⇒ ⇒ Team/participants information
⇒ Judging
⇒ Media including press releases
⇒ Congress (next Congress 2019)
⇒ GT&E
- Dates: 4 – 10 Nov 2018
- River: Aluminé and Ruca Choroy Rivers
- Town: Villa Pehuenia, Patagonia
- Links:
- Facebook: www.facebook.com/IRFWorldRaftingChamps
- Instagram: www.instagram.com/internationalrafting
- Twitter: twitter.com/intraftfed
- Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/internationalrafting
- Event website: wrc-2018argentina.com
- Categories: Men and Women
- Divisions: Open; Masters (40+); Under 19; Under 23
- Rafts: R4
- Organisation hosting event: Government of the Province of Neuquén
- Contact details: [email protected]
- Results:
TEAM / PARTICIPANTS INFORMATION:
Information for teams – on event website: wrc-2018argentina.com
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Teams: 72 teams registered from 23 countries. 13 have withdrawn resulting in 59 teams from 21 countries competing:
- Open Men (16 racing)
- Argentina
- Armenia (withdrawn)
- Brazil
- Canada
- Chile
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Czech
- Germany
- Great Britain
- Hungary (withdrawn due to injury)
- Japan
- Mexico
- Netherlands
- Peru
- Romania
- Russia
- USA
- Open Women (11 racing)
- Argentina (withdrawn)
- Australia
- Brazil (withdrawn)
- Canada
- Colombia (withdrawn)
- Costa Rica
- Chile
- Czech
- Great Britain
- Hungary (withdrawn due to injury)
- Japan
- Mexico
- Netherlands
- New Zealand (withdrawn)
- Russia
- USA
- Masters Men (7 racing)
- Argentina
- Brazil
- Costa Rica
- Colombia
- Czech
- Mexico (withdrawn)
- Slovakia
- USA
- Masters Women (4 racing)
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Slovakia
- USA
- U23 Men (6 racing)
- Argentina
- Brazil
- Czech
- Great Britain (withdrawn)
- Japan
- Russia (withdrawn)
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- U23 Women (6 racing)
- Argentina
- Czech
- Japan
- New Zealand
- Russia
- USA
- U19 Men (7 racing)
- Argentina
- Brazil
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Czech
- Great Britain (withdrawn)
- New Zealand
- Russia
- U19 Women (3 racing)
- Argentina
- Czech
- Great Britain (withdrawn)
- 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: Jozef Kytka, Dirk Ladiges
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- Official Judges: (12)
- Pieter Bekkers
- Aleks Cvijic
- Jean-Philippe Turcotte
- Kianoosh Mehrabi
- Aleks Pastir
- Zuzana Řehulkova / Lisicka
- Jaroslav Šedo
- Lucia Orokocká
- Joni Kurniawan
- Emilia Begounova
- Graham Maifredi
- Rodolfo Navio
- Volunteer Judges:
- Bibiana Kytkova
- Michaela Salcakova
- Jasmina Marcok
- Any Judges who do the Judges course
Press Accreditation: Contact event organisers via their website.
Daily updates: Live feeds will be done where Wifi makes it possible. Plus updates will be posted during the event on the IRF’s facebook page, website and on twitter.
Results: Will be posted in the left hand column on our home page, as well as in the daily articles posted on the website, on facebook and in the live feeds.
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 no IRF Congress during WRC 2018 as it will be held in 2019.
GUIDE TRAINING & EDUCATION: GTE Instructors Conference before event
- Dates: 1 – 5 Nov 2017
- River: Aluminé River
- Cities: Aluminé and Villa Pehuenia, Patagonia
- Costs:
- Transportation – for all competitors who arrive by airplane, the organizer will provide transport free of charge from Neuquén City to Aluminé or Villa Pehuenia.
- Accommodation and foods – the organizer will provide free of charge accommodation and foods for all competitors and registered participants during competition in Aluminé or Villa Pehuenia.
- Entry fee – the entry fee is free of charge for all competitors.
- Full Details
- Registration Form R4 and flight details
- Contact: Gunther Atem
- Promo Video
