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Newsletter - 8 November 2013
Thank you NZ – what a great location for a World Champs!
Posted: 29 Nov 2013 12:18 AM

To the 2013 IRF WRC Organising Committee, NZRA and all the many people involved

The IRF and all its paddlers and followers would like to extend a heart felt thank you to you all for putting on an awesome IRF 2013 Rafting World Championship.

We always knew a rafting world champs in New . . . → continue reading . . . Thank you NZ – what a great location for a World Champs!
    

IRF Congress 2013
Posted: 28 Nov 2013 10:07 PM

The IRF held its Congress during the 2013 WRC in New Zealand.

The new Board of Directors of the IRF is:

President: Joe Willie Jones 1st Vice President: Peter Micheler 2nd Vice President: Oleg Grigoriev Secretary: Sue Liell-Cock Treasurer/ Development Officer: Alex Pastir Head of Sport & Competition: Deb Cook Head of International . . . → continue reading . . . IRF Congress 2013
    
All the results, videos, photos from the 2013 World Rafting Champs in New Zealand
Posted: 28 Nov 2013 05:20 AM

Wow! What an event! We’ll be doing some articles soon about the event but in the meantime we’d like to help you find all the photos, videos and results if you have not had a chance yet to see them.

Results – U19 and U23   Open and Masters . . . → continue reading . . . All the results, videos, photos from the 2013 World Rafting Champs in New Zealand
    
Chile’s Astorga clan ready to fight for WRC title
Posted: 19 Nov 2013 12:46 PM

Competing in their third world rafting championships, the Chilean National Rafting Team ‘Team Cascada’ is excited to be in Rotorua.  This unusual team, which consist of 7 cousins and brothers, are carrying forward a long rafting tradition as part of the Astorga clan. This is a family of well known outdoor adventurers who live together . . . → continue reading . . . Chile’s Astorga clan ready to fight for WRC title
    

Guide and Trip Leader course – Nepal!
Posted: 19 Nov 2013 12:22 PM

Guide training program on the Upper Seti river on the 1st,2nd.3rd December (Full)

Raft guide and trip leader assessments for class 4-5 on the Marsyangdi river on Dec 4th,5th and 6th

Raft guide and trip leader assessments for class 3 on the 7th,8th,9th December

Interested? Contact Mark Hirst


    
Follow the 2013 WRC action!!!
Posted: 13 Nov 2013 12:13 AM

There are a number of places and ways you can follow what is happening at the World Rafting Champs 2013 in New Zealand.

IRF website:

Link to Live blog for: Live posts from the river banks – this will only be available when the internet is available, So that’s definitely . . . → continue reading . . . Follow the 2013 WRC action!!!
    
Norway
Posted: 08 Nov 2013 07:25 PM

The first things you think of when you mention Norway is fjords, beautiful nature, a wealth of wild rivers, friendly people and incredible cold. Located on the Scandinavian peninsula, it is one of the most northerly countries in the world where people live. So this northernmost team will be travelling to one of the most . . . → continue reading . . . Norway
    

“Like” our facebook page please!
Posted: 08 Nov 2013 06:45 PM

If you have a facebook page please “like” our facebook page and invite your friends to “like” it as well. By growing our followers we can grow our great sport.

And don’t forget to share and “like” our posts there as well.

If you are a “tweeter” then follow us on . . . → continue reading . . . “Like” our facebook page please!
    

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