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Big thank you to Alex and BiH!

The IRF would like to thank Alex, the Kayak, Canoe and Rafting Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Goran Lolic and his team of Judges and the entire R6 ERC organising crew for putting on an excellent IRF R6 Euro Rafting Championship. The event ran very efficiently and from the competitors perspective it was a well-run

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Open Letter from Russian Team to all Women’s Masters Teams

Dear Women Master Rafters At the recently completed 2015 Euro Rafting Champs in BiH, after travelling 7000kms, we were faced with the unpleasant fact that we were the ONLY Open Women’s Masters team! It would have been stupid to withdraw from the competition so we competed in the men’s category. Why ?! Where are all the

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China R2 2015 – Stop 1 is Yichang

As in the past few years, this year will once again see the unusual competition of the R2 in China. R2 races are not common in the IRF.  This year there will be two races: Stop 1 – Yichang City and Stop 2 – Dujiangyan City. Teams from all over the world are signing up

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ERC 2015 Photos, Videos and Results

Results: Open U19 U23 Masters Daily Reports: Rafting Klub Kanjon.com Russians win 8 medals on 1st day of ERC, Euro Champs – Report-1 Euro Champs – Conclusion Race videos: Official Practise day by IRF Opening Ceremony by IRF Opening Ceremony by Radiokanjon Banjaluka U19, U23 and Masters Sprint and H2H by IRF U19, U23 and Masters Sprint and

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Euro Champs – conclusion

What a relief when the third day of competition started with sunshine. This third day was reserved for Slalom. The teams had the morning off as the Slalom was to be late afternoon/ evening under lights! So enough time to rest and prepare for this physically and technically difficult discipline. There were 14 gates, 6

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Euro Champs – report 1

ERC R6 2015 is behind us. It was a fantastic week dotted with sun, rain, joy, disappointment, successes, training, surprises, competitions, parties and more. 16 countries and 51 teams competed in the U19, U23, Masters and Open divisions. Slightly disappointing was the decrease in the number of women’s teams this year. Some of the Russian

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Russia win 8 medals on day 1 and more on day 2 …

The first day of the Euro Rafting Champs saw the U19, U23 and Masters teams competing in Sprint and Head 2 Head. The Sprint and Head to Head course makes for great photos and videos as the rafts have to go through two big wave hits and down into some strongly swirling water that can

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Euro Rafting Champs about to start!!!

The 2015 R6 Euro Rafting Champs are about to get under way in Banja Luka,  Bosnia y Herzegovina, on the Vrbas River. The event, hosted by Kanjon Rafting Klub, is in the same location and run by the same organisers as the very successful 2009 World Champs. The schedule: Starts on Tuesday the 19th with

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Ergometer Competition at Euro Champs

The Serbian Rafting Federation are taking their Ergometers over to the Euro Rafting Champs in BiH to set up a fun competition.  So all properly registered competitors at the Euro Championship in Banja Luka are invited to compete in this event that will be held for the first time within the Euro Championship. This will

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