⇒ ⇒ Team/participants information
⇒ Judging
⇒ Media including press releases
⇒ Congress
⇒ GT&E
- Dates: 2 – 9 October 2017
- Location: Yoshino River (Koboke section), Miyoshi city, Tokushima Prefecture.
- Official Facebook page
- Official organiser’s website: WRC-2017Japan.com
- Categories: Men and Women
- Divisions: Open; Masters (40+); Under 19; Under 23
- Rafts: R6
- Organisation hosting event: Japan Rafting Federation and Miyoshicity
- Contact details: [email protected]
- Promo Video: WRC 2017 – Japan Promo video
- Results:
TEAM / PARTICIPANTS INFORMATION:
Information Letters:
Fees:
- Event Fees: please refer to the above information letters and / or the official website for registration and other fees to be paid to the event organisers as well as how to make these payments.
- IRF Fees: all members must be up to date with their fees due to the IRF. Please contact IRF Admin as to how to pay these fees.
Teams registered (71), countries (22):
Open Men (17):
- Argentina
- Australia
- Brazil
- Canada
- Costa Rica
- Czech
- Germany
- Great Britain
- Italy
- Japan
- Mongolia
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- Russia
- Slovenia
- UAE
- USA
Open Women (12):
- Canada
- Costa Rica
- Czech
- Great Britain
- Indonesia
- Italy
- Japan
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Norway
- Russia
- USA
Masters Men (10):
- Argentina
- Brazil
- Costa Rica
- Czech
- Great Britain
- Indonesia
- Japan
- New Zealand
- Russia
- USA
Masters Women (4):
- Czech
- Indonesia
- Japan
- New Zealand
U23 Men (10):
- Argentina
- Czech
- Great Britain
- Indonesia
- Japan
- New Zealand
- Russia
- Slovakia
- Turkey
- USA
U23 Women (6):
- Czech
- Great Britain
- Indonesia
- Japan
- Russia
- USA
U19 Men (7):
- Argentina
- Costa Rica
- Great Britain
- Indonesia
- Japan
- Russia
- Turkey
U19 Women (5):
- Great Britain
- Indonesia
- Japan
- New Zealand
- Russia
- New Judges workshop – a Workshop and exam for new Judges will be run during this event.
- Jury
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Head Judge: Eric Boudreau
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Jury Members: Dirk Ladiges, Goran Lolic
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- Judge Liaison: Daigo Shibata
- Official Judges:
- Jozef Kytka
- Pieter Bekkers
- Aleks Cvijic
- Bert Kanora
- Kianoosh Mehrabi
- Graham Maefredi
- Tsvetan Petrov
- Stan Hajek
- Jean-Philippe Turcotte
- Emilia Begunova
- Malcolm Ferris-Lay
- Janko Tavcar
- Volunteer Judges:
- Uros Lovrencic
- Bibiana Kytkova
- Johana Arguello
- Mihai Mares
- Mihail Saev
- David Kulhan
- Any Judges who do the Judges course
Press releases:
- 9 days to the start of the IRF World Rafting Championships 2017 in Japan
- Japan takes 10 medals on day one
- A good day for Russia in the Slalom
- A challenging but excellent day of Slalom at the 2017 World Rafting Championships
- Brazil Open Men unbeatable
Media Kit: Information for media
- History of the International Rafting Federation
- General Info about IRF: The IRF is a non-profit organisation which seeks to unite rafters from around the world. This is done through competitions, recreational rafting and conservation.The IRF has a 10 man BOD and a number of Sub-committees which run its affairs. The sub-committees are Sport & Competition, Guide Training & Education, Recreational Rafting and Conservation, Media & Marketing and International Relations. The members of these committees are from all over the world, representing rafting from all corners and continents.
- IRF World Rafting Champs – History and disciplines of the WRC
- Press: [email protected]
- Photos and videos: here
CONGRESS: There will be an IRF Congress during the WRC. The first meeting will be the evening of the 4th Oct and the second will be the 5th Oct.
GUIDE TRAINING & EDUCATION: We hope to run a Workshop before or after the event.
- Dates: 7 – 10 Oct 2016
- Location: Yoshino River (Koboke section), Miyoshi city, Tokushima Prefecture,
- Race registration period: from May 1st, to July 31, 2016
- Entry fee: 20,000 yen. It`s about US$200 (accommodation and transport during the event included). Transfer from the airport upon request (this is not included in the entry fee).
- Contact: [email protected]
- Official Organisers’ website: WRC-2017Japan.com
- Official Organisers’ Facebook page: World-Rafting-Championship-2017-Yoshinogawa
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Japan has two different races before and after the pre-worlds. So there are 3 races in four weeks. If anyone is interested attending all or some of these events as well, please contact us.
- Results
- Photos:
