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World Cup series – 2016

Just as there is a Euro Cup series, we also hold a similar series at a World level. Any teams who attended two or more of the World Cup events have their points totalled up to find the World Cup series Champions each year. So far we’ve never had any one team attend two events

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Straža – host city of ERC R4 2016

If you’ve ever wondered where Rafting Club “GIMPEX” are based and where they practice so as to achieve such good results at races in Europe and the World, you will have the opportunity to see during the Euro Rafting Champs this year because it is based in their home town of Straža. Hence Rafting Club

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ERC 2016 in S~LOVE~nia

Wherever we travel it is always good to be familiar with the host country. This time, the occasion is the ERC R4 2016, and Slovenia is the country we will become familiar with. Slovenia is a central European country with two million inhabitants and the capital city is Ljubljana. Its neighbours are Italy, Austria, Hungary

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Pre-Worlds in Japan this year

The Dates have been set for the Pre-Worlds in Japan this year, in preparation for the 2017 WRC that will be held there next year. This event will also be part of the World Cup series (there will probably be two other World Cup events in the series – details soon.) Dates: 7 – 10

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Who are the defending R4 Euro Champions?

​And here we are again, two years after the last R4 Euro Rafting Champs which was in Cunovo, Slovakia. Teams are gearing up once again to compete for the title of the best teams in Europe. They’ll be facing each other in Straža, Slovenia from the 16 to 25 May 2016 where they will paddle Sprint, H2H

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Calling all IRF GT&E Instructors and Assessors!!!

There is to be a GT&E Conference aimed at getting as many Instructors and Assessors together in one place. Key details you need to know now: Dates: 19 – 21 April 2016 Location: Wildalpen, Austria The Conference has been called for a number of reasons: The recent rapid growth of the IRF GT&E Scheme Changes

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U23 age group to stay!

The 2015 IRF Congress re-instates the U23 division for the next four years. The original reason for dropping the U23 age group was that our member organisations and event organisers had been appealing to us to reduce the number of divisions as they felt four was too many to support financially. So in 2014, at

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