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.

I live in Wales

If you live in Wales, you can join as a comprehensive member or a basic member, or just show your support for us by joining as a supporting member.

Comprehensive membership

You'll want a comprehensive membership if you're a coach or if you paddle in competitions. Comprehensive membership gives you all the benefits of membership to the British Canoe Union (BCU), the UK’s federal paddlesport governing body:

Navigation licence

Licence to paddle on 4,500km of Britain’s navigations and canals

Third party insurance

3rd party liability insurance up to £10 million

Ceufad and Canoe Focus

We’ll send you four issues of Ceufad, the Canoe Wales magazine, and six issues of Canoe Focus, the BCU magazine, every year.

Coaching scheme

You can join the BCU coaching scheme as an active coach, and you’ll receive six issues of CODE, the BCU coaching newsletter, every year.

Competition

You can enter competitions in sprint, marathon, slalom, wild water racing, canoe polo and freestyle.

Information

You can also download specific coaching and competition information from our website as we bring it online, or ask for a copy from our office.

And more…

Just show your membership card to get:
  • 10% discount at selected canoe and kayak retailers!
  • 15% discount on all Cotswold Outdoor products (with £5 of every £100 spent going back to the Young People's canoeing)
  • Save £7.45 (over 20%) when subscribing to 12 issues of Canoe & Kayak UK magazine!
  • 20% discount on Lucozade Sport products
Annual comprehensive membership
£35.00
Annual comprehensive membership - under 18*£18.00
Annual comprehensive membership - each extra family member at your address£18.00
Life comprehensive membership  
£480.00
First year comprehensive membership - under 18*
£8.00

* - £4/year extra to subscribe to Canoe Focus

Call us now on 01678 521199 to join as a comprehensive member.

Basic membership

This is our full membership package for paddlers who don't coach or compete, and brings you all the other benefits of Canoe Wales membership, including our third-party insurance cover.
          

Navigation licence

Licence to paddle on 4,500km of Britain’s navigations and canals

Third party insurance

3rd party liability insurance up to £10 million

Ceufad and Canoe Focus

We’ll send you four issues of Ceufad, the Canoe Wales magazine, and six issues of Canoe Focus, the BCU magazine, every year.

And more…
Just show your membership card to get:
  • 10% discount at selected canoe and kayak retailers!
  • 15% discount on all Cotswold Outdoor products (with £5 of every £100 spent going back to the Young People's canoeing)
  • Save £7.45 (over 20%) when subscribing to 12 issues of Canoe & Kayak UK magazine!
  • 20% discount on Lucozade Sport products
Annual basic membership
£28.00
Annual basic membership - under 18*£15.00
Annual basic membership - each extra family member at your address£15.00
          
* - £4/year extra to subscribe to Canoe Focus

Call us now on 01678 521199 to join as a basic member.

Supporting membership

Your membership goes to support the work we do promoting and encouraging paddlesport in Wales:
  • We promote paddlers’ interests in Wales. That includes representation on statutory panels, steering groups and expedition grant panels.
  • We’re recognized by the Welsh Assembly as the go-to experts on paddlesport.
  • We run the National White Water Centre on the river Tryweryn in Bala, managing the river to give free paddling on Wales’ most reliable grade 2/3/4 rapids.
  • We lobby for paddlers’ interests during engineering work on dams, weirs and fish passes in Wales.
  • We run the annual Outdoor Action show in Cardiff bay to promote and encourage paddlesport.
  • We run a schools scheme to promote paddling to young people in Wales.
  • We support and advise the Welsh canoe club network and help them find grants and funding.
Annual supporting membership*
£10.00

* - £4/year extra to subscribe to Canoe Focus

Call us now on 01678 521199 to join as a supporting member.
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