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Eight teams were crowned as the European Champions in Slovakia recently. Let’s take a look at the champions and the medal winners. U19 Men – Slovenia 2 = 2018 European Rafting Champions for Overall as well as H2H and Downriver. (Silver in Sprint and Slalom) Russia 2 = Gold in Slalom (Silver in Overall, Bronze
The International Rafting Federation (IRF) would like to thank Michal Cerny and his whole team for their excellent work in hosting the IRF’s 2018 European Rafting Championships in Cunovo, Slovakia. We thank them for their willingness to work with us on all levels so that we could both achieve our objectives. We are especially grateful
The 3rd International Cultural and Sporting Rafting Forum «White Water Sibiria 2018» (hereinafter referred to as the Forum) will be held in two stages from August 20 to August 29, 2018. The first stage – Tomsk, Tomsk region (20 – 21.08.2018) The second stage – the Altai Republic (22 – 29.08.2018) The entries have just
The IRF European Rafting Championships with a world twist in Čunovo, Slovakia proved a showcase of talent from 67 teams from 14 countries across the continent – plus the Open Men’s team from Japan! Faces new and old to IRF competitions showed up in Čunovo in the days leading up to the competition. All came
The IRF introduced their Junior divisions in 2010 and this year is the 9th year there will be an Euro and a World Championship for them. The Euro Rafting Championship kicked off yesterday in Slovakia on the Cunovo course near Bratislava. The Sprint, a straight race against the clock, saw the RUS1 (Russia) teams taking
ERC 2018 Slovakia guests – Japan Open Men. It’s been ten years since we first met the Japanese OM team at the World Cup in Bosnia in 2008. This team’s setup has changed since then and we had the luck to seen many of the old team members again in Japan, competing in the Masters
There are a number of places you can follow this year’s Euro Rafting Champs. So here are the options: IRF’s Euro Rafting Champs Facebook page – regular updates Event Organiser’s Facebook page – regular updates Instagram Twitter IRF’s website – the results will be posted in the left hand “Results” column as soon as we receive them.
Nada Matic has been a big and important part of the IRF’s rafting world since the start of 2012. It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to her as she steps back from the IRF’s media position. Nada became a part of the IRF’s media team purely through her love of the sport.
GBR Masters Women team mates Fay Rushby and Nicola Childs have been rafting together as part of Lee Valley Women’s Master’s Team for roughly 2 years. The early team was placed in the British Open in 2016. Julie first paddled with the team as an independent in the British Open 2017 when the team won