With a little over two months to go before the Canoe Polo World Championships begin in Duisburg, Germany, the 32 players who will represent Great Britain in all four competition categories have now been selected. The teams bring together experience and talent from more than 15 clubs, with four paddlers making their GB Championship debuts – Willow Lewis (Viking / University of Nottingham), Hayden Dodd (FOA Liverpool), Cameron […]
The GB Canoe Polo selection policy for the 2026 World Championship teams can now be accessed via the PaddleUK website: https://paddleuk.org.uk/shared-files/76992/GB-Canoe-Polo-Selection-Policy-2026-FINAL.pdf As part of this process ALL players wishing to be considered for selection must submit an expression of interest form by Saturday 28th February. Please note that there will not be an ‘open’ profiling […]
Expressions of interest are being sought for the 2025-26 Senior Women’s squad! Please complete the google form here. The first squad weekend is planned for the 15th & 16th November, Liverpool. Accommodation will be available. Information on the further squads process for 25-26 will be shared in due course.
Brilliant bronze for Great Britain at The World Games Great Britain competed in two matches on the final day of canoe polo at The World Games. After a loss to Germany, they advanced to the bronze medal match against Denmark, currently ranked second globally. Their previous encounter in a bronze medal match at the World […]
The World Games are the pinnacle of Canoe Polo, occurring every 4 years, with only 8 sides qualifying, they represent the pathway for Olympic consideration. 2005 the 🇬🇧 men took🥉at the first inclusion of Canoe Polo in the World Games in Duisburg. In 20 years since, no British men’s side has qualified from the World […]
The weekend of the 31st of May will be going ahead as the first Women’s Canoe Polo training weekend. You can sign up here The following information is in the form and shared by Kirsten, the organiser: This weekend is aimed at all women over 18 who play canoe polo who are interested in further […]
Following on form the recent advert for coaching roles, we are now seeking expressions of interest and applications for additional administrative and logistics support roles ahead of the 2025 season, leading up to the 2026 Worlds in Germany. There has been positive progress in developing the structure of the squad system and expectations of performance over the past two-year cycle and we are looking […]
The Paddle UK GB Canoe Polo sides competed in the ICF Super Cup and World Championships held in China in October. The final placings were: Super Cup Women Silver Men Bronze World Champs Men 4th Women 8th U21 Men 5th U21 Women 7th Congratulations to all the athletes, coaches, support staff and supporters! Album of […]
Following the conclusion of the 2024 international season, the GB Canoe Polo Squads are seeking applications and expressions of interest for coaching roles for the upcoming 2-year cycle (leading up to 2026 Worlds in Germany). Please find below 👇 Full advert Role Profiles Application form
Our Paddle UK Players, Coaches, Refs and Commentators are beginning their journeys to for the ICF Super Cup and World Championship competitions. Both competitions will be live-streamed on YouTube for Planet Canoe subscribers, at £8.99 for a month’s access. While the stream is not free, we are hopeful the quality will be the […]