Author: Graeme Galves

CORA Town Hall – 2025 CORA Hall Of Fame – Sunday, November 9, 2025 4PM Pacific

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The CORA Off-the-Water Video Forum Series has resumed this Autumn 2025 with the next up presentation being Canadian Outrigger Hall Of Fame Induction on SUNDAY NOVEMBER 9 ~ 4PM (PACIFIC). CLICK HERE to join the meeting at 4pm (Pacific) on Sunday 9 November 2025

CORA is hosting this online Town Hall presentation for 2025 Hall Of Fame inductees spread across Western Canada. Microwave some popcorn, heat up a warm drink, curl up next to the fireplace, and join us this Autumn evening as our Inductees and Guest Speakers share with you some great tales.

This is an opportunity to get to know those individuals who have been recognized this year including Daphne Ann Brockington, Helen Currey, Jacinta Sheridan, James Hill, Jan Chavarie, Linda Daigle, Melanie Conard, and Sue Milligan who have made significant and exemplary contributions to outrigger canoeing in Canada over their lifetimes as athletes / coaches-builders and as pioneers. Although their histories have been published on the CORA website, their friends and colleagues have personal insights they wish to share.

Guest speakers are being invited and will hopefully include Alan Goto (Sand Point Outrigger Canoe Club), Andrea Dillon (2006 Yukon River Quest / FCRCC), Bob Stewart (Jericho), Bruce Layzell (Suncoast Paddling Club), Carole Fullerton (Jericho), Dr. Emma Cope (Breadner Veterinary Services), Grace Morissette (Lotus), Kate Zubick (Lotus), Kelsey Siddall (Kelowna), Ken Asano (Lotus), Laura Kelly (Vancouver Island Ladies Field Hocky Association), Laurel Archer (Comox Valley Canoe Racing Club), Pauline Adams (2006 Yukon River Quest / Molokai Na Wahine / FCRCC alumni), Robin Macnair (FCRCC), Ruth Matson (Nanaimo), Whitney Horstman (Latitude 48), and several other luminaries.

Topic: CORA Town Hall: Canadian Outrigger Hall Of Fame Induction
Time: Sunday Nov 9, 2025 4:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Time: Nov 9, 2025 04:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83806572202?pwd=kr0wgcJMA5embkk6gknb3iXaEmldrh.1

Meeting ID: 838 0657 2202
Passcode: 306536

Ottawa Fall Classic, October 11, 2025, Ottawa, ON

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Next up on the CORA Sanctioned Eastern Canada outrigger canoe events for 2025 is the Fall Classic in Ottawa on October 11, 2025 (Canadian Thanksgiving Weekend, so that you can work up an appetite for Canadian Thanksgiving dinner) hosted by Rideau Outrigger Racing Club. This event will be a small-boat 11.5KM time trial out and back race down the picturesque Rideau Canal UNESCO World Heritage site.

As a CORA Sanctioned Event and a CORA Eastern Canada CORA Cup Series Event, the Fall Classic is eligible for various CORA funding. For event / registration information, please contact Mark Singer at Rideau Outrigger Racing Club.

CORA Town Hall – Kelowna Paddle Centre Youth Programs – Sunday 19 October 2025 @ 4pm Pacific Time

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CORA invites you to join our Town Hall on Sunday 2025-Oct-19 at 4PM Pacific 4PM Pacific Time for a forum highlighting Kelowna Paddle Centre (KPC) Youth Programs. Kelowna Paddle Centre has developed youth programs that have seen Kelowna Paddle Centre youth paddlers competing successfully at CORA racing events as well as IVF World Championship events. Kelowna Paddle Centre has events / programs specifically directed toward youths. The Kelowna Paddle Centre Junior Racing Program runs from April through September with a focus on outrigger canoe racing. The Kelowna Paddle Centre Summer Paddling Camps provide a range of paddling activities for children and teens. This forum will be led by various Kelowna Paddle Centre members with topics such as: Programming and Coaching; Funding, Insurance, and Other Logistics; Growing Pains and Challenges. This will be a forum for our audience across Canada to engage with Kelowna Paddle Centre and other clubs who share the vision that youth are the future.

Programming and Coaching:

  • Youth Long-Term Athlete Development (LTAD) and the model developed at KPC (see below)
  • Mental Skills and Performance
  • Staff Training and Core Values
  • Technical Knowledge
  • Coaching Methodology

Funding, Insurance, and Other Logistics:

  • Having a facility and strong local community
  • Staffing considerations including paid vs volunteer coaches
  • Insurance
  • Safety
  • Bottlenecks and Thresholds
  • Budgeting

Growing Pains and Challenges:

  • Importance of trial and error
  • Paddler feedback
  • Parent feedback
  • Conflict management

This is an opportunity for clubs that already have in place or are building a youth outrigger canoeing program, to share insights, put forward questions, and communicate what resources would be beneficial to youth outrigger canoeing programs for the 2026 season.