Guidance issued for a period of National Mourning
Following the release of the government’s National Mourning Guidance and advice from key stakeholders, please find here the British Canoeing guidance for events held during this time.
Following the release of the government’s National Mourning Guidance and advice from key stakeholders, please find here the British Canoeing guidance for events held during this time.
The 2022 British Canoeing Paddlesport Coaching and Leadership Conference is taking place at Eastwood Hall, Nottingham on 19/20 November.
To book your place please follow this link – note the early bird booking closes on Friday 9 September.
Following the Marathon National Championships in Worcester on the 27/28 August, the MRC Selection Committee has announced the team to represent British Canoeing at the World Championships 2022 in Ponte de Lima. Congratulations to all selected.
Please find the team announcement and the assessment data here :
Following the Marathon National Championships in Worcester on the 27/28 August, the MRC Selection Committee has chosen a team to represent British Canoeing at the French National Championships. Congratulations to all.
Following a recent request regarding SUPs in Hasler races, below is a note from the MRC Minutes of November 2018 –
Item 7 Domestic Racing – Point g. “It was agreed that these craft (including SUPs) should not be forced upon race organisers, but race organisers would be free to accept entries from such craft in appropriate circumstances, if they felt confident to do so within their risk assessment.” .
Inclusion of SUPs remains at the discretion of the organisers, but the MRC (subject to any concerns raised by the race organiser) would fully encourage SUPs to partake in the marathon events that they oversee.
As they are propelled by a single blade the paddler’s classification would be as for canoe, according to age and gender.
The ICF have announced they will be offering a Paracanoe event at the World Canoe Marathon Championships. This is a test event but we are excited to be involved and our intention is to select two athletes to represent in any of the following classes:
Important information:
If you are interested please complete the availability form by midnight 23rd August 2022:
If you have any questions or would like to discuss this further, please make contact with Kat: [email protected]
NB: many elements of the event and logistics continue to remain unclear and are subject to change. Although we have every intention to select two athletes to attend, we cannot guarantee this will be possible given the short notice and all of the moving parts. However, we are working with BC and the ICF and continue to have this as our ambition.
For all athletes hoping for selection for the 2022 French Nationals or the 2022 World Championships
If you still need to do the Clean Sport Workshop, we have one more running this Sunday, 14th August 2022, at 10:00am. You can register for the webinar on the following link.
A team of up to 12 U16 athletes will be selected to take part in the French National Championships on the 17-18th of September 2022. Selections will be made from the K1 and K2 U16 and U14 races at the Marathon National Championships at Worcester. Priority will be given to athletes who have not attended an international race this year.
To be considered for this event, athletes must complete an availability form by midnight, 23rd August 2022.
A team of up to 12 athletes will be selected for the World Championships. The lead assessments for this are the 2022 National Championships and the 2022 European Championships.
We are aware of a clash for the final assessment at the National Championships for some Junior and U23 athletes who have made the Sprint World Championship team. Should those athletes still want to be considered for the Marathon World Championships, we invite them to submit their mitigating circumstances in writing to the Chair of the Selectors in line with section 4.1 of selection policy. A link to the latest policy can be found here: 2022 Selection Policy
To be considered for this event, athletes must complete an availability form by midnight, 23rd August 2022.
If you have any questions about the administration, please contact Kat Wilson, Secretary of Selectors, [email protected] .
If you have any questions about the selection process and policies, please contact Nanette North, Chair of the Selectors, [email protected]
We hope you like the design of the new MRC website and find it easy to use.
A number of pages and sections still need some work, so the website will fill out over time.
If you spot any errors or have a view about how the website can be improved, please email Holly Mobbs
Many thanks to all those who attended the online 2022 MRC ACM on 13 July 2022. Apologies again for the problems with the initial Zoom link – these were beyond our control, but hopefully everyone managed to get there in the end.
The results of the elections were:
Chairman – Stan Missen (Bradford-on-Avon)
Committee – Scott Hynds (Elmbridge), having previously been co-opted onto the committee, along with Mick Nadal (Nottingham), Kat Wilson (Reading), David Sackman (Reading), Roland Lawler (Elmbridge), Bryn Price (Maidstone), and Siobhan Urquhart (Banbury), who were all re-elected. All will serve a period of two years. Details of the full committee can be found here.
The committee will be meeting on Sunday 11 September 2022 (before the start of the Pangbourne Hasler) with the annual all-day meeting on Saturday 19 November 2022 at Cropredy. We will continue to consider the issues raised at the ACM and, if you have further comments to make on those, or anything else you would like the committee to discuss, please contact either the chair (Stan Missen) [email protected], or the secretary (Siobhan Urquhart) [email protected].