Canoe Club Challenge
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| Activity | Time | Location |
| Downriver Race Registration August 18th ONLY |
10-10:30am | Wayah Put-In |
| Downriver Race Start August 18th ONLY |
11:00am | Wayah Put-In |
| Slalom Race Registration | 12-1:30pm | Slow Joe's Café |
| Slalom Race Competitors' Meeting | 1:30pm | Slow Joe's Café |
| Slalom Race Start | 2:00pm | Slow Joe's Café |
| Awards Ceremony | 7:00pm | Slow Joe's Café |
| Live Music |
8:00pm | The Pourover Pub |
Registration
Race registration is FREE and will be held at Slow Joe's Café from 12:00-1:30pm. All competitors must complete a waiver and registration form, and are limited to participation in two classes. Classes are subject to a minimum of three athletes. Registration will be followed by a mandatory pre-race competitor's meeting. Walk-ons and late-registrants will not be scored.
Canoe Club Challenge Slalom Race Details
Slalom Race Rules:
Paddlers can make up to five runs per class through the slalom course. There are no penalties for hitting a gate, but paddlers pass through each gate in the correct order for their run to count in the final scoring. Each completed run earns points toward the Canoe Club Challenge Trophy.
Note that you need not be an official member of a paddling club to participate. Boaters can "team up" with clubs at the event, and many teams are eager to recruit more paddlers for the day (thereby boosting their run tally). You are also welcome to make up your own club just for the event.
Also, you don't have to attend multiple events to get points and prizes. NOC will award individual class prizes on an event-by-event basis, and your runs will count to your club's combined point-total for the three events.
Finally, note that the Canoe Club Challenge is more about having having a good time, meeting other boaters and improving your paddling skills than winning runs. Come prepared to have fun on the water with friendly area paddlers.
Class Order and Logistics:
Open canoes will start first, and Kayaks will follow once the OC classes have finished. There will be no start list, and competitors in each class are welcome to start whenever they're ready. All competitors must wear their assigned bib to start. Each competitor can run the course up to five times max per registered class.
Warm Up:
The course will be open for training prior to the event, and competitors are encouraged to take a couple practice runs.
Prizes:
Awards will be at Slow Joe's Cafe at 7 pm. NOC will have prizes such as gear, gift cards and freebies.
Music:
The event will end around 6pm, giving paddlers plenty of time to change, eat and relax before the awards ceremony at 7 pm. Then, stick around to hear the band; free, live music will start at The Pourover around 8pm.
Canoe Club Challenge Downriver Race Details
NOC will host a late-morning downriver race on August 18th, for the Canoe Club Challenge Final. Register and start at the Forest Service Launch Site on Wayah road. See race details below:
Registration Time: 10-10:30amCompetitors Meeting: 10:30am or shortly there after
Race Starts: 11am
- Race runs from Forest Service Put-In to the Founder's Bridge at NOC.
- Competitors will line up in their boats in the eddy at the Forest Service put-in.
Race will begin with a mass-start for each class. from the eddy at the Forest Service put-in. - Classes will start in reverse-seed, with the fastest boats (Wildwater kayaks) going last.
- Logistically, it is possible for competitors to race in one downriver class only.
- Downriver race results do not count towards Canoe Club Challenge Final Scores, but times will be posted on the results board at Slow Joe's Cafe, as well as on the events page, following the event.
2011 Canoe Club Challenge Results
Round 1 Team Results
Round 1 Class Results
Round 2 Team Results
Round 2 Class Results
2011 Southeatern Downriver Race Results
Congratulations to all participants of the 2011 Jackson Kayak Canoe Club Challenge! Thanks for coming out, and we hope to see you again in 2012.
See Wes Bradley's World Kayak Event Coverage blog for complete results, as well as photos from the August downriver and slalom events.
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