NEWSLETTER CANOE MARATHON RACING

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1 Member ICF Board of Directors Chairman ICF Canoe Marathon Committee Jorn Cronberg Fjellkroken Gjerdrum Norway Telephone: cronberg@online.no NEWSLETTER CANOE MARATHON RACING For National Team Leaders, ICF Canoe Marathon Event organisers, National Federations, International Technical Officials, and All other persons interested in Canoe Marathon NEWSLETTER November 2014 CONTENT ICF Congress 2014 The Classic Series Nomination of ITOs for ITO examination Updated long term calendar From the 2014 World Championships Result of the 2014 Classic Series ICF CONGRESS 2014 New classes in World Championships At the ICF Congress in Warsaw 7-8 November it was decided to introduce Women C1 and Women Junior C1 in the World Championships. To allow for this addition to the competition programme the Congress also decided to allow for up to 4 days of competition, if necessary. ParaCanoeing The introduction of ParaCanoe events for Marathon was an ICF topic, and whilst the ICF Board is positive we are not yet ready to do so. All current ICF efforts concerning ParaCanoeing go to preparing for the ParaOlympics. As soon as recourses are available we will go on with the introduction. THE CLASSIC SERIES The following races have been approved for the ICF Canoe Marathon World Classic Series: Drak Challenge Underberg/ RSA Waterland Marathon/ NED Crestuma Marathon/ POR Avon Descent/ AUS Descent of the River Sella/ ESP Dalsland Canoe Marathon/ SWE Tour de Gudena/ DEN Liffey Descent/ IRE Cesky Krumlov River Marathon/ CZE Adige Marathon/ ITA and further information can be found on the ICF website ( under Canoe Marathon when this information is available. ICF CANOE MARATHON NEWSLETTER November 2014 Page 1/5

2 COMPETITION RULES FOR Qualification Entry to the ICF Marathon Classic World Series is open to all male and female athletes who are members of clubs under a national federation affiliated to the ICF. The World Series classes are: K1 Men and K1 Women NB: Surf Ski and other sit-on designs will be permitted and ranked in the series provided they are racing with the K1 class but only if they comply with the ICF dimensions and weight for a K1. i.e They must comply with the maximum length of 5.2m and minimum weight of 8 kg. Start line ranking A ranking will be established to give priority to the best ranked paddlers at the start line where this is possible and applicable at the event. The ranking list for the start line will be updated after each every race of the current season. The latest available ranking will be used based on the results received. Programme In the World Series consists of 10 races. The overall winner will be decided by the results of the 3 best performances in the complete Series. To be eligible for the series a competitor must compete in at least 2 events. Points Points towards the overall result will be awarded to the first 30 finishers in the three classes, according to the following formula: Place Points Place Points Place Points Place Points Place Points 1st 100 7th 36 13th 20 19th 12 25th 6 2nd 80 8th 32 14th 18 20th 11 26th 5 3rd 60 9th 29 15th 16 21st 10 27th 4 4th 50 10th 26 16th 15 22nd 9 28th 3 5th 45 11th 24 17th 14 23rd 8 29th 2 6th 40 12th 22 18th 13 24th 7 30th 1 In the event of a dead-heat between two competitors in an individual event the points for the places will be added together and divided by two (e.g. in a dead-heat for 1st and 2nd places, both athletes will receive (100+80)/2 = 90 points). Organisers must submit results in Excel format within 3 days after the competition to the ICF Canoe Marathon Committee. Where points in the series are equal, the leader (or winner) will be the athlete with the most points based on additional events in the series that they have raced. If there is still a tie then the paddler who has won the larger number of races will be the winner. In case of there still being a tie, the most second places will be taken into account, and so on to third and fourth places until the overall winner is determined. In the event that all places are equal, the winner will be determined by position in the most recent classic series race completed, i.e. last event has highest priority. Prizes Recognition will be provided for the first three of each of the two classes. Each of the overall winners will receive a money prize of 1,500, the second 1,000, and the third 500. Money prizes will be awarded at a time to be determined. Money prizes will be paid ONLY to athletes. The National Federation of the winning athletes will be notified and requested to give the athlete appropriate recognition at a suitable event in their own country. Entries Individual Race entries will be submitted directly to the race organizing committee according to the ICF rules. To be included in the series a paddler must send an entry on the attached entry form to Tim Cornish on the address cornisht@mweb.co.za. This must be received before the paddler has taken part in his second event in the series. ICF CANOE MARATHON NEWSLETTER November 2014 Page 2/5

3 NOMINATION OF ITO S FOR Nominations for the World Cup and World Championships should be sent by National Federations to the Jorn Cronberg (cronberg@online.no) and to the ICF Office in Lausanne (hengameh.ahadpour@canoeicf.com) before January 1,. Nominations for the should be sent by National Federations to Jorn Cronberg (cronberg@online.no) and the ECA Office in Zagreb (branko.lovric08@gmail.com) before January 1,. ITO EXAMINATION In examination for candidates to become International Technical Official in Canoe Marathon will be possible during the in Bohinj/ SLO 1-5 July, during the World Cup in Brandenburg/ GER 1-2 August, and during the World Championships in Györ/ HUN 9-13 September. Only National Federations are entitled to nominate candidates for examination at least 30 days before the examination. The applications must be sent to the ICF Office in Lausanne (hengameh.ahadpour@canoeicf.com) and to Jorn Cronberg (cronberg@online.no) on the special form designed by the ICF and published on the ICF website ( You find it under the section world class canoeing where you chose Officials. UPDATED LONG TERM CALENDAR 1-2 July 3-5 July Bohinj /SLO World Cup 1-2 August Brandenburg / GER Masters World Cup 9-10 September World Championships September Györ / HUN 2016 World Cup April 1. Pietermaritzburg / RSA World Cup July 2. Prado Vila Verde / POR June 1-3 July Pontevedra / ESP Masters World Cup September World Championships September Brandenburg / GER 2017 World Cup Mechelen / BEL Metkovic / CRO Vila Nova de Gaia / POR Applications - decision March Vila Nova de Gaia- Crestuma / POR Masters World Cup 5-6 September World Championships 8-10 September Pietermaritzburg / RSA ICF CANOE MARATHON NEWSLETTER November 2014 Page 3/5

4 2018 World Cup Zagreb / CRO Application - decision 2016 Masters World Cup World Championships Piestany / SVK Prado Vila Verde / POR Application 2019 World Cup Open Open Masters World Cup World Championships Piestany / SVK Enniskillen, Northern Ireland / GBR Applications - decision March FROM THE 2014 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS The 2014 ICF Canoe Marathon World and Pan Am Championships brought over 350 athletes from 29 countries to Oklahoma City. The events were live streamed via the Boathouse District YouTube Channel ( and watched by more than 7,000 people each day. Locally, the event was covered on several TV news programs, as well as by the local newspaper, The Oklahoman ( Here is a link to view images from the event photos ( Additional content is available on the event Facebook page ( RESULT OF THE 2014 CLASSIC SERIES After wins in the first two events in the series in men s K1 Jose RAMALHO from Portugal was piped to the log victory in the last event of the series by Tomas JEZEK from the Czech Republic who won the last two events to take the Classic Series title for the second year in a row. Jose RAMALHO moved to 2nd place and 3rd place was taken by Federico VEGA SUAREZ from Spain. In the women s K1 Maria HOLLERIETH from Germany also clinched the series at the end with wins in the Cesky and Adige Marathons. Last year s winner Pia RUHM from Germany completed 3 races and finished second in the series with 2nd places in the Dalsland and Gudena Marathons. Birgit PONTOPPIDAN from Denmark took 3rd place with her 2nd places in the Dalsland and Gudena Marathon. The C1 event was only contested in the last few races of the series with Tomislav LEPAN from Croatia taking the win from Michael BRENNAN of Ireland and Michal SMOLDAS from the Czech Republic. The top results (more results and details of score can be found on the ICF website) Men K1 1 Tomas JEZEK CZE Jose ROMALHO POR Federico VEGA SUAREZ ESP Nicolai BLACH DEN David RODRIQUEZ ESP 120 ICF CANOE MARATHON NEWSLETTER November 2014 Page 4/5

5 6 Kirean BABICH AUS 93 7 Sean McCARTHY IRL 85 8 Dennis MÜLLER GER 77 9 Elias KRAMER DEN Felix RICHTER GER 72 Women K1 1 Marie HOLLERIETH GER Pia RUHM GER Birgit PONTOPPIDAN DEN Rikke HANSEN DEN Aisling SMITH IRL Beatrice GRASSO ITA 80 7 Barbora BAYEROVA CZE 68 8 Marie MASINOVA CZE 55 9 Aihnize OLAITZ ESP Gudula SEIBEL GER 27 Men C1 1 Tomislav LEPAN CRO Michael BRENNAN IRL Michal SMOLDAS CZE Karel SOTOLA CZE 64 5 Mihovil ZONJIC CRO 62 Jorn Cronberg Chairman ICF CANOE MARATHON NEWSLETTER November 2014 Page 5/5