Canoe Racing New Zealand

Final day of racing at the ICF Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe World Cup in Montréal overnight.
Scott Martlew will race in the KL2 200m A Final. Then Quaid Thompson will wrap up the event with the K1 5000m. 💪

Day 3 in Montreal will see Quaid Thompson race in the Men's K1 1000m B final, then Aimee Fisher hit the water for the women's K1 500m A final.

The racing will be livestreamed on the Planet Canoe YouTube channel (subscription required) or stay tuned to our social media for results in the morning.

💫 World Cup gold for Aimee Fisher in Montréal! 🥇

Finals day for our NZ athletes in Montreal overnight, with semi final racing for Quaid Thompson, Scott Martlew and Aimee Fisher.
Then, Aimee will race in the WK1 1000m A final!

Let's go NZ! 🇳🇿🇳🇿

👀 Check out the kiwis on the water as racing begins overnight tonight at day 1 of the 2026 ICF Canoe Sprint & Paracanoe World Cup in Montreal, Canada. 🇨🇦🇳🇿

The racing will be livestreamed on the Planet Canoe YouTube channel (subscription required) and we will keep you updated on all the action and results throughout the event on our social media channels. For everything you need to know, check out our latest news on our website.

👏Congratulations to Emily Willock, who has been appointed by Canoe Racing NZ as a Performance Coach.👏

After 3 years as the CRNZ National Development Coach Lead, Emily will now work within our daily high-performance environment, including direct coaching support of our HP athletes such as Aimee Fisher and Finn Murphy.

This appointment is thoroughly deserved and reflects the outstanding contribution Emily has made during her time leading our pathway programme. As National Development Lead, she has played a key role in athlete progression through our pathway programmes, coach development, and strengthening the connection between pathway and high performance. Emily has built trusted relationships across the system, created environments where people can thrive and achieve their potential and has demonstrated strong capability in athlete development, technical coaching, and leadership.

Emily’s appointment to the high performance coaching team recognises the impact she has already had at Canoe Racing NZ and the confidence we have in her ability to contribute to our performance ambitions through to LA 2028 and beyond.
Well done to Emily on this well-earned role and we wish her every success in the next stage of her coaching journey.

Read more here:

Emily Willock appointed as CRNZ Performance Coach - CRNZ - Sprint, Surf Ski & Marathon Canoe Sprint, Surf Ski & Marathon. Canoe Sprint Racing is one of the best-known competitive canoeing disciplines in NZ.

The 2026 ICF Canoe Sprint & Paracanoe World Cup in Montreal, Canada gets underway overnight on Thursday, and the New Zealand athletes are primed and ready.

The event runs from Thursday 9th to Sunday 12th July and will take place at Parc Jean-Drapeau’s Olympic Basin in Montréal, Québec. Aimee Fisher and Quaid Thompson will be racing at their third world cup of the year, while it is an alternate NZ men’s K4 crew lining up in Canada. This will also be the first international event in 2026 for Paralympian Scott Martlew.

As usual, we'll do our best to keep you updated on results on our socials as they happen.
For everything you need to know to follow the action, check out our latest news:

Everything you need to know- 2026 ICF Canoe Sprint & Paracanoe World Cup Montreal - CRNZ - Sprint, Surf Ski & Marathon Canoe Sprint, Surf Ski & Marathon. Canoe Sprint Racing is one of the best-known competitive canoeing disciplines in NZ.

The 2026 ICF Junior & U23 Canoe Sprint World Championships in Halifax, Canada, in the past week finished up as one of New Zealand’s most successful Junior/U23 campaigns. The entire young NZ team performed admirably on the world stage, coming away with some groundbreaking and historic results.
Check out these four fun facts from this year's results.

Congratulations to all these athletes, their families, coaches and clubs on their performances at the World Championships. Thank you and well done to coaches Emily Willock and Leigh Barker and team manager Steve Vaughan for the work they put in to make this campaign such a success.

Full wrap of NZ results can be found on our website - https://canoeracing.org.nz/new-zealand-results-2026-icf-junior-u23-world-championships/

4️⃣Less than four weeks until the start of the 2026 Paddler Winter Series! 💙

This year's series kicks off in Taranaki at Waitara Kayak Club on 1st August, then heads to Auckland and Christchurch. There are 9 awesome events over 2 months - these low-key, club run events that are the perfect way to keep active and social over the harsh winter months.
These events are open to all types of paddling craft, so whoever you are and whatever you paddle, get your mates together and get involved.

Full series information can be found here - www.paddler.nz/winterseries

🎬 That's a wrap on the 2026 Junior & U23 Canoe Sprint World Championships in Halifax!

The final day saw four more top 10 spots secured by the NZ athletes. The junior women's K2 of Stella Crossan and Alexis Toy placed 7th in their 500m A final, Madison Garrett & Olive Pearce finished 8th in the U23 WK2 500m A final, and Taylor Newman placed 9th in the junior K1 200m A final.

Lachie Harkess & Oliver Hutchinson won their Junior men's K2 500m B final (10th overall), and Sam Lees finished 5th in his U23 K1 500m B Final (14th overall).

The exciting mixed K1 5000m relay races concluded the event. The Junior pair Oli Hutchinson & Alexis Toy placed 12th overall, and the U23 pair Olive Pearce & Reid Clancy also finished 12th overall.

It's been an incredible and historic 5 days of racing by our young kiwi athletes, and they have made their families, friends and the NZ kayaking community so proud! 🤍🖤🤍🖤