CORA News

The groundhogs by a majority vote have called for 6 more weeks of Winter. On a positive note, this provides for 6 more weeks of Winter training to prepare for Summer / Autumn racing. CORA wishes to announce 4 CORA Sanctioned Eastern Canada outrigger canoe events for 2025:

• Haunani Challenge in Dorval on June 28, 2025 hosted by Haunani Outrigger Club
• CORA Eastern Sprints Championships in Toronto on August 9-10, 2025 hosted by Sunnyside Paddling Club
• Toronto International Outrigger Challenge (TIOC) in Toronto on Sept 13, 2025 hosted by TSCC Maka Koa
• The Fall Classic in Ottawa on October 11, 2025 hosted by Rideau Outrigger Racing Club

Haunani Outrigger Club

Sunnyside Paddling Club

TSCC Maka Koa

Rideau Outrigger Racing Club

It’s back for 2025!

There are FIVE races in the 2025 CORA Cup OC6 Race Series:
Duel in the Desert – May 10, 2025
Jericho Iron Classic – May 24, 2025
FLCC River Run – May 31, 2025
Island Iron (Comox) – June 14, 2025
Canadian National Champs (Comox) – September 27, 2025

Crews must participate in at least 3 of the 5 CORA Cup Series races, including CORA Nationals. Crews must register under the same name, age division and canoe class to accrue points.

Full 2025 CORA Cup Series Rules are here.

Registration for membership with the Canadian Outrigger Racing Association for the 2025 calendar year must now be purchased on-line only.

• Individual Adult Annual CORA Memberships
• Individual Junior Annual CORA Memberships
• Individual Adult Single-day CORA Memberships (race day-specific)
• CORA Member Club Annual Memberships
• Please note: Junior Annual CORA Memberships have been reduced to $5.00 — Junior Single-day CORA Memberships are no longer available.
• NOTE: At its November 19, 2022 Pre-AGM Board Meeting, the CORA Board passed a requirement that all CORA Member Clubs, in order to be in ‘good standing’ for a calendar year, must by June 30 of that year, pay its CORA Member Club Annual Membership fee AND have at least 6 Individual (Adult or Junior) Annual CORA Members who are affiliated with that CORA Member Club.
• NOTE for 2025 and subsequent years:
  There will be NO RACE DAY PAPER CORA MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS 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.

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