Plan your paddling season with KanuHQ
KanuHQ is live for clubs managing equipment, coaching records and trips. New Zealand committees can explore how it connects a session plan with launch checks and the return record. Its public launch focuses on UK clubs. Ask the team to confirm local qualifications, conditions coverage and billing before choosing it for your southern summer programme.
- Free up to 20 active members
- Nothing to install
- One login for the whole club
What is canoe club management software?
Canoe and kayak club management software is the shared system for boats, paddles, buoyancy aids, sessions, coaching, trips and members. It keeps different paddling disciplines organised without splitting the club record. For a Canoe Racing New Zealand club, it can place water conditions beside the session and the right qualification beside the coach. KanuHQ is live and connects activity plans to equipment checks and trip returns. Its public launch focuses on UK clubs, so New Zealand committees should confirm local requirements with the team.
Current safety information on the bank
The phone shows the live KanuHQ product using sample club data. Activity safety packs, risk assessments and emergency plans sit beside the conditions advisory. Leaders can reach these records at the launch point as well as at a desk. The advice helps the club leader review the plan and make a decision.
- Activity packs and risk assessments travel with the leader through the phone view at the water.
- Emergency response information remains attached to the club's safety control rather than somebody's inbox.
- The conditions advisory sits alongside the records used to make the final go or no-go call.
KanuHQ on a phone. Nothing to install. Shown with sample club data.
What canoe and kayak asks for that generic club software does not do
Any club platform will hold your members and take your subs. These are the parts clubs end up running in a spreadsheet alongside it.
Keep varied paddling under one roof
A club may run sprint, touring, polo, white water and slalom for the same membership. Each has different sessions, coaches and kit. The software needs shared records without making every programme look identical.
Reserve the boat with its matching kit
A paddler takes more than a hull. The paddle, buoyancy aid and sometimes spraydeck need to be available too. Grouping them in the booking catches a shortage while the member can still change plans.
Use one store list for all boats
Private craft and club equipment often share rack space. The committee needs to allocate places and keep ownership clear. Connecting each private boat to its member makes the storage record useful for charges and availability.
Make conditions part of every session
Water level and grade affect the competence needed on the day. A planned activity can be suitable at one level and cancelled at another. Leaders need the condition displayed where attendance and the final decision sit.
Only schedule suitable coaching cover
Each type of water and paddling needs the right coaching award and safety cover. Those records should shape the session before members sign up. KanuHQ connects people, qualifications and activity planning.
Keep away-day details on the trip
A river trip needs transport, equipment lists, shuttle drivers and a plan left with someone. The organiser should not rebuild those details in messages. A trip gets its own record rather than pretending to be Tuesday training.
What KanuHQ handles
The short version. KanuHQ has its own site with the full detail, demos and pricing.
Boat and equipment
Track club boats, paddles and buoyancy aids through one register.
Session places
Members choose and book their own club sessions and trips.
Coaching pathways
Organise groups while tracking qualifications and paddler progression.
Trip arrangements
Plan river journeys with sign-up, transport and equipment lists.
Member home
One login covers sessions, club news and member payments.
Safety information
Keep qualifications and safety checks somewhere officers can find quickly.
KanuHQ, actually running
Screens from the live product, using sample club data. There are more of them, and a demo you can click through, on the KanuHQ site.
Select any screen to see it full size, with a note on what you are looking at.
Plan your move to KanuHQ
KanuHQ accepts member and fleet records as CSV files. You match the columns and review new, changed or skipped rows before saving. A Google Sheets file moves by CSV, not a live sync.
Check KanuHQ's import tools. These are published product details, not a test of your files.
What you may use now
- The store sign-out book
- Facebook attendance posts
- A coaching record spreadsheet
- Bank transfer follow-ups
List who keeps each record and where the latest copy lives.
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Pick one job to start with
We suggest starting with one task the committee can check. List the records it needs and agree who will check them. Keep a safe copy of the original files.
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Agree a small test first
Ask which fields can move and how to share them safely. Agree a test space where real members will not get messages or charges.
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Check people, not just totals
Review a few records with the person who knows the list. Two members can share an email address. A matching row count does not prove the details are right.
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Choose which record to update
Once the test passes, agree where new changes will go. Avoid editing two live lists with no end point. Check what you can export later, in which format and at what cost.
Ask about your club's move. Describe the files first. Do not send member data with your enquiry.
Who is behind KanuHQ
There is no published canoe and kayak case study yet, and we are not going to invent one. What we can point at is the engine underneath. RowHQ runs Oundle Town Rowing Club day to day, with real members, real money and real race entries going through it.
KanuHQ is a different sport on the same foundation, built by the same people. It is live now, and early clubs get a direct line to the people writing it.
Questions about canoe club management software
What is canoe and kayak club management software in New Zealand?
It is one place for equipment, session sign-ups, trips, coaching qualifications, members and subs. A Canoe Racing New Zealand club can replace the kit store book, social posts and spreadsheets. KanuHQ is live with a UK-first public launch. New Zealand clubs should confirm their local requirements with the team.
What does KanuHQ cost for New Zealand clubs?
KanuHQ currently publishes prices in GBP. All features are free for clubs with up to 20 active members. The 21 to 30 member band is £15 a month excluding VAT. Ask the team to confirm billing for New Zealand clubs. KanuHQ adds no platform fee to member payments, but Stripe processing charges apply.
Can KanuHQ hold our police vetting records?
KanuHQ connects member roles, qualifications and dated checks. Ask the team to demonstrate how your club's police vetting records fit before moving personal information. The committee remains responsible for its screening process and controlling access to those records.
Will the calendar fit a southern summer?
Yes. Clubs choose their session and trip dates, so the programme can centre on the roughly October to March season. Separate disciplines can keep their own schedules within the same membership. There is no need to bend New Zealand club activity around a northern summer template.
Is KanuHQ available now?
Yes. KanuHQ is live, with a public product tour, gallery and free club registration. Its public launch focuses on UK clubs. New Zealand committees can request a walkthrough to confirm local requirements before choosing it. The screenshots show the working product using sample club data.
What if a paddling club cannot stretch to the subscription?
New Zealand clubs are well served here. Tu Manawa Active Aotearoa funds programmes for young people, and gaming trusts such as the New Zealand Community Trust fund kit and operations. A club under 21 active members pays nothing anyway, and annual billing at ten months keeps the paid bands manageable.
Rather ask a person first?
Not everyone wants to sign up to find out whether something fits. Tell us how your club runs and we will tell you straight whether KanuHQ suits you.
If it does not, we will say so.
The rest of the HQ family
One app per sport, sharing an engine underneath. Plenty of clubs run more than one.