NUS Canoeing

NUS Canoeing welcomes all students, regardless of experience or skills, and we are here to cultivate a love of paddling to our NUS community. We strive to bring you a fulfilling and enriching student life experience on and off the water. 

Our team participates in two main competitions each academic year, the Singapore Canoe Marathon in January and the Inter-Tertiary Canoeing Competition in March. The team trains 3 times a week at Macritchie, from 7.30-9.30am, and twice a week at the MPSH gym and track from 5-7pm.

Our team aims to constantly improve our performance and strive to do our best at any competition we participate in. This can be seen from our rigorous training programs and the drive that our members have to constantly push our limits and perfect our technique, which is important in our sport.  As we train, we seek to challenge physical thresholds and break mental boundaries.

While we are a varsity team, we welcome those with no paddling experience as well. New paddlers will be given a chance to learn the techniques for the sport and build their way up, eventually having various opportunities to compete and represent the school. Our team is always ready to help those who are new to the sport, as long as they are willing to learn.

We also strongly believe in taking some time to give back to the community. Over the years, we have been involved in community projects such as beach clean-ups as well as partnering with charity organisations such as Willing Hearts during our annual December training camps. These projects also gives the team opportunities to strengthen the bonds with one another.  

For more of what we do as NUS Canoeing, check out our Instagram page at @teamnuscanoeing or drop any of the exco members a message on Telegram: @jsdx00, @bjjiyong, @alicialimse, @briyani_loo, and @adding_fishes.