GB Women’s Journey To GOLD...

The 2008 World Championships were held in Edmonton, Canada from 24th- 27th July. With 57 teams from 23 nations competing this was the biggest Worlds to date. Athletes competed in their respective category of Senior Mens, Senior Womens and Under 21 Men's classes. After a successful season, the GB women’s team had high hopes for the championships and were aiming for GOLD.
The teams left for Canada on Saturday 19th July. After an 8 and a half hour flight, with Top Trumps and eye spy being the prime entertainment, we finally landed in Calgary. Picking up two hire cars for each team, the women’s team were chauffeured by the two more ‘experienced’ members of the team.

The u21 team went into the World Championships with high expectations following a string of top three finishes in the competitions leading up to the championships. But could these preliminary wins be converted into a gold medal at the worlds?

Having been dealt a difficult first round group containing European Silver Medallists Germany and hosts Canada GB knew that it would require some good performances to make it into the top two of the group and progress into the second stage of the competition.

National League is a yearly competition that is run by the BCU Canoe Polo Committee.

Three Classes: Open, Women and Youth. There are a number of divisions in each class.

We are pleased to announce the National League dates for the 2008/09 season. In addition the league team list are also attached on page two.

GB Women competed in the Mechelen tournament over the weekend 28th/29th June.