Race to the Castle
There’s a new event in town…. Race To The Castle.
40km Down River Race. One Way.
Saturday 26th April 2025
After the roaring success of our inaugural event in April 2024, we are back for year 2. Welcome to Race To The Castle
Highlight links from 2024
R2TC is a paddle board event, that celebrates the strength, strategy and courage a paddler makes when they commit to an ultra distance paddling challenge. This is the first annual R’Castle and we think it going to be the start of something special. 40km of downriver paddling through the lush, rolling countryside of The Trent Valley. You’ll be joining like minded folks who want to endurance paddle, to test themselves, to battle the elements, who want to race to the castle and then share and trade stories with you. These people will become your new friends.
We’re hoping you’ll join us every year. Same weekend, but the conditions will vary. Will it be a sunny? Will the wind be behind us? What will the flow rate be? Head wind? The love hate relationship with the checkpoint portages and the surprise and drama of the final sprint finish.
We know you’ve already won. You did that when you hit the signup button. When you made your training plan and went out on the water throughout winter. We know you also won when you joined the start-line under the iconic Suspension Bridge.
Every finisher is awarded their Race To The Castle Medal to wear with pride and the Top 3 fastest times Male and Female in all categories will be crowned 2024 Kings or Queens of the river.
The “Actual Event” is your glory lap. The celebration of the commitment you made to your self. ANDDDD it is a race so get going and BRING HOME THE CROWN.
Headline Stats:
Date: Saturday 26th April 2025
Location: River Trent
Start: Suspension Bridge, River Trent
End: Newark Castle, River Trent
Distance: 40km
Portgages: 5
Categories
Logistics: Boards lorry’d back. You on train. 5min walk from the end of the race. (20min train journey back to Nottingham City Centre £7.70 train ticket)
Registration goes live at: TBC
This includes your entry, safety, wellbeing zones, tracking, timings, board logistics, insurance, permits after party and your finishers medal.
All money raised from this community event goes to support our Wellbeing On Water 2024 Initiative. The WOW Project (Wellbeing On Water) provides access to paddle boarding for adults who need support with their mental health and wellbeing.
Refund Policy
We appreciate that circumstances can change after paddlers have registered, we have the following refund policy to support you. If you cancel:
Before 27th March 2025: Full refund OR transfer of place to the following year.
After 27th March 2025: No refund.
Requests must be submitted via email to racetothecastle@supfitness.co.uk. All refunds may be subject t administration and booking fee charges.
Event Organisers Cancel
In the unlikely event that we need to cancel the event:
Before 27th March 2025: If the event organisers have to cancel the event, refunds will be discretionary once expenses already incurred have been paid.
After 27th March 2025: In the event the race is cancelled due to extreme weather, fire, or for some other unforeseeable event outside of our control, we cannot offer refunds.