Norwich Canoe Club

Norwich Canoe Club is based at Whitlingham, Trowse in Norwich, Norfolk, UK with Whitlingham Great Broad, Whitlingham Little Broad, River Yare and River Wensum on its doorstep. It is a canoe and kayak racing club that focuses on flatwater sprint canoeing and marathon canoeing. It is a friendly club where canoeing is safe and fun and welcomes anyone who wants to have a go on the water. The club has as many girls as boys and as many women as men and also lots of families who all come and paddle together. Members are all ages, from 7 to 70 so there is definitely a place for everyone.

The club holds the highest Top Club Gold accreditation, awarded by the British Canoe Union and Sport England, and regularly produces elite paddlers who represent Great Britain in European and international regattas and at the International Canoe FederationCanoe Sprint and Canoe Marathon World Championships.

Ian Wynne, 2004 Olympic K1 500m bronze medallist, is an honorary member of the club.

Norwich Canoe Club also happens to be one of the top kayak racing clubs in the UK and are very proud of their recent string of achievements :

Marathon kayak racing very similar to marathon road racing. It is an endurance sport, racing as fast as possible over distances varying from 4 to 125 miles! The regular club races are part of the Hasler Series, named after Major Herbert 'Blondie' Hasler. Competitors are seeded, based on ability, into divisions from 1 to 9. As a beginner competitors start racing in division 9, which is 4 miles. Promotion is based on time so, when as competitors get faster they are promoted to division 8 and so on. In a regional competition divisions 9, 8 and 7 races are 4 miles, 6, 5 and 4 are 8 miles and 3, 2 and 1 are 12 miles. Some races include portages, which is where competitors get out of the boat, run round an obstacle of some sort, typically a lock, before getting back in and carrying on.

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