London International Boat Show
The 7th – 9th January 2011 saw Canoe Polo once again included in the London International Boat Show at Excel sponsored by Tullett Prebon.
Curly Barker from the British Canoe Union Canoe Polo Committee stated ‘Five years ago Canoe Polo was included in the boat-show programme. With the re-introduction of the Watersports Action Pool we were kindly invited to participate again.’
‘To get Canoe Polo showcased to a wider audience is important in the growth of the discipline in general both in the U.K. and abroad. We received many positive
comments and interest from the organisers in again including us in the programme for 2012.’
Both Men and Women’s games were included over the first three days of the exhibition with some exciting action for watching spectators. Viking from Derby in the Men and Meridian from London in the Women won their respective finals.
Games were displayed via a ‘big-screen’ and WebCast-TV.com broadcast the action Live on the web throughout the entire event.
Thank you to the London International Boat Show together with work by Curly Barker and the British Canoe Union Canoe Polo Committee for their work to showcase this exciting and rapidly growing discipline.
See Canoe Polo at http://www.youtube.com/user/CanoeKayakTV#p/u/5/-1DdPyEMs5Q