O-Cup 2

O-Cup 2 - Spring Sports Camp, June 16-17

This is an OCSRA-sponsored event. Hosted at the Mississauga Canoe Club (Mississauga, ON), the event is targeted towards LTAD Training to Train stage (U13, U14, U15 & U16 development) paddlers. The camp will include both on-water and off-water sport activities.

Coaches are to complete the registration form and email to Ryan Blair ryanlblair(at)gmail(dot)com by Monday, June 11, 2018.

Post-event report from Ryan Blair, Technical Director, OCSRA

67 paddlers from 11 canoe clubs participated. See the report below for the camp results as well as the burgee points and O-Cup Series points.

Camp participants completed 3 on-water training sessions, 4 off-water games, CKC Base 7 testing and a fun talent show on Saturday. On Sunday, they complete a 6km run, 6km paddle and multiple 200m paddle races. Ranking and points are based on a participants total combined 6km run and 6km paddle time, as well as their 3 best 200m paddle times.

Congratulations to Mississauga for winning the event with 94 points. Burloak was 2nd with 89 points, Rideau 3rd with 76 points. BBCC continues to be the points leader for both the OCup Series Grand Champion and Excellence Award.

The OCup Series Grand Champion points combines a clubs total points from all four (4) OCup events. The OCup Series Excellence Award points combines a clubs total points from all four (4) OCup events, divided by the number of club participants in each event.

A big thank you goes out to the camp coaches Cheyanne Farquharson (RCC), Jared Trafford (CPCC), Priya Gulyani (ORCC), Miles Little (BCC), Jeremy Stott (PRCC) and Angus Mortimer (MCC). Thank you also goes out to Mississauga Canoe Club for sharing their great facility with us.

The next OCup Series event is OCup 3 - Ontario Championships on August 18-19 in Welland, ON.