Sharing the Happenings in Ipoh, the Kinta Valley and beyond
Friday, July 12, 2019
Kampar River (White Water) Festival
Kayaking down the Kampar River
The recently
concluded Kampar River Festival besides being another tourist attraction of
what Gopeng has to offer the eco-adventure visitors could become an
international event if all plans fall in place.
Kg Jahang, Gopeng on the Kampar River where the event was held
Tourism Exco Tan Kar Hing ( 6th from right) and tourism officials
The event
was organized by local Gopeng adventure company Radak Adventure with
collaboration from Tourism Perak and the Ministry of Youth and Sports.
The three day international festival held from
July 5 till 7 featured three main races Rafting, Kayaking and tube racing.
Rafting Race
Kayak Race
The three
events attracted 128 international participants who came from Singapore,
Indonesia, Brunei, Australia, Pakistan, Germany and Malaysia.
Mohd Adib of Radak
Adventure,the organiser
An administrator
with Radak Adventure, Mohd Adib Othman said this was the first time a white
water competition was being held in Gopeng.
I had noted
that all the judges were Indonesian and enquired about this. Adib confirmed my
observation explaining that Malaysia didn’t have a body to cover white water
activities
“In Malaysia
we have an association covering kayak and canoeing activities but it does not
cover white water activities. We collaborated with Federasi Arung Jeram
Indonesia (FAJI, the white water federation of Indonesia) who in turn is
affiliated to the International Rafting Federation (IRF).
Indonesian officials Mia and Mada
We invited
FAJI to collaborate as they had experience, provided officials and knew the IRF
regulations. In this way we intend to learn of their setup and subsequently setup
a Malaysian white water association with Kampar River Festival as our platform”.
That is the
plan and hopefully we will have this event again next year and beyond.
The Champions Rex Kayak School with Youth and Sports Exco Howard Lee (centre) and Gopeng MP Lee Boon Chye
The overall
champion this year was won by local Gopeng adventure outfit called Rex Kayak
School while the runner up was FAJI Kota Bogor from Indonesia.
Looks like
we are off to a good start.
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Kg. Jahang, Gopeng on the Kampar River ... venue hi-lites
At the sports village
Lots of view points along the river
Local drink vendors, thirsty Singaporeans
Friendly food vendors
services on site
clean facilities
meet the local residents
Perak Tourism's ambassador 'KOPIRO' at Dataran Kg Jahang
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