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Follow the action of Y&M WRC!!!
Posted: 25 Aug 2012 01:45 AM

Photos are being put onto the World & Euro Rafting Championships 2012 in Czech Republic, Czech Rafting Festival‘s facebook page as the rafts come down the course!!!

Results are being posted here for Sprint and H2H and here for Slalom as soon as the final rafts cross the finish line.

Videos, articles and interviews by Sportscene are being shared . . . → Read More: Follow the action of Y&M WRC!!!
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Day Two – Youth & Masters WRC – Sprint!!
Posted: 25 Aug 2012 01:34 AM

Today it is a rainy morning in České Vrbné! Everything is prepared. The race can start! Czech and Euro Cup Sprint races begin at 8:30 am, the Youth &  Masters WRC Sprint begins at 11 am.

Results just in: Youth Women

Take a look here for photos of the teams as they come down the course

More results: Youth . . . → Read More: Day Two – Youth & Masters WRC – Sprint!!
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Russian ladies strive for Youth Crown
Posted: 25 Aug 2012 01:31 AM

The women’s Russian youth team have their sights set on victory at the Youth and Masters World Championships at the Ceske Budejovice Whitewater course, commencing this Saturday.

All four paddlers herald from a canoe slalom background and began rafting together in 2008, going on to win various accolades in their home country including victories at the Champions . . . → Read More: Russian ladies strive for Youth Crown
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Meet the colourful Czech youth ladies team
Posted: 25 Aug 2012 01:24 AM

Decked out in Czech colours from head to toe, this year’s local womens youth team are arguably the most colourful athletes at the 2012 Youth and Masters World Championships, set to commence in Ceske Budejovice tomorrow.

The team is comprised of Captain Tereza Krausova (18 – Back Right), Denisa Foltysova (19 – Back Left), Blanka Ligurska (18 . . . → Read More: Meet the colourful Czech youth ladies team
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First day of Youth & Masters World Rafting Championship.
Posted: 24 Aug 2012 02:50 AM

Friday was the first official training day with the opening ceremony in the evening.

See some photos of the teams training, campsite, course, parade, Opening Ceremony and night concerts.  Photos: Jan Homolka Photography and Sportscene

Sportscene have prepared another clip for you of the Parade and . . . → Read More: First day of Youth & Masters World Rafting Championship.
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Team Hazard
Posted: 23 Aug 2012 08:23 AM

Here you can find out more from another team preparing for the much awaited competition at Lipno, and now we will be able to watch all the teams live!!!

I caught up with Hazard team to find out inside information on their experience of the location and their aspirations for the competition.

The BVS raft team . . . → Read More: Team Hazard
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“Local men’s Youth look to Czech mate the opposition”
Posted: 23 Aug 2012 06:48 AM

Sportscene interview the local favourites, the Czech youth team and film the team practisiing on the new course where the Youth and Masters World Champs will be held – starting tomorrow!

Follow all the action on these sites:

Sportscene – Website Facebook page

Official organisers sites - Live updates Facebook page

IRF . . . → Read More: “Local men’s Youth look to Czech mate the opposition”
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Reminder – Pre-worlds – Rotorua, 19 to 21st Oct 2012
Posted: 23 Aug 2012 12:56 AM

Don’t forget the R6 Pre-worlds and NZ National Rafting Champs are being held  in, Rotorua in New Zealand from the 19th to 21st October 2012. Full info.

Get your entries in by the 20th September!!! Registration forms

The Official Pre Worlds and World’s raft, sponsored by Incept Marine Ltd, NZ.

Keep up with the news by liking the . . . → Read More: Reminder – Pre-worlds – Rotorua, 19 to 21st Oct 2012
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Euro Champs will be live on the internet!!
Posted: 15 Aug 2012 01:11 PM

The Czech Boaters Union have concluded a contract for a live broadcast via the Internet with Střižna.cz. “It will be the first ever live broadcast of a full rafting championship on this level,” says Libor Polák, chairman of the organizing committee Euro 2012.

Complete Sprint, Head 2 Head and Slalom, the most attractive event, will be transmitted. “Results from . . . → Read More: Euro Champs will be live on the internet!!
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Albanian Eagles
Posted: 15 Aug 2012 04:50 AM

The Albanian Eagles rafting team

The World Youth and Masters rafting championships starting at the end of August in the Czech Republic has been this year’s focus for many teams. We have saw the introduction of world youth competitions at the R4 world championships in Holland in 2010, but this year will see the first masters world . . . → Read More: Albanian Eagles
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