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Euro Cup rafting series closes for 2017

And here we are, summing up another Euro Cup season that is now behind us.  We had a difficult beginning to the season with two competitions being cancelled at the very start, one because of excessive amount of water (Tacen, SLO) and the other because of the lack of water (Slunj, CRO), and then the

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Looking for hosts for 2020 R4 World Rafting Champs

If you are interested in hosting the 2020 IRF World Rafting Championships then it is time to get into action! Intention to Bid Forms are to be returned to IRF Admin by 31st October 2017. This form does not commit you to bidding but does help by letting us know that you want to bid. In this way

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A 📷 tells a thousand words

You asked for it – we’ve delivered. We’ve made the bold move onto Instagram. Start following us now: @internationalrafting In the lead up to the 2017 WRC, we’re posting daily #tbt throw backs to last year’s WRC and a few from the ERC and other comps this year. As we get closer to the competition

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World Rafting Cup China 2017 – Results

The second World Cup took us to China on the Wupai River, in the city of Ziyuan. The competition was held from 16 to 21 August. Italy, Germany, Czech Republic, Serbia, Hungary, Russia, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand with hosts China also taking part in the tournament. We had 11 competitors in the OM and 3 in

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What’s coming up …

2017 World Rafting Championships will be held from the 2 to 9 October on the Yoshino River (Koboke section), Miyoshi city, Tokushima Prefecture. The 2017 IRF Congress will be held on the 4th and 5th of October, at the same location as the captain’s meetings (Former Nishiu Elementary School Gym). Both meetings are scheduled to

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WRC 2017 participants – reminders

We hope you are looking forward to this event as much as we are! Here are some reminders …. #irfwrc That’s the hashtag to use for the WRC. So use it for all your posts where ever you make them. Twitter feed for #irfwrc can be found in the left hand column on the IRF website.

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H2H with 2 upstream gates

It was decided at WRC 2016 that it was time to rework the H2H. Although one of the most popular disciplines amongst the spectators, generally everyone felt that very few courses produced an interesting clash all the way to the finish line. More than 90% of races were won by the first bottleneck on the

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WRC 2017 Japan – What to see

Once again we go to an island for the WRC; again to the east and again R6. This time Miyoshi city is our host – located in Tokushima Prefecture, on Shikoku island, Japan. The river: the Yoshino. If you have free time you can use the opportunity to visit some of these sights. In any

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World Cup Rafting – Guilin, China 2017

The second World Cup this year will be held in China, on the Wupai River, Ziyuan County, Guilin City, Guangxi Province, from 16 to 21 August. Teams from Czech, Serbia, New Zealand, Germany, Australia, Russia, Hungary and Italy will compete in this event. Here is a schedule for the event: For many this is their

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