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The World Paddle Awards are pleased to announce that EnviroSeal Engineering Products have joined the team as a Silver Sponsor.

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We are pleased to announce that Ulrike Williges has joined the WPA team as the Coordinator for the awards dinner and ceremony to be held in Barcelona, Spain from 11 to 13 March.

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A big city enriched in art, culture and history, and with a passion for sea kayaking, WPA is pleased to announce that Sant Pere de Ribes near Barcelona will host the 2016 WPA Ceremony.

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We are proud to reveal the three finalists for each of the seven WPA awards.

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Bridgitte Hartley, a member of Pietermaritzburg’s Natal Canoe Club, has been nominated for the Sportswoman of the Year Award at this year’s SA Sports Awards, which take place in Bloemfontein on November 22. "It was a surprise, actually," she admitted this week.

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How are the nominees getting on in the seven award categories.

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For the 2015 World Paddle Awards we received hundreds of nominations. Only 56 continued to the voting round of which 21 will become a finalist.

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Celebrating the greatest achievement by men and women in paddlesports, it is time once again to nominate your heroes to win a Golden Paddle as the second instalment of the World Paddle Awards (WPA) for the 2015 season will be held in March 2016.

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Nomination and voting procedure for the World Paddle Awards

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WPA Director Rob van Bommel has long held a passion for paddle sports. He has been involved as an athlete, he is the co-founder of Sportscene and continues to paddle slalom, downriver, ocean and sprint today.

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