Team Canada Announcement for Rio 2025

Erik Ages Leave a comment

Congratulations to all Team Canada paddlers who will be racing at the 2025 IVF World Distance Championship in Brazil August 13 – 21

CANADA’S V1 COMPETITORS:
Junior 16 Women V1: Keira Seward
Master 40 Women V1: Sheila Kuyper
Master 50 Women V1: Melanie Conard
Master 60 Women V1: Heather Taylor
Master 70 Women V1: Kat Town
Master 75 Women V1: Barb McColl
Junior 16 Men V1: Alex Morris
Junior 19 Men V1: Joseph Seward
Open Men V1: Michael Wyse
Master 70 Men V1: John Rodgers
Master 75 Men V1: Terry Curtis
Master 80 Men V1 John Roberts

CANADA’S CREWBOAT COMPETITORS:
Junior 16 Women V6:
Danielle Edwards
Phoenix Elliott
Sarah Elliott
Maleah Harris
Keira Seward
Vivianna Peters

Master 40 Women V6:
Melanie Conard
Marnie Conklin
Carole Fullerton
Whitney Horstman
Kim Inglis
Sheila Kuyper

Master 60 Women V6:
Laurel Archer
Annie Boulding
JoAnn Isaacson
Catherine Marr
Lisa Robertson
Heather Taylor

Master 70 Women V6:
Lorene Archdekin
Shirley Curtis
Barb McColl
Rose Mary Neill
Yvonne Sharpe
Kat Town

Junior 19 Men V6:
Joseph Seward
Jacob Seward
William Morris
Peter Elliott
Bryce Edwards
Nicholas Morris

Open Men V6:
Carl Good
Derrick Seward
James Wyse
Allen Wyse
Michael Wyse
Eli Wyse
Edward Wyse-Good

Master 70 Men V6:
Larry Burroughs
Terry Curtis
Dave Longman
John Roberts
John Rodgers
Gabriel Somjen

Congratulations!!

V1 Vacancies for Rio 2025
These V1 divisions are vacant for Team Canada for the 2025 IVF World Distance Championships in Brazil and the Selection Committee is accepting applications:

  • Junior 19 Women
  • Open Women
  • Master 80 Women
  • Master 40 Men
  • Master 50 Men
  • Master 60 Men

Please note the following:

  • Fees to CORA will be $1398, and you will also need a uniform (which may need to be borrowed because we will be ordering uniforms very soon).
  • The deadline for Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUEs) has passed, but we may be able to submit an emergency application if needed. 
  • Verification of a recent  V1 >10 km  performance will be required: a time trial overseen and verified by a coach, or a race result that can be found online.

If you are interested in racing V1 in Brazil in one of these divisions, please contact Sherry at sherry@canadianoutrigger.ca. Paddlers will be expected to provide the verified results by June 23rd and pay the required fees within 1 week after approval is granted from the selection committee.

Freshwater Challenge, June 22, 2025, Vernon, BC

Ron Chin Leave a comment

The first year of the restart is on the books and was very successful. 
Join Vernon Paddling Centre on the waters of Okanagan Lake for this 40K beach change-out race.
Changes may be performed at the beach, off-shore floating in the water, or a mix of both depending on who’s getting in! This can be a great introduction to change races for novices.

DATE: Sunday, June 22nd, 2025
START TIME: 8:00am
LOCATION: Kin Beach, Vernon, BC
COST: $30 per paddler on your crew (i.e. $360 for 12; $270 for 9)

Register here:
https://zone4.ca/register.asp?id=35985

CREWS
Crews can have up to 12 paddlers.
Official Crews – For official status, on every second lap (i.e. either laps 1, 3, 5 and 7 or laps 2, 4, 6, and 8) your crew must be all women, while the other laps can have all men or any mix of women and men.
Unofficial Crews – each crew can be any mix of women and men.  

40K CHANGE RACE
This race is a 40 km team event, consisting of 8 laps of 5 km each.
There will be one change per 5 km lap.
You can schedule full or partial crew changes as you like, noting the requirement of alternating all-women crews for official status.

Race start will be the famous Vernon LeMans-style beach start.

Questions? Contact Kimm at kimmm@shaw.ca

CORA 2025 Junior / Novice OC Paddle Draw

Graeme Galves 1 Comment

CORA introduced a new initiative for 2022 at the CORA 2021 Pre-AGM that was continued for 2023 and 2024 and 2025. To encourage participation by new paddlers at CORA 2025 events, a new Junior / Novice OC Paddle Draw Grant was funded. Every Junior / Novice participant at each CORA Cup Series 2025 event was given 1 entry for the end-of-season draw. It was possible for each Junior / Novice participant to have up to a maximum of 5 entries for the end-of-season draw.

Oddball Workshop

This will be the 4th year that CORA has supported the OC Paddle Initiative to present 8 free OC Paddles at the CORA Cup Series Championship Event to Junior / Novice (no more than 2 years of CORA racing experience) participants. Junior / Novice participants receive 1 entry in the OC Paddle Random Draw for each CORA Cup Series Event whether they race with Novice / Junior / Open / Masters / Long Course / Short Course crews. The winners of the free OC Paddles do not need to be present at the CORA Cup Series Championship Event. However, it is important for the CORA Board and the CORA Cup Series Event organizers and the CORA Club Reps to collaborate to have all Junior / Novice participants added to the list of possible winners.

If your club has had any Junior / Novice participants that raced with Novice / Junior / Open / Masters / Long Course / Short Course at Penticton Duel In The Desert (#1), or Jericho Classic (#2), or Fort Langley Spring Run (#3), or Comox Island Iron (#4), please provide a list of those individuals to CORA or the CORA Cup Series Event Race Coordinator so that those Junior / Novice participants are added to the list of possible winners.