Lotus IceBreaker V12 Race Postponed

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The Lotus Race Committee has made the difficult decision to postpone this Saturday’s IceBreaker V12 Race to Saturday, February 17, 2024 due to forecasted freezing temperatures. Their main priority is to ensure the safety of competitors and volunteers; we have been monitoring the weather and, although not as low as originally predicted, the temperature will remain below zero and snow/ice may make road, path and stairway conditions unsafe.

CORA Membership Day Passes purchased for the Lotus IceBreaker race will automatically apply to the rescheduled date.

CORA Town Hall – Cold Water Safety – Sunday 21 January 2024 @ 4pm Pacific Time

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Please join us at 4:00pm Pacific Time on Sunday, January 21st, 2024 for the first CORA Town Hall of the year when Dr. Gordon Giesbrecht, aka Dr. Popsicle, will provide us with a special presentation on cold water safety.

Now retired, Dr. Giesbrecht, Ph.D., was a Professor of Thermophysiology in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management, at the University of Manitoba where he operated the Laboratory for Exercise and Environmental Medicine and studied human responses to exercise and work in extreme environments. He has conducted hundreds of cold water immersion studies that have provided valuable information about cold stress physiology and pre-hospital care for human hypothermia. Dr. Giesbrecht has studied drowning physiology and prevention as well as prevention of vehicle submersion deaths. Other research interests include human physical and mental performance in other stresses such as altitude (hypoxia) and diving (hypobaria).

Dr. Giesbrecht was dubbed Professor Popsicle in a feature article in Outdoor Magazine in 2003, and has appeared on the “Late Show With David Letterman” in 2004, “The Nature of Things with David Suzuki” (twice), and the “Rick Mercer Report” (three times). He has also been featured on the Discovery Channel, National Geographic Channel and several National Network News Networks in both Canada and the US.

CLICK HERE or on the image below to watch a recording of the town hall session.

Hypothermia Guidelines:
https://www.canadianoutrigger.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/WMS-Hypothermia-guidelines-2019.pdf

Cold Card Paper #1:
https://www.canadianoutrigger.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Cold-Card-1-Paper-WEJM.pdf

Cold Card Graphic #2:
https://www.canadianoutrigger.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Cold-Card-2-Download.pdf

Hugh Town Memorial Builder Award 2023

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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 Annie Boulding of Comox Valley Canoe Racing Club as the 2023 recipient of the Hugh Town Memorial Builder Award.

Annie Boulding has a 40-year legacy of selfless volunteer effort to paddlesports in general and outrigger canoe racing in particular. She has made contributions to support Canadian paddlers at the international, national, provincial, and club level. She was a member of the Canadian National Whitewater Team and did Molokai Na Wahine several times long before CORA was founded. Annie was founder of the Comox Valley Canoe Racing Club (CVCRC) that has hosted the popular Comox Island Iron for many years. Annie has not served on the CORA Board or with Team Canada, but has been a member of Team Canada from the very first time that Canada participated as a member nation at the 1992 Sacramento IVF World Sprints

CORA wishes to extend a round of appreciation to Michele Genge for sharing personal insights as Guest Speaker on behalf of Annie Boulding at the 2023 CORA AGM.

CORA hopes to have a Hugh Town Memorial Builder Award photo-op on March 10, 2024 at Nanaimo Ocean Paddling Centre as part of the 2024 Nanaimo Crazy 8 and NPI Attack. Please join us for the presentation to Annie Boulding (2023 Recipient) with the Saysutshun and Protection Islands backdrop in the distance.

For more information about the Hugh Town Memorial Builder Award, CLICK HERE