The Wildwater Racing Committee are pleased to announce the below selected teams for the Senior World Championships (Sprint) to be held from 21st – 26th September in Bratislava, Slovakia and the World Cup races, 1st – 3rd October in Treignac, France. Sprint World Championships MK1 Freddie Brown Rob Jefferies Jacob Holmes WK1 Victoria Murray Laura…
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We are currently working with Serco at the Holme Pierrepont White water course to secure access for paddlers wishing to use the course in Wildwater Racing Canoes and Kayaks. In order to aid this process we need volunteers to complete the BC Stadium and Safety rescue course. The objective is to provide underpinning knowledge and…
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It is with regret that is has been necessary to revise the Team selected for this year’s European Championships 12-15th August 2021, Leon, Spain. When the teams were announced it was brought to our attention that there had been an error in the allocation of points used for the ranking of athletes. This was investigated…
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The Wildwater Racing Committee are please to announce the selected teams for the Junior and U23 European Championships 25th-28th August 2021, Solkan, Slovenia. Congratulations to the athletes that have been selected. A big thank you to the Selection Committee of Chair Mark Burton and members, Cathy Winne, Jane Miller, Richard Vincent and Grant Anderson. Junior…
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Solkan will turn into the wildwater capital for junior and U23 wildwater paddlers this August. First, the well-known venue will host the ECA Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom European Championships, and only a week later the ECA Junior and U23 Wildwater Canoeing European Championships will take place on the same venue. The decision came after…
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The International Canoe Federation board has confirmed the cancellation of the 2021 ICF Junior and U23 Wildwater Conoeing World Championships Full report of the ICF Board decision on congress and upcoming ICF events Team selections will still go ahead. Wildwater Racing Commitee
Following the government’s announcement on new Covid-19 travel rules for people in England, British Canoeing are pleased to announce that from 19 July travel to amber listed countries is now permitted for non-Olympic and junior sprint/slalom teams. The existing DCMS elite exemption will continue to apply to Olympic sprint and slalom, and Paralympic Paracanoe senior…
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In England and Wales, British Canoeing and Canoe Wales allow paddlers who are not full National Association Members to enter an event if it is defined as an ‘Entry Level Event’. This applies to paddlers that are Club Associate members or will be paying the additional Day Ticket fee to the organiser. For clarification, Wildwater…
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Following the consultation the committee received two postive comments regarding the proposed change of selection locations and dates and no negative comments. The Committee are therefore happy to proceed with amending the selection location and dates as per the consultation. With the World Cup races in Banja Luka 4,5,6 reschedule only a months later than…
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Athletes – have to do UKAD clean sport webinar/workshop every 2 years plus ADEL course as per ICF requirements once in their lifetime (prior to first competition) Coaches – are recommended to do UKAD coach clean every 2 years plus mandatory ADEL coach course as per ICF requirements once in their lifetime (prior to first…
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The International Canoe Federation Board have postpone the WorldCup in Banja Luka to the 2nd-4th July 2021 Wildwater Racing Committee
Earlier in the year we published our selection events and documents for selecting teams to represent Great Britain this year despite the uncertainties Covid has presented. Already we have had to postpone selection events and the first World Cup races planned for the end of May have been postponed to October. We also have concerns…
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The Wild Water Racing Committee have taken the decision not to send a team to represent Great Britain at the World Cup Races scheduled for early June. The decision has been made due to the complications in arranging a fair selection race, the current rising number of Covid cases across Europe and the difficulties around…
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The Wildwater Racing committee have been keeping the situation with regard to the suspension of ranking competition under monthly review and with the easing of restrictions across all the UK nations at this time and if unrestricted travel is allowed between the nations we will look to start ranking competition from the 12th June, the…
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Please find in this post the revised rules for Wildwater Racing after the feedback process that took place in November 2020. The updated rules take effect immediately. Here below are the main changes from the rules that were in place for 2020 Document re-organised Boat types expanded to allow participation of more boat classes Mass…
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