When: Saturday 19 September, 2015
Event HQ: Baden Powell Campground, Lane Poole Reserve, Dwellingup,
Western Australia
Disciplines: River paddling in moving water including a couple of small rapids.
mountain biking and cross-country run
Categories: Ironman/woman, pairs, teams
Our Sponsors: Canoeing Downunder, Crank’n Cycles, Water Wanderers, Protective Case, Joondalup Sports Remedial Massage, Canoesonline, Alarm Sytems WA, Protective Cases, BB Cycles & Ascot Riverside Kiosk.
This years charity is Samaritans Crisis Line
Click HERE for the Event Flyer
THE EVENT
The Nanga Challenge is a multi sport event with a focus on fun and challenge. It is about getting into the outdoors, challenging yourself while having an fantastic day out. The Nanga is a very good introduction to adventure racing for newcomers, and for the regular racer it is a great course to chase bragging rights over your mates.
The event comprises of an upstream and downstream paddle totalling 10.5 km, a user friendly two-lap mountain bike leg totalling 21 km and a one lap cross-country run of 9.6km. Participants can enter as a team, a pair or take on the course solo as an ironman or woman. It’s as competitive or as fun as you like to make it. Camping is available – enjoyment is compulsory.
Participants supply own equipment and must be competent paddling in moving water and grade 1-2 rapids.
Please read and print the “Conditions of Entry” document. Click HERE for your copy.
Also read, print and sign the “Nanga Challenge Acknowledgment Waiver and Release’ and present it at registration.
LOCATION
Just 100 kilometres from Perth, is a beautiful jarrah forest by the Murray River, Lane Poole Reserve. Thousands of visitors enjoy the experience of the Reserve every year. Lane Poole has steeply forested valley slopes, open undulating woodlands, recreation areas and popular camping spots. The Murray River is the largest in the Darling Plateau. In winter it can be a raging torrent and in summer a trickling stream. It is a perfect location for an event that focuses on fun and challenge. Camp overnight or visit for the day. We are fortunate to have access to this beautiful place for a great event. We thank and acknowledge DEC for their support and we encourage all competitors to do the right thing by the environment in which they event.
THE COURSE
The Paddling Leg
Is a mass start at Baden Pool, where paddlers head upstream (against the current) for about (5) kms to a turning marker. During the paddle leg there is one compulsory portage and a couple of small rapids to paddle up, you have the option to portage if unable to paddle up the rapid. There is a tricky corner and couple of narrow sections to paddle through. Then return to the start line and run to the mtb transition.
Mountain Bike leg
The mountain biking course is mainly on gravel tracks with lots of uphill but there are some tricky sections to challenge the more experienced mountain bikers with the option for others to dismount. The course is OK for beginners to mountain biking. It is challenging but not too hard. The course is essentially 2 laps, retuning to the transition area ONLY when completing the second lap.
Cross Country Run Leg
The foot leg is run on gravel tracks and trails. There are a couple of killer hills and a section where most will crawl and scramble up a steep section to get to the next contour / track.
ENTRY CATEGORIES
There are three (3) categories
entry fee includes, Race, lunch, Event Shirt, Camping
Iron man/woman $100.00
Pretty self explanatory. You do all three (3) legs and can be male or female and you will need a race name
Pairs $150.00
You do all three (3) legs with another person. You can assist each other around the course. If paddling two (2) single craft must stay close together and transition together, although a preference in the paddle leg is to use either a K2 or double ski. Can be male pair, female pair or mixed pair and you will need a name for your pair.
Teams $250.00
If a team of three (3) one person per leg, if a team of two (2) one person does two (2) legs and the other does one (1) leg. Can be all male team, all female team or mixed team and you will need a name for your team.
AGE CATEGORIES
Junior 16 – 17
Open 18 – 39
Veterans 40 and over
Categories don’t collapse to open. If there are two (2) open and five (5) veterans then the veterans have a class and the open don’t. Need a minimum of three (3) entries to make a class.
Junior Team – all members aged 16 – 17 on race day
Veteran Team – all members aged 40 and over on race day
Any other mixture of age categories for teams enter as ‘open team’ category
Pairs – no age categories apply although participants must be 16 years of age or over on race day. Choose pairs men, pairs women or pairs mixed.
Age Limit
Participants must be 16 years and over on the day of the event.
Any competitors aged 16 or 17 on the day of the event, must have a parent/guardian who completes the permission section on the online entry form – under options.
EQUIPMENT
Kayak/ski/Canoe
Any paddle propelled craft suitable for moving and white water can be used. All paddlers’ kayaks (sit in craft) must be fitted with additional floatation via air bags or equivalent. All paddlers must wear an approved kayaking helmet and PFD with whistle attached. Bike helmets are not permitted for the paddle leg.
Mountain Bike
Each person doing the bike leg will require a mountain bike (not hybrid or cyclocross) and an Australian Standard Bike Helmet in good condition. All participants must wear a cycle helmet at all times during the mountain bike leg. MTBs must be in good working order, especially the brakes.
Drink container
It is suggested but not essential to carry water in a camelback or other suitable arrangement.
EVENT ELIGIBILITY
As this Event includes a kayaking leg in moving water with Grade 2 rapids all paddlers must be proficient in white or moving water. Evidence can be supplied when you complete your online entry eg competed in the Avon Descent or other appropriate white water or open ocean race. If you are unsure of your suitability to participate in the paddle leg of the Nanga Challenge please contact the event organisers, Jane 0433 411 996 or nangachallenge@gmail.com or Leonie 0412 101 949
TIMETABLE
7.30 am Registration opens
8.00 am Volunteer Briefing at Event HQ
8.30 am Registration Closes
8.45 am Pre Event Briefing at Event HQ – All participants must be present
9.00 am Event starts
11.00 am Food and drink
When completing your online entry please purchase a food voucher for yourself, your support crew and spectators as there will be no food for sale on the day.
1.00 pm Presentations and Prize giving. Person receiving the prize must be at the presentation to receive the prize. Times are approximate and may vary as required.
ACCOMMODATION & CAMPING
Pitch a tent near the Murray River is a great way to escape from the fast paced city life. You get to relax, soak up the environment and re-energize. There are numerous popular camping spots. One is the old jarrah mill at Nanga, with the Nanga Brook nearby, which flows down a trout ladder and into the Murray River, you can see why it is such a popular spot.
HQ is at Baden Powell Camp-ground and there are numerous campsites with fireplaces and tables available but remember to bring your own wood for the fire and water to drink.
This is a great social event for Ascot kayak Club and all participants are warmly invited to join us for a relaxing and enjoyable drink or two after the event. Saturday night you get to snuggle into your warm tent and sleeping bag waking refreshed and relaxed before heading back to Perth on the Sunday ready to face the rat race.
If camping is not your scene there are lots of other accommodation options available. Click on the link below.
http://dwellingup-accommodation.itravelwesternaustralia.com/
FACILITIES
The facilities of modern life and the city will not be available at HQ Nanga Challenge, however, being in the beautiful Lane Pool Reserve beside the gorgeous Murray River will more than make up for it.
Facilities at the event include:
Toilets – long drop toilets.
Catering – Lunch is included in the price of the entry fee for each race participant. We are unable to sell food on the day so please purchase food vouchers for any spectators and support crew who will be joining you at the event, you can do this when you enter the event online. There will be no food sales on the day.
Water – There is no running tap water at Baden Powell. Participants are advised to be self sufficient with regards to water and to bring enough for before, during and after the event.
Hot Drinks – There will be hot tea and coffee available.
Shelter – There will be a few small shelters to keep out of the rain however, we suggest you bring your wet weather gear just in-case there are lots of people and not enough room for everyone under the shelters.
ENTRY INSTRUCTIONS
Online entries are open HERE No late entries are accepted.
Any online queries please contact Jane 0433 411 996 or email nangachallenge@gmail.com
The online process will require all the usual personal details but importantly you must supply a correct email address so the Nanga Organising Team (NOT) can contact you if required.
If you are a member of Ascot Kayak Club or in another club that is affiliated with Australian Canoeing you can enter your member number and all your personal details are automatically included.
If entering a team the first entry must be the person completing the online payment.
Event Payment
You can pay via credit card/pay pal using the online event registration system. You don’t need to have a paypal account to make your payment.
Credit card/pay pal
This option is part of the online system which you will do at the end of your registration. Push the paypal button to get to the credit card option. You will receive a confirmation of this via email when completed.
INSURANCE
The Event is covered by Ascot Kayak Clubs Sports Liability cover. Event participants are responsible for their own ambulance cover and personal accident insurance.
PRESENTATIONS AND PRIZES
The presentation ceremony will commence at approximately 1.00pm, when the majority of competitors have finished the Event.
In the Nanga Challenge, the person who is on the course for the loges and finishes last, rather than dropping out, along the way, is accorded a distinction with a trophy the ‘Lanterne Rouge’. The phrase comes from the French ‘Red Lantern’ and refers to the red lantern hung on the caboose of a railway train, which conductors would look for in order to make sure none of the couplings had become disconnected.
Winners & Placings
Where there are four (4) or more in a category, placings will be announced for 1st, 2nd and 3rd.
Where there are less than four (4) in a category, 1st place only will be announced.
Prize getters must be at the presentation to receive a prize
IMPORTANT EVENT RULES
You must complete all legs of the course
If in a pair you must stay within twenty (20) metres of each other
SPECTATORS AND PARKING
Encourage family and friends to come along and cheer you on. The event start, transitions and finish are all at Event HQ’s, the hub of the event. There is plenty of parking available at Baden Powell Campground.
If you have family and friends coming along who would like to be a part of the fun, consider asking them to volunteer as an event official as they can be a part of the great day out as well. All volunteers receive a free t-shirt and lunch.
EVENT BIBS
Each competitor will be provided with a number plate for their bike and an Event bib, which must be worn at all times during the Event and must be worn over the top of PFD’s and camelbacks.
The bibs must be worn as the outermost garment at all times during the event.
EVENT OFFICIALS
Event Officials will be stationed at several checkpoints on the course. They will be wearing an AKC bright orange safety vest.
VOLUNTEERS
This event is organised and run by volunteers. These volunteers are Ascot Kayak Club (AKC) members who give up their time to ensure this Event can happen. We would like to acknowledge the important role of all event volunteers and at AKC our volunteers are highly valued and cherished individuals. We encourage you to acknowledge these people for the contribution they make so we can have fun competing.
FIND A TEAM OR PAIR MEMBER
To find a team mate or someone wanting to race as a pair contact the Nanga Organising Team at nangachallenge@gmail.com Give a brief description of what kind of team or pair member you are looking for, what legs they will do if part of a team and remember to add your own contact details. We have a fairly good source of paddling types who might like to help out.
Other Links
Cycle Map
Run Map
Dwelingup and Lane Poole Reserve Map
Info Pack Lane Poole