Canoe Wales is the national governing body for paddle sport in Wales. We:

  • Manage the National White Water Centre which is located on the river Tryweryn in Bala, North Wales
  • Represent the interests of our club and individual members
  • Advocate on behalf of the interests of the sport in Wales
  • Provide coaching and development programmes from local to international level
  • Stage national and international competitions.

Regional Coach Updates and Panel Meetings

Canoe Wales is split into three regions: North, South-East and South-West. In each of these regions, we have a Regional Coaching Officer, a voluntary position (voted in by the membership) who's role it is to ensure that any issues you as coaches are having are taken to the relevant people in our organisation while keeping you informed of all of the latest developments within Canoe Wales and the BCU. To do this they hold regular coaching forums (meetings) at suitable venues within their region - to find out about when and where these are happening, email your RCO on the relevant email address below.

North: Adam Harmer rco.north@gmail.com

South East: Ben Longhurst ben.longhurst@cardiff.gov.uk

South West: Nick Bates bpaddlers@aol.com


Update Weekends

The RCOs are also responsible for organising our regional update weekends, which happen about once every 4 months for each region. These weekends are a great way for you to get together with a range of coaches, attend some subsidised courses and get up to date on all the latest coaching news. On top of all that, attendance at an update weekend will revalidate your coaching qualifications for a further 3 years.

Below are proposed dates for the next update weekends - please contact your RCO for details of what courses will be available or to book on:

North: 13-14th March (next one after that Oct 9-10th)

South East: 17-18th April

South West: 22-23rd May