Harry Curley Memorial Canoe Race
July 16-17
July 16
C2 Race
Cooke Dam - Oscoda, MI
Registration and Check In begins 7:00 AM
Pre-Race Briefing
C2 Race 9:00 AM
Awards to Follow
— $30.00 entry fee per team if Pre-Registered.
— $40.00 entry fee per team day of event, if not Pre-Registered
Pre-Registration Forms
C2:
https://www.ausablecanoemarathon.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/2022_Curley_Memorial-C2_PreRegistration_Form.pdf
C1:
https://www.ausablecanoemarathon.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Curley_C-1_Entry_Form.pdf
— Check-In Registration begins at 7:00 a.m. for both Expert-1 and Expert-2’s at Cooke Dam. If Pre-Registered, you must check-in at the registration table and sign a waiver.
— To Pre-Register, download the C-2 Pre-Registration Form below. Fill out the form and mail to:
Curley Memorial Canoe Race, P.O. Box 652, Oscoda, MI. 48750
Make checks payable to Justin Griffith. Pre-Registration forms must be received by July 11th. 2022.
— Race Course: Race starts at 9:00 a.m. at the embankment wall of Cooke Dam; canoers paddle upstream to round a buoy, and then come back to portage over the dam and continue downstream; canoers portage a second time at Foote Dam and then proceed to the Finish Line just upstream of the AuSable Inn. Expert-2’s will start first, with the Expert-1’s starting when the last Expert-2 team has portaged Cooke Dam.
— Winning time is about 2.5 hrs.
— The Pre-Race Briefing is MANDATORY for all racers. A roll-call may be accomplished to verify attendance.
— Following the C-2 race, there is a MCRA Awards Picnic (approximately 1:00 p.m.), at the American Legion Pavilion, 349 S. State St., Oscoda. A donation jar will be setup, and donation proceeds go to benefit the MCRA Canoers Memorial on River Rd. Eating begins around 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. with awards following.
— Racers who fail to receive their prize at the Awards Picnic, will have their prize donated to the MCRA Canoers Memorial.
— Total Expert-1 & Expert-2 Prize Purse of $3,500; a minimum of the Top 50 Expert-1 teams, and the Top 10 Expert-2 teams will earn prizes.
July 17
C1 Race
AuSable Children's Park - Oscoda
Registration 8:00 AM
C1 Race 10:00 AM
— $15 entry per paddler
— Check-In Registration at the AuSable Children’s Park (at the corner of Harbor St. and O’Toole St.). Registration starts 8:00 a.m.
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Race Course: Race starts at 10:00 a.m. at the AuSable Children’s Park. Paddlers will race two (2) laps from Children’s Park to round a buoy just downstream of the railroad trestle bridge, and back. This allows for better spectating of the paddlers in town.
— Winning time is about 1 hr.
— Awards immediately following the conclusion of the C-1 race at the AuSable Children’s Park.
— Minimum prize pool of $1,000; a minimum of the Top 20 C-1 racers will earn prizes.
