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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The International Canoe Federation Board have postpone the WorldCup in Banja Luka to the 2nd-4th July 2021 Wildwater Racing Committee
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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The new season brings a renewed focus on improving the process of getting events publicised and entries collected. These capabilities are currently being used for events in England and Wales, for events in Scotland please refer to the SCA Wildwater Racing page. Consistent Experience Key to the changes are a drive towards a more consistent…
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From the 29th March the Covid restriction around organised outdoor events in England are being relaxed. A return to competition is possible if Covid-secure measures are in place. No spectators are permitted at this stage. This does not apply to carers for people with disabilities, or adults needed to supervise under-18s in a safeguarding role.…
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