Jiskra Canoe Club was founded on April 16, 1949. Among founding members of the Club were families of Fryd, Bilicz, Kobera.

This is mentioned to show that this sport has a long tradition in our town. No wonder, that among organizers of the World Cup Canoe Marathon are again names Fryd, Bilicz, Kobera, Lunacek, Planansky, etc. The present members inherited from their parents a beautiful sport, canoe facilities and a message to pass these values to their children. This is the reason why among competitors are familiar names of people who are actually grand and grand-grandchildren of the Jiskra Canoe Club founders. 

Nowadays, our Club has over eighty members, racing team has 25 competitors primarily in youth categories. Conditions for water sports are perfect and this sport is one of the most popular in our town. Smooth water which does not freeze in the Winter, Canoe Club facilities located conveniently in down town area. We are also happy with the achieved racing results. Presently, our young racers are among the best six teams in the Czech Republic. We believe that we will even improve our positions and this racing event may be one of the motivations to do it.

Formerly Jiskra Canoe Club used to organize the traditional South Czech 10 km Race every year and in 1999 at the 50th anniversary of our club foundation we started to write the history of the annual International Canoe Marathon instead. A successful World Cup racing events in 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2003 may be a good reason to repeat a marathon races in our town again.