Unofficial UK Slalom BBS

Whilst no one is questioning the dedication or effort by paddlers on the talent squads (or their supporting parents) – I’m personally not convinced the current structure of talent programme is that successful compared to what was in place prior to the revamp in 2013: 1) More Scottish and Welsh paddl...

Your points are all valid and your concerns have been raised many times before. The England talent programme is seen as the only way for young paddlers to develop and succeed in the sport. This attitude undermines the club level, and dissolution for those paddles not making an England squad or disca...

I think you are being a little harsh, no one is expecting or asking Michelle to chase every club. In the context of the request from Cardington, the email clearly states the decision would have to go to the ACM, so why would Cardington need to respond. But if a response was expected, given emails ha...

If paddle up remains I don't think this rule would ensure you had sufficient volunteers/judges. To enforce the intent of the rule you would need to state that it's conditional to judge or provide a substitute if you elect to enter the race via paddle up.

My understanding is that you can't have a multi-class single event e.g. a Div 2/3, but you can have a Div 2 on Saturday and Div 3 on the Sunday of the same weekend, as they are separate events. I guess it's all down to want the race organiser decides on. As to portable points, love it or hate it, no...

An interesting and long email, but one crucial fact has been missed. As it stands the divisional system will change next season with the introduction of portable points. However, until the Slalom Committee issues the rules/changes for review on how portable points will actually be executed, it's all...

Maybe it's my business background, but to make a decision for the sport as a whole based on anecdotal or partial Information is fraught with risk. If clubs and event organiser can and are willing to support additional races, then great, no one is going to object - but putting on an additional event ...

Yes I have seen those stats before, but like all stats they can depict one of many views, and without full analysis, you end up with perceptions and assumptions, neither of which changes should be based upon. There is no narrative to the stats, there are venues where the race numbers have gone up bu...

So you do work on a first come first served basis if you have already had discussions with event organiser who have submitted applications, and stating don't be surprised if you are asked to change dates if asking for March and April.

That should be made clear and up front.

I think the title of this thread is quite appropriate “.... what is the Question?” – have we not gone off at a slight tangent to the original discussion point?

So are you saying race applications are allocated on a first come first served basis? I thought you collated all applications and then reviewed them on merit before making a decision.

The majority of comments in this thread are in favour of increasing capacity of the divisional system due to the perceived increase in divisional 1 entries. I say perceived as I don't believe anyone has yet captured, analysed or issued any real data based on this years entries. There is currently a ...

Debate or not, the coaches who run the England Talent Programme are part of British Canoeing, and therefore the England Talent Programme is an offshoot of British Canoeing. Simple fact there is no England identity. The England Talent Programme is not run by Canoe England, there is no Canoe England f...

There is a very minimal cost up front with additional costs throughout the year depending on location/duration of the training camps. I wouldn't try to compare the Scottish and English Programmes, they are very different. The Scottish Programme is very detailed and up front with what is being offere...

As an interim you could look at the results tab which gives you a list of dates/races for each year, so pretty much the same information, unless you wanted specific information on a race itself e.g., race organiser - but then that would be in the year handbook.