Unofficial UK Slalom BBS

Yes C1W will become an Olympic class however not for another 6 years and in the mean time C2 is still an Olympic class and funding for them has to be a priority at the moment also so far nothing official has been said that it will not be although it is expected that is the case. What everyone has to...

I couldn't agree more boatmum, well said- lets encourage and support our young paddlers instead of making them feel undervalued - after all this year the Europeans has been designated for developement so lets develop our up and coming talent!!

In sprint the Euros take place before the Worlds - the athlete HAS to make the final at the Euros to be able to race at the Worlds.

I understand that the recent ICF congress when the decision to include C1W was made the decision to drop C2 was also made but this bit has not been publicly announced....

Firstly the comment re positioning of judges - it is totally impossible, to put a judge in a position where he/she could see all the gate all of the time, hence why we have a gate judge and an experienced section judge at prems and ones, and why they are carefully positioned by VERY experienced judg...

Ken Trollope!

One good reason for posting them at this stage is to pull up any anomalies!!

Just a point of information - there will be little media coverage of this event, there MAY be a possibility of local TV but there is no national TV coverage and the only press there will be sports specific who will only be interested in reporting on Olympic selection and no wider issues!