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Attached here are the results of Canoe -Kayak at 1st Youth
Africa Games held in Morocco 13-18 July 2010.
1st African Youth Games -
Rabat Morocco- 13-18 July 2010
The 1st African Youth Games in Rabat (Morocco) was a continental
addition of the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore 2010
financially supported by ANOCA and organized by the Morocco NOC
and Ministry of Sport.
The canoeing
competitions were in accordance with the competition format of
the Youth Olympics. It was obligatory for all participating
athletes taking part in both canoeing events namely in the Head
to Head Canoe Sprint and Obstacle Canoe Slalom races.
The Games was high level of success for Canoeing!
Canoeing registered a record participation with 9 Countries out
of the maximum allowed Quota by ANOCA of 10 countries. Some NFs
who were invited did not receive support for the participation
by their NOC. 16 Athletes from Angola, Algeria, Egypt, Guinea
Bissau, Liberia, Sao Tome, Morocco, Tunisia and Togo
participated in the 1st Youth Africa Games.
Due to very good support from Moroccan Canoeing
Federation and spirit of Sport and Friendships from all
teams, the Canoeing races concluded without any incident. The
cooperation with the rowing events at the same venue but
different course also was satisfaction.
The venue of the Games was Dait Roumi Lake near
the town of Khemisset approx 80 km from Rabat the Capital City.
The accommodation & meals, service and the general environment
were excellent!
Confederation of African Canoeing (CAC) with support from
International Canoe Federation (ICF) was charged with the
overall technical preparations and appointing the technical
Officials.
Technical Officials appointed mainly from Africa as
Kenya, Cote D'Ivoire , Cameroon and Morocco.
HEAD TO HEAD Sprint Canoe and OBSTACLE Sprint Slalom obtained
good reception from the organizers and all participants. The
team leaders hailed this new format of canoeing racing as an
innovation and exciting for spectators and athletes. Some of the
teams decided to organize similar racing format in their own
country.
Canoeing events in the African Youth Games was
useful for testing the Canoe Kayak Racing course for Youth
Olympic Games. Several close races were witnessed between the
athletes, while most if not all paddlers were very highly
appreciative and enjoyed the special formats.
During the Games Confederation of African Canoeing
(CAC) announced the start of celebrations for 1 year to mark the
10 years Anniversary of CAC which was formed in Morocco in
2000 and the celebration started with 10 yrs Cake cutting by
all Medal winning paddlers .
The results:
Tunisia was overall winner with 3 golds and 1 bronze , followed
by Sao Tome and Principe with 1 Gold and 1 Silver and Morocco
with 2 Silver and 2 Bronze . Egypt received 1 silver and Guinea
Bissau- 1 Bronze.
At the close of the official period of 1st Youth Olympic Games
in Singapore either through qualification and granting of
unused IOC universality quotas, it emerged that a record 8
African NOC have accepted invitations and are expected to
send Paddlers to the 1st Youth Olympic Games in Singapore as
follows ; Angola, Cameroon, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Morocco ,
Sao Tome and Principe , South Africa and Tunisia "
The next event for Africa will be African Youth Canoe Sprint
Championships in Tunisia from 29/30 September 2010.
Merci
Seifudin PATWA
Secretary General
Confederation of African Canoeing (CAC)
www.kayakafrica.org
Member of Board of Directors
International Canoe Federation
www.canoeicf.com
GALLERY
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