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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.

GB Coaching Conference – speakers announced

   14 February 2023    Coaching, Sprint Performance

Please note that the deadline for signing up to this conference is this Friday – 17th February 2023.

The speakers at the conference are now on the poster:

    Other information about the coaching conference is in the news dated 24th December 2022 below.

    Chris Furber
    Performance Director (Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe)

    Developing Club Run Regattas

       25 January 2023    Athletes, National, Regional and Local

    The Sprint Racing Committee are putting their weight behind the development of Club run regattas. The attached press release outlines the support that the committee can offer, and urge you to consider becoming part of this new venture.  Although we already have some club regattas in the calendar (for which the SRC are really thankful), we realise that only having four national regattas per year at Holme Pierrepont to practice sprint skills in a race environment simply isn’t enough. We are encouraging all new and existing club run regattas to now come under the umbrella of the SRC. 

    To get this new culture off the ground the Community of large and small clubs will need to come together. Please consider this as something for you. If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact Tim Scott, chair of the SRC, using the address below.

    GB Coaching Conference – GB-ONE

       24 January 2023    Coaching, Sprint Performance

    You can now sign up to the GB-ONE Coaching Conference.

    The deadline for sign up is the 17th February 2023.

    Information about the coaching conference is in the news dated 24th December 2022 below.

    We will distribute final information on the venue, agenda and speakers closer to the event. 

    Chris Furber
    Performance Director (Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe)

    GB Coaching Conference – a date for your diary!

       24 December 2022    Coaching, Sprint Performance

    In creating the Sprint Performance Strategy, it was identified that there are currently limited opportunities in which the sprint community can come together to create connection between coaches, a platform which enables performance conversations to take place and to feedback learnings and work going on within the World Class Programme. The GB-ONE Coaching conference aims to create an event where coaches can come together with those in the community as well as those in British Canoeing, to help foster a more collaborative relationship built on trust and transparency.

    The conference will be aimed at all flatwater coaches who would like to engage with others in the community and share ideas and best practice. The list of direct invitees includes coaches who have registered interest in attending and supporting at international events and those who have engaged in coach development opportunities via the Talent Club Partnerships. 

    The conference is planned for 4th March 2023 at Reading Canoe Club between 12:00-18:00.

    Do not apply now. Just put the date in your diary. More details will follow and the invitation will be sent out soon.

    Kind regards and wishing you all a very Merry Christmas

    Chris Furber
    Performance Director (Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe)

    Focus and closing dates for 2023 national regattas

       18 November 2022    National, Selections

    The focus of each regatta has now been confirmed, including the selections at each regatta, as well as the paddler registration and entry closing dates, as follows:

    Regatta datesRegatta titlePaddler Registration closing dateEntries closing date
    15 – 16 April 2023British Sprint Racing National Regatta
    Including selections for Paracanoe and Seniors    		Sunday 26 March 2023Friday 31 March 2023
    3 – 4 June 2023Open & British Paracanoe, Under23 and Junior National Championships Regatta, plus the British SUP Sprint Championships
    Including selections for Paracanoe, Under 23s and Juniors    		Sunday
    14 May 2023    		Friday
    19 May 2023
    1 – 2 July 2023 (+ Monday 3 July 2023 for the selections)Open & British Masters and Senior National Championships Regatta
    Including selections for Senior and Olympic Hope Juniors    		Sunday
    11 June 2023    		Friday
    16 June 2023
    2 – 3 September 2023The Inter-Services Championship, plus the National Inter-Club MacGregor Paddle Challenge Regatta, with the Andrew Bonham Memorial C4 RaceSunday
    13 August 2023    		Friday 18 August 2023

    Junior Development Squad Training Day – Sunday 4th December 2022

       12 November 2022    Athletes, Coaching, Talent Pathway, Training

    The Sprint Racing Committee, Marathon Racing Committee and BC Talent are proud to launch the details and sign up of the second JDS Day of the 22/23 season in Worcester. Sign up closes on the 25th November.

    For further details of criteria and how to sign up as an athlete please visit the JDS website here:

    Coaches are also invited and encouraged to attend. Sign up for them can be found here: 

    The Hooley 5k – 2022 Results

       11 November 2022    Athletes, National, Paracanoe

    Results are now available from the British 5000m National Championships, which took place at Strathclyde Park on Saturday 22nd October 2022.

    Draft 2022 ACM Minutes for consultation

       14 October 2022    ACM

    Below are the draft minutes of the 2022 Annual Consultative Meeting that took place on Wednesday 28th September 2022 over Zoom™.

    Attendees to the meeting are kindly asked to review the draft minutes and let the SRC Secretary know of any anomalies using the email address below.

    Voting at the SRC ACM

       9 September 2022    ACM

    Only certain canoe clubs are eligible to vote at the ACM, which is online using Zoom™ on 28th September 2022 at 19:30. These are the only clubs that can ‘send’ a Voting Representative to the meeting. 

    For those clubs that will be voting, they must register who is/are attending on the club’s behalf by 22:00 on Sunday 25th September 2022 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:

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