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Regatta weekend: national champs

Posted on April 13, 2013 by guy

Good luck to all our members heading to Nottingham for the first canoe sprint regatta of the year. The powers that be have decreed that the first regatta of the season will also be the National Championships regatta, so no…

Tagged with: Jess Walker, nottingham, regatta, sprint canoeing, tim brabants
Posted in Olympic Canoeing

Nottingham regatta centre ‘to be redeveloped’

Posted on January 30, 2013 by guy

Questions are being asked about the future of the National Water Sports Centre in Nottingham after the county council announced it was partly outsourcing the management of the centre to a private contractor and agreeing to a huge redevelopment. Nottinghamshire…

Tagged with: GB canoeing, nottingham, sprint canoeing
Posted in Olympic Canoeing

GB canoe team’s final Olympic preparations

Posted on May 14, 2012 by guy

Some of Britain’s top paddlers have gone to Poznan to try to qualify the last boats for London. Others are there for their first international outing of the year, keen to see where they are against foreign competition. GB Canoeing’s…

Royal paddlers win promotion at regatta

Posted on April 17, 2012 by guy

The first Nottingham Regatta saw challenging conditions with swirly tail winds on both days. Congratulations to the following Royal Canoe Club junior paddlers who have been promoted: Daniel Vorley promoted to Boys C Emily Buchanan promoted to Girls B Jess…

Tagged with: daniel vorley, emily buchanan, jess warrior, nottingham, regatta, sprint canoeing
Posted in Race Reports

Lawyers in as canoeists fight Olympic selections

Posted on March 31, 2012 by guy

Weed on the regatta course at a key selection race affected some canoeists’ bids for selection to the Australian Olympic canoeing team, a tribunal has decided. The judgement by the Australia Canoeing panel means final selections for the team in…