Roscommon Canoe Challenge
43nd Annual Roscommon Canoe Challenge
C2 and C1 Races
May 9-10, 2025
Friday and Saturday races
Roscommon County Canoe Racing Association Website
Race Registration
https://www.rccra.net/race-info1.html
NEW C1 DAY THIS YEAR!!!!! C1 will be held Friday evening to ensure all paddlers have Mothers Day off to spend with Mom’s! Friday, May 9TH C1 Race starts at 5:30pm. Day of registration opens at 4:00pm. Paddler order will be determined by pre-registration (day of registration participants will automatically be put last). Paddlers will be sent off every 5 seconds, paddle down to Steckert Bridge and perform a clock wise buoy turn and continue paddling back up river to Wallace Park. Saturday, May 10th C2 Race Starts at 11am. Day of registration will open at 9:30am. Race Briefing at 10:40! Heats will be determined following pre-registration and day of registration (day of registration participants will automatically be put in the last heat). We WILL be doing our normal run start with one paddler starting across the road and over the hill while the other paddler waits with boat on the river edge. Paddlers will paddle down to Deerheart Valley Rd and perform a clockwise buoy turn and paddle back up river to Wallace Park. Amateur Class (E2) will paddle down to Steckert Bridge, perform a clockwise buoy turn and paddle back up river to Wallace Park. Following the C2 race there will be a award ceremony under the pavilion at Wallace Park Please do not park in the church parking lot. Directions to race start: From South: I-75 North, Exit 239, Right onto M-18/E Michigan Hwy 3 miles-Park is located on the left – just past the Catholic Church From North:I-75 South, Exit 244,Left onto W. Federal Hwy/CR 200 3.8 miles, Turn left at light onto Lake Street.2 miles- Park is located on left – just past the Catholic Church For more information, contact: Sean Brabant sean.g.brabant@gmail.com |