Member ICF Board of Directors Chairman ICF Marathon Committee Ruud Heijselaar Vondelweg 290a 2026BA Haarlem [email protected] Phone:+31655338069

NEWSLETTER CANOE MARATHON

For National Team Leaders, ICF Canoe Marathon Event organisers, National Federations, International Technical Officials, and All other persons interested in Canoe Marathon

NEWSLETTER 2020-2 – August 2021

CONTENT 1. ICF calendar marathon 2020-2021 2. Quiz marathon/5k Challenge/Canoe Kids 3. Apply for the World Series 2020 - 2021 4. Long term calendar update

ICF website for Canoe Marathon where you can find more information: https://www.canoeicf.com/discipline/canoe-marathon

Corona and marathon

Still a lot not changed in the World after the first covid-19infections. Still an uncertain time.

Much like you, all of us are closely monitoring the impact of the coronavirus (Codid-19) as the situation involves around the globe, and our hearts are going out to all those directly involved. Most races have been cancelled this year but some borders are open with no restrictions. See the following calendar for races who are still will be held. We will keep you informed and we would appreciate it if you will contact us if there any marathon races which are not listed in the following page.

1. ICF Calendar marathon 2020 – 2021 as known 28/08

2020 Vohandyu marathon Vorumaa EST 5/09 (rescheduled from April 2020) 7th Brabantmaarathon Eindhoven NED 6/09 Liffey Descent/World Series Dublin IRL 12/09 CANCELLED race BBkayak Bilbao Bilbao ESP 12/09 32 Danube marathon Bratislava SVK 13/09 Money prizes https://dunmar.kanoe.sk/en/

Vigevano Pavia Pavia ITA 27/09 Money prizes http://www.vigevanopavia.com

European Championships, Gyor HUN 01/10 – www.gyorcanoe2020.com Budapest 04/10 EXAMINATIONS FOR ITO CANDIDATES Adige marathon Pescantina ITA 4/10 Money prizes https://www.adigemarathon.com/ Rheine Marathon Rheine GER Scheduled www.kanumarathon.nrw 10-10 Marathon de l’Ardeche Ardeche FRA

Travesia Rias Baixas “ Pontevedra ESP 19/12 premio Deputacion de Pontevedra” 2021 Drak challenge/World South RSA 30-31/01 Money prizes Series race Africa Camp & Kozetur Antalya TUR 19 – 22/03 Money prizes marathon/World Series race Turin marathon/World Turin ITA 27 – 28/03 Money prizes Series race Waterlandmarathon/World Amsterdam NED 17/04 Money prizes Series race Sella Descent/World Series Arriondas ESP 07/08 Money prizes race

2. Who are complaining there’s never anything interesting to do (beside if possible)?

1) Quiz marathon Test your marathon knowledge with this quiz. You can’t win any prize, no medal, only everlasting fame. We will put the results in the newsletter which published after November 1. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdh3DxRg6RHdLhst- JMKPARQllfRJGffzb2ZKIjcaWThFhiBQ/viewform

2) ICF CHALLENGE The event runs from August 10th to September 6th.The ICF charity partner is Peace and . You can find all the information on the website https://planet.canoeicf.com/paddlechallenge

Free to participate but if you donate to Peace and Sports, you get a chance to win an RTM each week!

3) For canoe kids there is a special page on the ICF website https://www.canoeicf.com/canoe-kids

4) ICF CANOE MARATHON WORLD SERIES 2020/2021

RACES FOR THE WORLD SERIES, AND THE WORLD SERIES RANKING: The ICF Canoe Marathon World Series involves marathon races all worldwide selected by the ICF Canoe Marathon Committee. Included the World Cups and the World Championships are this the World Series Ranking races. The Ranking starts in 2020 after September 1. The applicant race must be part of the ICF Events Calendar.

It is still possible to add some races for 2020 – 2021, and send application to Begoña Rodriguez ([email protected]) with a copy to Ruud Heijselaar [email protected]

International Competitions accepted by World Series Races CAM World Cups Short Distance Standard Distance World Championships Short Distance Standard Distance

THE WORLD SERIES CLASSES The World Series Raking classes are:

• K1 men • K1 women • C1 men • C1 women

COMPETITORS The World Series is open to all athletes who are members of clubs under a National Federation affiliated to the ICF. Individual race entries can be submitted directly to the race organizer according to the ICF rules, except for the World Cup and World Championships where entries must be made by National Federations.

RULES The races must comply with the ICF regulations

OBLIGATIONS FOR THE ORGANISERS: 1. To be part of the World Series must comply with the minimum prize money of 1.000Euros or the PURCHASING POWER PARITY equivalent in the local currency in the host country for each of the categories. 2. Send the results within two days or soonest. if possible, in excel 3. Promote the event. Local press, social media, website, etc. 4. Use the ICF Logo 5. Name the race with ¨……. World Series¨ 6. Short Summary video of the event

Live streaming, if possible

ALLOCATION OF POINTS AND WORLD SERIES RANKING Points towards the overall result will be awarded to the first 30 finishers in the four classes, according to the table below. The allocation of points leads to the World Ranking with World Championships as the final event where the winners of each of the 4 classes will receive an ICF Trophy.

FINAL WORLD WORLD World Series race CLASSICATION CHAMPIONSHIPS** CUP** IN THE EVENT 1 200 100 50 2 180 90 45 3 170 85 43 4 150 75 38 5 140 70 35 6 130 65 33 7 120 60 30 8 110 55 28 9 100 50 25 10 90 45 23 11 85 43 22 12 80 40 20 13 75 38 19 14 70 35 18 15 65 33 17 16 60 30 15 17 55 28 14 18 50 25 13 19 45 23 12 20 40 20 10 21 35 18 9 22 30 15 8 23 28 14 7 24 26 13 6 25 24 12 5 26 22 11 4 27 20 10 3 28 18 9 2 29 10 5 1 30 5 3 0

** Short distance races half of the points normal distance

Where points in the series are equal, the paddler who has won the larger number of races will be the winner. In case that still being a tie, the most second places will be considered, and so on to third and fourth positions, until the position is determined. In the event that all places are equal, the winner will be determined by position of the most recent races completed, i.e. last event has highest priority.

5) LONG-TERM CALENDAR UPDATE

2021

World Cup 1 ?? Open for applications

World Masters Games 17-19 May (marathon) Kansai/JPN Confirmed Masters European Cup Moscow /RUS Confirmed European Championships 5 – 11 July World Games – July Birmingham, / USA Postponed to 2022 World Championships - Bascov, Pitesti /ROU Qualification World Games Birmingham 2022

World Cup 2 15/16/17 October Shaoxing /CHN Confirmed

2022 World Cup 1 Open for application World Cup 2 (dates to be confirmed) Changzhou/CHN

Masters European Cup – 18 - 19 July Silkeborg /DEN Confirmed European Championships 21- 24 July World Games – July 6 – 17 Birmingham, Alabama / USA Confirmed

World Championships – (dates to be confirmed) Ponte de / POR Confirmed

2023 World Cup Open for applications Masters European Cup Slavonski Brod/ CRO Confirmed European Championships (dates to be confirmed)

World Championships, 1-4 September Vejen, Kolding /DEN Confirmed

2024 World Cup Open for applications Masters European Cup Open for European Championships applications World Championships Metkovic/CRO Confirmed

STAY SAFE AND HEALTHY

Ruud Heijselaar Chairman

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