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FGPC WetDashe OC Challenge
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Location: Fairway Gorge Paddling Club (FGPC), 2940 Jutland Road, Victoria BC
Race Dates: Saturday November 18th and/or November 19th (depending on chosen course).
Registration Fee: $40 per paddler (including GST)
- Crew size can range from minimum 9 to a standard 12 (classic format) to a maximum 18 paddler crew
- Tech racing shirts are included in the registration fee with sizing available on a first-rostered, first-served basis.
Race Distance: Three distances to choose from:
- 12km – 4-Lap Short Course (Saturday OR Sunday)
- 24km – 8-Lap (Saturday OR Sunday)
- 48km – 16 lap (Saturday, running concurrently based on advance crew registrations for one of these three distances).
Race Categories: Mixed (three or more women must be in the canoe at any one time); gendered crews (e.g. all-male crews or crews with over-quota males) can apply to register as exhibition and will race along with mixed crews with results logged in the “exhibition” category)
Boats: Both Spec & Ultralight Options are available. FGPC’s outrigger fleet of boats are supplied to registered teams by FGPC.
- Grid assignments/start positions may change on race days. Boat allocations will be confirmed on race day.
Race Formats
- CHEVRON 12km: Short Course 12km (4 x 3km laps) running concurrently with 24km & 48km (Saturday OR Sunday)
- WALRUS 24km: Long Course 24km (8 x 3km laps) running concurrently with 12km & 48km (Saturday OR Sunday)
- IMPERIAL 48km: Ultra-long Course 48km (16 x 3km laps) spread across either one or two days (Saturday), with afternoon / morning sections of your crew’s choice
12th-Anniversary Wetdashe Paddling Shirts
Each registered team’s paddlers will be provided with “tech” 12th-anniversary Wetdashe paddling shirts, with pre-ordered sizing or assigned sizing based on roster numbers (and depending on if you provided sizing before production deadline). Shirt sizes and numbers will be requested after the team is registered. FGPC will not provide shirt exchanges or race shirt returns, but crews can arrange to swap shirts between paddlers as they wish.
Registration and roster submission must be completed no later than Wednesday November 1 in order to ensure race shirt sizing and numbers. Registrations after November 1 will include a selection of race shirts but sizing is not guaranteed.
Make Every Second Count: Wetdashe Men’s Health Fund: competitors and supporters can help Wetdashe 2023 participate by contributing pledges. Pledged donations to the BC Cancer Foundation “add speed” to teams and individual competitors by donating to the BC Cancer Foundation’s Wetdashe Men’s Health Fund. Money raised through supporters’ pledges is directed to the BC Cancer Agency’s research and clinical development of “PSMA prostate scanning technology,” an advanced prostate cancer diagnostic that results in better outcomes men affected by prostate cancer. For every $10 donated to the Wetdashe Men’s Health Fund, a 1-second advantage is added to the scores of chosen teams and paddlers. Please join individual and cohort athletes and their supporting communities across BC to “make every second count” for men’s health. Contribution instructions for pledges and time credits (1 second per $10 dollars) will be provided to participants once their registrations are complete.
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