Unofficial UK Slalom BBS

1. Exclusion of competitive paddling from club activities covered by British Canoeing third party liability insurance “Club Associate Members are covered for third party liability insurance for any paddling activity within their club… It should be noted that… competitive paddling are not included. ...

great idea. Can you make several please and how much silver needs to cross your palm for us to get one?

What and when are you doing to celebrate this achievement - it needs to be done before the slalom season starts!

You know you are slalom obsessed when you are invited to dinner and the first thing you do is check the slalom yearbook .........

Completely agree Davy

Jonny's coaches and fellow paddlers never considered that his boat was unfair and it is hard to undo bad habits if equipment is too big.

Sadly, there was a parent who did try to cause trouble by claiming this was cheating which seemed a tad harsh on a 9 year old

Central squads have Water Slots booked at Lee Valley on Wednesday 12 Feb (am and pm) , Thursday 13 Feb (am and pm) and Friday a.m. 14 Feb (am only). We have some spaces if anyone would like to join us. Cost per session is £15 (but may be less if we can fill all the spaces). Please contact centralsqu...

I think part of the issue is combined Prem/Div 1 races where the Prem is always on the Saturday and the Div 1 on the Sunday. Paddlers travelling want to compete both days particularly if you have travelled 300 miles each way. It is also beneficial to your Sunday race if you have raced on the Saturda...

Peter Your suggestions seem very reasonable. So, I would see the amendment to the motion being split into 3 for price increases for Divisions as follows a) Prem/Div 1 b) Div 2 c) Div 3/4 I did like the suggestion that the increase gets phased in over 2-3 years. I think Prem/Div 1 can increase immedi...

Div 1 and Prem entry fees These events are national events where committed paddlers attend races all over the country and entry fees are only a small percentage of the actual costs of the sport. I think most paddlers will accept the increase in fees at this level if it is explained why the fees are...

A Scottish Group of Prem-Div 2 paddlers have booked some water time at Teesside this weekend. Saturday 23 November 4:30 - 5:30 Sunday 24 November 10:00 - 11:00 Sunday 24 November 15:00 - 16:00 We've got some space to take some slalom paddlers if anyone would like to join us. It will be £10 per sessi...

So, could we have recommended fees, minimum and maximum fees and each organiser charges what they think is reasonable based on previous years income and expenditure? This would allow for some of the variation in costs and numbers. It is probably impossible to have the one size fits all model going f...

Chris Each individual club will be able to tell you what they make/do not make from running a Slalom Race but this is not information that we submit to the Slalom committee. The income from entries can be fairly easily calculated using the online results. Our club can make money from running a cafe ...

This is an interesting topic! I think I would agree that you should not be promoted with a '50'. Given that most slaloms have less than 25 gates , you can't actually get 50 penalty seconds without missing a gate and getting a '50'. How many people has this applied to this year? I would suspect very ...

Excellent suggestion Steve. We've got a training group from a few clubs working together. You don't have to hit targets to get into it and you can't be turfed out but the paddlers are grouped according to which division they are in so they can take part in the training days that suit them. It is rea...

An interesting point regarding raising motions at the AGM. This is certainly a good way of getting some points discussed and voted on. However, the funded program does not come under the Slalom committee remit and so we cannot put motions to the AGM re how squads operate. Many of those commenting on...