The 'River Stour Charity Paddlathon' is a one day, team based, challenge paddle which will take place on Saturday June 17th 2017.
Teams of friends, colleagues and family members are challenged to paddle the navigation from Sudbury to Flatford Mill in one day and to raise funds for local charities - our goal is to see more than £80,000 raised in this inaugural event.
At approximately 25 miles, it is a 'paddlathon'!
Completing the challenge will test individual mental and physical stamina as well as well as requiring good team skills!
The fittest and best paddlers will complete this route in circa 8 hours while most will expect 10 hours of paddle time.
Entry is available for 'Relay' and 'Endurance' teams, see below.
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Entry Fees Include:
- Entry Costs (obviously!)
- Use of Equipment (canoes / tandems/ kayaks) for
the event.
- Off-water Training Programme to help you
prepare your body for the challenge at home / in
your local park.
- One Hour Skills & Coaching session from our
Hire Centre in Sudbury.
- Three half-day hire vouchers redeemable against use of
your entry boat for scheduled training sessions.
- Participant Goody-Bag with gifts from sponsors and
partners.
- For Relay Teams: transfers from the end of your leg to
Flatford Mill will be provided free of charge.
Participation is limited, each of the following 'Founding Charities' have helped to create this event and as such each has a priority allocation of Team Places which are available to BOOK NOW on their terms. Please register your interest here, declaring which charity you'd like to paddle for and a representative will be in touch.
In January 2017 a Ballot will be held to allocate further Team Places for those wishing to raise money for other registered charities, register your interest now to stay up to date!
Please click here to register your interest in participating either for a Founding Charity or to enter the Ballot.
Relay Challenge:
Teams of 8 will paddle our traditional open canoes or tandem sit-on-top kayaks, in pairs.
Each pair will paddle 1 of the 4 legs (approx 6 miles / 2.5hrs) and is achievable by averaging active and committed participants.
LEGS are: Sudbury - Bures, Bures - Nayland, Nayland - Stratford St Mary, Stratford St Mary - Flatford Mill.
Our fundraising expectation is that each relay participant should be able raise a min. of £150 i.e. each team should raise £1200.
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Endurance Challenge:
Teams of 3 will each paddle single seat kayaks the full distance from Sudbury to Flatford Mill, starting, passing checkpoints and finishing as a team!
The Endurance Challenge is hard work, even seasoned challenge cyclists, runners, etc will need to work hard and dig deep to complete the challenge!
Our fundraising expectation is that each Endurance participant should be able to raise a minimum of £400 i.e. each team should raise £1200.
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Additional Costs:
Entry Fees include everything you NEED to participate though you might like to consider the following additional costs before committing the Challenge:
- Travel to the start / from the end, click here.
- Personal Clothing / Equipment, click here.
- Optional ADDITIONAL Practice / Coaching Sessions, click here.
- Food & Drink during the challenge.
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01206 700 707
reservations@outdoorhirecentre.co.uk
CALL US: 01206 700 707
EMAIL: reservations@outdoorhirecentre.co.uk
