Unofficial UK Slalom BBS

Following discussion at early ACMs, and input from those ranked as veteran, there has been a trial of changed veterans points in parallel to the ranking system during this season. The revised system appears to better reflect the abilities of the athletes, so it is proposed to adopt this. In additio...

The UK rules on Buoyancy Jackets were different to the ICF rules, not the least to take account of the weight of the individual. The amended ICF rules will be applicable to anyone paddling internationally, and the GB Slalom Committee feel that they are now a better set of regulations than the curre...

The UK Rules still refer to ‘section judges’ and ‘gate judges’. Following an incident at a World Championships where a penalty was missed, and the section judge refused to accept an error, despite the section judges above and below agreeing with the penalty. The rules relating to section judges giv...

Rule 9.1 and 9.3 are only relevant to Inter Regional Competitions (no longer held) and Inter club competitions, which have their own set of additional requirements. As such they occupy space in the rule book and are not relevant to ranking competitions. Rather than update the rule, mark it as not a...

Proposed by Manchester Canoe Club Seconded by Llandysul Canoe Club (MS) Due to the lack of racing over 2020/21 and the fact that some paddlers had to missed races due to isolation, all points accrued in 2021 will be kept into the 2022 season until the following dates (1 year after racing restarted ...

As this is a change to the Terms of Reference (ToR) under 9.7 this requires a 2/3rd simple majority at the meeting and approval by the British Canoeing Board of Directors to be adopted. Under the current ToR, people are voted onto the slalom committee, and then after that the coordinator roles are ...

At the 2019 ACM a motion relating to Veterans trophies being awarded by Premier / 1 and Division 2/3/4 points was withdrawn, with instructions to bring it back to the next ACM, with consideration for gender and class. Using the two trophies that were proposed in 2019, it is proposed that these are ...

The RPI is usually higher than CPI and so it is proposed that we use CPI only, removing the link to RPI in the rules. Page 66 ) UK 6.2.6.c Minimum Entry Fees will be increased annually by the increase in Retail Price Index (RPI) according to the formula: New fee = A+ {A x [(B-C) /C]}, rounded to ne...

A motion at the 2019 ACM (6.2) left instructions to the committee An amendment was proposed to phase in the entry fees increases over a period of years but increasing for 2020 to Division 4 £6.00, Division 3 £8.00, Division 2 £10.00 and Prem / Division 1 £18.00 with matching increases in late fees ...

Protest Fees were originally increased from 50p to £1 in 1988, and have not been increased at division 2 and below since that time. At division 1 the protest fee was increased to £3 in 2011 and has not changed since that time. Division 1 protest fees were set to £5 in 2008. Selection event protest ...

The UK rules for Extreme Slalom adopted at the last physical ACM were a direct copy of the ICF Extreme Slalom Rules. For the 2021 season a changed set of rules were adopted, to reflect the fact that Extreme Slalom is now an Olympic discipline. These rules continue to develop with the aim of having ...

There were some rule changes adopted by the ICF for the 2019 Rule book. In the midst of covid, these rule changes were not picked up and reviewed for adoption into the GB Rules. There are more changes being introduced for the 2022 season. The majority of these changes are to clarify wording, or to ...

The rules relating to the Managed Calendar (19) relate to a paper based system. The slalom Committee is requested to review these rules and amend them to reflect the online application system. Page 94 19.1. Calendar Returns Calendar returns must be made following the process described on CanoeSlalo...

Mike will be sadly missed.

At the British Open we were trying to work out how old he was. Various ages came up from 70 to 90. But we did remember he was a compiler for 50 years.

Truly served slalom and a model for us all

I mentioned your post to Amanda and got a stressed

I know, I haven't had time

She has recently taken on a new role at work and is sorting out the mess she inherited there but will get to this.
We will try to sort something out between us.