2026 Marathon Series

2026 Marathon Series

  • Race 1, Sat 31 Jan - Wagga Bidgee Bash, hosted by WBCC
  • Race 2, Sat 14 Feb - Frank Harrison - Singles - Albury - hosted by MMCC
  • Race 3, Sun 15 Feb - Frank Harrison - Doubles - Albury - hosted by MMCC
  • Race 4, Sat 14 Mar - Windsor, hosted by WPC
  • Race 5, Sun 29 Mar - Lane Cove, hosted by LCRK
  • Race 6, Sat 16 May - Davistown, hosted by BWP
  • Race 7, Sat 13 Jun - TBC
  • Race 8, Sat 4 Jul - Woronora, hosted by SSPC
  • Race 9, Sat 15 Aug - Swallow Rock hosted by CSKC
  • Race 10, Sun 13 Sep - Narrabeen & Finale, hosted by MWKC

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For 2026, Paddle NSW again offers the ‘RacePass’ which allows you to pre-purchase 4, 5, or 6 races from the Calendar at a discount (up to $5 per event). No need to nominate which ones – you just use your RacePass to register for your chosen event(s) before respective closing times.

Round #1 - Sat 31 Jan - Wagga Bidgee Bash, hosted by WBCC

Wagga Bidgee Canoe Club is happy to be hosting the first round of the PaddleNSW 2026 Marathon Series in partnership with Tango Charlie Lights, which kicks off on Saturday 31 January - offering one-way, down river courses for all Divisions.

Early bird entries close midnight Monday 26 Jan, all entries close midnight Wednesday 28 Jan 2026. No entries on the day.

Round #2 & 3 - Sat 14 Feb - Sun 15 Feb - Frank Harrison

Murray River, Albury, NSW, 2640

There are two races over two days, with singles on Saturday and doubles on Sunday (you can paddle either singles or doubles on both days if you wish). You may enter one or both days.

All paddlers must enter (i.e. both crew members of doubles must enter).

Standard entries close 8 pm, Wednesday 11th Feb. Late entries (+$20) close noon, Friday 13th Feb. No entries on the day.

Nationals - Canberra - Apr 9 to Apr 13

CALLING ALL PADDLERS to Canberra 9-13 APRIL 2026

BGCC is famous for its STATES with MATES philosophy – we celebrate Marathon Paddling across all ages, all abilities and all boats.

There are NO requirements limiting you from being part of the 2026 PA Canoe Marathon Championships

At the PNSW STATES with MATES, BGCC introduced a very popular Novice class to encourage newbies to our sport to try their hand at competition. We will continue this tradition at the PA Canoe Marathon Championships in April 2026. There are four Novice events ... women in the Novice Class will paddle 11.75 km (all kayaks & ages) and 8.15 km (all canoes & ages) and men in the Novice Class will paddle 15.35 km (all kayaks & ages) and 11.75 km (all canoes & ages). There are no portages and all boat types (both ICF and General Class) are welcome to enter into the Novice races. To qualify for the Novice Class, participants need to have started paddling after 31 March 2025.

If you have been paddling for longer than 1 year, racing at the PA Canoe Marathon Championships will be by gender, age group and boat type (ICF and General Class). For Masters, racing will be in 5-year age categories if there are three or more entrants per gender-age-boat class. Anyone who has their 35th birthday in 2026 or who is older than 35 years, can race in the Masters classes.

As per the PA Competitions Policy (PDF - Section 8. Awards, page 8), a paddler must beat someone to win a medal (gold is awarded if there are 2 boats starting the race; silver if there are 3 and bronze if there are 4 starters in the race). For a class to be contested, there must be a minimum of 3 entries and two starters. Given that we will have awesome prizes for anyone who comes 4th, round up your mates and encourage them to enter so that there are at least 4 boats in each gender, age and boat class. That way, PA will award a gold, silver and bronze medal in your event and 4th will win something even cooler!

PA is committed to supporting our Junior and 65+ Master Paddlers. Gold, silver and bronze medals will be awarded to U10-U18s and 65+ finishers, regardless of how many boats enter each category. But don’t let this stop us from having as many boats in these classes as possible. Let us CELEBRATE those who are young and committed to Marathon Paddling and those who are still paddling at 65+.

2026 PA Canoe Marathon Championships is a CELEBRATION of Marathon Paddling. We invite all marathon paddlers to come and join the PARTY.

Nationals Training Weekend - Narrabeen Caravan Park 6-9 Feb

Brett Greenwood and Marathon Paddling Academy are kindly offering this free training weekend over 6-9 Feb