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Indonesia to host 2014 R4 World Rafting Championships

By Sportscene (Please see update made on 5 February 2013!) Indonesia has won the right to host the 2014 R4 World Rafting Championships after the International Rafting Federation (IRF) voted for the Asian nation to host the event for the first time. The event will run from 27 November to 5 December, with a Pre-Worlds

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Interview with Peter Micheler – Vice President International Rafting Federation

by Sportscene The 2012 Youth & Masters World Championships have come to a conclusion and Sportscene spoke to International Rafting Federation Vice President Peter Micheler post event. This year’s Championships produced some exciting racing across all four disciplines with the sprint, head to head and slalom disciplines being contested down recently re-developed Ceske Budejovice Whitewater

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Russia and Italy step up and challenge the local favourites

By Sportscene Fans packed the banks of the course for the second day of the 2012 Youth & Masters World Championships in Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic. Slalom was today’s event, the third of four disciplines to be raced to determine who the world’s best Youth and Masters champions will be in this discipline. The course proved

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Slalom on day 3 of the Y&MWRC

Day 3 of the championships again saw the home teams medaling in each category, but the Russia youth ladies team stole away the pole position from the Czech in a great performance on their second run leaving the Czech youth Ladies to take silver position. With the up to date ranking results now in it

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Day Two – Youth & Masters WRC – Sprint!!

Today it is a rainy morning in České Vrbné! Everything is prepared. The race can start! Czech and Euro Cup Sprint races begin at 8:30 am, the Youth &  Masters WRC Sprint begins at 11 am. Results just in: Youth Women Take a look here for photos of the teams as they come down the

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Russian ladies strive for Youth Crown

The women’s Russian youth team have their sights set on victory at the Youth and Masters World Championships at the Ceske Budejovice Whitewater course, commencing this Saturday. All four paddlers herald from a canoe slalom background and began rafting together in 2008, going on to win various accolades in their home country including victories at

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