Competitions

The day has finally come. The tickets for the 2020 ECA Canoe Slalom European Championships Presented by Jaffa Fruit in London Lee Valley are on sale now. Don’t miss the best European paddlers fight for the medals and also the last available quotas for Tokyo 2020 for the European teams who failed to qualify for the Olympics at last year’s World Championships.

Slovak Canoeing held a ceremony to award the best athletes, teams and coaches who have excelled in the year 2019 and those involved in canoeing for their lifelong contribution to the sport. Matej Benuš and Peter Gelle were named sportsmen of the year, while ECA vice-president Miroslav Haviar received an award for the lifelong contribution to canoe sprint.

Due to some problems regarding the training camps prior to the 2020 ECA Canoe Slalom European Championships in London – Lee Valley, British Canoeing will now be taking responsibility for international team bookings and have negotiated water time with the Centre.  As such please find below further information on the new booking process.

Young British canoe slalom and extreme slalom paddler Etienne Chappell won the Wales Young Sportsman of the Year 2019 award at the BBC Cymru Wales Sports Personality of the Year Awards in Newport.