STAND-UP paddleboarding sessions are now available for water sport adventure seekers.

Bonkers Activities, based in Evesham, have started running sessions at Evesham Rowing Club.

They have kicked off the venture by working with Wychavon District Council and Sport England to deliver sessions as part of the ‘Get Wychavon Active’ project.

The first course is underway with 10 ladies enjoying gentle active sessions on the River Avon, and there are still a few places left on the 2nd course starting on Tuesday (August 29) from 6pm until 7.30pm.

Kim Bonk, founder of Bonkers Activities, has been on the first course and reports “Stand up paddleboarding is awesome. I genuinely look forward to the club night sessions, and it’s great to be doing it with a bunch of ladies.

Bonkers head coach Alex Mellor added: “It really is easy. People think because you are standing up your more likely to fall in, but that isn’t the case, most people stay dry.

"What’s really great, and why it fits in with the Get Wychavon Active scheme so well, is that anyone can do it, you don’t need to be sporty, just give it a go.”

Anyone interested, contact Bonkers Activities at www.bonkersactivities.co.uk