ICF Canoe Ocean Racing World Champs

DURBAN — Youth and experience triumphed at the singles races of the ICF Canoe Ocean Racing World Championships in Durban on Sunday, with Australian Cory Hill taking his fourth men’s title and Kira Bester repeating her win from 12 months

DURBAN — The ICF Canoe Ocean Racing World Championships began with drama and a South African clean-sweep of major mixed doubles titles on Saturday – which the local singles paddlers hope is a precursor to a flood of medals at

A quick recap of the safety meeting. The SS2 race will start at 8am on Saturday. The mixed doubles will be sent off first. All other categories will be sent off 15 mins later. Check in will open at 6.30.

These are the maps and coordinates for Saturday’s and Sunday’s days of racing. NOTE: The buoys at the half-way points will be approximately 400m from backline. Any paddler who does not pass on the land side of these buoys will

After the compulsory race briefing all athletes are encouraged take refreshments before lining up for the Parade of Nations at 3pm. Parade of Nations:Join us in celebrating unity, culture, and sport!Spectators, friends, and family are warmly encouraged to line the

Wednesday is the official training day. Two safety boats will be provided. Check in is at 9am on the beach. Compulsory PFD, leash, Safetrx. The proposed course (subject to sea conditions) is out to sea, past the Southern Breakwater and

Good morning fine athletes, some admin and information for Tuesday, 14th October: Firstly, those of you who registered yesterday would have received your timing chip. These are massively important. The number on the chip is unique to you. You must

Monday (October 13th) is the first day of registration, which will be open from 12h00 until 16h00, and at the same time on Tuesday. Wednesday registration times are 10h00 to 16hoo and from 09h00 until 14h00 on Thursday. All registration

Things are getting very busy in the boat storage and set up area. Hundreds of boats from manufacturers have arrived. We have made 10 sets of ski racks (see photo) that have been left in the area (which we have

Durban Harbour is a working harbour and there is a strict protocol we all have to follow. We are allowed to cross the harbour mouth but otherwise may NOT paddle in the Shipping channel (area marked in RED on map).

URGENT NOTICE We are aware of a number of FAKE Facebook groups in circulation and despite us reporting and contacting Meta they are still live, reposting our content to appear relevant, and in some cases trying to sell items. Please

Entries closed on Tuesday at midnight. We have 515 SS1 paddlers who will line up at the start on October 17-19. As per the website and the bulletin, we have left the SS2 entries open. This is in order to

The information tab on the website has been updated to include a full schedule of events during the race week, starting from Monday, 13th October. There are some really interesting talks, by specialists, on most mornings, and a host of

Congratulations fine athletes. Yesterday we broke the 500 mark. As of this Monday we have 503 SS1 entries and 221 SS2 entries. The number of SS2 entries is expected to increase significantly when partnerships are finalised closer to race date.

We have received a number of queries regarding the SS2 age categories, so, a quick recap is necessary. The official ICF world championship categories for SS2 are mixed doubles for open, U23 and junior, as it has been for the

A quick note regarding the event after party: This will be held at DUC starting immediately after the medal ceremony. The club cannot, however, cater for 500 or so individuals and has solicited the services of an outside catering company,

The federation in South Africa has been granted a degree of latitude from the onerous requirements of our maritime safety authority. This has been done on the back of a strict safety protocol which includes a system of proficiency

The attached videos introduces you to the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI), and SafeTRX. You must have the NSRI SafeTRX app loaded on to your phone and this will be checked at registration at the safety table. Please familiarize yourselves

The event hub, and the start venue for both races will be the Point Water Sports Club. The club has fantastic facilities and the staff are preparing for your imminent arrival. The club operates on a cashless system. Access to

In three weeks time the ICF Ocean Racing World Championships will be over. We have already started to welcome international contestants in Durban. We will be using this WhatsApp group as the primary source of information. All posts on this