Holme Pierrepont – Aaron Holmes
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Holme Pierrepont – Charlie Darby Dowman
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Holme Pierrepont – Chloe Wallace
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Holme Pierrepont – Phoebe Spicer
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Holme Pierrepont – Talu Aysan
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Holme Pierrepont – Willow Rodi
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Lee Valley – C1L Hannah Rhodes
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Lee Valley – C1L Joanna Blythe-Shields
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Lee Valley – C1M Adam Burgess
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Lee Valley – C1M Callum Walling
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Lee Valley – K1L Arina Kontchakov
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Lee Valley – K1L Chloe Holmes
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Lee Valley – K1M Cody Brown
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Latest Results
| Sun 11th May | Llandysul |
| Llandysul Lake | |
| Wagon Lane Bingley | |
| Sat 10th May | Llandysul |
| Llandysul Lake | |
| Wagon Lane Bingley | |
| Sun 4th May | Marple |
| Sat 3rd May | Marple |
Langham Farm 3/4/OpenFrome Canoe Club |
Shepperton 3/4The Sharks At Shepperton |
Cardiff Bay Prem/Div 1Seren Dwr Slalom Club |
Cardiff Bay Pool Div 4Seren Dwr Slalom Club |
Bala Mill 2/3/Open DoubleMold Canoe Club |
Old Bank End Farm Div 4Green Star Canoe Club |
Fairnilee 2/3 DoublePinkston Panthers |
Stone 3/4 DoubleStafford and Stone Canoe Club |
Water Quality Alert
Since the start of the year, Paddle UK has received an increase in the number of incident reports submitted through the online incident reporting system in which paddlers have been ill and that water quality was a possible cause.
Whether you are paddling, organising paddling activities, running an event or supporting others during a challenge, it is important to consider what approaches we can take to minimise possible illness.
Risk Assessment
If you are organising a paddling activity, or running an event it is highly recommended that water quality is part of the risk assessment process, taking into account the activity, environment and those that could be at risk. Use the AI Risk Assessment Checker to support you in the development of your risk assessment.
Paddle UK has comprehensive advice and guidance which can be found here.
Provide Feedback on 2025’s Selection Process
The IP will then review the feedback as it drafts the 2026 policies ahead of consultation in the autumn and approval by the Paddle UK Board prior to publication.
National Interclubs Final – Cardington – 6/7 Sept 2025
Open to all affiliated clubs.
Squads of 12 boats incluing all divisions in K1M, K1W, C1M, C1W and C2. Small clubs can enter an incomplete squad or join another small club. Organiser: Donna Hawkins
For further information, rules and application contact donna@canoeslalom.co.uk
Closing date for entries: 30th June 2025.
Clarification of the UK Judging Rules (11th April 2025)
Following a few recent queries about the Judging Rules the Slalom Committee wish to clarify the interpretation of the rules in UK, particularly regarding Prem and Division 1 events. Rule Clarification Statement (April 2025)
Shaping the Future of Slalom Consultation
A big thank you to everyone who engaged in today’s event – over 80 people in person and online. Its great to see so many people passionate about shaping the future of our sport. Also huge thank you to the small team that have done so much work to pull together and present the proposals.
The slides from the event presentation have now been added to the published information so those that weren’t able to attend can see those details. All the comments, questions and feedback (over 200!) from the day have been collated. Answers are being drafted and these will be published as soon as possible, but gven th volume this will take a little time.
We also intend to gather feedback at a number of races through the spring. Please look out for further details of these shortly.
You can still have your say and ask questions about the proposal – a form for further comments is now available and will remain open until 31 May). It can also be accessed using the QR code or link. There is also a poster with the link to the form that can be used in clubs and at events to encourage people to provide feedback.
Thanks
Slalom Committee
The published information about the proposals can be found here.
Combined Kayak and Canoe Prize
For 2025, the England Slalom Talent Programme in conjunction with Peak PS will once again be offering a prize for the Male and Female paddlers aged J16 that have accumulated the greatest combined points total in kayak and canoe over the course of the 2025 domestic season. There will be a separate prize for each gender, where each prize winner will receive a £100 Peak PS gift voucher as a reward.
Last year there were a total of 121 paddlers who scored points towards the combined prize criteria with over 1000 start lists throughout the season. The overall 2024 winners were Amber Forster (Holme Pierrepont Canoe Club) and Nathan Hicks (Stafford & Stone Canoe Club).
Full details of this combined prize can be found HERE. The combined league tab will be updated throughout the season to show paddlers rankings in relation to this combined prize.
Volunteering in Slalom Training Offer
The Slalom Committee have developed and trialled a presentation to help recruit and train more people to volunteer at events. The presentation covers judging and timing roles and aims to inform people about these roles and the relevant rules, and encourage volunteers to get involved with running events. This can be combined with getting people to have a go a these roles supported by an experienced official. The trial run at September’s HPP Prem/1 event saw several new judges and section judges being recruited.
The committee would like to offer this suport to event organisers and clubs. We have a number of people willing to deliver the training which could be at club evenings, at events or training days. At events this could include supporting new volunteers into these roles. If you would like to arrange a training sessions for potential volunteers please contact Sally Atkinson.
Check out John Gregory’s ICF slalom podcasts
There are 95 episodes which can also be found on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube. Despite the name this is not an ICF product. John came up with the ICFslalom hashtag early in the 2015 season. The podcast started in 2019. This last year there were 58 guests across the 27 episodes. Series 4 were daily episodes through the Olympics and series 5 started this autumn. Lots of British guests and stories.
Introducing the Slalom Start Box
As announced in October, Paddle UK is excited to introduce the Slalom Start Box, a comprehensive toolkit designed to support paddler recruitment within clubs to increase the number of children and young people engaged in canoe slalom across the UK. Slalom Start builds on the incredible work that all clubs and volunteers do to introduce children and young people to the amazing sport of canoe slalom. It is intended to help share this knowledge and empower others to engage more people in canoe slalom. The digital toolkit is now available and supporting webinars are taking place during the winter, you can sign up here. If you have any queries please contact slalom start
Slalom Progress Awards
Last year Canoe Wales and the England Slalom Talent Programme, in conjunction with the England Slalom Committee, presented the new Slalom Progress Awards. We have updated the Awards for this year.
New C2 pairings
Apply direct to the C2 Bib Officer – you do not need to go through reinstatement. Ranked C2 pairs may enter races at any level.
Minutes of Slalom Committee Meetings
6 April 2025
11 March 2025
8 February 2025
4 January 2025
4 December 2024
30 November 2024 (ACM)
England Slalom Talent Programme Squad
The England Slalom Talent Programme have published their Qualification Criteria for 2025/26. A link can be found HERE.
