In about three months the 2018 ECA Wildwater Canoeing Junior and U23 European Championships will be held in Skopje, the capital of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Early in April ECA Wildwater Canoeing Technical Delegate and Board member Manuela Gawehn visited the race courses in Skopje together with the ICF Wildwater Canoeing chairman and committee members. 

After intense and long selection process where at the end seven paddlers fought for the four places Spain has announced names of those who will be a part of the crew. Different combinations with Saul Craviotto, Cristian Toro, Marcus Cooper, Carlos Garrote, Rodrigo Germade, Roi Rodríguez and Carlos Arévalo were tested in Trasona regatta field and the combination with Saul Craviotto, Cristian Toro, Marcus Cooper Walz and Rodrigo Germande proved to be the best. They will compete at the World Cup event in Szeged, Hungary, and ECA Canoe Sprint European Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.

President of the European Canoe Association Albert Woods OBE, Secretary General Branko Lovrić and ECA Board of Directors member Andrej Jelenc visited Albania at the invitation of the Albanian National Olympic Committee to discuss the possibilities for implementation and development of canoeing in this European country.