Pontiac Canoe and Kayak Race
2025-07-20 10:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | Play Park, 303 E Grove St, Pontiac, IL, United States
Come and challenge your canoe, kayak, racing skills at the Illinois Paddling Council Pontiac Race, located Play Park, Pontiac IL on the Vermillion River (303 E Grove St, Pontiac, IL. This is a 9 mile upstream downstream race so no shuttling is required because the race starts and ends in the same location.
The Race upstream about 4.5 miles to a counterclockwise turn around a rock. After turning around the race ends at the start line. Total mileage about 9 miles.

Joe Kowsky Memorial DuPage River Race
2025-09-07 08:30 - 17:00 | channahon state park, 25302 W Story St, Channahon, IL, 60410, United States
Come and challenge your canoe, kayak, racing skills at the Illinois Paddling DuPage / Channahon Canoe, Kayak and SUP Race at Channahon State Park 25302 W Story St, Channahon, IL 60410. (41.423997950549754, -88.22776508622594)

This is a 7 mile upstream downstream race so no shuttling is required because the race starts and ends in the same location.

Registration cost is $20.

Registration is done on the Day of the Race and opens at 8:30AM.

This race counts points towards for the IPC traveling trophies.

IPC - Vic Hopp Memorial Canoe, Kayak & SUP Race
2025-09-21 08:00 - 17:00 | Fox River County Park Boat Landing, 29875 Silver Lake Rd, Burlington, WI, 53105
Come and challenge your canoe, kayak, racing skills at the Illinois Paddling Council Vic Hopp Memorial Canoe, Kayak and SUP Race at Fox River County Park Boat Landing, 29875 Silver Lake Rd, Burlington, WI 53105. (42.54089008506918, -88.17149252136538) This is a 10 mile or 6 mile downstream upstream race so no shuttling is required because the race starts and ends in the same location.

Fall Classic Race
2025-09-28 08:00 - 17:00 | Ferson Creek Park, Route 31, St. Charles, IL
Come and challenge your canoe, kayak, sup, and rowing racing skills at the St Charles Canoe Club Fall Classic Race at Ferson Creek Park, St Charles IL. There are morning and afternoon races. You bring a boat we will have a class for it. Registration is the day of race. The morning race starts at 9:30AM and the afternoon race starts at 1:00PM. (The race is only one day Sunday only)
Race includes a short course for the Recreation Kayak Class and anyone who does not want to enter the long course. Short Course is 5 miles and the Long Course is 9 miles. All races begin and end at Ferson Creek Park, no shuttling is required. Race is also open for rowing as well. We will add classes for other boat types as needed. The course is all deep water. (You will need to bring your own boat as rental boats are not officially available for the event)
Registration cost is $20 for doing one or two races. Registration is done on the Day of the Race and opens at 8:00AM.

“You bring it we will have a class for it” We look forward to seeing you!

IPC Annual Dinner 2025
2025-11-08 17:30 - 20:30 | The Office, 201 E Main Street, St. Charles, IL, 60174, United States
Join us for our Annual Gathering of the Paddlers Dinner: Saturday, November 8 2025 at 5:30pm.
Please note the reception and networking begins at 5:30 and the program and dinner will begin at 6:00 pm, it’s encouraged to arrive between 5:15 pm and 5:30 pm to get your seat before the program kicks off.
This year our featured speaker is Jim Tibensky. Jim has a lifelong love of volunteering and takes youth on therapy trips to the Everglades and the Coast of Maine and rescues injured aquatic birds from his kayak. He started canoe racing in 1966 before it was much of a sport in the US and has been on expeditions from the Mississippi River to the Grand Canyon and Greenland. Jim Tibensky will share some of those experiences and more in his well-titled talk and presentation “Things Jim Has Done in Canoes and Kayaks That You’re Sure to Find Interesting and as Much Fun as He Did”.
Dinner is buffet style and will include a vegetarian option. Please email antheahalpryn@gmail.com if you need additional accommodations for the meal.
Agenda (subject to change):
5:30 pm – Reception (Cash bar available)
6:00 pm – Dinner
6:15 pm – Welcome and Introduction
6:30 pm – IPC 2025 – Year in Review
6:40 pm – Illinois Waterway Access Law Update
6:50 pm – Speakers, Wally Werderich and Mike Kies
7:20 pm – Featured speaker, Jim Tibensky
7:50 pm – IPC Racing Awards
8:15 pm – Thank you and Closing
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