Look forward to seeing you at the 2025 Paddle Australia Canoe Marathon & SUP Championships
The event will take place between 10th and 13th April and will be preceded by the 2025 Paddle WA State Canoe Marathon Championships that will take place on 29th & 30th March
We’re going to need a big team of volunteers ! Both for setting up and running the event.
You can volunteer on this registration. All volunteers who help for up to a half day [which is most of the jobs] will receive an event hat and a tee shirt. During the event and during portage ramp work, volunteers will receive a voucher for something to eat and a drink for each day of volunteering. You can do more than one job on a day as some of the jobs are short tasks at the beginning of the day.
Here’s the schedule of set-up activities and events:
Sat/Sun March 22nd & 23rd: Boarding out portage ramps
Fri March 28th: Set course & portage up for State Championships
Sat/Sun March 29/30: State Championships
Mon 7th April: Paddlers Compound, Boat racks, Changing, Signage
Tue 8th April: Commence Security Paddlers’ Compound
Wed 9th April: Set up course, portage
Thur 10th: Set up flags/podium, First Races PM [SUP, U12, Non-Champ]
Fri 11th: Short Course & Mixed Doubles
Sat 12th: Marathon Singles
Sun 13th: Marathon Doubles
Mon 14th: Pack up
The registration will ask which days you are available for and what jobs you would like to do. Here is a list of the jobs that need to be filled.
Portage handyman [boarding out and carpeting ramps] - Course lay-out assistant - Portage set-up assistant - Tear drop flags [label, set-up, take down at night, set up, pack up in correct bags at end] - Registration [runs all day at Nationals] – PA [loudspeakers] set up and test - Raft marshall [checks paddlers onto water] - Aligner [aligns waves up] – Timer - Timer’s spotter [records boats over the line] – Starter - Course umpire [watches the marks, need X] - Boat driver [three boats each day] - Boat crew - Portage official - Finish line marshall [in ski at Finish Line] - Medal management [set up ready and help with presentations] - PA and announcements.
Select this link for the Event Guidebook: https://paddlewa.asn.au/2025-paddle-australia-canoe-marathon-sup-championships-guidebook/
Thanks for your help !