Sprint and Marathon

Calling 8-12 year olds!

The Glasgow Kayak Club’s Sprint and Marathon Team are based in the Possilpark area of Glasgow. We offer a fantastic introduction to kayaking and canoeing all from the Firhill basin on the Forth & Clyde Canal. We are a non-profit organisation with passionate volunteer coaches. Our main aim is to provide top class training in a sport which is accessible to all!

Want to join?

We run weekly sessions on the Forth & Clyde canal at Firhill basin. Anyone from 8 years old is welcome and can come along and have a go. Visit our facebook page and drop a message to enquire about joining

About us

We were founded in summer 2013 with just one child in attendance. Now we have over 20 children attending our weekly sessions.

We offer training in both Canoe Sprint and Marathons. Canoe sprint takes place over relatively short distances, 200m, 500m, 1000m and 5000metres in K-1 (one person in a boat), K-2 and K-4; As well as C-1, C-2 (kneeling on one knee). This is when the athletes sprint as fast as they can to the finish line.
Canoe Sprint became an Olympic discipline and debuted at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games. The programme for the 2012 London Olympic Games consisted if 12 sprint canoe events, eight for men and four for women.

Marathon racing takes place over distances from 4 to 54 miles on all types of water from lowland canals to lochs, rapid rivers to estuaries.

We as a club attend regattas around Scotland during the months of April till November. With club members being on the podium multiple times.

We run weekly sessions, anyone from the age of 8 years old is welcome and can come along and have a go. You never know you could be the next big name in canoe sprint!