Month: May 2024

The Marathon Selection Committee and MRC would like to thank Elmbridge Canoe Club for hosting the K2 assessment race on Saturday 4 May. Congratulations to all the athletes on some close and high quality racing. 

A number of athletes were observed to be racing without their club vests. Please may we remind all athletes that they should wear their club colours for assessment races: you should be proud to represent your clubs at this level, and it aids selectors and spectators in identifying you.

Unfortunately there was an issue regarding the Junior Women K2 where the course was not completed as intended and this resulted in all athletes receiving a DNF. The Selection Committee, MRC and race organisers acknowledge how the course information given has contributed to this unfortunate situation and would like to offer a joint apology to those athletes involved. We will reflect on this to ensure that lessons are learnt and improvements made for future races.

In order for a fair selection process to occur, the Junior Women K2 assessment will be re-run. The provisional date is 26th May. Full details of this event will be published as soon as possible.

The athlete availability form has been published for the following team selections:

• Sanabria K4 on the 6^th July
• European Championships and Para Demo event 24 – 28^th July

The selection form can be found here: 2024 Euros & Sanabria Athlete Availability Form

To be considered for selection for any of these events, an availability form for each athletes number have been received prior the selection meeting. The deadline for this form is 22:00 on the 17^th May.

If you have any questions about or issues with the availability form please direct them to Kat Wilson katburbeck@yahoo.co.uk. For information on the selection process and assessment dates, please refer to the 2024 Selection Policy found here. If you have any further questions, please direct them to Nettie North, chair of the Selection Committee, on marathon.selectors@vol.paddleuk.org.uk .