This is the page to use when entering Vaikobi Triple 4 Series "River and Bay" races for 2024/25.
The Triple 4 Series for 2024/25 is a further evolution of our previous Winter and Summer series to create a 12 race / 11 month calendar of events in south eastern Tasmania. The upcoming series involves 7 river/bay races and 5 ocean races. As the series progresses and our waters warm up paddlers will generally move from loop courses in more protected areas to downwind courses in open water environments. Our courses will always put you in the right spot to catch waves, have fun and work with the water!
The series brings together a significant number of sponsors and partners, with supporting sponsors , , and joining headline sponsor Vaikobi and event partners , , , the , the and the .
2024/25 Vaikobi Triple 4 Series highlights:
- The series kicks off with a bay race at Kingston Beach on May 25th 2024 and builds up to the 13th edition of the Tasmanian Ocean Racing Championships on March 22nd 2025
- Following the Tasmanian Championships a casual paddle, dinner and presentation evening will conclude the series on April 5th at Kingston Beach
- Two series races will be run the day before Tasmania's popular multisport events, the Winter and Freycinet Challenges. Race 4 will be run at Orford on August 17th, and Race 7 will be run at Coles Bay on October 4th. Both pre-event courses will be substantially different to the ones used in the multisport challenges, offering competitors variety and multiple paddling opportunities during their weekends away from home.
- Two downwind races from Blackmans Bay to Sandy Bay (Races 8 and 11) will replace our traditional twilight loop courses at Kingston during November and March.
- Series age categories remain in alignment with ICF conventions, when entering online please select a category matching your age as of 31/12/2024.
- Series participants need to be Paddle Australia members as per last season. We thoroughly recommend joining the Derwent Canoe Club which is PA affiliated. Being part of the Derwent Canoe Club means members contribute and gain access to facilities and equipment necessary to hold events which we all enjoy, for example the rescue boat, timing equipment and a significant portion of the volunteer workforce used throughout the new series. Additional membership benefits include 24/7 worldwide personal accident and public liability insurances, plus the option to insure personal paddle craft.
The Vaikobi Triple 4 Series "River" and "Bay" races give you an opportunity to keep fit, challenge yourselves, stay motivated...and have fun! Three distances will normally be available at each event (approx 10-12km for Div 1, 8-9km for Div 2, and 4-6km for Div 3), with first time participation encouraged and gear hire available if you don't have your own.
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Vaikobi Triple 4 Series - River and Bay race schedule 2024/25
WINTER
25 May 2024 - KINGSTON - Bay - single series points (10.30am southern end Kingston Beach)
29 Jun 2024 - NEW NORFOLK - River - single series points (10.30am Millbrook Rise boat ramp, approx 4km downstream of New Norfolk on the Lyell Highway side)
27 Jul 2024 - KINGSTON - Bay - single series points (10.30am southern end Kingston Beach)
17 Aug 2024 - ORFORD - Bay - double series points (12.00noon from "Our Park" in Orford)
31 Aug 2024 – FRANKLIN - River - single series points (10.30am north of camping ground and south of the football oval on the Franklin foreshore)
SPRING
21 Sep 2024 – KINGSTON - Bay - single series points (10.30am southern end Kingston Beach)
SUMMER
25 Jan 2025 - LONG BEACH - Bay - single series points (12.30pm southern end Long Beach)
( to enter our Triple 4 "Ocean" racing events)
Please or check out our for more information.
We would like to sincerely thank everyone involved with the Vaikobi Triple 4 Series so far, and warmly welcome all participants. We look forward to seeing you on the water soon!
