Valid from 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026 only.
Registration for membership with the Canadian Outrigger Racing Association for the 2026 calendar year is now OPEN. Note that the fee for adults annual members has increased to $40 for the 2026 year; the annual fee for clubs and for juniors have not changed.
NOTE: In order to be in ‘good standing’ for a calendar year, all CORA member clubs must pay their CORA Member Club Annual Membership fee AND have a minimum of 6 individual (Adult or Junior) annual CORA members affiliated with that CORA Member Club no later than 30 June of that year.
RACE-DAY (PAPER) CORA MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTED
CORA’s insurance underwriter, Markel Canada, requires that each CORA Member (whether Annual or DayPass) must agree to a waiver of liability. CORA members must agree to the terms of that waiver on our shopping cart web page when purchasing CORA membership on-line and acceptance of that waiver is recorded on our database. All CORA memberships (whether Annual or DayPass) must be purchased on-line; NO PAPER APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED.
A story has been unfolding under the radar since 2023 that only recently caught fire after a “News Flash” was received by CORA from the Cook Islands in November 2025. This story began decades ago back in 2000. The BC Mens Provincial team delivered a first for Canada in 2000. A crew of paddlers racing as “Team BC” from Jericho, Pemberton, and False Creek including Hugh Fisher, David Ross, Cam Fagrie, Mike Parks, Rick Nu’u, and Don Irvine would finish Spec 1st place Open and 1st place Overall in the 2000 Catalina Channel Crossing US Outrigger Championships – the best ever showing for an all Canadian crew at Catalina.
And then after a 20+ year hiatus, it was time to the “put the band back together again”. It started shortly after the 2023 IVF Samoa World Distance Championships ended in August 2023. A Vernon Morning Star article has noted that a team by the name of Pac Northwest consisting of seven Canadians (Hugh Fisher; Cam Fagrie; David Ross; Laci Bujdos; Bob Woodman; Gary Parsons; Tony Van Buren) and two Americans (Alan Lipp; Brian Kummer) would finish Unlimited Mens Golden Masters (60+) 1st place and 28th place Mens Overall in the 2023 Catalina Channel Crossing US Outrigger Championships in September 2023.
MI6 did not attend every 2025 CORA Cup Series event, but every time that MI6 (Hugh Fisher; Cam Fagrie; David Ross; Laci Bujdos; Bob Woodman; Ronald (Nanaimo) Williams) did attend a 2025 CORA Cup Series event, MI6 would finish Unlimited Mens Golden Masters (60+) 1st place.
At the November 2025 CORA AGM, while Hugh Fisher was being recognized as the Hugh Town Memorial Builder Award 2025 Recipient, MI6 was away at the Vaka Eiva 2025 International Outrigger Canoe Festival in the Cook Islands enjoying the South Pacific. The MI6 Canadian contingent did very well in the OC1/V1 races with Hugh Fisher OC1 Masters 70+ Men 1st place, Laci Bujdos OC1 Masters 60+ Men 1st place, Ronald (Nanaimo) Williams OC1 Masters 60+ Men 2nd place, Cam Fagrie OC1 Masters 60+ Men 4th place, Tony Van Buren OC1 Masters 60+ Men 6th place, David Ross OC1 Masters 60+ Men 7th place, and Bob Woodman V1 Masters 60+ Men 2nd place.
The MI6 Canadian contingent raced together as a Mens Iron crew to the podium and teamed up with Fijian / Australian paddlers including world traveller Sandi Mitchell to race as a Mixed Changes crew to bring home Silver.
The purpose of the Hugh Town Memorial Builder Award is to recognize volunteers who have made significant and exemplary contributions to the Outrigger Canoe Racing Discipline of Canadian Outrigger Racing Association (“CORA”) within Canada in the Builder Category.
The CORA Board has approved Policy and Procedure relating to selection and awarding and administering the Award as per the Hugh Town Memorial Builder Award Policy.
The Hugh Town Memorial Builder Award is awarded after the CORA AGM. The CORA Board has reviewed nominations received for the past season and has recognized Hugh Fisher of Pemberton Canoe Association as the 2025 recipient of the Hugh Town Memorial Builder Award.
Hugh Fisher has a 40+ year legacy of selfless volunteer effort to paddlesports in general and outrigger canoe racing in particular. Hugh has made contributions to support Canadian paddlers at the international, national, provincial, and club level. Hugh has been part of False Creek (FCRCC) as the first outrigger canoeing club in Canada, as one of the three “Founding Fathers” of CORA, and founder of Pemberton Canoe Association (PCA) as the third outrigger canoeing club in Canada. Hugh has made significant contributions to the birth and growth of outrigger canoeing nationwide across Canada.
For more information about the Hugh Town Memorial Builder Award, CLICK HERE
Members have been asking for a consolidated list of the CORA-sanctioned races approved at last weekend’s AGM. A consolidation as of December 5, 2025 is at the link below, errors and omission excepted and subject to changes (including cancellations). CORA Member Clubs have until April 30, 2026 to submit race sanctioning applications for 2026 races. Visit the Race Schedule page on the CORA website for any updates.
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