2009 European Canoe Slalom Championships
Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham, Great Britain 28th - 31st May 2009
Official Funding Partners and Supporters for the
2009 European Canoe Slalom Championships
European Canoe Association
UK Sport
Nottinghamshire County Council
BBC Sport
GB Canoeing
British Canoe Union
Canoe England
BCU Canoe Slalom Committee
International Canoe Federation
Sport England
The 2009 European Canoe Slalom Championships has been part funded by UK Sport’s National Lottery-funded World Class Events Programme, which aims to secure events of strategic importance that deliver a range of lasting benefits. These include economic, social and cultural benefits as well as improving sporting performance by home athletes, encouraging participation and leaving a legacy of facilities and development initiatives. Over 120 sporting events have been staged in the UK through the programme since 1997. More at UK Sport
Nottinghamshire County Council
For more information visit Nottinghamshire County Council website
BBC Sport
Host Broadcaster
For more information visit BBC Sport website
GB Canoeing is the World Class Performance division of the British Canoe Union (BCU).
It currently supports 20 UK athletes in their training and competition with the aim to win medals in significant international competitions now and within the next 4 years, particularly at the 2012 Olympics in London.
In the 2004 Athens Olympics, Canoeing was one of Team GB’s most successful sports with medals for Ian Wynne (Bronze), Helen Reeves (Bronze) and Campbell Walsh (Silver).
In 2008 Beijing Olympics, GB Canoeing went one further and claimed their first ever Gold medal. Tim Brabants won a Gold and a Bronze medal in Flat Water Racing and David Florence won a Silver medal in Canoe Slalom. Tim's double win in one Olympic Games was a first for British Canoeing.
The BCU was set up in 1936 to send a team to the Berlin Olympics and is the lead body for canoeing and kayaking in the UK. In 2000 the BCU federalised to become the umbrella organisation for the Home Nation Associations in Scotland (SCA), Wales (WCA) and Northern Ireland (CANI). In England, Canoe England was set up, on a par with the other National Associations, as a division of the BCU, to support the development of canoeing in England.
The BCU is responsible for leading and setting the overall framework for the National Associations; including representing canoeing interests through coaching, competition and campaigning for increased access to Britain’s waterways for paddlers. Today the BCU has a membership of over 60,000, including over 450 affiliated clubs and 145 approved centres.
According to the RYA Watersports survey there are an estimated 1.5 million people take to the water in a canoe each year. The vast majority do so under a watchful eye of one of the 11,000 BCU Qualified coaches or as part of an affiliated organisation.
For more information visit the BCU website:
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