2016 Wildwater Calendar (Updated April 11, 2016)

Please send all race results to Tom Wier at .

2016

/ * / Race / Location / Level / Type / Difficulty / Contact Information
2/27 – 2/28 / NRC Glacier Breaker / Nantahala River
Wesser, NC / Regional / Sprint and Classic / II+ /
3/25 – 3/27 / Bank of America US Open and
US 2016 Junior Team Trials
(Eastern) / Nantahala River
Wesser, NC / Regional / Sprint and Classic / II+ /
3/26 / Scantic Spring Splash / Scantic River
Enfield, CT / Regional / Classic / II+ / NECKRA
3/26 / Red Moshannon Race / Moshannon Creek
Near Snow Shoe, PA / Regional / Long Classic / II /
4/2 / Ware River Ice Breaker / Ware River
Barre, MA / Regional / Classic / I - II / NECKRA
4/3 / Hockanum River Race / Hockanum River
Vernon, CT / Regional / Classic / II / NECKRA
4/9 – 4/10 / Webster Wildwater Weekend / Elk River
Webster Springs, WV / Regional / Classic / II-III / Webster County Watershed Association

4/10 / Willimantic Downriver Race / Willimantic River
Heron Cove Park
Tolland, CT / Regional / Classic / I – II / NECKRA
4/16 / Westfield Wildwater Races
(Novice & Expert) / Westfield River
Huntington, MA / Regional / Classic / II+
III / NECKRA
4/16 / Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race / Kenduskeag Stream
Kenduskeag to Bangor, ME / Regional / Classic /
4/23-4/24 / Durango Whitewater Downriver Races and Western Junior Team Trials / Animas River
Durango, Colorado / National / Sprint (4/23) and Classic (4/24) / III / Contact Cathy Hearn at for information
4/23 / Wappingers Creek Water Derby / Wappingers Creek
Pleasant Valley, NY / Regional / Classic / II / NECKRA
4/24 / Sturbridge All-American River Race /
Quinebaug River
Sturbridge, MA
/ Regional / Classic / II / NECKRA
4/30 / Lower Ashuelot River Race / Ashuelot River
Winchester, NH / Regional / Classic / NECKRA
5/1 / Otter Brook Canoe & Kayak Race / Otter Brook
Roxbury, NH / Regional / Classic / III / NECKRA
5/6 / Cheat Canyon Downriver Race / Cheat River
Albright, WV / Regional / Long Classic / III - V / Friends of Cheat

5/7 / Boateater Challenge / Farmington River
Burlington, CT
/ Regional / Classic / II+ / NECKRA
5/15 / Quinnipiac Downriver Classic /
Quinnipiac River
Southington, CT
/ Regional / Classic / I / NECKRA
5/20 – 5/22 / 2016 ICF Canoe Sprint
World Cup 1 / Duisburg, Germany. / International / Sprint /
5/27 – 5/29 / 2016 ICF Canoe Sprint
World Cup 2 / Racice, Czech Republic. / International / Sprint /

2016

/ * / Race / Location / Level / Type / Difficulty / Contact Information
6/1 – 6/5 / 2016 ICF Wildwater Canoeing World Championships / Banja Luka, River Vrbas, Bosnia & Herzegovna / International / Sprint /
6/3 – 6/6 / 2016 ICF Canoe Sprint
World Cup 3 /
Montemor-O-Velho
Portugal.
/ International / Sprint /
6/4 / Onion River Race /
Winooski River
Waterbury, VT / Regional / Classic / NECKRA
6/10 – 6/11 / Tim Gavin Downriver Race / Shenandoah River
Harpers Ferry, WV / Regional / Classic / II – III /
6/11 / Zoar Gap Downriver
Fife Dam to Shunpike Race / Deerfield River
CT / Regional / Classic / II – III / NECKRA
6/16 – 6/19 / FIBArk / Arkansas River
Salida, CO / International / Long Classic / II – IV /
6/17 – 6/19 / 2016 ICF Wildwater Canoeing World Cup /
Pau, France
/ International / Sprint /
6/25 / Charlemont Downriver Race /
Deerfield River
Charlemont, MA / Regional / Classic / II / NECKRA
7/6 – 7/10 / 2016 Penobscot River Whitewater Nationals Regatta
(including the US Wildwater National Championships) / Penobscot River
Old Town, Maine / National / Sprint and Classic / II - III / Penobscot Nation
penobscotriverwhitewaternationalsregatta.com
9/19 / Animal Upper Gauley Race / Gauley River
Summersville, WV / International / Long Classic / IV+ /
11/6 / Deerfield Valley Canoe & Kayak Race / Deerfield River
Deerfield, MA / Regional / Classic / I – II / NECKRA

2016

/ * / Race / Location / Level / Type / Difficulty / Contact Information
TBD / 2017 US Senior Team Trials
(Western) / TBD / National / Sprint and Classic / II - III /
TBD / 2017 US Senior Team Trials
(Eastern) / TBD / National / Sprint and Classic / III-III+ /
TBD / Salmon la Sac Downriver Race / Cle Elum River
Roslyn, WA / Regional / Sprint and Classic / II+ / League of Northwest Whitewater Racers
TBD / NF Nooksack River Sprint / North Fork Nooksack River
Glacier, WA / Regional / Sprint / III+ / League of Northwest Whitewater Racers
TBD / Cedar River Downriver Race / Cedar River
Landsburg, WA / Regional / Sprint and Classic / II+ / League of Northwest Whitewater Racers
TBD / Seneca Showdown / Seneca Creek
Poolesville, MD / Regional / Classic / II - III /

Steve-O McKone


calleva.org/content/seneca-showdown-2015
TBD / Stonycreek Downriver Race /
Stonycreek River
Ferndale, PA / Regional / Sprint and Classic / II – III / benscreekcanoeclub.com/rendezvous
or on Facebook
TBD / Wyoming Whitewater Championships / Hoback and Snake Rivers
Jackson, WY / Regional / II – III+ / Jackson Hole Kayak Club
TBD / Great Rappahannock Whitewater Canoe Race / Fredericksburg, VA / Regional / Sprint and Classic / I-III /
TBD / Lehigh River Classic / Lehigh River
Rockport, PA / Regional / Classic / II - III /
TBD / Ocoee Downriver Race / Ocoee River
Reliance, TN / Regional / Classic / III – IV / TVCC
tvccpaddler.com/annual-ocoee-river-race/
TBD / Dragon Slayer Race / Deerfield River
Zoar, MA / Regional / Classic / III-IV / NECKRA
TBD / Deerfield River Fest
Wildwater Race /
Deerfield River
Zoar, MA / Regional / Classic / III – IV / NECKRA
TBD / Northeast Regional Championships / ???? / Regional / Sprint and Classic / ????

Key to the second column: asterisk => Results received; dash => Race not in the rankings; blank => no results