Wildwater Racing

George Cherry

It with great sadness that we have heard of the death of George Cherry, who was instrumental in the development of WWR – particularly around the southern area of the UK. George died in October 2023 aged 90. Earlier in his life he was a serious athlete, playing rugby for Leicester Tigers first team and…
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2024 Selection Policy – Documents for Consultation

Selection policy documents for the 2024 season, feedback by 23:59 on the 15th December. The Selection policy document has been updated for Clarification as to definition of low performance criteria and an exceptional circumstances section added. 2024 Selection Documents TitleHitsDate modified WWR Assessment Guidance v1.6 202411524-11-2023 SELECTION_FOR_GREAT_BRITAIN_TEAMS V2.12 202420924-11-2023 International Events 2024 Selection Competence and…
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Annual Consultative Meeting – 21st October 2023

The 2023 Wildwater Racing Annual Consultative Meeting is planned to take place on the evening of Saturday 21st October and will be back to being  in-person. It’s the Usk race weekend and the ACM will take place on  the Glanusk Estate, Rod Room. All those with an interest in Wildwater Racing are very welcome to…
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ICF Wildwater Canoeing Nations Meeting – July 2023

Links for the information given out at the Nations meeting that took place on the 3rd July 2023, Roudnice nad Labem Wildwater Calendar Survey We kindly ask you to fill in the survey with the aims to collect data around already existing WWC competition all around the world Nation Meeting Presentation here you can find…
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GB Junior Women K1 – 2023 Roundnice World Championships

The International Canoe Federation and the organisers of the Junior & U23 2023 Roudnice World Championships have requested that GB considered entering the three Junior Women development athletes in to the main Junior Women’s Individual and Team races. This would make the team race quorate and allow medals to be presented. They have gone out…
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Stadium Safety & Rescue Training – 2023

After a successful weekend in May 2022 with a large number of athletes, coaches and supporters completing the BC Stadium and Safety rescue course it is hoped that another day can be organised in the coming months.

2023 – Development opportunity for Junior Girls aged 15-18

We have two development places available to attend the Junior Wildwater World Championships in Roundnice, Czech Republic 29th June to 9th July. You will stay and train with the GB Team and will be able to enter as Forerunners to the main event, the course this year is a flat section of river followed by…
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The Wildwater Canoeing European Championship 2023

The Wildwater Canoeing European Championship on the river Treska, Skopje, Macedonia begins on Wednesday 17th May at 10am CET (9amBST) with the classic races. There will be live results free live stream Day 1 report Day 2 report Day 3 report Day 4 report    

Anti-Doping Education Changes

UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) have two new eLearning courses Introduction to Clean Sport (replacing the Clean Sport Advisor eLearning course) Compete Clean+ (athlete specific eLearning course) Any new athletes or those that have previously completed the WADA ADEL course that will compete international as part of a GB team are now required to complete the Compete…
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