Wounded Warrior Disabled Sports Project Event Host
Programs for 2009
History/Facts
Rochester River Challenge
Halifax, Nova Scotia
-- August 12-16, 2009
Cape Ability
Outrigger Ohana, Inc. paddlers selected to the United
States Canoe and Kayak teams competing in International
Canoe Federation World Championship PaddleAbility Races
The following PaddleAbility paddlers have been selected to the USA
Canoe/Kayak team representing the United States in the 2009
International Canoe Federation World Championships in Nova Scotia August
12-16, 2009. Paddlers will compete in 200-meter flat water sprint races.
Races for paddlers with disabilities as full-medal world championship
events are included for the first time in the history of ICF
Championships.
K-1 Man: Army Sgt. Rob Brown, a Wounded Warrior from Washington, D.C.
K-1 Woman: Tammy Jopson from Rochester, NY
K-2 Mixed: Mark Dunford, a veteran from Buffalo
and Rebecca Lloyd from Lima, NY
OC-2 Mixed: Augusto Perez from East Syracuse
and Tami Hetke from Boulder Creek, California
Jan Whitaker, President of Cape Ability Outrigger Ohana, Inc., is the USACK coach for the United States outrigger canoe team. Jan’s vision of outrigger canoeing as a Paralympic Sport was inspired by the joyous participation of a 9-year old Rochester girl with a physical disability who participated in a summer outrigger canoe program in 1997. On Tuesday, July 28, 2009 ICF President Jose Perurena and Secretary General Simon Toulson met with the International Va’a Federation’s President Charles Villerierme and his advisor, Mr Marcel Venot to discuss how the two International Federations could collaborate to work on the inclusion of va’a (outrigger canoeing) in 2016 Paralympics. Read the full story at: www.canoeicf.com
Tammy Jopson, Mark Dunford, Rebecca Lloyd and Augusto Perez have been training with Debby Page, USACK PaddleAbility kayak coach and Jan Whitaker in a program offered by Cape Ability Outrigger Ohana, Inc..
Please see: www.canoe09.ca for general information about the 2009 ICF World Championships.
Tammy and Mark train in the K-2 on Tonawanda Creek
Jan and Rebecca train in the K-2 on Black Creek
Debby and Rebecca train in the K-2 on Black Creek
For more information contact Jan Whitaker at president@adaptivecanoeing.org