Category: Committee

Update from the SRC

   5 January 2026    Committee

Please find attached below an update from David Martyn, Chair of the Sprint Racing Committee.

2025 ACM – Draft Minutes

   17 October 2025    ACM, Committee

A draft of the minutes from the 2025 Paddle UK Sprint Racing Committee Annual Consultative Meeting is now available.

If you spot any anomalies in the minutes, please let the SRC Secretary know at the address below.

Attending and Voting at the 2025 ACM

   6 September 2025    ACM, Committee

Only certain eligible clubs can vote at the 2025 ACM. The document below details a list of all eligible clubs.

One voting representative may be registered per elegible club. The link below is for club secretaries/team leaders to register their voting representative or proxy. Please submit your email address using the form below so that the meeting details can be sent to you, and indicate if the representative will be attending in person so that we can order refreshments for the correct amount of people, or send a digital meeting link if attending online.


For those clubs that will be voting, they must register who is attending on the club’s behalf by 23:59 on Sunday 21st September 2024 using the following form:

On this form they can also register if they are accepting a proxy vote from another club, or if a club is nominating another club, or for the SRC Chair to hold their proxy vote.

Anybody with an interest in Sprint Racing is warmly invited to attend the ACM. In order to do this, please complete this Google Form, and also indicate if you will be attending in person or online. If you are attending online, the meeting link will be sent to your provided email address.

Committee Elections at the 2025 Annual Consultative Meeting

   12 August 2025    ACM, Committee

Your sport needs you!

Running canoe sprint in the UK wouldn’t be possible without the dedicated work of many volunteers who give up their time and energy. The Sprint Racing Committee is the group tasked with a lot of the management and administration of our sport, and we are looking for individuals to put themselves forwards for election to the committee. Being a member of the committee is a great way to shape the direction of our national sprint competitions, local event strategy, and engagement with our community.

The elections will take place at the 2025 ACM to be held at the end of September, and nominations need to be submitted by the end of this week. If you have any questions about involvement in the SRC, please get in touch with Phil Miles, committee secretary, or Nick Fowler-Rimell, committee chair. Nominations need to be supported by two full Paddle UK members, and can be submitted online via the simple nomination form below. Alternatively, a paper nomination form can be sent by post or by email to the committee secretary.

The deadline for nominations is 23:59 on Friday 15th August.

Mr P Miles, Secretary, PUK Sprint Racing Committee, 9 Barnsley Terrace, Nottingham, NG2 2FQ



ACM 2024 – Preliminary Notice

   14 July 2024    ACM, Committee

The Sprint Racing Section’s Annual Consultative Meeting will take place at 7.30pm on Thursday 26th September 2024, using a Zoom video conference.

Information for the meeting and nomination forms will be made available under the ACM news tab on the website.

Each year, one of the positions of Treasurer, Chair or Secretary is open for election. The election term is for 3 years. In 2024 the position of Secretary of the committee is to be elected.

The Sprint Racing Committee members are also elected for a period of 3 years; at the 2024 ACM there are 3 positions open for election.

Anyone wishing to stand for election to the Sprint Racing Committee as a member or as the Secretary should return a completed nomination form, supported by the signatures of two full Individual Paddle UK or Home Nation Association members, either electronically or by post to reach the SRC Secretary no later than midnight Wednesday 14th August 2024.

Likewise, any item for discussion at the ACM must be proposed in writing, with supporting signatures of two full Individual Paddle UK or Home Nation Association members, to reach the Secretary either electronically or by post no later than midnight Wednesday 14th August 2024.

Mr P Miles,
Secretary, PUK Sprint Racing Committee,
9 Barnsley Terrace,
Nottingham,
NG2 2FQ



Attending and Voting at the 2023 ACM

   4 October 2023    ACM, Committee, Volunteers

Only certain eligible clubs can vote at the 2023 ACM. The document below details a list of all eligible clubs.

One voting representative may be registered per elegible club. The link below is for club secretaries/team leaders to register their voting representative or proxy. Please submit your email address using the form below so that the meeting details can be sent to you.


For those clubs that will be voting, they must register who is/are attending on the club’s behalf by 22:00 on Sunday 15th October 2023 using the following form:

On this form they can also register if they are accepting a proxy vote from another club, or if a club is nominating another club, or for the SRC Chair to hold their proxy vote.

Also, anyone can request a copy of the link for the meeting, using the following form:

Annual Consultative Meeting 2023

   1 October 2023    ACM, Committee, Volunteers

The 2023 ACM will be held on 18th October 2023, online using Zoom™, starting at 19:30. All papers for the meeting can be found attached in PDF format below.

2023 ACM – NEW DATE

   8 August 2023    ACM, Committee, Volunteers

The Sprint Racing Section’s Annual Consultative Meeting has been postponed by three weeks. The new date of the ACM will be Wednesday 18th October 2023, beginning at 7:30pm via a zoom online meeting. Due to an unusually high number of positions on the committee being up for election, this decision has been made in order to allow more time to receive nominations.

In addition to the Treasurer which is to be appointed for a term of three years, the position of Chair is up for election. Tim Scott, who was elected as Chair at the 2022 ACM, intends to step down at the 2023 ACM. Therefore, the successful candidate will serve the remaining two years of the Chair’s term.

The Sprint Racing Committee members are also elected for a period of 3 years. Due to a number of resignations, there are 5 places open on the committee. We would strongly encourage anybody who feels they are able to contribute to the administration and running of Canoe Sprint activities in the UK to stand for election to the SRC.

Anyone who would be interested to stand for election to the Sprint Racing Committee, or as the Treasurer or Chair, please send a nomination form (available below), supported by the signatures of two full Individual British Canoeing members, either electronically or by post to reach the SRC Secretary no later than midnight on Tuesday 5th September 2023.

Likewise, any item for discussion at the ACM, must be returned in writing, supported by the signatures of two full Individual British Canoeing members, again to reach the Secretary, either electronically or by post no later than midnight on Tuesday 5th September 2023.

Secretary, BC Sprint Racing Committee
Mr P Miles, 67 Foxes Way, Warwick, CV34 6AY
[email protected]

SRC Expression of Thanks to Cathy Wynne

   5 June 2023    Committee, Organisation
Sprint National Regatta – June 2023

During the National Sprint Regatta on Saturday 5th June 2023, the Sprint Racing Committee offered a token of their appreciation to Cathy Wynne, a long serving volunteer at the heart of the sprint racing community.

The Sprint Racing Committee would like to express their deepest gratitude to Cathy Wynne for her tenure as Secretary of the committee over 18 years.  Cathy’s contribution to the Sprint Racing Committee has been enormous, and it is of utmost importance that we recognise the efforts of the volunteers that give up so much of their time and energy to develop and improve our sport.

Aside from being a member of the Sprint Racing Committee, Cathy has been qualified as an International Canoe Federation technical official for over 20 years, and has been assisting the running of British Canoeing national regattas in a variety of roles for over 25 years. Cathy’s eminence in the canoeing community, not just nationally but internationally, is testament to the skills and expertise she has amassed through years of dedication to canoeing.  Cathy will continue to serve on the Regatta Committee, overseeing the organisation of National Regattas, and will also continue her work as an International Technical Official for the ICF, officiating at major sprint competitions worldwide.

Phil Miles was appointed as Secretary to the SRC in November 2022 when Cathy stood down. He can be contacted via [email protected]

2023 Canoe Sprint and Marathon Handbook

   20 February 2023    Committee, National, Organisation

The 2023 Canoe Sprint and Marathon Handbook is now available to order at the cost of £10 (including P&P). To order yours, return the form attached below to Phil Miles, SRC Secretary.

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