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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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Paddle UK – Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe International Panel Statement – 3rd June 2026
2026 Canoe Sprint Junior & U23 World & European Championships Team SelectionThis announcement reflects the final selection for the Junior & U23 Championship Teams for 2026 andfollows on from the[…]
Read moreCanoe Sprint and Paracanoe International Panel Statement
Please see the International Panel Statement that lists the sprint teams for World Cups 1 & 2
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Please see the uploaded International Panel Statement
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



