Falcon Hasler 2025

Falcon Oxford  Hasler 

Sunday 22 June 2025

Location 

Falcon Boat Club, near Donnington Bridge, Oxford, OX4 4BJ 

Car parking is at the 22nd Sea Scouts on Meadow Lane just north of Donnington Bridge Road i.e. turn right into Meadow Lane if coming from the A4158 Iffley Road side or turn left into Meadow Lane if coming from the A4144 Abingdon Road side. Please do NOT park in Meadow Lane.

Course 

• Divisions 1, 2 & 3 singles and 2 & 3 Doubles 12 miles, 2 portages 
• Division 4, 5 & 6 singles and 4, 5 & 6 doubles 8 miles, 2 portages 
• Divisions 7, 8, & 9 singles and 7, 8 & 9 doubles 4 miles, no portages 
• Geoff Sanders singles (A, B & C) and doubles (K2 and mini K2), 2 miles, no portages 

Maps and briefing notes will be on our website and will be on site on the day. https://falconboatclub.org.uk/

Timings 

09:00 Check in opens for team leaders only 

10:00 Briefing for 10:30 starts

10:30 Starts for Divisions 7-9, Geoff Sanders K2 races 

12:00 Briefing for 12:30/13:45 starts

12:30 Starts for Divisions 1-6 

13:45 Starts for Geoff Sanders K1 races 

approx 15:00 Prize-giving

Entry Fees 

• Seniors: £12 per seat per race (late entry £17)
• Juniors: £10 per seat per race (late entry £15)
• Geoff Sanders races: £5 (late entry £10)

All entries and payment via the Race Entries system.

Deadline 8pm Thursday 19th June. Late entry deadline midday Saturday 21st June. There are no entries on the day.

Entrants must be members of Paddle UK. PUK day tickets may be purchased for divisions 7-9 only (£5). 

Any problems / changes to entries, please email jobatesfalcon@gmail.com. 

Food 

Entry fees include light refreshments for competitors directly after their race. Other food and refreshments are for sale to all others during the whole event. 50p off hot drinks if you bring a re-usable cup!

Will all paddlers please CHECK, CLEAN and DRY boats, paddles and kit (especially paddling shoes) before coming on site and if possible at least 24 hours before racing. Further guidance on how to stop the spread can be found at http://www.nonnativespecies.org/checkcleandry/

Notes to Competitors 

1. Buoyancy aids are compulsory for all Geoff Sanders competitors, as well as division 7, 8 and 9 paddlers whether they are racing in those divisions or higher divisions.
2. Team leaders should decide if paddlers under 16 years of age in higher divisions should wear a buoyancy aid. 
3. The race organiser has the final say on who has to wear a buoyancy aid.
4. Team Leaders are responsible for ensuring that paddlers are properly equipped having taken into account the paddler’s health, fitness, capability, the course, the prevailing conditions and other risks associated with this race. 
5. The race will be run in accordance with British Canoeing's Marathon Racing Committee rules. 
6. Vertical number plates will be provided. 
7. It is likely that paddlers will encounter other craft on the river. Rules of the river must be observed when racing – keep right. 
8. Competitors must render their boats sufficiently buoyant to remain afloat and to support the crew in rough water in the event of capsize. No boat will be deemed to be sufficiently buoyant purely as a result of its construction (e.g. vac bagged/ sandwich or other construction) to fulfil this requirement, additional buoyancy will be required in the form of foam, air bags and/or sealed bulkheads. 
9. During the course of a competition any Items discarded by a competitor anywhere other than in a proper bin, must be recovered by the athlete, their support crew or coach immediately. It is the athlete’s responsibility to ensure that this has happened. An event official witnessing non-compliance with this rule shall report the infringement to the race organiser and the offending competitor will be disqualified from the competition. 
10. Falcon Boat Club and its nominated officials cannot be held responsible for any loss of life, injury or damage to equipment however caused. 
11. You agree that we may publish your Personal Information as part of the results of the Event and may pass such information to the governing body or any affiliated organisation for the purpose of insurance, licences or for publishing results either for the event alone or combined with or compared to other events. Results may include (but not be limited to) name, any club affiliation, race times, occupation and age category. 
12. Falcon Boat Club considers the ISIS Flag system, and the Environment Agency Thames conditions; if the level of the river is judged to be too high or flow too strong, the race will be cancelled. See http://www.ourcs.org.uk/safety/rcond & http://riverconditions.environment-agency.gov.uk/ for more details. In the case that the race has to be cancelled (due to weather conditions etc) this information will be published on the Falcon website at the earliest opportunity. 
13. Any disputes over race results must be made by the team leader within 1 hour of the results being published.

Refunds will only be given if the race organiser needs to cancel the event.