The International Fair Play Committee is calling for nominations for the 2020 World Fair Play Awards!

The International Fair Play Committee’s mission is to draw the attention of the world to the outstanding examples of fair play attitude and good sportsmanship in sports. The Committee presents awards annually in four categories – Act of Fair Play, Career in the spirit of Fair Play, Promotion of Fair Play, Fair Play Trophy for the Youth – respectively to athletes, teams, journalists, sports officials and organisations all over the world.

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The third memorial raft race for Aleksa Kojadinović was held in Priboj, Serbia on the river Lim. Normally this IRF Euro Cup and Serbian National Cup is held in the spring with a hope of the new year and fresh racing ahead. 2020 as seems normal now, decided that would not be the case. Due to travel and health restrictions the race was held in a chilly November but with just as much enthusiasm from the athletes and organisers as ever.

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With the final Euro Cup event recently concluding in Serbia, the overall standings in the Euro Cup 2020 R6 and R4 Series can now be concluded.

Events

A strange season it certainly was! The first event was eventually held in late August in the Czechia, and the last was held mid November in Serbia, a short four month season. In the end only Serbia and Czechia managed to hold events, with all others being cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic restrictions.

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The IRF is excited to announce that we recently joined with other leading international sports federations to participate in a number of virtual meetings, forums and assemblies focused on the future of international sports.  These virtual sessions occurred from 6-11 November and were hosted by SportAccord, Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF), Alliance of Independent Members of Sport (AIMS) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC).  Among the many dignitaries addressing the sessions were IOC President Thomas Bach, GAISF President Raffaele Chiulli, AIMS President Stephan Fox, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr.

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The International Rafting Federation has joined forces with more than 80 organisations to unite on a digital platform for the UTS World Virtual Youth Festival 2020, which is under patronage of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), International Paralympic Committee (IPC), Special Olympics (SOI), SportAccord, Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) and Alliance of Independent Recognised Members of Sport (AIMS).

 THE FIVE CONTINENTS PREPARE FOR
THE UNITED THROUGH SPORTS
WORLD VIRTUAL YOUTH FESTIVAL 2020

The festival is a celebration for and with the youth of the world who will carry the torch of life for the next generations.

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Serbian students developing careers in shipbuilding have joined the #RiverFamily. Earlier this year, students and their teachers took to Lake Sava to completed lessons in rafting for the basic training of raft management and basic rescue procedures on the water. These students of the High School for Shipping, Shipbuilding and Hydrobuilding from Belgrade, were accompanied by professors of sports and physical education, Dr. Dejan Gavrilovic and M.Sc. Srecko Palezevic.

In addition to all the professional subjects in the training program for future sailors, the course requires the management of a number of complex vessels.

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In the hospitable Republic of Adygea on the beautiful and difficult river Belaya, from October 22nd to November 4th a large and significant event in Russian rafting took place – Interralli-Belaya. It included several competitions: the Cup of Russia, and the National Russian Championship U24 and U20, forming part of the Russian national selections.

The competition took place in extremely low water conditions, the level of which hadn’t been observed in the last 100 years.

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Report from Daigo Shibata

The Mitake Canyon is a beautiful river gorge located along the Tama River and is my “home river”. The canyon is located 90 minutes from the center of Tokyo and is famous for its many outdoor activities including rafting, hiking, bouldering and trail running. In particular, it’s also well-known for canoe slalom paddling and has a long history of producing Olympic paddlers. The canyon is also where the popular “Mitake Cup” rafting competition takes place twice a year where paddlers from all over Japan gather.

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