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     Dates Anounced - BUSA White Water Racing Championships 2005/06 - 19th/20th November 2005

Welcome to the BUSA White Water Race mini-site. The BUSA Student White Water Race is organised by Birmingham University Kayak Club (BUKC), and is held in the autumn term each year. 

The 2005-06 event will be held over the weekend of the 19th / 20th November 2005. The race is to take remain at the River Washburn in North Yorkshire.

Please download an event poster and help us advertise the event. Thanks!  Put it in your diaries now, as next years race promises to be bigger and better than ever!

Further information and entry forms for the championships will be sent out nearer the time through BUSA and our mailing list. In the mean time, if you would like further info about next years championships or to be added to our mailing list please email: whitewaterrace@bukc.org.uk

 

Event T-shirt design:

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2004 EVENT NEWS

 

The 2004 - 05 race was held at the River Washburn in North Yorkshire over the weekend of 13th / 14th November 2004. 

 

24th Jan 2005 - More photo's added here.

 

The final results from this years championships are available here

 

Their are still some event T-shirts available for £6 each, please email us if you want one! 

 

This years event saw a total of over 300 individual or team entrances across all the classes. We would like to thank all teams and individuals for their efforts to stick to the start times which allowed everyone to race!

 

Thanks to all the Birmingham helpers for all their hard work over the weekend, the event would not be possible without their efforts.

 

Thanks to Danny, Clive and Steve from Desperate Measures for attending this years event with their tent, DJ, boating videos, tea and coffee, heaters, generators and fleet of demo boats. Please check out their website for all you paddling needs.

 

Thanks also to the Yorkshire Outside Catering Company, The Hopper Lane Hotel and Mrs Hall from High House Farm for their support of the championships.

 

Finally, thanks to the River Washburn Committee and the BCU Wild Water Racing Committee for their continued support and help with the BUSA WWR Championships.

 

BUSA White Water Race, c/o Birmingham University Kayak Club, The Munrow Centre, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT