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How to calculate your IRF Membership Fees for 2020

Firstly you need to have some idea of how many teams will be going to the Euro and/or World Champs from your country. Then you can put those numbers into this formula below and follow the steps. WRC: Open, Masters teams: $200 x number teams = WRC: U19, U23 teams: $160 x number teams =

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EC Romania 2018 Dracula Race
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EC Romania 2018 Dracula Race

Is there anything better than the new EC season starting with a new river and a new country placing herself on the EC Competition map? EC Romania 2018 Dracula race,  over the weekend of 14th-15th April, brought together twelve teams from Bulgaria, Serbia and Romania, along with 10 kayakers, in Nehoiu city on the Buzau River.

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Doping tests at WRC 2014 Brazil
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Start positions for H2H in 2018 ERC and WRC

With the new H2H format being introduced there is an option for organisers to choose what direction the rafts will be facing at the start. This option was included as sometimes the usual method of pointing the rafts downstream is harder to set up exactly evenly. Sometimes, as at WC Yushu in China in 2016,

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Choosing the correct throwbag (a helping hand!)

By Mark Hirst I am commonly advised from reliable sources that British kayaker Peter Knowles introduced throwbags to the market on a wide scale with his green slime throwbags back in the 1980s. Before this time people made their own throwbags ranging from rope stored in an empty plastic bottle to a tennis ball with

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China welcomes raft racers
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China welcomes raft racers from across the globe

China welcomes raft racers with two great events on offer this (Northern Hemisphere) Summer! China is hosting two IRF events this Summer – both are subsidised and offer great prize monies. Summary details below – the Ziyuan Rafting Festival is now open for registration!   Ziyuan Rafting Festival The Wupai River (home of the 2016

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Altai white water guide book now in English!

The first complete guidebook about Altai whitewater for kayakers and rafters by Anton Sveshnikov has now being brought out in English! In this Whitewater Altai guidebook you can find all you need to make your kayak or raft trip in this Russian region: Basic information about region: geography, climate, ethnography, history Valuable information for travellers: getting to,

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Judges course at ERC 2018

A Judges course will be run during the 2018 Euro Rafting Championship in Slovakia. Anyone keen to do the course should email IRF Admin. The details are: Dates: 2 – 7 July (same dates as the ERC) Place: Event Headquarters, ERC, Slovakia Cost: $US30 to be paid to Instructor on the first day of the course. This

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