The 2026 Annual Consultative Meeting will take place at 15:00 on Saturday 17th October at Addlestone Canoe Club. The agenda, along with other documents and information regarding the meeting are available below. If you are planning on attending in person, please register your attendance using the Google Form found on the news post ‘Attending and Voting at the 2026 ACM’.
2026 Sprint Racing Committee Chair Report
Only certain eligible clubs can vote at the 2026 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 11th October 2026 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.
Preliminary Notice of the ACM
The Annual Consultative Meeting will be held on
Saturday 17th October 2026 at 3:00pm at Addlestone Canoe Club
The Sprint Racing Section’s Annual Consultative Meeting will take place at 3:00pm on Saturday 17th October 2026 at Addlestone Canoe Club, Burcott Gardens, Addlestone, KT15 2DE. There will be an option to join the meeting online for those unable to travel.
Further information concerning the meeting and nomination forms will be made available on the SRC website.
Each year, one of the positions of Treasurer, Chair or Secretary is open for election. The election term is for 3 years. In 2026 the position of Treasurer of the committee is to be elected, and following a mid-term resignation, the position of Secretary is for election.
The Sprint Racing Committee members are also elected for a period of 3 years; at the 2026 ACM there are 5 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 Friday 4th September 2026.
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 Friday 4th September.
Mr P Miles, Secretary, PUK Sprint Racing Committee
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
Please see the statement here
2026 Canoe Sprint Junior & U23 World & European Championships Team Selection
This announcement reflects the final selection for the Junior & U23 Championship Teams for 2026 and
follows on from the crew boat process and athlete pool selection in April.
Please see the International Panel Statement that lists the sprint teams for World Cups 1 & 2
Please see the uploaded International Panel Statement
This is a scheduled update that provides further detail on the selection process from athlete pools for 2026 senior & Paracanoe teams as well as some important updates which includes the selection policy and registration process for the University Worlds and a reminder for all athletes to register for selection.
The latest IP Statement that can be found here
Paddle UK has now published its 2027 World Class Programme Qualification Policy, covering paracanoe, sprint and canoe slalom/kayak cross.
The policy has been written in conjunction with UK Sport as well as the British Elite Athletes Association.
It includes full details of the funding matrix to provide clarity on how performances will be assessed during the international season, and the process used to identify athletes across programmes who will qualify for the next 12 month period.
You can find the full policy HERE.