It is official. Heavy rains in Sept. have forced the cancellation of two for the Penn Cup Slaloms, the Little Lehigh (they had 8 feet of water higher than usual… 1000 cubic feet where the usual flow is 50 CFS) and the Fiddlers Elbow Slalom near Hummelstown where they had floods that covered the bridge at the site (on top of the bridge was one house roof plus a big tree) and the Harrisburg club thought it in appropriate to have a slalom there in the face of all that devastation.
So Mach One is stepping up and setting a slalom at our own Sunnyside Paddling Park this very weekend, Sept. 24-25. We figure it will be a relatively small crowd so we decided on having TWO courses, on Sat. afternoon and on Sunday morning. We’ll have ribbon prizes plus a door prize drawing on Sunday after the race. The drawing will feature equipment items, mostly used but in good condition. The flow on Spring Creek is currently at 275 CFS which makes a pretty easy course.
Some of our own very actively training kids will also not be there… they will be competing at the Dickerson, MD Slalom this weekend. That opens up the door for more places than usual. We’ll have 2-year youth classes, etc. so everyone could end up with a prize and a place. I AM ENCOURAGING A LOT OF YOU FOLKS AND KIDS WHOM WE HAVEN’T SEEN PADDLING RECENTLY TO ENTER THIS FINE EVENT. Entry fees are only $5 per class on Sat. and another $5 per class on Sunday. Those not USACK members will need to either become members (all our Mach One active members need to be active USACK members anyway or pay an event fee of $5.00. There is a $5 discount for donating one or more door prizes.
Our fleet of boats with corresponding paddles, etc. is available for free use for this event.
Attached is information and entry form for the event. Please come out and have some fun.
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