Canoe Slalom returns to Nottingham!

Event Guide

Registration

Registration will be open from 08:00-09:00 on Saturday 25th February. 

This will be at Race Control (green hut by mid-course bridge). 

Accepted Entries

All entries to this event have been accepted.

Captain's Briefing

A briefing for Captains will be held at 09:00 (after registration) on Saturday 25th February. 

This will take place at Race Control (green hut by mid-course bridge) 

Timetable

Saturday 25 February

08:00-9:00    Registration open at Race Control (green hut by mid-course bridge)

08:00           Practice session starts

09:00           Captains’ Briefing at Race Control (green hut by mid-course bridge)

09:15           Judges’ Briefing

09:30           Practice session ends

09:45           Judges in position

10:00-14:00  Men’s K1, Women’s C1 runs

  Runs may be taken in any order at approx. 1 minute intervals

11:00-11:30  Priority given to national ranked paddlers-British Canoeing Division 3 & above

  Others can take runs, but ranked paddlers will take precedence.

11:30-12:30  General Men’s K1/Women’s C1 runs

12:30-13:00  Priority given to national ranked paddlers

13:00-14:00  General Men’s K1/Women’s C1 runs

14:00-15:30* Mixed Teams (One run only) - Approx. 3 minute intervals

16:00           MK1, WC1 and Mixed Teams Results & Prize Giving by Race Control

16:30           Estimated event finish time

*Team events may run up to an hour early - changes to be announced over the PA system. All times are provisional and may be subject to changes on the day.

Sunday 26 February

08:00           Practice session starts

08:45           Judges’ Briefing

08:50           Practice session ends

09:15           Judges in position

09:30-10:30  Women’s K1, Men’s C1, Open C2 runs

  Runs may be taken in any order at approx. 1 minute intervals

  Please do not leave all runs until the end

10:30-11:00  Priority given to national ranked paddlers-British Canoeing Division 3 & above

Others can take runs, but ranked paddlers will take precedence.

11:30-13:30  General Women’s K1/Men’s C1, Open C2 runs

12:30-13:00  Priority given to national ranked paddlers

13:30-15:00* Open Team (One run only)

15:30           WK1, MC1 & Open C2 Results & Prize Giving by Race Control

16:30           Estimated event finish time

*Team events may run up to an hour early - changes to be announced over the PA system. All times are provisional and may be subject to changes on the day.

Site Map

 

Main Centre Building

Toilets

Changing rooms

Cafe

Race Control:

Team registration & enquiries

First Aid point

Volunteer & Officials refreshments

Gazebo outside Race Control:

Participant refreshments

Parking

Parking for this event will be in the White Water Car Park (by reception), and the Country Park Car Park (near the high ropes). There will be no parking near the white water course. 

Information on parking can be found here 

Camping

Camping can be booked here

At current, only hard standing pitches are available due to the weather. There are 20 hard standing pitches available to book on a first come, first served basis. These are available at a reduced cost of £21 per pitch per night. Each pitch is designed for one tent/motorhome for up to 4 people plus 1 car. Each hard standing pitch comes with eletrics. 

Once the hard standing pitches are gone, grass pitches may be released. 

If you want to book additions, the costs are:

Car - £5.00, Gazebo - £5.00, Awning - £3.00, Additional Adults - £7.00

Check in is at 2pm and check out is at 10am

If late check out is required please do this at time of booking - £6.00 per pitch.

 

Pods are also currently available at a reduced rate of:

Standard pods - £30.00 

Deluxe pods - £45.00

Bibs

All institutions will be provided with a bag of bibs on the day. 

A cash deposit will be taken by the organisers when distributing the bibs to teams, and will be returned once all of that team's bibs are handed back in. 

Water Safety Officers and Judging

Any institution that has 12 or more entries accepted into the competition will be required to provide a water safety officer at the event. This will be required for every 12 competitors accepted, so if an institution has 24 entries accepted, they will need to provide two water safety officers, and so on. Institutions who do not provide their allocation of water safety officers will be fined £150 per officer.

All institutions will also be required to provide judges at allocated points during the competition, which will be published in advance of the event. Any institution that does not provide a judge when required will be fined £50.