Wildwater Racing

2024 Selection Committee

The GB WWR Selection Committee 2024 has the following members: Grant Anderson (Chair) Jane Millar Louise Revell Cathy Wynne Calum Urquhart Richard Vincent Selection Committee meetings are yet to be scheduled. Selection notification emails will be sent to athletes within two days of the committee meetings. Wildwater Racing Committee

International Wildwater Canoeing to return to Great Britain

Great Britain is preparing to host its first international Wildwater Canoeing event in almost 20 years with organizers hoping it will be a “stepping stone” to staging bigger global competitions in the future.  The English city of Nottingham – the home of British Canoeing – will hold the ECA Wildwater Sprint Canoeing European Cup as…
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The Daleks 2024 – Race 1 – moved to 10th March due to high water Level

Moved to 10th March due to high water Level

British Canoeing – Sport Imaginarium

British Canoeing is hosting a Sport Imaginarium at the National Water Sports Centre, Nottingham on Thursday 7th March. The Imaginarium is being hosted by Etienne Stott MBE and Laura Baldwin to look at how we harness the power of sport to address the challenges presented by climate change. We are hoping that we can gather…
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Selection for Great Britain teams 2024

Registration for selection for Great Britain teams is now open for the 2024 International competitions Senior World Championships Click Here Senior World Cup Click here Junior and U23 European  Championships Click here   National Coaches Jamie Christie, Hannah Brown and Nicky Cresser can advise you if you want to discuss matters pertaining to selection and…
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New Mourne Race Announced

The Mourne Race has been re-scheduled for the 28th January.

Selection Consultation – 2024

Thank you to everyone that engaged in the consultation, the WWRC has reviewed all the responses and considered each in turn. Each response and the committees opinion and action where appropriate against each response is detailed in the document below. Wildwater Racing Committee 2024 Consulation TitleHitsDate modified Consultation Comments and Committee responses4315-01-2024

Mourne Race – Postponed

The Mourne Race which is due to take place Sunday 10th December 2023 has been postponed. A new date will be released in due course.

George Cherry

It with great sadness that we have heard of the death of George Cherry, who was instrumental in the development of WWR – particularly around the southern area of the UK. George died in October 2023 aged 90. Earlier in his life he was a serious athlete, playing rugby for Leicester Tigers first team and…
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2024 Selection Policy – Documents for Consultation

Selection policy documents for the 2024 season, feedback by 23:59 on the 15th December. The Selection policy document has been updated for Clarification as to definition of low performance criteria and an exceptional circumstances section added. 2024 Selection Documents TitleHitsDate modified WWR Assessment Guidance v1.6 20246524-11-2023 SELECTION_FOR_GREAT_BRITAIN_TEAMS V2.12 202413224-11-2023 International Events 2024 Selection Competence and…
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