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NATIONAL REGATTAS
National Canoe Sprint Regattas are arranged 4 or 5 times a year and are held on the 2km regatta lake at the National Water Sports Centre, Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham
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CANOE SPRINT GOVERNANCE
Canoe Sprint Racing in the UK is overseen by the Paddle UK Sprint Racing Committee (SRC). The national regattas being managed by the Regatta Committee
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EQUALITY, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
Paddle UK actively promotes access to the sport of canoe sprint to all paddlers, coaches and volunteers, regardless of their identity, background or circumstances
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ACM 2026 – Preliminary Notice
Preliminary Notice of the ACM The Annual Consultative Meeting will be held onSaturday 17th October 2026 at 3:00pm at Addlestone Canoe Club The Sprint Racing Section’s Annual Consultative Meeting will[…]
Read morePaddle UK – Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe International Panel Statement – 8th July 2026
This announcement reflects the final selection for the Olympic Hopes Team for 2026. The statement can be viewed here This article was published at 4pm on the 08/07/2026
Read morePaddle UK – Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe International Panel Statement – 19th June 2026
Please see the statement here
Read moreCanoe Sprint is an Olympic and Paralympic sport
We have many talented athletes at the peak of their sport in the Canoe Sprint GB Team, many of whom came up through the ranks with excellent training and encouragement from their club coaches and the friendly competition of the national canoe sprint regattas. This small collage just shows four of our Olympic and Paralympic medal winners.
Left: Ed McKeever MBE, Gold, K1 200m, London 2012
Centre: Liam Heath MBE, Gold, K1 200m, Rio 2016
Right: Emma Wiggs MBE, Gold, and Jeanette Chippington MBE, Bronze, Va’a VL2 200m, Tokyo 2020
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