⇒   Key Information and results

⇒   Team/participants information

⇒   Judging

⇒   Media including press releases

⇒   Congress

⇒   GT&E

⇒   Pre-event

KEY INFORMATION:

• Dates: 31 Oct – 5 Nov
• Location: Wadi Adventures, Al Ain, UAE.
• Categories: Men & Women
• Divisions: Open, Masters (40+), Under 19, Under 23
• Rafts: R4
• Organisation hosting event: Wadi Adventures
• Official Event Facebook page 
• Contact Details:
  • Contact person: Gina Maria Capenhurst
  • Number: 00971 (0) 52 887 7661
  • E-mail: [email protected]
  • Website: www.wadiadventure.ae
  • Facebook: www.facebook.com/WadiAdventure
• Results: All Results

TEAM / PARTICIPANTS INFORMATION:

• Information Letters: 
  • Info letter #1
  • Info letter #2
  • Registration Form
  • Payment Form- UPDATED
  • Pre-Training Booking Form

• 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:
  • Teams registered = 85. Countries represented = 28

  • Open (37)		Masters (18)		U23 (17)		U19 (13)		per
    Men (20)	Women (17)	Men (11)	Women (7)	Men (11)	Women (6)	Men (8)	Women (5)	country
    ARG	ARG	ARG	–	–	–	ARG	–	4
    –	AUS	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
    BEL	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
    BiH	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
    BRA	BRA	–	–	BRA	BRA	BRA	–	5
    –	CAN	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
    –	CHN	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
    CRC	CRC	CRC	–	–	–	CRC	–	4
    CROa	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
    CZE	CZE	CZE	CZE	CZE	CZE	–	CZE	7
    DEN	DEN	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
    GER	–	–	–	–	–	GER	–	2
    GBR	GBR	GBR	–	GBR	GBR	–	GBR	6
    –	HUN	–	HUN	–	–	–	–	2
    INA	–	–	–	INA	INA	–	–	3
    ITA	ITA	–	–	–	–	ITA	ITA	4
    –	JPN	JPN	JPN	JPN	JPN	–	–	5
    KAZ	KAZ	KAZ	–	–	–	–	–	3
    NEP	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
    NED	NED	NED	–	NED	–	–	–	4
    –	–	–	NZL	–	–	–	–	1
    –	–	–	NOR	–	–	–	–	1
    RUS	RUS	RUS	RUS	RUS	RUS	RUS	RUS	8
    SVK	SVK	SVK	SVK	SVK	–	SVK	–	6
    SLO	–	SLO	–	SLO	–	–	–	3
    	–	–	–	TUR	–	TUR	TUR	3
    UAE	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
    USA	USA	USA	–	USA	–	–	–	4

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JUDGING:

• New Judges workshop – a Workshop and exam for new Judges will be run during this event.

• Jury
  • Head Judge: Goran Lolic
  • Jury Members: Eric Boudreau, Amalia Yunita, Jozef Kytka

• Judge Liason: 

• Official Judges:
  • Uros Lovrencic
  • Bibiana Kytkova
  • Tsvetan Petrov
  • Kianoosh Mehrabi
  • Boris Purjakov
  • Bert Kanora
  • Kanat Karamursel
  • Janko Tavcar
  • Lucia Orockoka
  • Mihail Saev
  • Nikolai Degtyarev

• Volunteer Judges:
  • Milan Lovrencic (Honourary Judge)
  • Yordanka Bogdanova
  • Cahyo Alkantana
  • Takuya Ikeda
  • Marina Naydenova
  • Any Judges who do the Judges course

MEDIA:

Press releases:

• Home nation, UAE, cheers on their debuting National Rafting Team
• Organizers & spectators alike laud high level of competition
• Open Slalom and Downriver U19 and U23 Women
• WRC 2016 draws to a close with the Downriver races
• A new breeze blows through the WRC

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

IRF MEETINGS: There will be various IRF meetings held during the event. More information will be provided closer to the time

GUIDE TRAINING & EDUCATION: At this stage there is no plan to run a GT&E workshop as it is an artificial course.

PRE- EVENT: There was no Pre-event.