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“Behind the Eight Ball” – USA Open Men’s team

The team “Behind the Eight Ball” has had a long and successful history in the USA. The team reclaimed the National title this year for the 12th consecutive season. Though some of the members have changed over its 12 year history, the core members have continued. This season the longest running member, Mike Reid, has retired. Chris “Mongo”

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U23 women of NZ – new faces in raft racing

The competition amongst the  U23 women will be very strong at this WRC. Here we present the host team, who hope to win the Overall gold medal. The team is: Oriwa Hepi, Dale Thomas, Kayla Pene, Amy Tipling, Lisa Podlucky, Sam Gibson We chat with Oriva Hepi to get to know them a bit better

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Youngster beats the odds to line up in World Rafting Champs

The international white water rafting community will no doubt save a special cheer for one competitor at the forthcoming World Championships in New Zealand – as he slowly but surely wins a battle off the water against cancer. Sam Daley (16), a member of the Great Britain U19 Rafting Team and a keen young athlete

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Slovakia + white paddles = Mistral

Yeah, they are recognizable by the white paddles. And of course they are also recognizable due to their success both on the domestic and the world stage. Their wealth of experience and medals is not the only thing that I have noted about them; they are, at the same time, a key part of their

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Euro Cup R6 Series – final results for the year!!!

The Euro Cup 2013 – R6 final results are now confirmed! Men’s division – congratulations must go to Dajak Klub of BiH who have won the Men’s category. The points came from winning the Sprint, Slalom and Downriver at the Serbian Euro Cup and winning Sprint and Downriver at Vrbas Euro Cup in BiH. Second

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Seminar on drugs in sport instead of dope tests at WRC 2013

Due to unforeseen circumstances the IRF will no longer be doing drug tests at the 2013 World Rafting Champs. “This is extremely disappointing for the IRF as this had been a goal set for quite some time. Its an important step to take if we want rafting to be taken seriously in the sporting world.”

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Golden girls of Canada

This team knows what its like to stand on the podium! The golden girls of WRC 2009, with many other medals,  are coming to New Zealand to represent Canada in the Open women’s category. That honour goes to: Véronique Delisle, Karine Marchand, Natacha Lavoie (capitain R4 / R6), Maritza Chiasson, Annie Bergevin, Joannie Verret, Marie-Anne

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Promoting rafting over 504km of rivers in 14 days

504 km is a very long rafting regatta!!! The two rivers of Vrbas and Sava linked the two cities of Banja Luka, BiH and Belgrade, Serbia through this amazing regatta which lasted from the 23rd September to the 6th October.   The technical organizers of the regatta were Rafting Klub “Kanjon” from Banja Luka and

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