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It was a sensational day of slalom in La Seu with Ryan Westley (Lower Wharf) winning the C1M silver medal – and third place overall – with Kimberley Woods winning C1W bronze on day three…

Annabel Hutchinson and Mollie Ball earnt their first international marathon medals today. Bronze at the Marathon World Championships. Competing over 19km the junior women’s K2 opened today’s racing. Hutchinson (Reading) and Ball (Devizes) were joined…

All six C1 paddlers progressed through to the semi-finals stages in this heats this morning, to open up the day two campaign for the Brits at World Cup 5 in La Seu. On a drizzly…

Melissa Johnson stormed to a stellar seventh place finish in the senior women’s K1 short course and James Russell earned eighth best in the world in the senior men’s short course as they competed at…

All six Brits made it through their respective K1 semi-finals on the opening day of World Cup 5 in La Seu, Spain. In the women’s event Mallory Franklin (Windsor) was the third fastest through to…

Paddle UK is delighted to announce a partnership with SportsHotels.com as its new ‘Official Sports Travel Partner’. As one of the UK’s leading accommodation specialists, SportsHotels.com will provide special offers to all Paddle UK athletes,…

Paddle UK is proud to be supporting SUPERCHAMPS, a new stand up paddleboard (SUP) event in Torquay, Devon. SUPERCHAMPS, which will be held from 27-29 September – is set to be a thrilling festival of…

Volunteers have been broadcasting local seed by hand to restore Paddle UK’s Toll Paddock site on the River Wye back to a species rich floodplain meadow. Toll Paddock, Hoarwithy, is located alongside the banks of…

Friends of Allonby Liverpool have said it was a “dream” and “incredible” to be crowned canoe polo men’s champions of Europe. The 2024 ECA Canoe Polo Clubs European Campionship was held in Bacoli, Naples, Italy,…

Mallory Franklin and Jonny Dickson both stormed to gold and Kimberley Woods and Sam Leaver claimed silver and bronze respectively as the British team roared to one of their most successful days at a World…

Kimberley Woods has made a welcome return to the podium at the Slalom World Cup 4 in Ivrea, Italy, with a silver medal in the women’s individual canoe. With yesterday’s high winds forcing a change…

The Clean Water Sports Alliance, which represents thousands of members, elite athletes and recreational water users, has welcomed four new members. The Alliance, which united in April over the issue of water pollution, has become…

During the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, the paracanoe team won eight medals, including four golds. It was the discipline’s biggest ever haul at a Games. Following the team’s return from the Vaires-sur-Marne nautical stadium, we…

Five out of six British athletes have secured a place in the semi-finals in the individual canoe events, on a weather affected day at the Slalom World Cup 4 in Ivrea, Italy. Earlier in the…

Great Britain’s team returned to international action at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup 4 in Ivrea, Italy, with all six athletes progressing safely through to the semi-finals of the individual kayak events. First up…

Paddle UK has published it’s 2025 programme policies for the paracanoe and canoe sprint performance and academy programmes. The Paddle UK World Class Programmes (WCP) currently have an agreed level of funding from UK Sport…

Paddle UK is saddened to have learnt of the sudden passing of Scott Ritchie, a member of both the British slalom and wild water racing teams. Scott, aged 18, was an extremely ambitious and talented…

We hope you’ve been inspired to give paracanoe a go after the incredible display of world class talent our paracanoe Paralympians demonstrated at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. If you think paracanoe might be something…