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How Hard Can It Be?
Join us on Saturday, September 18, 2010 for this one-of-a-kind Ultra-Paddling race on scenic Okanagan Lake!
The race starts at Kin Beach in Vernon at 7:00 AM (6 AM for early starters) and ends 100 kilometres later on Okanagan Beach in Penticton. In between are four on-shore aid station/check points where paddlers and their support crews will find water, washrooms, and parking.
The race may be long, but the list of rules is short. In a nutshell, crews must arrive at each check point before the designated cut-off times. Crew changes are optional, but may take place only at the check points.
Race registration includes an after-race dinner and a limited-edition micro-fibre towels. Race categories with three or more entries by the early registration deadline (midnight Tuesday, August 31, 2010) are considered official and are eligible for prizes. Unofficial, including "build-your-own" categories are welcome and are eligible for bragging rights and a place in the Length of the Lake Ultra-paddle history books.
We hope to see you at Length for a day of racing you'll never forget!
Registration Instructions
Welcome to the 2010 Length of the Lake Ultra-Paddle!
We encourage you to submit your Intent to Race pre-registration by midnight, Tuesday, August 31, 2010.
If your pre-registration is received by that date, we guarantee your paddlers will receive one of our limited edition micro-fibre towels. There may not be towels available for later registrants.
Your pre-registration will consist of:
- Please complete the WORD documents (below) electronically and forward to our Registrar via email, at
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If you need to complete a CORA membership the form is also below.
- A Credit Card number to hold your place as a participant (not to be processed unless crews do not provide cancellation with 72 hours notice of race).
NOTE: Please note that we have divided our race fees into a hull fee for all craft (which covers the increasing cost of escort boats) and a per paddler fee (which covers everything else).
- Race fees can be paid by Canadian cheque or cash at the pre-race meeting on September 17, 2010.
- At least one team member required to mandatory check-in at pre-race meeting on Friday, September 17, 2010 - full team roster, signed waiver, team cell contact #, and full payment due then. Race directions and packages to be provided to participants at that time.
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Duel in the Desert 2010 Summary |
Ever since a freak windstorm in Penticton several years ago, the Duel in the Desert outrigger canoe race has had a reputation as a beautiful race site, with potentially challenging, if not downright exhilarating conditions on Skaha lake. This year's conditions on saturday for the 6 person canoes presented another challenge, heat and no wind. "I've stopped stressing about the wind for this event. It is what it is!" said Don Mulhall, one of the organizers of the event. "As soon as the boats were off the water, the wind kicked up for the awards. While we were racing it was flat calm". The day started off with the novices and juniors on the shorter course, followed by the women, then the men's and mixed teams. Teams were racing on a 17 km course that took them down the east side of the lake, across to Kaleden, back up the west side of Skaha Lake to a buoy near the airport where teams would turn and head straight back toward the finish line near the Penticton marina.
False Creek Racing Canoe Club of Vancouver took top honours in the mens and women's division with times of 1 hour, 14 minutes; and 1 hour 26 minutes, respectively. Vancouver Ocean Sports took first in the novice (short course) at 39:22; and first in the mixed division at 1 hour, 19 minutes. Penticton was well represented with crews in the junior, novice, and mixed divisions. Penticton's two junior crews finished the short course in 42:09 and 57:29 with the PRCC novice crew finishing in 44:52. There were 9 teams in the long course mixed division. Penticton crews placed 4th (1 hour, 28 minutes) and 8th (1 hour, 31 minutes). Okanagan Surf Club - a team that included paddlers from Kelowna and Penticton, came second for the second year in a row, finishing in 1 hour, 17 minutes.
Sunday's small boat races began with the same flat conditions, as the KISU swim club dominated the junior division. "We had kids, some as young as 11 years old, racing in one and two person boats over a 5.3 km course" said Tina Hoeben, KISU coach and PRCC junior coach, "Some of these young paddlers are posting times that would put them right in with the adults." Brian MacPhail, a KISU swimmer, stepped up to the men's 11 km race and finished solidly in the middle of the pack at 57:58 - his first race at that distance. Other Penticton paddlers included Hoeben (1st place, masters) 1:01:32; Mulhall (3rd place, masters) 55:23; Brad Lee (2nd senior masters) 58:09. Wayne Still, paddling his first race on the long course, finished 2nd in the Kupuna division (for paddlers over 65 years of age) with a time of 1:05:42.
The location was praised by all visiting paddlers. Bob Stewart, from Canada's National Sprint Outrigger team, commented, "This is one of the top two race locations in Canada. It's perfect." Stewart will be joining local paddler, Ron Pronger as part of Team Canada heading to the World Outrigger Sprint Championships in New Caledonia next week. Both paddlers raced in Penticton.
For more information, call Don Mulhall at 250 488-3100, or www.pentictonoutrigger.com or www.canadianoutrigger.com
Penticton Racing Canoe Club has an intro to outrigger paddling course starting May 17. |
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Written by PRCC Admin
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Learn to Paddle
Outrigger canoeing combines endurance, technique, and teamwork, and is fun for people of all ages and abilities.
Introduction to Outrigger Canoeing
When: Two Sessions
#1 Mon and Wed, 5:30-7PM May -17 to 28th
& Tues and Thurs May 31 to June 11th
#2 Mon and Wed, 5:30-7PM May 31-11th
& Tues and Thurs June 14th to 25th
Where: Boat house, east end of Skaha Beach
Who: No paddling experience needed, but must be comfortable in the water.
Registration: $95. Contact Bryn White,
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to register. Includes all equipment. Fee can be applied to a Penticton Racing Canoe Club membership if you wish to continue paddling through the season.
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The Penticton Racing Canoe Club is dedicated to increasing accessibility and achieving excellence in paddle sports at all levels of ability and participation Located at Skaha Lake Park in Penticton (adjacent to the marina), PRCC has both a recreational, competitive, long distance and sprint programs for people of all ages, including a junior and senior program. Introductory programs are also run in the spring of each year for new paddlers.
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