Links

Canoeing and other sport related sites. Contact the webmaster if you have any others you think should be included.

• Organisations
• Shopping - Suppliers of boats, paddles and other equipment
• Information

Canoeing and other sport related organisations

• The BCU (British Canoe Union)
  • UK Canoe Marathon Site
  • BCU marathon site
  • Paddle-Ability Information for people with disabilities interested in canoeing
• Conservators of the River Cam - including a diary of events on the River Cam
• Wassersportclub 1931 Heidelberg-Neuenheim e.V. - our twinned club in Germany
• CanoeScotland - The Scottish Canoe Association
• Welsh Canoe Association
• International Canoe Federation
• British Olympic Association
• Sport England (previously the English Sports Council) - including the Lottery Sports Fund
• SportsAid - The Charity for Sport
• UK Sport
• GB Canoeing - World Class Programme

Suppliers of boats and equipment

The local shop

• Reeds of Cambridge also with online ordering

UK Shops

• Berkshire Canoes (Reading)
• Cheltenham Canoes (Cheltenham)
• Desperate Measures (Nottingham)
• Family Adventure Store (Trowbridge, Wiltshire)
• Marsport (Reading)
• Tradewinds (Wellingborough)
• Whitewater the Canoe Centre (Shepperton)
• Robin Hood Watersports
• Brookbank Canoes
• Sues Canoes

UK manufacturers

• Double Dutch UK suppliers of boats for Sprint/Marathon, WWR, Slalom and Polo
• Gees wooden seats and other fittings for racing boats
• Kirton Kayaks long established British manufacturer of sprint and marathon boats (and very fast sea kayaks)
• Lendal paddles
• North Shore Sea Kayaks
• Pyranha - whitewater/freestyle kayaks
• P&H sea kayaks
• Rockpool Kayaks
• Sea Kayaking UK (previously Nigel Dennis Kayaks)

International

• Braca-Sport Hungarian/Lithuanian paddles (currently popular with the sprinters)
• Brian's Kayaks South African manufacturer of boats for racing, touring etc.
• Craft Scandinavian Clothing
• Dansprint Kayak Ergos
• Dutch Composites Dutch manufacturer.
• Epic American Wing Paddles
• Helly Hansen top thermals
• Hódy Sport Hungarian Boats
• Hypoxic Training Systems "high altitude" sleep tents - lets get serious
• JanTex Slovakian paddle manufacturer
• Kajner Hungarian wing paddles
• Lettman boats and paddles (some say the best racing paddles you can buy)
• Nelo Kayaks Portuguese racing boats - good pictures
• Nielsen-Kellerman Makers of the Speedcoach boat speedos
• Plastex Composites top Polish racing boat manufacturer
• Struer Danish wood veneer racing boats
• Willy Neumann German boats

Assorted canoeing and coaching related sites

• About Paddling
• Canoe Focus BCU Magazine
• Coachwise Coaching books etc.
• Coaching Science Articles
• Adelaide University applied maths dept. kayak articles
• Masters Athlete Physiology and Performance
• Sports Coach UK
• sprintkayak.com
• UK Rivers Guidebook (and UK Sea Kayak Guidebook)
• Gene 17 great white water coaches.
• Plas Y Brenin Welsh national mountain centre.

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