Unofficial UK Slalom BBS

Committee Amendment
Whilst supporting the principle, this is untried and the committee proposes that this is held for the next ACM. Discussions should be opened with the BC SUP Committee to agree appropriate rule changes to bring to the next ACM.

Proposed and Seconded by Salisbury Canoe Club The major growth area within paddle sport is Stand Up Paddle Boarding (SUP). The SUP community has grown extensively over the past few years and is continuing its rapid expansion. Within this, Whitewater Paddle Boarding (WW SUP) is attracting a lot of in...

Proposed and Seconded by Salisbury Canoe Club If the primary motion above fails, then this motion will be dropped. Some athletes have competed in Slalom already. If they were fast enough, they should be granted automatic ranking in Division 3. Any SUP athlete that has previously achieved a score at ...

Rule and process for forfeited protest fee to a charity need clarifying. E.g. if the club is a charity, the protest fees cannot go the club itself 11.2.5.a UK The Chief Judge or Enquiry Desk will accept a protest from upon receipt of a deposit. The deposit is returned if the protest is upheld. If th...

The October ICF board meeting will be considering a number of rule changes, that are not considered controversial, including clarifying issues for kayak cross, changing all references to ‘articles’ to rules This meeting authorises the Secretary to include ICF rule changes into the UK rules for the 2...

Committee Amendment 1: Any organiser wanting to run two events in a day will need preapproval from the slalom committee before the race is put on the calendar. Committee Amendment 2 : If a double race is organised, for one day of a weekend another ranking race cannot be held at the same venue on th...

Proposed by Pinkston Panthers Club Seconded by CR Cats Canoe Club Ability to hold two races in one day. Attendance at Scottish events (Division 2 and below) is such that there is capacity to run 2 races in one day. This would reduce the travel / accommodation costs to competitors and maximise the be...

Proposed by Pinkston Panthers Club Seconded by CR Cats Canoe Club To be withdrawn if the previous motion fails Ability to hold two races each day over a weekend. a "double double". Same benefits as previous motion, i.e. savings on travel and accommodation when divided by races entered but also hopef...

Whilst the rules for ranking competition age group prizes are clear in the rules (Rule 20.8.4), these rules were introduced in 2018, and omitted to recognise that different rules are applied for British Championships. In order to recognise that ‘British Champion’ has a different purpose to that at r...

Organisers frequently struggle to persuade enough helpers to judge and/or otherwise assist in the running of a competition. There is already a rule 20.5.3 that allows the Organiser to require athletes to assist, and a rule 1.12.4 that could potentially be used to enforce this. This proposal is to cl...

It is often said that the number of Premier and Division 1 races has increased over time. This has the potential to reduce the number of attendees at each race and to make it harder to plan races for the lower divisions. It is therefore proposed to restrict the number of opportunities for gaining po...

Just a quick reminder. If this is to be a change for next season, it has to be in a motion to the ACM. Motions from clubs have to be with the secretary by 21st October. PM me if you need more information on how to do that - or email me. Graphs etc can be made available with the Agenda papers, and ca...

Ed Ecclestone was the archetypal back stage supporter. For decades Ed could be fund supporting teams, races individuals, and the sport in its widest sense. Ed was a volunteer, who put in thousands of hours and thousands of pounds without being recognised or getting much publicity - that's why there ...

It's time to elect an athlete rep to teh slalom committee (again).

This can be anyone that you think appropriate, and all they need is to be nominated by a ranked paddler. The nomination form is available online on bit.ly/2022AthleteRep.

Nominations by 1st April please.

The annual accounts always show a balance being held as bib deposits. Calculated from the number of bibs in circulation and issued. The rules give a fixed time to return a bib but that is always after the ACM so we do not know how many bibs are being kept and how many will take the voucher and never...