Curley Memorial Race

C-2 Race - Saturday July 16, 2011

--$30 entry fee per team.
--Registration begins at 7am for both Expert I and Expert II's at Cooke Dam.
--Race starts at 9am at the 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 at the AuSable Inn. Expert II's will start first, with the Expert I's starting when the last Expert II has portage Cooke Dam.
--Winning time about 2.5 hrs.
--There is a MCRA picnic following the C2 race at the American Legion Pavilion. Donation proceeds go to benefit the MCRA Canoers Memorial on River Rd. Eating begins around 12:30 to 1:30 with awards following.
--Minimum prize pool of $3,500.

C-2 Registration Form

C-1 Race - Sunday July 17, 2011

--$15 entry per paddler

--Registration at Childrens Park in Ausable. Registration starts 8am.
--Race starts at 10am at Childrens Park. NOTE: The course has been changed from a long single loop to a double loop; paddlers will race 2 laps from Childrens Park to round a buoy just upstream of railroad trestle bridge and back. This allows for better spectating of the paddlers in town.
--Winning time is about 1 hr.
--Awards following the race at Childrens Park.

--Minimum prize pool of $1,000.

C-1 Registration Form

***C-2 & C-1 Registration Form***

Contact Info

Chris Rudolph
6890 Cedar Lake Rd
Oscoda MI 48750
989-739-2946
cricket2@chartermi.net

2010 Curley Memorial Race Cooke Dam Portage: Photo By Marcia Rimer