ANNUAL REPORT 2013

ANNUAL REPORT 2013

ACTIVITIES COVERED UNDER IKCA

• Canoe Sprints (Kayaking & Canoeing) - Olympic & Asian Games Event• Canoe Slalom - Olympic & Asian Games Event• Dragon Boat Races• Canoe Marathon• Rafting • Canoe Polo• Canoe Ocean Racing - Surf Ski & Sea Kayaking• Canoe Sailing• Wild Water Kayaking• All other paddle related events which are governed by ICF/ACC.

ANNUAL REPORT 2013MEETINGS

• AGM. Annual General Meeting & Executive Committee Meeting held at Classic

Hotel, Imphal on 29th January, 2013 under the Chairmanship of Mr. S. Regunathan, IAS (Retd), President IKCA.

• EC Meeting. Executive Committee Meeting held at Web and Waves, Upper Lake, Bhopal on 6th July, 2013 under the Chairmanship of Mr. S. Regunathan, President of IKCA.

• ACC EC Meeting. Mr. S Regunathan, Vice President ACC & President IKCA attended the EC Meeting of ACC at Tokyo Japan from 5th to 7th April, 2013.

• ACC Ordinary Congress. Mr. S. Regunathan, President and Mr. B.S. Kushwaha, Secretary General attended the ACC Ordinary Congress held at Samarqand, Uzbekistan on 24th Sep 2013.

ANNUAL REPORT 2013NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

• 23rd National Canoe Sprint Championships held at Komlakhong Water Sports Complex, Mayang Imphal, Imphal West, Manipur from 30 January to 04 February, 2013.

• 23 Teams from State Associations/Affiliated Units took part. • On 30th January, 2013, the meet was inaugurated by His Excellency Gurbachan Jagat, Governor of

Manipur. • For the closing ceremony and prize distribution the Hon’ble Minister of PWD & Waqf Board

Government of Manipur, Shri Rattan Kumar Singh came for the prize distribution and declaring the games closed. Trophies were given to the winners and runner up Teams. The event ended on a very high note. A large number of the local public also witnessed the event from the first day to till the closing.

ANNUAL REPORT 2013NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Excellent arrangements made for board and lodging for the paddlers and the officials.

• Mr. Jamesboy Singh of SSCB won 6 Gold Medals in Canoe Men Senior and selected as the Best Athlete in Men Category. Ms. Twisha Karanam of A.P won 4 Gold and 1 Silver Medals in Kayak Women Junior and selected as the Best Athlete in Women Category.

• Following dignitaries witnessed the event :-

HE Gurbachan Jagat, Governor of Manipur Shri Rattan Kumar Singh, Minister for PWD, Transport & Waqf Board, Govt. of Manipur Hon’ble Speaker of the Manipur Vidhan Sabha Shri Prithiviraj Singh, Parliamentary Secretary, Youth Affairs, Sports & Tourism Government of

Manipur

ANNUAL REPORT 2013NATIONAL COACHING CAMP

• National Coaching Camp for preparation of Indian Team in following International events held :-

2013 ICF Ranking Canoe Slalom Championships at Kanupark, Markkleeberg, Germany held from 11 Feb to 27 Mar 2013 at SAI Bhopal. 20 Paddlers, 2 Coaches and 1 Support Staff participated.

8th Asian Canoe Slalom Championships (Sr & Jr) at Shueili and Sun Moon Lake, Nantou, Chinese Taipei held from 20 Apr to 21 May 2013 at SAI Bhopal. 18 Paddlers (14 Sr & 4 Jr), 4 Coaches and 2 Support Staffs participated.

2013 ICF Junior & Under 23 Canoe Sprint World Championships at Ontario, Canada held from 01 to 28 July 2013 at SAI Bhopal. 54 Paddlers (32 Men & 22 Women), 8 Coaches and 4 Support Staffs participated.

ANNUAL REPORT 2013NATIONAL COACHING CAMP

2013 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships Duisburg, Germany held from 22 July to 25 August 2013 at SAI Bhopal. 25 Paddlers (15 Men & 10 Women), 3 Coaches and 2 Support Staffs participated.

15th Asian Canoe Sprint Championships at Samarqand, Uzbekistan held from 16 August to 21 September 2013 for Juniors and from 01 to 21 September 2013 for Seniors at SAI Bhopal. In the Junior Camp 29 Paddlers (17 Men & 12 Women), 7 Coaches & 2 Support Staff and in the Senior Camp 29 Paddlers (18 Men & 11 Women), 4 Coaches & 2 Support Staff participated.

ANNUAL REPORT 2013PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL EVENTS

• 2013 ICF Ranking Canoe Slalom Championships at Kanupark, Markkleeberg, Germany. Indian Team consisting of 15 members participated in the Championship from 29 March to 01 April 2013. Details of participation is as under :-

Kayak Men - 07 Canoe Men - 03 Coaches - 02 Support Staff - 01 Manger - 01 No Cost to Govt. Official - 01

ANNUAL REPORT 2013PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL EVENTS

•8th Asian Canoe Slalom Championships (Sr & Jr) at Shueili and Sun Moon Lake, Nantou, Chinese Taipei. Indian Team consisting of 14 members participated in the Championships from 23 to 26 May 2013. Details of participation is as under :-

Kayak Men - 03 Canoe Men - 02 Kayak Jr Men - 02 Canoe Jr Men - 01 Kayak Women - 01 Canoe Women - 01 Coaches - 01 Support Staff - 01 Manger - 01 No Cost to Govt Official - 01

ANNUAL REPORT 2013PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL EVENTS

• 2013 ICF Junior & Under 23 Canoe Sprint World Championships at Welland International Flat Water Centre (WIFC), Ontario, Canada. Indian Team consisting of 22 members participated in the Championships from 01 to 04 August 2013. Details of participation is as under :-

Kayak Men U23 - 04 Canoe Men U23 - 02 Kayak Women U23 - 01 Canoe Women U23 - 02 Kayak Jr Men - 02 Canoe Jr Men - 02 Kayak Jr Women - 03 (01 No cost to Govt. – sponsored by ICF) Canoe Jr Women - 01 Coaches - 03 Support Staff - 01 Manger - 01 (No Cost to Govt.)

ANNUAL REPORT 2013PERFORMANCE – 2013 ICF JR & U 23 CANOE SPRINT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Events Name of Athlete PositionReached Finals

C2 500M Under 23 Women Nithya Kuriakose & Betty Joseph 7th

C1 200M Under 23 Women Betty Joseph 9th

K2 1000M Under 23 Men A Gyanjit Singh & Ram Krishna Mishra 16th

C1 1000M Under 23 Men Nafees Qureshi 16th

Reached Semi FinalsK2 200M Under 23 Men Satypal Tomar & A Chingching Singh 9th

K1 200M Under 23 Men Ram Krishna Mishra 8th

C1 200M Junior Women Inoacha Devi 7th

C1 200M Junior Men Ajit Kumar Sha 8th

K1 200M Junior Women Twisha Karanam 9th

K4 1000M Under 23 Men Satypal Tomar, A Chingching Singh,A Gyanjit Singh & Ram Krishna Mishra

6th

K1 500M Junior Women Twisha Karanam 8th

C2 1000M Under 23 Men Nafees Qureshi & TH.Saimon Singh 7th

K2 1000M Under 23 Men A Gyanjit Singh & Ram Krishna Mishra 8th

C2 1000M Junior Men Ajit Kumar Sha & Gaurav Tomar 7th

K2 1000M Junior Men Virendra Bathan & Sunny Kumar 9th

C1 1000M Under 23 Men Nafees Qureshi 8th

K1 1000M Under 23 Men A Chingching Singh 7th

C1 1000M Junior Men Ajit Kumar Sha 9th

ANNUAL REPORT 2013PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL EVENTS

• 2013 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships at Duisburg, Germany. Indian Team consisting of 15 members participated in the above Championships from 01 to 04 August 2013. Details of participants are as under :-

Canoe Men - 03 Paracanoe Men - 02 Kayak Women - 04 Canoe Women - 03 Coaches - 02 Support Staff - 01

• 2013 ICF Women Canoe Cup 2 Competitions at Boulogne Canoe Club, Paris, France. Ms. Betty Joseph, Woman Canoe participated ICF Development and Talent Identification Programme for Women Canoe from 02 to 06 September, 2013 and Women Canoe Cup 2 Competition from 7 to 8 September, 2013. She won Bronze Medal in C-4 200M with other team members from US, Turkey & Vietnam.

ANNUAL REPORT 2013PERFORMANCE – 2013 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

Events Name of Athlete Position

Reached Finals

C2 Women 500M Anjali Bashishth & Betty Joseph 9th

Reached Semi Finals

C-1 Men 500M Oinam Jamesboy Singh 8th C-2 Men 200M Raju Rawat & Ankit Pachori 9th

C-1 Men 200M Oinam Jamesboy Singh 8th

K-1 Men 200M Paracanoe Kamil Qayyum Khan 8th

V-1 Men 200M Paracanoe Anuj Singh 8th

K-4 Women 500M Ragina Kiro, Sandhya Kispotta, Anusha Biju & Naorem Lanjenganbi Chanu

8th

K-2 Women 1000M Ragina Kiro & Naorem Lanjenganbi Chanu 9th

K-1 Women 1000M Anusha Biju 9th

K-2 Women 200M Ragina Kiro & Sandhya Kispotta 9th

ANNUAL REPORT 2013PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL EVENTS

• Asian Canoe Sprint Championships at Samarqand, Uzbekistan. Indian Team consisting of 53 members participated in the above Championship from 26 to 29 September, 2013. Details of participation is as under :-

Kayak Men - 07 Canoe Men - 07 Paracanoe Men - 01 Kayak Women - 05 Canoe Women - 03 Kayak Jr Men - 06 Canoe Jr Men - 05 Kayak Jr Women - 04 Canoe Jr Women - 03 Coaches - 06 Support Staff - 02 ITOs - 02 (Air passage cost of Govt.) Manger - 01 (No Cost to Govt.) Official - 01

ANNUAL REPORT 2013PERFORMANCE – 15TH ASIAN CANOE SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Performance of the Athletes. 22 Asian Countries participated in these Championships. The Senior Team positioned 7th with four Bronze Medals and the Junior Team positioned at 4th with one Silver & four Bronze Medals in Medal Tally.

Events Name of Athlete PositionC-2 1000M Junior Men Gaurav Tomar & Ajit Kumar Sha Silver MedalC-2 500M Junior Men Gaurav Tomar & Ajit Kumar Sha Bronze MedalC-2 200M Junior Men Gaurav Tomar & Ajit Kumar Sha Bronze MedalC-4 1000M Junior Men Gaurav Tomar, Ranbir Singh,

Kh. Arjun Singh & L. Premjit SinghBronze Medal

K-1 500M Junior Women Twisha Karanam Bronze MedalK-1 200M Men Paracanoe LTA Kamil Qayyum Khan Bronze MedalK-1 5000M Men Ajit Singh Bronze MedalC-2 200M Women Betty Joseph & Nithya Kuriakose Bronze MedalC-2 500M Women Betty Joseph & Anjali Bashishth Bronze Medal

ANNUAL REPORT 2013INTERNATIONAL EVENTS HELD IN INDIA

• 15th Asian Canoe Polo Championships (Men, Women & U 21 Men) at Dr. S.P. Mukherjee Swimming Pool Complex/Talkatora Swimming Pool, New Delhi. 170 Athletes & Officials from 6 Asian Countries including Indian Team participated in this Championship from 17 to 20 October, 2013. Performance of the Teams are as under :-

Under 21 Men Women MenGold – Iran Gold – Iran Gold – Chinese TaipeiSilver– Chinese Taipei Silver – Singapore Silver – Japan Bronze – Singapore Bronze – Japan Bronze – Iran

ANNUAL REPORT 2013

COURSES CONDUCTED

• ICF Dragon Boat Coaches Course & ITO Examination held H2O Water Sports Centre, Girgaon, Mumbai from 19 to 21 February, 2013 under the aegis of International Canoe Federation. 38 candidates including 15 from IKCA attended the course & examination. Mr. Csaba Zanto, ICF Expert and Dr. Luk Wai Hung, Chairman ACC DBR Committee were the Chief Instructors.

• ICF Canoe Polo ITO Examination held at Dr. S.P. Mukherjee Swimming Pool Complex during the 15th Asian Canoe Polo Championships. 16 candidates including eight from IKCA attended the examination. Mr. Duncan Chocrane, Chairman ICF Canoe Polo Committee was the Chief Instructor.

ANNUAL REPORT 2013

Month Name of Event Date Location Responsibility

PROPOSED NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS/EVENTS UPTO 31 MARCH 2015

January, 2014

24th National Canoe Sprint Championships 2013-14 (Seniors, Juniors & Sub Juniors)

15/01/201420/01/2014

Upper Lake, Bhopal

IKCA / M.P Association

January, 2014

2nd National Canoe Slalom Championship (Head to Head Format)

15/01/201420/01/2014

Upper Lake, Bhopal

IKCA / M.P Association

January, 2014

2nd National Canoe Marathon Championships

15/01/201420/01/2014

Upper Lake, Bhopal

IKCA / M.P Association

January, 2014

2nd National Canoe Polo Championships 15/01/201420/01/2014

Upper Lake, Bhopal

IKCA / M.P Association

February, 2014

Ganga Water Rally 2014 11/02/201413/02/2014

Ganga River, Allahabad

U.P Tourism & IKCA / U.P KCA

ANNUAL CALENDAR 2014-15

ANNUAL REPORT 2013

Month Name of Event Date Location Responsibility

PROPOSED NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS/EVENTS UPTO 31 MARCH 2015

25th National Canoe Sprint Championships 2014-15 (Seniors, Juniors & Sub Juniors)3rd National Canoe Slalom Championship

3rd National Canoe Marathon Championships

3rd National Canoe Polo Championships

3rd Dragon Boat Race Championships

National Rafting Championships

National Wildwater Canoeing Championships

ANNUAL CALENDAR 2014-15

ANNUAL REPORT 2013ANNUAL CALENDAR 2014-15

Month Name of Event Date Location Responsibility

PROPOSED NATIONAL COACHING CAMPS

Feb - Sep 2014 Canoe Slalom - Preparation for participation in 17th Asian Games 2014 at Incheon, Korea

01/04/201427/09/2014

Bhopal SAI/IKCA

Feb - Sep, 2014 Canoe Sprints - Preparation for participation in 17th Asian Games 2014 at Incheon, Korea

01/04/2014 19/09/2014

Bhopal/Alapuzha

SAI/IKCA

ANNUAL REPORT 2013ANNUAL CALENDAR 2014-15

INTERNATIONAL EVENTS APPROVED BY ICF & ACC

Month Name of Event Date Location Responsibility

Apr 2014ICF Jr & U 23 World Canoe Slalom Championships 23/04/2014

27/04/2014Penrith, Australia

May 2014 2014 ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup 1 02/05/201404/05/2014

Milan, Italy

May 2014 2014 ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup 2 16/05/201418/05/2014

Racice, Czech Republic

May 2014 2014 ICF Canoe Sprint & Paracanoe World Cup 3 23/05/201425/05/2014

Szeged, Hungary

Jun 2014 2014 Canoe Slalom World Cup 1 06/06/201408/06/2014

Lee Valley, UK

Jun 2014 2014 ICF Wildwater Canoeing World Championships 10/06/201415/06/2014

Valtellina, Italy

Jun 2014 2014 Canoe Slalom World Cup 2 13/06/201415/06/2014

Tacen, Liubliana, Slovenia

Jul 2014 2014 ICF Jr & U 23 Canoe Sprint World Championships 17/07/201420/07/2014

Szeged, Hungary

ANNUAL REPORT 2013ANNUAL CALENDAR 2014-15

INTERNATIONAL EVENTS APPROVED BY ICF & ACC

Month Name of Event Date Location Responsibility

Aug 2014 2014 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships 06/08/201410/08/2014

Moscow, Russia

Aug 2014 2014 ICF Dragon Boat World Championships 28/08/201431/08/2014

Poznan, Poland

Sep 2014 ICF Canoe Slalom Sr World Championships 17/09/201421/09/2014

Deep Creek Lake, Maryland, USA

Sep 2014 2014 ICF Canoe Polo World Championships 24/09/201428/09/2014

Thury-Harcourt, Normandy, France

Sep 2014 2014 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships 26/09/201428/09/2014

Oklahoma City, USA

Sep 2014 17th Asian Games, Canoe Sprint 27/09/201430/09/2014

Misari Canoe/Kayak Center, Hanam City, Korea

Oct 2014 17th Asian Games, Canoe Slalom 01/10/201403/10/2014

Misari Canoe/Kayak Center, Hanam City, Korea

Nov 2014 2014 ICF Congress 14/11/201416/11/2014

Warsaw, Poland