The Next Generation: Protecting and supporting young athletes during Clean Sport Week, 19–23 May
19 May 2025

Paddle Scotland is committed to clean sport and will be supporting UK Anti-Doping’s (UKAD’s) Clean Sport Week campaign from 19 - 23 May 2025.

A man is rowing a kayak in a clean sport week advertisement.

Clean Sport Week is UKAD’s national awareness campaign championing clean sport, education and anti-doping initiatives with sports across the UK. 


This year’s Clean Sport Week theme is “The Next Generation”.


To ensure the future of our sport is a bright and clean one, it’s vital that we support and educate young people on anti-doping and inspire them to become proud clean athletes. UKAD has teamed up with; TASS, SportsAid, and DiSE to discuss how the sporting community, family, friends, and those working with young people, can protect and empower young athletes. 


A culture of clean sport is essential for the long-term health and wellbeing of athletes. Whether you’re a proud aspiring paddler on your clean sport journey, a parent/ carer looking for the right tools to support your child in paddlesport, a school or college wanting to teach your pupils about fair play, be sure to follow and get involved in Clean Sport Week. 


We encourage anyone in our sporting community that would like to learn more about anti-doping to sign up to UKAD’s Clean Sport Hub where there are free education courses for athletes, students, coaches and practitioners. 


Follow @ukantidoping on social media to see a range of educational and exciting content throughout the week. To find out more about UKAD’s Clean Sport Week initiative click here

SHARE YOUR STORY

If you have a story that would be of interest to the Paddle Scotland team please get in touch with us...

CONTACT US

Share Post

RECENT NEWS

A group of women are paddling kayaks in a race sponsored by infinity
17 July 2025
This past weekend saw a spectacular coming-together of the UK’s paddleboarding community as the Paddle UK Regatta joined forces with the GBSUP British Sprint Championships for a landmark event at Nottingham’s world-class venue. 
Three kayaks are sitting on the beach near the water.
14 July 2025
New course dates are now available for the BCAB Core Coach Training taking place online over the autumn and winter months.
A man is paddling a kayak through a river.
14 July 2025
Sam Leaver was over-the-moon to be crowned the inaugural U23 men’s kayak cross time trial world champion on the penultimate day of competition in Foix. Leaver put together a storming run of 50.62 seconds on a day that also saw Arina Kontchakov clinch silver in the women’s junior time trial. Leaver was the last to go on the water, with the single run determining the individual medallists in the time trial, as well as confirming qualification for the head-to-head kayak cross event, which takes place on the final day of competition. And in the first year that the time trial has been a separate medal event, Lever laid down an incredible run to take the title. Matyas Novak and Jakub Krejci of Czechia took silver and bronze respectively. “It’s the first year the time trial has been in and I won it so I’m pretty happy,” Leaver said. “I assumed the Czechs would be fast as they are some of the same people that competed in Pau in the senior races, so I just knew I had to send it. “It was going to be an absolute sprint so I’m really happy it worked out.” Lever has now added U23 time trial world gold to the silver he won at the Canoe Slalom World Cup in Pau in June. And with the head-to-head racing still to come, he noted his pride in a speedy final stage of the race to set him up perfectly for tomorrow. “I feel like the bottom section was pretty rapid, I think I won it on the second up,” he added. “The exit and sprint to the finish was perfect for me. “It’s set me up perfectly for the head-to-head, I’m really happy with that result.” 
VIEW MORE