CORA to host 2023 distance world championship selections at Jericho, 15-16 October 2022

Hello CORA paddlers

The selection process for Team Canada for the 2023 World Distance Championships in Samoa has begun. Please see the links below for an overview of the process and registration information.

For the World Distance Championships each participating nation may enter one V6 (OC6) crew and one V1 athlete for each age class and gender. Official age categories are U-19, Open, Master 40, Master 50, Master 60 and Master 70. We are still waiting for confirmation from the IVF of the inclusion of Masters 75 and Masters 80 age divisions.

The initial selection process will take place October 15 and 16 at Jericho Sailing Centre in Vancouver. 

  • October 15 will be an OC1/V1 time trial for all candidates and a meeting of all registered candidates.
  • October 16 will be OC6 evaluations for all candidates. 
  • Candidates should be planning for morning and afternoon both days until further notice.
  • Deadline to register and pay your registration fee is October 1st, 2022

All participants must have their current 2022 CORA membership fee paid by October 1st or your registration fee will be forfeited and you will not be allowed to participate in the selection. You can access the selection process HERE

On behalf of the CORA board and the IVF committee, thank you for your interest in IVF Samoa Distance 2023!

2022 Guts & Glory Championships – Saturday 17 September (Victoria)

Outrigger & Dragon Boat Races ~ 1000M Straightshot Qualifiers / 2K Oval “Doublestart” Championship Finals

This unique day of racing provides crew boat OC6 racers (in FGPC-supplied ultralight OC6s) with opportunities to test their sprint performance and entertain spectators. OC6 crews will alternate heats with dragon boat crews who are also participating. Of interest, OC6 crews consider these distances “sprint” while alternating dragon boat crews consider the day’s races as distance. Lots of fun and challenge for both crew boat formats.

Registration is open for teams who are ready to race in crewboat OC6s. Note that all boats are supplied by FGPC, including Millennium dragonboats, and ultralight OC6s. Registration Deadline: September 4, 2022

CLICK HERE to register!

Canadian Outrigger Hall Of Fame 2022 Inductees

CORA recognized that there were many individuals who had made “Significant and Exemplary Contributions” to Canadian outrigger canoeing, but their stories had never been captured, and they had never been formally recognized. CORA spent January-July 2022 tracking down this history, and fact-checking as best as possible the exploits of those individuals who founded CORA, who founded / nurtured CORA clubs, who inaugurated / perpetuated races, who excelled at IVF / Molokai / Catalina / Queen Liliuokalani events, and who designed / built / imported / distributed canoes to grow the sport.

As of the August 2022 CORA Board Meeting there were 6 individuals inducted into the Canadian Outrigger Hall Of Fame for 2022.

Comox Valley Canoe Racing Club (CVCRC) has graciously offered to have an awards ceremony at the Comox CORA Cup Championship Iron event on the September 10/11 weekend to recognize these individuals.

CORA wishes to congratulate the 6 Canadian Outrigger Hall Of Fame 2022 Inductees:

  • Andrea Dillon
  • Rosemary Henry
  • Kamini Jain
  • Wendy Rae-Perkins
  • Don Mulhall
  • Grace Morissette

You can visit the CORA website and view the “virtual Hall Of Fame” that has the names / headshots of the 6 individuals inducted this year and links to a 3-page PDF that has their contributions in 2-pages and a 1-page set of references on every online article that we could find where they were mentioned.