What do you love about canoeing? What attracted you to our wonderful sport in the first place –was it just by chance, through a friend, family or maybe school or university? How easy and accessible was it to get started? Well we would really like to hear from YOU!
We are keen to understand more about people’s perceptions and experiences about canoeing as an activity for people with a disability so that we can improve our promotion and programmes and encourage more disabled people to start canoeing. The following short questionnaire is for people who currently take part in canoeing whether or not they are affected by disability.
This questionnaire should take no longer than 15 minutes. All those completing this questionnaire will be entered in a draw to win one of two prize bundles each containing a £50 Cotswold Outdoor store voucher and tickets to the 2015 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championship. Whether you are a canoeist, parents, coaches or volunteers we would love to hear from you.
Click here to start survey.
Click here to view further details on 2015’s Paddle-Ability Symposium.
Paddle-Ability is the term used in England to refer to all disabled Paddlesport activity. Paddlesport is very diverse with many different types of activity and craft available; there really is something for everyone. Through these pages you can find information about the following:
There are many clubs all over the country where Paddle-Ability takes place in many different ways from individuals taking part in normal club activity to clubs running specialist programmes of activity for groups of disabled individuals.
Some Paddle-Ability athletes like the challenge of competition, competing alongside able-bodied paddlers in Slalom and Marathon whilst Paddle-Ability Races are available at National Sprint Regattas.
Paracanoe will feature in the Paralympic games from Rio 2016 in 200m Sprint Events, there are also International Canoe Federation Paracanoe World and European Championships held annually.
Sprint Kayak is also a Special Olympics Sport featuring at Special Olympics World Games over distances of 200m and 500m in one and two person kayaks.