While preparations continue for the Paris 2024 Olympic opening ceremony, athletes from our canoe slalom & kayak cross team are gearing up for their upcoming…
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Paris Olympics 2024: Your Olympic slalom team
While preparations continue for the Paris 2024 Olympic opening ceremony, athletes from our canoe slalom & kayak cross team are gearing up for their upcoming events. Here’s a bit more information on the TeamGB squad…
Paris Olympics 2024: How to watch Team GB
Cheer on our Olympians as they take on the Paris 2024 Games! Whether you're watching from home or are lucky enough to witness the action live in Paris, you won't want to miss the Slalom…
Discover the Thrills of Canoe Slalom
Canoe slalom is an exciting and dynamic sport which tests athlete’s skill, speed and precision in unpredictable waters. Athletes must navigate a canoe or kayak through a whitewater course, manoeuvring between a series of hanging…
Kayak Cross: The newest exciting Olympic event not to be missed
Kayak Cross is an all-action, exhilarating discipline that will be making its Olympic Games debut at Paris 2024 this summer! The fast-paced, whitewater sport combines elements of traditional kayak racing with the strategic and physical…
A Finals round off Jnr & U23 sprint Worlds
Kristina Armstrong concluded her U23 season with a sixth place finish in the K1 500m as the 2024 ICF Junior & U23 sprint World Championships drew to a close. Tom Lambert was also in A…
U23 World Championship eighth for K2 duo Clark & Armstrong
Zoe Clark and Kristina Armstrong finished eighth in their K2 500m A Final, while Armstrong also secured an individual A Final on day four of the ICF Junior and U23 Canoe Sprint World Championships in…
Paris 2024: Athletes on environmental sustainability
Our Olympians and Paralympians understand the issues facing paddlers in our blue spaces. They also know why it’s important to leave a lasting legacy for future generations. Olympic gold medalist Joe Clarke MBE and Olympian…
Clark and Hutchinson book 1000m A Finals at Jnr/U23 Sprint Worlds
Impressive semi-final runs from Zoe Clark and Annabel Hutchinson secured the British team their first A Finals of the 2024 ICF Junior & U23 Canoe Sprint World Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. A full house of…
Junior and U23s kick-start Plovdiv Sprint World Championships
Britain's U23 and Junior sprint athletes were back in international action as they contested the World Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Coming into the competition off the back of a successful European Championships where the team…
Paddle UK host Chris Boardman and Pedal for Paris
Paddle UK hosted a team of cyclists, including Chris Boardman, the former Olympic champion and chair of Sport England, as part of Pedal for Paris. The Sport England challenge is aiming to highlight inspirational and…
76 crew boats descended on the River Thames for the pinnacle of the Marathon National Championships
Reading Canoe Club played host as hundreds gathered for the second day of racing at the Marathon National Championships in beautiful sunshine. Plenty of National Championship titles were up for grabs and athletes brought their…
New Marathon National Champions crowned in Reading
The Marathon racing community have gathered in Reading this weekend for the long course National Championships Hosted by Reading Canoe Club, the River Thames has set the scene for impressive high octane racing. Racing canoe…
New government, what next for water quality and access?
Ben Seal, Head of Access and Environment at Paddle UK, talks about what might lie ahead for paddlers in the next five years following the General Election. Now the waters have calmed, what is…
British SUP team announced for 2024 World Championships
UPDATED Paddle UK is delighted to announce the GB team selected to race at the 2024 ICF Stand Up Paddling World Championships in Sarasota this November. The 2024 ICF SUP World Championships team selection process…
Big Paddle Clean-up: Record number of volunteers take part
It has been another brilliant year for the Big Paddle Clean-up with a record number of people taking part – thank you! The Big Paddle Clean-up, which ran from 25 May to 9 June, engaged…
National Champions Crowned in Nottingham
Sprint and paracanoe athletes descended on the National Water Sports Centre in Nottingham as they battled it out for National titles over the weekend at the third regatta of the 2024 season. Some athletes were…
Bronze for Hanrahan at World Champs
Jonah Hanrahan won his first international medal, winning the kayak cross bronze, on the final day of competition at the Junior & U23 Canoe Slalom & Kayak Cross World Championships in Liptovsky, Slovakia. With 16…
TWO MORE MEDALS CLOSE OUT JNR & U23 WILDWATER EUROS
Great Britain concluded their most successful ever Junior and U23 Wildwater European Championships in Dallenwil, Switzerland, by adding another two medals to take their tally to seven, finishing fourth in the medal table. Emma and…
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