Points Series

The NECKRA Points Series provides:

A fun way to track your racing
Encouragement to participate in more races
Competition on a more leveled playing ground
Our handicapping system has proven to be a good leveler of gender, age and boat type
A chance to win the series
Traveling trophy with your name added if you win
A chance to win a top finisher prize
Top finishers in each series receive an additional gift from NECKRA
A chance to win great raffle prizes
All series qualifiers are entered into the raffle

Handicaps

ALL RACE DISTANCES ARE INCLUDED IN THE SERIES!

There are separate Downriver (whitewater) and Flatwater series, and each of those are separated for Canoes and Kayaks. After applying the appropriate handicaps (see below), the boat (containing at least 1 NECKRA member) with the best time in the longest distance offered gets 50 points. The next boat gets 49, the next gets 48, and so on.

After the longest distance is calculated, the next distance picks up where we left off. Therefore, if the slowest boat in the longest distance gets 42 points, the fastest boat in the next distance gets 41, then next boat gets 40, and so on.
Multiple handicaps can apply to one boat

For example...

A 72 year-old woman and a 71 year-old man in a flatwater racing boat both get the following handicap:

Each Woman in C2 = -2, Two 70+ Paddlers = -4 (2 min each), TOTAL HANDICAP = -6 min/hr
Age handicaps only apply to NECKRA members. If you are paddling with a non-NECKRA member, you will still get your own handicap(s), but you will not receive any age handicap for your partner. CONVINCE YOUR PARTNER TO JOIN NECKRA in order to take advantage of any age handicap for which they are eligible.

Flatwater Canoe Handicaps

C-2 Men 0 minutes/hour

C-1 Man -4.5 minutes/hour

C-1 Woman -8 minutes/hour

Each Woman in C-2 -2 minutes/hour

Rec Canoe: C-2 -6 minutes/hour

Stock Canoe: C-2 -3.5 minutes/hour

Stock Canoe: C-1 -5 minutes/hour

Stand Up Paddle Board -6 minutes/hour

Downriver Canoe Handicaps

For Composite Canoes

C-2 Composite ("super") +3 minutes/hour

C-2 Race (i.e. X or XX) +5 minutes/hour

Marathon Boat (any type) +6 minutes/hour

C-1 Man 0 minutes/hour

C-1 Woman -5 minutes/hour

Each Woman in C-2 -2 minutes/hour

For Rubber Canoes

C-2 Men 0 minutes/hour

C-1 Man -2 minutes/hour

C-1 Woman -7 minutes/hour

Each Woman in C-2 -2 minutes/hour

Age Handicaps (for all canoe & kayak series)

Each Paddler 70+ -2 minutes/hour

Each Paddler 60-69 -1 minutes/hour

Each Junior 15-18 -3 minutes/hour

Each Junior 10-14 -5 minutes/hour

Each Junior <10 -7 minutes/hour

Kayak Handicaps for Downriver and Flatwater Series

USCA Unlimited - including:
- ICF Olympic and Buschnell Wave Series
- Any other kayak not fitting into another class
- over 20' in length OR < 18" at 4" water line 0 minutes/hour

USCA Touring - including:
- ICF Downriver and ICF Trainers
- 20' or less in length AND >18" at 4" waterline -2 minutes/hour

USCA Sea Kayak
- with bulkheads and hatches (unless pre-2000)
- max length of 18' AND at least 8.5% of length at 4" waterline
- Wavehopper Kayak (plastic) -3 minutes/hour

USCA Recreational
- 16' or less in length AND 22" or greater at 4" waterline -4 minutes/hour

K1 Short - 13'2" or less in overall length -6 minutes/hour

K2 (2 person kayak)
- Sea Kayak or ICF Racing type +5 minutes/hour

If Plastic (Downriver or Flatwater) include an additional: -1 minutes/hour

If K1 woman include an additional: -4 minutes/hour

For each woman in a K2 include an additional: -2 minutes/hour

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