Upcoming Race: Saturday, April 18 at Victoria

GRPC SPRING RUN OFF
ICF MARATHON CANOE/KAYAK 

GORGE ROWING AND PADDLING CENTRE
105-2940 JUTLAND ROAD
VICTORIA BC
CANADA

Races: Juniors 18 km (3 x 6 km loop)
            Women 24 km (4 x 6 km loop)
            Senior Men 30 km (5 x 6 km loop)
            Relay 24 km (4 x 6 km loop)

For the K1, K2, C1, C2 and marathon canoes there will be approximately a 100 m wooden dock portage after each loop of the course.

Any other vessel will not have to do the portage.

Other boats that can be raced are OC1, OC2, Surf ski, marathon canoe (both single and double).

Race start: There will be a one race mass start at 12:00 noon.

Training time: The facility will be open for training on Friday, April 17 from 9:00 am until 3:30 pm, and on Saturday, April 18 from 7:00 am until 11:00 am.

Safety/race meeting:  There will be a race meeting at 11:30 am on Saturday, April 18…ALL PARTICIPANTS must attend. There will be 3 safety boats on the water at all times.

Race Categories: Awards will be given for overall finishers, as well as boat categories. There will also be a relay category. The relay will be the 24 km course.

Race Course:  To be determined, but within the Gorge Waterway.

Registration Fees: For the open races the cost of registration will be $35 per person. For the relay the cost will be $60 per team.

Food and refreshments will be included in the cost of registration.

To Register: To register please email marty@gorowandpaddle.org or info@gorowandpaddle.org. Please indicate your name, date of birth, gender, boat type, address, phone number and club affiliation.

You can also register by phone at (250) 380-4668 or (250) 380-4669.

Registration Deadline is noon Wednesday April 15, 2009

Upcoming Race: Saturday, May 16 at Anacortes…PRE-REGISTER NOW

San Juan ORCA Challenge Fundraising Kayak Race is**Pre-Registration only**

Saturday, May 16th
Anacortes, WA

Start Times:     40 km race starts at 10 am

                              7 km race starts at 11 am

Entry Fee:     US$40 before April 1st

                           US$50 until May 15th.

Post-Race Raffle Prize Giveaway- includes a Necky Chatham 18′ fiberglass kayak giveaway ($2999 value!), PFD’s, paddle, t-shirts, and more goodies, all donated by our awesome sponsors at Johnson Outdoor Paddlesports, Necky, Northwater, MTI, Sport Townsend, paddling.net as well as race day volunteer support from the Anacortes paddling club Hole in the Wall members….AND unique ORCA Challenge awards to top class finishers.

For more event information and to REGISTER go to http://www.expeditionpaddlers.blogspot.com

Race Results: March 7 at Vancouver

Just before the latest Arctic front settled onto the Pacific Northwest, 46 racers took to the waters of English Bay at False Creek Racing Canoe Club’s race #5 of the PNORCA winter series. The huge Canadian flag at Vanier Park was flapping fiercely in the strong west wind. The combination of strong wind, cold air temperature and limited big water safety boat availability prompted organizers to wisely alter the course to a multilap race. The start/finish was at the dock near the Coast Guard Station with racers heading out of the creek mouth to make a left turn at the green channel marker then head out into the bay to round the sand barge buoy then make the downwind run back to a buoy off the start finish dock. The original plan was to do 3 laps but the race was shortened to 2 laps while the paddlers were on the course. The race distance ended up being just short of 9 km.

Katja and I paddled tandem surfski with a video camera mounted on my hat…here is some video of the race.

Full results of the race can be found here.

Surfski Results:

1. Jeff/Katja (48:28)

2. Reivers (51:44)

3. Chris (54:10)

4. Jerome (54:11)

5. David (1:02:33)

6. Mike (1:03:30)

7. Warren (1:11:05)

DNFs Gary and Ben