Scottish lawyer John MacGregor .
In Germany the first canoe sports clubs emerged 19th century . In 1860, the Greenlander Club, the first German canoeing club, was founded in Breslau . The oldest German club still in existence today is the Alster Canoe Club from 1905. In the first third of the 20th century, many canoeists were affiliated with the rowing clubs that had existed for a long time , until independent canoe clubs were formed, particularly as a result of the workers' sports movement.
Club facilities
Due to the common need for a boathouse and a pier, there are not only pure canoe port clubs but also multi-branch clubs that offer canoeing together with rowing or sailing . There are also departments in larger sports clubs or clubs for water sports . In Germany there are around 1300 canoeing clubs (or departments), of which around 800 have their own boathouse.
Designations
The name of a canoeing club is usually made up of an abbreviation (e.g. KC) and the place name or the name of the district or the body of water where the club is based.
Abbreviations are e.g. B. used:
KC or KK | Canoe club or canoe club |
KG | Canoe community |
KSC | Canoeing club |
KSG | Canoeing community |
KSV | Canoeing Club |
KV | Canoe club |
KVgg | Canoe Association |
Pc | Paddle club |
VfK | Canoeing Association |
FC | Folding boat club |
See also: List of sports club abbreviations
Some canoeing clubs also indicate specializations in their club name, such as specializing as a kayak club or as a hiking paddler.
The German Canoe Association distributes key figures for the club's activities for orientation:
- 1 canoe hiking
- 2 whitewater
- 3 coast / sea kayak
- 4 canoe hikes
- 5 canoe racing
- 6 canoe slalom
- 7 canoe whitewater racing
- 8 canoe polo
- 9 canoe sailing
- 10 canoe marathon racing
- 11 Canoe Freestyle
- 12 rafting
- 13 Canoe all-around
- 14 canoe dragon boat
- 15 outrigger / Vaa
When doing competitive sports, some canoeists change clubs for better training conditions. Most of the time, these clubs are located at Olympic bases and performance bases.
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