Medals at the first BUCS canoe event of the year for the University of Nottingham
Taking place at Grandtully Station Park in Scotland on the weekend of the 9th to the 10th November, University of Nottingham athletes competed in the 2024 BUCS Wild Water Racing Championships. With canoe athletes entering into both the men's and women's individual and team events, the University delivered a great weekend of performances on the water.
Published 25 Nov 2024
The weekends action saw races in both the sprint and classic disciplines, with University of Nottingham teams winning multiple medals across both at the 2024 BUCS (British Universities and Colleges Sport) Wild Water Championships. The University of Nottingham athletes that took to the water included a collection of slalom and flat-water sprinters trying wild water racing for the first time, joined by world class program athletes from both Slalom (Ed McDonald) and flat water (Dan Johnson).
In the classic open team event, the #GreenandGold landed two teams on the podium as the team of Ed Dickinson, Ed McDonald and Fin Johnson claimed the gold with a 12 second margin over Nottingham Trent, and a fellow University of Nottingham team consisting of Dan Johnson, Michael Motha, and Ben Brown, who took home bronze.
Ed Dickinson would add to his open team gold by claiming two further bronze medals in the classic discipline, with one coming in the C1, whilst his second came in the C2 with team mate Finn Johnson. Dickinson would also taste success in the Sprint by rounding out his medal haul with a silver in the C2 alongside William Mayer.
Alongside these successes for our male athletes, the university also won a medal in the classic mixed team event as the female team of Katie Pocklington, Elise Montagna, and Mollie Ball combined to win a fantastic silver medal.
Katie Pocklington, a University of Nottingham scholar and Team GB Wild Water team member joined the club of Nottingham athletes who would win multiple medals across the weekend as she finished second in the K1 sprint by the slimmest of margins.
Reflecting on the performance, Pocklington said "BUCS is always one of my favourite events and being in my final year made it that much special. To come away with two silver medals and only missing out on gold in the sprint by 0.009 of a second is something I am very proud of, and to have such a new team compared to previous years and still being highly competitive is something I will always be proud of."
Everyone at the University of Nottingham would like to congratulate everyone involved on the success of our canoe athletes at the Wild Water Championships, and look forward to another highly successful season which will also include Canoe Slalom and Flat Water Sprint.
You can see all the results from the 2024 BUCS Wild Water Championships here.
You can also find out more about our Performance Canoe programme here.
To come away with two silver medals and only missing out on gold in the sprint by 0.009 of a second is something I am very proud of.
Katie Pocklington, University of Nottingham Sport Scholar
Katie Pocklington - University of Nottingham Sport Scholar
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University of Nottingham are the top UK University for team sport, placing 2nd in the overall British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) rankings in the 2023/24 season. For more information on our performance sport offer, including scholarships and support for student athletes, please click here.