Wildwater Racing

Paddle England Competition Athlete Support Fund

This fund has openend and applications for the first round will be taken up to 29th April. From the information document—> “To be eligible to apply to the Athlete Support Fund the athlete must be a current member of Paddle England based in England and have been selected for a representative British or English Team…
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Prize Giving for the 2023 U.K. Season – Saturday 20th April 2024

The U.K. Prize Giving will take place after the Grandtully sprint race from 3pm in the Grandtully Village Hall. The hall is located on the road upstream of the get out point. Walking back towards the SCA campsite & parking the Grandtully Hall will be on your left. All the 2023 End of Season Rankings…
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Wildwater Weekend – 6th-7th April 2024 – Going ahead

If as expected the water levels are 2.6m or below everything will go ahead as planned. If the water levels exceed 2.6m, Rafting and Freestyle wont be possible for safety reasons, and a decision will need to be made Saturday morning and communicated to the entrants and volunteers for these events. Wildwater Racing races are…
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2024 Selection Committee

The GB WWR Selection Committee 2024 has the following members: Grant Anderson (Chair) Jane Millar Louise Revell Cathy Wynne Calum Urquhart Richard Vincent Selection Committee meetings are yet to be scheduled. Selection notification emails will be sent to athletes within two days of the committee meetings. Wildwater Racing Committee

International Wildwater Canoeing to return to Great Britain

Great Britain is preparing to host its first international Wildwater Canoeing event in almost 20 years with organizers hoping it will be a “stepping stone” to staging bigger global competitions in the future.  The English city of Nottingham – the home of British Canoeing – will hold the ECA Wildwater Sprint Canoeing European Cup as…
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The Daleks 2024 – Race 1 – moved to 10th March due to high water Level

Moved to 10th March due to high water Level

British Canoeing – Sport Imaginarium

British Canoeing is hosting a Sport Imaginarium at the National Water Sports Centre, Nottingham on Thursday 7th March. The Imaginarium is being hosted by Etienne Stott MBE and Laura Baldwin to look at how we harness the power of sport to address the challenges presented by climate change. We are hoping that we can gather…
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Selection for Great Britain teams 2024

Registration for selection for Great Britain teams is now open for the 2024 International competitions Senior World Championships Click Here Senior World Cup Click here Junior and U23 European  Championships Click here   National Coaches Jamie Christie, Hannah Brown and Nicky Cresser can advise you if you want to discuss matters pertaining to selection and…
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New Mourne Race Announced

The Mourne Race has been re-scheduled for the 28th January.

Selection Consultation – 2024

Thank you to everyone that engaged in the consultation, the WWRC has reviewed all the responses and considered each in turn. Each response and the committees opinion and action where appropriate against each response is detailed in the document below. Wildwater Racing Committee 2024 Consulation TitleHitsDate modified Consultation Comments and Committee responses4815-01-2024