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Newsletter - October 2016
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How to follow the 2016 World Rafting Champs
Posted: 23 Oct 2016 10:56 PM

There are a number of places and ways you can follow what is happening at the World Rafting Champs 2016 at Wadi Adventures, Al Ain in the UAE, which are running from the 31st Oct to the 5th Nov:

The hashtag to use is:  #irfwrc Live blog  . . . → continue reading . . . How to follow the 2016 World Rafting Champs

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Real female role models – USA Open Women’s team
Posted: 23 Oct 2016 06:45 PM

I know how much effort it takes to get a team to the IRF World Rafting Champs. So, Bre Rocksund (Captain) – Back Right, Julie Sutton – Back or Front Left, Rachel Day – Front Right, Meghan Robertson – Front Left, and Mia Carrasco-Songer . . . → continue reading . . . Real female role models – USA Open Women’s team
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Germany back on the World rafting stage!
Posted: 22 Oct 2016 09:10 PM

Germany has missed the last couple of WRC competitions, but now they are back and determined, with a new, young force that we will see at this year’s World Rafting Champs. The new Open Men’s squad includes Ludwig Wöhrl, Fabian Bär, Siegfried Beier, Jonas Hegge and Sebastian Bundt who . . . → continue reading . . . Germany back on the World rafting stage!
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World Cup 2016 Series finishes in Japan at the Pre-Worlds
Posted: 21 Oct 2016 05:38 AM

There were three events in this year’s World Cup Series – Austria, China and the last, just finished, in Japan.

Japan Pre-Worlds and World Cup

As the event was quite close to the 2016 World Rafting Champs not many international teams were able to attend the Pre-Worlds this year. One team . . . → continue reading . . . World Cup 2016 Series finishes in Japan at the Pre-Worlds
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GB Open Men ready to build on ERC success
Posted: 20 Oct 2016 09:20 PM

The GBR Mens Rafting Team has a prolific history of athletes and is well respected on the European and World stages. The Team is made up of a group of passionate individuals, sharing their love for the sport, full dedication to training and desire to gain medals in the process.

The squad . . . → continue reading . . . GB Open Men ready to build on ERC success
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R6 OW champs, Czech, want to take R4 crown too
Posted: 19 Oct 2016 05:31 PM

Michaela, a year ago, before your participation in the R6 World Rafting Championship Indonesia 2015, we were talking about your successes ( Born with a paddle) that you have had during your career – and there you won bronze in the H2H, gold in the Downriver and gold in the Overall. Congratulations on that . . . → continue reading . . . R6 OW champs, Czech, want to take R4 crown too
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Italy Open Men ready for WRC 2016
Posted: 19 Oct 2016 03:56 AM

The R4 raft of the Italian Open Men’s team has a mix of the older, experienced paddlers at the back and the young, new forces in the front. This winning combination is made up of the Tyrolean men who have dominated on the national level. Patrick Agostini (front right), . . . → continue reading . . . Italy Open Men ready for WRC 2016
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WRC 2016 Racing Schedule
Posted: 19 Oct 2016 03:21 AM

Here is the racing schedule for the World Rafting Champs which starts in less than two weeks.

A more detailed schedule will be available shortly, but this should help you with your planning.

 

Monday, 31st October 2016

8:30 am – 5: 00pm Team Registration 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Captains Meeting

Tuesday, 1st . . . → continue reading . . . WRC 2016 Racing Schedule
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First Kazakhstan women’s rafting team coming to the UAE
Posted: 18 Oct 2016 01:52 AM

Anastassiya Gubkina, Alexandra Berestova, Kristina Seryankina, Kristina Resnyanskikh (captain), Yana Khokh with help of Coach Vitaliy Drobizov will be representing Kazakhstan at the upcoming World Championships.

It’s always a pleasure to see a new team amongst us at the WRC competition. This time it is the Open . . . → continue reading . . . First Kazakhstan women’s rafting team coming to the UAE
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Raft Cross race to be held during WRC 2016
Posted: 16 Oct 2016 11:14 PM

Always looking for new, fun ideas, the concept of Raft Cross has been around for a while –

Raft Cross debuts at Vail’s GoPro Mountain Games

for example the  Teva Mountain Games 2012. It is a concept used in a number of other sports, like  Ice Cross, Kayak Slalom Cross, . . . → continue reading . . . Raft Cross race to be held during WRC 2016
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Pejibaye Raft Team looking forward to WRC 2016
Posted: 16 Oct 2016 09:21 PM

Costa Rica has a long tradition in the sport of rafting having organised a Project Raft and two World Rafting Championships (WRC). Their athletes have brought medals home from around the world, and the best indication that they have a good future is looking at the youth which every year is growing . . . → continue reading . . . Pejibaye Raft Team looking forward to WRC 2016
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Euro Champs 2017
Posted: 12 Oct 2016 08:22 PM

We are delighted to announce the hosts for the 2017 Euro Rafting Champs will be the region of Borjomi in Georgia, on the Mtkvari River.

A very successful Euro Cup was held in Georgia earlier this year and they were encouraged to put in a bid for the 2017 Euro Rafting Champs.

After careful . . . → continue reading . . . Euro Champs 2017
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BiH have high hopes for their Open Men’s team
Posted: 11 Oct 2016 09:07 PM

The BiH Open Men’s team is already known to us through other interviews ( Rafting Klub Dajak, Dajak Team to WRC 2015) and this time we speak to them about their fantastic success at the ERC in Slovenia and their imminent departure for the WRC . . . → continue reading . . . BiH have high hopes for their Open Men’s team
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Head Judge gives some wise tips …
Posted: 09 Oct 2016 11:58 PM

As we draw closer to World Rafting Champs 2016, we talked with the well known IRF Assessor Judge, Goran Lolić – Lola, who will be the Head Judge at this event.

Lola passed the Judge exam run by Robert Kazik in 2006 in Banja Luka. Since then he has . . . → continue reading . . . Head Judge gives some wise tips …
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Turrialba represented at the 2016 WRC
Posted: 05 Oct 2016 10:59 PM

The Costa Rican Open Women’s crew is composed of Marianela Castro – Captain, Cintya Escobar Valverde, Hannah Brown, Esther Mata, Melida Barbee with the Coach – Alexander Segura, and they will be representing Costa Rica at the up coming 2016 R4 WRC at Wadi Adventure, Al Ain, . . . → continue reading . . . Turrialba represented at the 2016 WRC
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