Please see the linked information of the updated Paddlesport Head Injury Guidance as published by PaddleUK. Head injuries can occur in various ways and it is imperative that anyone within Paddlesport is able to spot the signs of these type of incidents, whether as a coach, race organiser or just a paddler themselves.
The MRC, SRC and Paddle England Talent are pleased to announce that our second JDS winter series event is now open for booking. Please click HERE if you would like to book a spot.Â
The event will be taking place at Papercourt Lake, near Guildford on Saturday 14th December. The day will be in K2/C2s and will seek to develop crew boat skills amongst paddlers, including building an understanding of how to run the boat, the importance of communication skills and pacing. Paddlers will need to bring a K2/C2 to the event, please speak to your club about borrowing if needed and/or liaise with other paddlers who may attend.
The session specific coaching will be led by Maia Wallace-Loziou (Richmond Canoe Club) & Becky Solway (Elmbridge Canoe Club) throughout the day, while being supported by the JDS Steering Group. The steering group will be running an educational lunchtime session around motivators and goals for the juniors as well to support conversations with their coaches at their home clubs.
For more information about the JDS, including entry criteria and to sign up please click HERE. As a reminder, the cost is ÂŁ10. Sign up closes on Friday 6th December at 17:00. Late sign-ups won’t be accepted. Â
Club Coaches are encouraged to attend, either to support the running of the sessions (on the water) or to shadow and learn for development opportunities. To do this please sign up HERE. Coaches that will earn 10 CPD points for their coaching record.Â
The German canoe marathon team is planning a training camp in Crestuma/Portugal from March 6th to March 22nd, 2025. For this purpose, they are looking for common partners to form a strong training group from which everyone can benefit.
We are at the ELIO training camp in Crestuma. Everyone has to book their own journey.
The following services are provided (60 Euro per day per person and each group gets its own invoice):
The camp is accompanied by two German trainers: Elena Colajanni and Reinhard Ross. Contents of the training are individual after consultation with the trainer group.
Pre-register by November 25th, 2024.
Final registration by January 5, 2025.
Total participants according to free capacity, whoever registers first is there first.
Contact Reinhard Ross via his email here.
The Marathon Racing Committee will be meeting for their annual all day meeting on Saturday 16th November. If anyone has any points, issues or comments that they would like the MRC to consider during that meeting, please email to the MRC Secretary by midday on Sunday 10th November.