The programme is funded by Sweetwater Coaching, which supports a selected number of athletes per year. The purpose of the ASP is to ensure that athletes identified with international potential are provided the necessary opportunities to achieve international success. The programme has developed many new areas of athlete support in freestyle kayaking, Read more…
Grand Canyon, Las Vegas, Creeking, Freestyling, Squirt Boating and more… So it is finally time to stop kayaking for just a few hours to send an update on my US adventures so far. 1 month ago today I left life and work in the UK and set off on the Read more…
Sweetwater Coaching will be attending the ‘River Source a White Water Symposium’ on the 28/29th January. We will be providing something a little different and have decided to offer ladies only white water skills clinics. Why ladies only? Apart from being able to meet as many of you as possible, the main Read more…
Sweetwater Coaching are proud to announce that Kim Aldred will joining the ASP team. Kim is a very talented junior athlete and achieved 4th place in the World Championships 2011 and has shown a level of commitment and motivation required of a potential world champion. We kick started the new competitive cycle Read more…
Claire O’Hara has won two Gold medals for Great Britain at the World Freestyle Kayaking Championships and been crowned Ladies Freestyle Kayaking World Champion and Ladies Squirt Boating World Champion 2011. The 2011 ICF World Freestyle Kayaking Championships took place on the River Isar in Platling Germany with 222 athletes Read more…
Over the next two weeks twenty-five of the world’s most talented, most versatile, and most progressive kayakers will be competing in a multi-disciplined, 6-stage competition on spectacular whitewater across Quebec. James ‘Pringles’ Bebbington will be representing GB, and back home the freestyle and river running community will be rooting for him all the way. Read more…
Very rarely, these days, do you get to paddle a completely new playspot. And if you do, so often you’ll have heard about the spot from your fellow paddlers; they’ll tell you about the holes, the waves, and the moves that you can stick in each one. However, on those rare Read more…
Sweetwater will be will be joining forces with James Reeves team manager to help coach a new Level 6 UK pro-team under the wing of the highly successful ASP programme. Level 6 are currently looking for 5 freestyle kayakers to join the team, if you would like to be considered send your paddling profile or Read more…
I’m proud to announce that Sweetwater ASP will be supporting the following UK athletes in 2011-2012: James Weight Joe Bradly Bren Orton James Benns Claire O’Hara Gabby Bates Rachel Bovic The Sweetwater Athlete Support Programme (ASP) was established to provide athletes identified with international potential with the necessary opportunities to achieve Read more…
Claire O´Hara a member of the Sweetwater Athlete Suport Program (ASP) will be featuring in the BBC Inside Out programme on Monday BBC1 at 7:30pm. I´ll also be making a guest appearance. The programme is running a feature on white water kayaking in England and has been following Claire’s activities for a few Read more…
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