2008 USA WILDWATER NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Race Schedule
Friday August 1st	10 am - noon – Registration at Zoar Outdoor noon – 4 pm - Practice runs on the Dryway
Saturday August 2nd	8:30 am - 10 am – registration at Dunbar Brook picnic area 11 am – 4 pm  - Sprint Races on the Dryway – 2 heats 6:30 pm - Team alumni dinner at Zoar Outdoor
Sunday August 3rd	noon – 4 pm  - Classic Race on the Dryway 5 pm - Awards presentation at Dunbar Brook picnic area

Zoar Outdoor will be hosting the USA Wildwater Nationals on the Deerfield River in western Massachusetts on August 1-3, 2008. During the 1990s, Zoar Outdoor hosted a number of national competitions on the Deerfield River including Slalom Nationals, Junior Team Trials, Open Boat Nationals, and the Wildwater Nationals in 1993 and 1995 and 2007.

The Dryway is a 4-mile section of continuous class III-IV rapids with a gradient of 60-80 feet per mile. Releases provided by TransCanada from a hydro-generating facility, put 900-1100 cfs through this section. The Dryway has been the site of two past wildwater national championships.

There will be water releases on the Dryway on Friday for training and Saturday and Sunday for the race with flows for four to five hours per day. Typical late-August weather in our area brings air temperatures in the mid-70s and water temperatures around 60 degrees.

If traveling by plane, it’s best to fly into Hartford/Springfield Bradley International Airport in Connecticut or the Albany, NY airport. Both are about 1 ½ hours from Charlemont. Boston is also an option, but is 3 hours from the site.

There are several B & Bs, Hotels and Inns within a 30-minute drive of the river. Greenfield, a city of 20,000, is 20 miles east of Charlemont; North Adams, with a population of 25,000, is 20 miles west. Zoar Outdoor has on-site camping and a guest lodge that sleeps up to 14 people.  For other area lodging see http://www.hawkmountainlodge.com/localandlinks.htm. Reservations for lodging at Zoar Outdoor can be made by calling 800-532-7483.

For more information on dining and what to do in the local area visit www.shelburnefalls.com or www.berkshires.org.

 

Click here for a registration form. - registrations should be mailed to :

Zoar Outdoor

P.O. Box 245

Charlemont, MA 01339

Click here for the USACK waiver form.

 

Age groups	Boat classes		Race categories
□ Junior <19	□ K1 Mens	□ K1 Mens Rec.	□ Sprint (class III - IV, Dryway, 2 - 3 minutes)
□ 19 – 39 yrs	□ K1 Womens	□ K1 Womens Rec.
□ Master 40 +	□ C1	□ C1 Rec.	□ Classic (class IlI - IV, Dryway,12 - 15 minutes)
	□ C2	□ C2 Rec.

 

 

For more information contact Karen Blom, Race Coordinator 800-532-7483, karen@zoaroutdoor.com

For directions see http://www.zoaroutdoor.com/directions.htm