The British Canoe Union and Canoe Slalom Tickets

The British Canoe Union is delighted to announce that the International Canoe Federation has awarded us the 2015 Canoe Slalom World Championships at the Lee Valley White Water Centre, London, home to Canoe Slalom in 2012. In a tightly fought contest, the British Canoe Union managed to prevail over a strong bid from the French Canoe Federation, bringing the Championships back to British waters for the first time in 20 years.

Delighted with the announcement, Paul Owen, British Canoe Union, CEO, commented “The British Canoe Union is extremely proud and excited to have been awarded the 2015 Canoe Slalom World Championships at Lee Valley White Water Centre. We are fully committed to delivering a World Class Event on behalf of the International Canoe Federation. I would like to thank our partners for the fantastic support the British Canoe Union has received in preparation of the bid, especially that of our Government, Lee Valley Regional Park, and UK Sport who all played a substantial part in the bids success. I am convinced that the 2015 Canoe Slalom World Championship will be a fantastic event, providing an excellent opportunity to showcase our sport worldwide.”

A contributing factor in the decision to award the Championship to Great Britain was to ensure the legacy of the State of the Art white water stadium post the Olympic Games, Lee Valley and Canoe Slalom are the first 2012 legacy venue to have won a World Championships. Another great strength of the bid was the partnerships and commitment displayed between Lee Valley Regional Park Authority, UK Sport and the BCU. A thrilled Shaun Dawson Chief Executive of Lee Valley Regional Park Authority commented “We are delighted to host the World Championships here at Lee Valley White Water Centre. The competition allows us to see legacy in action and raise the profile of this exciting sport to a wider audience. We are looking forward to hosting the event and bringing an international audience to the Centre in 2015.”

Essential to the success of the bid was the dedicated support from UK Sport, the nation’s high performance sports agency. Through their National Lottery funded World Class Events Program, the bid was provided with significant support and financial assistance from the UK Government, which no doubt had major impact in securing the Championship.

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Lee Valley White Water Center and Olympic Canoe Slalom Tickets

Lee Valley White Water Centre will host the Olympic Canoe Slalom events of the 2012 Summer Olympics. Anne, Princess Royal officially opened the venue on 9 December 2010. The £31 million project was finished on schedule and was the first newly-constructed Olympic venue to be completed.   Lee Valley White Water Centre has now been selected to host the 2015 ICF Olympic Canoe Slalom World Championships.

The venue is located between the towns of Waltham Cross in Hertfordshire and Waltham Abbey in Essex. The site is just outside the northern boundary of Greater London and 14 km north of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, east London. The Centre is in the heart of River Lee Country Park which is part of the 40 km2, 42 km long Lee Valley Park. The Center opened in late 2010 offering canoeing and rafting activities to the public ahead of the London 2012 Summer Olympics.

The venue has a purpose built slalom course for the Olympic white water canoe events flat water canoeing and kayaking events will take place at Dorney Lake, Buckinghamshire and west of London. The main competition channel is an international and Olympic standard 300 meter canoe and kayak slalom course. It and the shorter warm-up course empty into the warm up and cool down lake. The white water is created by a system of pumps which lift water into the two start pools. All of the water contained in the system is slightly chlorinated in order to retain water quality. During the Games, temporary seating will be installed around the venue for 12,000 spectators.

The 300 meter competition course has a drop of 5.5 meters, for an average slope of 1.8% and a pump powered stream flow of 13 cubic meters per second. The intermediate/warm-up course is 160 meters long with a drop of 1.6 meters and flow of 10.5 cubic meters per second. A 10,000 square meter lake, filled with groundwater, supplies the water for the pumps. The course is sited within a new landscaped parkland setting, including path and bridge networks to enable spectators to have access and view the events. A new facility building houses reception, cafe, changing rooms, shop, offices, spectator viewing, equipment storage and water pump and filtration facilities.

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