Kingfisher Canoe Club members with youth development officer David Surman, centre, next to the van he bought to keep sessions running
A CANOE club that has been without a home for almost two years will have to wait a little longer to find out whether its plans for a base at Abingdon Lock have been approved.
Kingfisher Canoe Club was due to find out on Thursday if the scheme, which would see a combined storage hut and changing built on the lock's island, had been given the green light but this has now been pushed back to August 14.
ALSO READ: Homeless canoe club forced to run sessions from back of a vanDavid Surman from the club, which has around 140 members aged from 11 to 70, has said it is the ‘only remaining option’ for a riverside spot in the town.
Over the past three years they have looked at 28 alternative sites.
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