News

Doping tests at WRC 2014 Brazil
Race Rules

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,

Read More »
Race Rules

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

Read More »
Racing

Queensland Government boosts World Rafting Championships

Tully gears up to host world-class event in 2019 The Queensland Government has thrown its support behind the 2019 International Rafting Federation’s World Rafting Championships on the Tully River. Tourism and Events Queensland (TEQ) will be working in partnership with the Australian Rafting Federation on the world-class event which is forecast to bring hundreds of

Read More »
Guide / Safety

Upcoming events on the IRF race calendar

The racing calendar is filling up quickly with some great events on the horizon: In 10 days time (9 – 11 March) it is the inaugural International Women’s Day Raft Race which is open to women’s teams only. Read more – What’s the point in promoting women in paddlesports? Dracula will be making his first IRF EC

Read More »
Racing

European Rafting Champs 2018 – Team Information letter!

Here is the Team Information letter for the IRF’s 2018 R4 European Rafting Champs (ERC) – this will allow teams to start planning for their trip to Bratislava, Cunovo, Slovakia in July. This location is already well known for many as a very successful R4 Euro Champs was held there in 2014. It is a

Read More »
Racing

Pre-WRC Australia 2018 – Info letter #1

So many beautiful competitions are waiting for us in the 2018 season, and one of them is Pre-WRC Australia (9 – 13 May 2018). As Australia are the hosts for the 2019 World Rafting Championship R6, the Pre-Worlds are done one year before as a big test for the organisers and a great opportunity for

Read More »
Racing

See you in Argentina from 4 – 10 November 2018

We have a date for the next WRC R4 competition. From 4 – 10 November 2018 Argentina will host the best rafters from around the world.  It’s time to reserve tickets and start planning to go to beautiful Argentina. We know that most countries have already selected their representatives to take part in this competition, therefore,

Read More »
No adverse anti doping results at WRC2017
Racing

Big Thank You Miyoshi, Takuya, Daigo and Japan!

“Miyoshi City, Tokushima is the gateway to the Yoshino river… home of Japan’s biggest and best white-water rafting. The abundance of crystal clear water combined with amazing scenery and the powerful, challenging rapids of the Oboke and Koboke sections all add up to an ideal setting for race rafting.” – and it was. This was

Read More »
Race Rules

New H2H format tested out at Pre-Worlds

The report back from Pre-Worlds as to the running of the new-format H2H is all good! See video … Joe Willie Jones is there and had this to say: “The spectators loved it… a very good show with lots of contact at the buoys. A few surprises … good strategies trumped strength on a number

Read More »
Archives
en English