CORA News

Registration Deadline: Midnight, Friday, March 10, 2023

IT’S TIME for the 12th annual FCRCC Women’s and Men’s Outrigger (WMO) March Madness OC6 Race.  2023’s March Madness is so mad, it’s on APRIL FOOLS day! This two day event will be taking place, rain or shine, on Saturday, April 1 and Sunday, April 2, 2023!

This approx. 5 km race takes place in beautiful English Bay and involves four ama-side buoy turns. You are guaranteed one race each, and in the event your team finishes in the top two positions in your heat, you will be invited to participate in a sprint style final with three other teams. 

Preliminary schedule (to be confirmed with race grid) will run heats every 45 minutes.
Saturday (full day): Open, Masters 40 and possibly the Masters 50, women, men and mixed heats.
Sunday (half-day): Masters 50, Masters 60, Masters 70, Junior (19), Keiki (16) and Novice women, men, and mixed heats.

Registration Fee: $150 per Adult team; $75 per Junior team.  

Race information, registration links and adult waivers/junior infomed consents are at the following webpage: https://www.falsecreekoutrigger.com/march-madness

If registration fills up, you will be waitlisted.

OC6 canoes will be provided by FCRCC. Life jackets (PFDs) must be worn during the race. A limited number of PFDs and outrigger paddles will be available, but please bring your own if you have one.

CORA membership is required to race. Register for CORA membership (annual or day fee) in advance HERE.

Registration Deadline: Friday, March 24, 2023 5:00 PM

False Creek Racing Canoe Club is hosting the sixth race in the PNWORCA Small Boat Winter Series on Saturday, March 25, 2023. The race is at the FCRCC compound at the Burrard Civic Marina. There will be a long course (12 km) and a short course (4 km), with the course dependent on weather conditions on the day. SUP and Prone – Short Course only. PFDs required.

Race registration is $21 for adults and $11 for juniors.

On-site check-in starts at 9:30 am, the safety meeting is at 10:30 am and the event will begin at 11:00 am with mass starts based on the type of craft.

Race registration is through Webscorer HERE.

Adult Waiver and Junior Informed Consent will be posted to the FCRCC website HERE.
Please print, sign and bring to the race.

CORA membership is required. Register for CORA membership (annual or day fee) in advance online HERE.

After the passing of Peter Forand, PNWORCA and CORA commissioned the Peter Forand Masters Challenge Trophy to recognize the PNWORCA Winter Series Top OC1 Masters Paddlers (Female / Male). Peter Marcus was the first recipient of this Trophy in 2017, finshing 1st place in all 7 races that year and setting the bar going forward. The tribute to the recent passing of Peter Marcus is a remarkable story of his life and contributions to the Pacific Northwest community. CORA may need to find a way to bring Peter Marcus into the Canadian Outrigger Hall Of Fame.

The Peter Forand Masters Challenge Trophy and photos of all the Trophy recipients from 2017-2022 will be on tour for the 2023 PNWORCA Winter Series. Bellingham Bay Outrigger Paddlers are commemorating the BBOP Winter Series #4 (Peter Marcus Memorial Race) Saturday 2023-Feb-25 race in honour of hometown hero Peter Marcus and there will also be a Celebration Of Life Sunday 2023-Feb-26 from 2-4PM, at the Bellingham Cruise Terminal. Hawaiian attire is encouraged and snow chains are recommended.

Please note the Top 10 of 51 paddlers in the Peter Forand Masters Challenge Trophy Standings after three of the 2023 PNWORCA Winter Series Races:

• Kevin Cowan: Standing=1, Points=13, Races=3
• Cary Morris: Standing=2, Points=13, Races=3
• Traci Cole: Standing=3, Points=10, Races=2
• Mignon Fontenelle: Standing=4, Points=10, Races=2
• Sarah Craig: Standing=5, Points=10, Races=2
• Jennifer Radtke: Standing=6, Points=8, Races=2
• Sue Fenger: Standing=7, Points=7, Races=2
• Doug Thomas: Standing=8, Points=7, Races=2
• Craig Holt: Standing=9, Points=5, Races=1
• Patti Tohl: Standing=10, Points=5, Races=2