CORA introduced a new initiative for 2022 at the CORA 2021 Pre-AGM. To encourage participation by new paddlers at CORA 2022 events, a new Junior / Novice OC Paddle Draw Grant was funded. Every Junior / Novice participant at each CORA Cup Series 2022 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 4 entries for the end-of-season draw. The response was impressive with 68 entries in total from 8 Western Canada OC clubs. There were at least 10 entries in each of the Junior Women, Junior Men, Novice Women, and Novice Men divisions such that 2 winners were drawn from each of these 4 divisions.

CORA wishes to extend a round of appreciation to Oddball Workshop, our generous sponsor, for contributing Gift Certificates for each of the 8 Junior / Novice winners to redeem for a paddle of a length and design of their choosing within 1 year from the end-of-season draw date (10-Sep-2022).

CORA wishes to congratulate the 8 Junior / Novice 2022 OC Paddle winners:

• Nuria Dominguez Gil – (Lotus Sports Club)
• Elizabeth Hanna – (Penticton Racing Canoe Club)
• Allen Wyse – (Island Brave)
• Sebastien Grieco – (Lotus Sports Club)
• Sondra Moyls – (False Creek Racing Canoe Club)
• Karita Hunt – (Latitude 48)
• Chris Spoor – (Comox Valley Canoe Racing Club)
• Eston Shum – (False Creek Racing Canoe Club)

CORA wishes to extend a round of appreciation to the Race Coordinators (Don Mulhall; Melanie Conard; Grace Morissette; Jackie Bell) from CORA Cup Series host clubs Penticton, Latitude 48, Lotus, and Comox, as well as the club reps who collected the names of Junior / Novice participants at these 4 events, and forwarded these entries onto the CORA Board for the draw at the Comox Awards presentation.

Penticton Racing Canoe Club

Latitude 48

Lotus Sports Club

Comox Valley Canoe Racing Club

Saturday, October 1, 2022 – 5km OC6 races up and down Victoria’s Gorge Waterway.  Gender and mixed crews run separately allowing paddlers to race in multiple divisions. OC6s are provided.

RESULTS – CLICK HERE

Sunday, October 2, 2022 – Small Boats race the 5 km “inny” (short course, protected waters), the 12 km “outty” (long course out of the harbour) or both!  Half the proceeds from Sunday’s races go to the Victoria Native Friendship Centre.

RESULTS – CLICK HERE

Following the Canadian National Outrigger Championships last weekend in Comox, the 2022 CORA Cup series is complete. Previous CORA Cup races were Duel in the Desert, Island Iron and Lotus Iron.
Club crews qualified in 8 divisions, all in Long Course, with crews in UL Open Women and UL Open Men battling for the title, while crews in the other 6 divisons claimed their titles through their dedication to racing.

The CORA Cup winners for 2022 are:

Long Course Spec
Open Men – FCRCC RD Tanifa Men (20 pts)
Long Course UL
Open Women – L48 Women (18 pts) [other qualifying crew: FCRCC WMO Open Women (13 pts)]
Masters 50 Women – FGPC Performance Senior Women Blue (20 pts)
Masters 60 Women – L48 60+ Women (20 pts)
Masters 40 Mixed – FGPC Performance Masters Mixed (18 pts)
Open Men – Jericho Outrigger (18 pts) [other qualifying crews: FCRCC WMO Open Men (13 pts), L48 Open Men (11 pts) & Pacifc Reach Men (7.5 pts)]
Masters 40 Men – FGPC Performance Masters Men (20 pts)
Masters 60 Men – L48 60+ Men (20 pts)

For the Club Crew CORA Cup, based on the total of all CORA Cup points earned by each CORA club in the CORA Cup series races, False Creek Racing Canoe Club squeaked out a win with 102 points, one point over Latitude 48 Paddling Club’s 101 points, while Nationals host Comox Valley Canoe Racing Club accrued 67 points and Fairway Gorge Paddling Club accrued 62.5 points.

Congratulations to the winners!