Entrance is free for Spectators!
Registrations for the Reservoir Challenge will be accepted until we run out of boats (including day-of registration). We currently have no tandem kayaks available for either of the afternoon guided paddles, and limited single kayaks, but plenty of canoes. Those with their own boats will be able to register through the day of the Challenge.
Entrance is free for Spectators!
PLEASE NOTE: The Reservoir Challenge is a fundraiser for Hackensack Riverkeeper.
This is not a day of open paddling.
Paddlers must be registered in a race or Guided
Paddle to go out on the reservoir.
Click Here to Print Information and Registration Form
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Event Date: Saturday, June 5
(Rain Date: Sunday, June 6)
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Location: Oradell Reservoir, Lake
Shore Drive, Haworth, NJ (Use the enclosed directions).
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Registration Deadline: Monday, May
24th, 2010. Late registration permitted based upon availability.
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Registration Fee: $25 entry fee per
paddler per event (Races and Guided Paddles).
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Rental Fee: $25 per boat (Single
Kayak, Tandem Kayak or Canoe).
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Age Restriction: You must be 18 or
older to rent a single kayak. Children under 18 may participate in the Races or
Guided Paddle only if they are accompanied and supervised by an adult while on
the water.
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Payment Terms: Payment by check,
credit card or cash is required to reserve space in any of the Races or Guided
Paddles. Payments will not be processed until a few days before the event, once
we determine that the weather will cooperate.
l What to bring: Water, Sunscreen, Hat/Sunglasses, Change of clothes, Dry Bag, NO CAMERAS
Schedule
8:00 AM
Check-in opens. Participants
MUST check-in at least ½ hour before their event.
9:30 AM
Races (10k race will start
first, followed immediately by the 5k race). Everyone entered in the races must
be off the water by 11:30 AM. Awards Ceremony will take place at 12:15 PM.
10:00 AM
Bird-Walk (no registration
required, meet at the check-in area, and bring your binoculars).
11:45 AM
Mayor’s Cup Challenge (don’t
miss this opportunity to see your local Mayors compete in a kayak race for the
coveted Mayor’s Cup Trophy). The Cup will be presented following the race.
BBQ Lunch from Whole Foods will be
available for purchase from 11:30 AM until 2:30 PM.
12:15 PM
Awards Ceremony for 5k, 10k & Mayor’s Cup.
1:00 PM
Participants registered for
Guided Paddle #1 should meet at the check-in area at 1:00 to sign waivers
and gather their equipment.
1:30 PM
Guided Paddle #1
2:00 PM
Bird-Walk (no registration
required, meet at the check-in area, and bring your binoculars).
3:00 PM
Participants registered for
Guided Paddle #2 should meet at the check-in area at 3:00 to sign waivers
and gather their equipment.
3:30 PM
Guided Paddle #2
All boats must be off the reservoir by 5:00 PM.
Guidelines
For security reasons, no
cameras will be allowed beyond the gates into the reservoir area.
All boats must be
scrubbed with a mild bleach solution before entering the reservoir (we will have
a wash station set-up for participants bringing their own boats).
5k and 10k races
will follow the same course (1 lap = 5k,
2 laps = 10k).
Places are
determined by the first three (3) boats from each race to cross the finish line.
All paddlers must
wear a U.S. Coast Guard approved Personal Flotation Device (PFD), in good and
serviceable condition and of appropriate size for the intended user for the
duration of the Races or Guided Paddles.
Paddles, PFD’s and
whistles will be provided to those who rent a boat. Anyone bringing their own
boat must provide their own paddle, PFD and whistle.
You must be 18 or
older to rent a single kayak. Children under 18 may participate in the Races or
Guided Paddles if they are accompanied and supervised by an adult while on the
water.
Safety boats will be
on the water to provide assistance.
Paddlers must stop to provide assistance to any other paddler who appears to be in distress.
DIRECTIONS TO LAKE SHORE DRIVE, HAWORTH, NJ
USE THESE DIRECTIONS – YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE EVENT FROM THE WATER
TREATMENT PLANT (WEST) END OF LAKE SHORE DRIVE.
2.
Take Kinderkamack Road
(north or southbound) to ORADELL AVENUE.
3.
Turn onto Oradell Ave.
eastbound and proceed about two-thirds of a mile to its terminus at GRANT
AVENUE.
4.
Turn LEFT onto Grant
Ave. and proceed about one-quarter mile and Grant Ave. bears right and becomes
SUNSET AVENUE.
5.
Continue 1 mile on
Sunset, then turn left on HAWORTH DRIVE.
6.
After about one-quarter
mile, turn right onto HAWORTH AVENUE.
7.
Proceed about
one-quarter mile, and turn left on MAPLE STREET.
8.
Continue on Maple St.
for one-half mile, and turn left onto LAKE SHORE DRIVE.
9.
Continue on Lake Shore
Drive until you enter United Water property. You will be shown where to park. If
you are bringing your own boat, you will drive to the pickup/dropoff site and
unload, and then return to the parking area.
From Washington Avenue / Schraalenburgh Road and points east:
From the north, take SCHRAALENBURGH ROAD south to the light at DURIE
AVENUE, and turn right. Durie Ave. quickly becomes LAKE SHORE DRIVE.
2.
Continue on Lake Shore Drive until you enter United Water property. You
will be shown where to park. If you are bringing your own boat, you will drive
to the pickup/dropoff site and unload, and then return to the parking area.
Hackensack Riverkeeper
231 Main Street
Hackensack, NJ 07601