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"2010
National Concrete Canoe Competition"
2010 Host School Cal Poly - SLO will host the 2010 National Concrete Canoe Competition. The school has a strong performance record and placed third overall at nationals in 2009. Their ASCE Chapter won the 2009 Robert Ridgway Award given to the "single most outstanding student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers."
2010 NCCC Coverage 2010 marks the 23rd anniversary of the national concrete canoe competition. More than likely, the first place overall winner in each of 18 Conferences will be invited to compete in the 2010 National Concrete Canoe Competition. In addition, if the first place Conference winner finished in the top five overall in the 2009 National Competition (University of California -Berkeley, Ecole de Technologie Superieur, Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo, the University of Florida, and the University of Nevada, Reno), the second place team will also be invited to compete at nationals. The 2009 host school (University of Alabama) has already qualified along with Cal Poly - SLO (as the 2010 host).
The two newcomers in 2009 brought the number of schools that have participated at the national level to 110. Updated point totals, spreadsheets, and statistics for the 2009 NCCC and all other national competitions can be found in "For the Record." This just may be... "The Civil War of Concrete Canoeing" John Gilbert and Andrea Barnes will cover the event for ConcreteCanoe.org. "My prediction is that the 2009/2010 stint will go down in history as the "Civil War of Concrete Canoeing" where over 200 teams throughout the United States, plus some from Puerto Rico and Canada, will pit their technical expertise, marketing skills, and paddling prowess against one another to win the 2010 title. In the process, tens of thousands of strategic decisions will be made. All of the multiple title holders stand a good chance to qualify for this competition [North (Wisconsin "Badgers" - 5 national titles), South (Team UAH "Chargers" - 5 national titles), East (Clemson "3CT" - 3 national titles), and West (Berkeley "Bears" - 5 national titles]. In their 62 prior national appearances, these four schools have won 18 out of 22 titles and if all of them make it to California, it will set the stage for the battle of the century"... jag Details on each team's performance including a description of their presentation, every question asked by the judges, commentary on their stint, photos of their final product, and more will be posted below. More than likely... Design reports (25% of score) will be evaluated prior to the competition. The final products (25% of score) will be judges on Thursday, June 17th. We plan to photograph the canoes with as little clutter (participants, spectators, etc.) as possible to show exactly what each school has to offer. Oral presentations (25% of score) will be delivered on Friday, June 18th. We plan to attend all of them and documented every question posed to the teams by the judges. Races (25% of score) will be held June 19th (stay tuned for the location). We'll be there to provide blow by blow coverage. 2010 NCCC Website Links
2010 NCCC Rules and Regulations The CNCCC (Committe on National Concrete Canoe Competitions) issued a copy of the 2010 NCCC Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. This is the first of two FAQs that are sent by the CNCCC. The information included in the FAQ is a compilation of ALL the questions posed by the students and the responses given by the CNCCC that have been previously broadcasted to the NCCC list server (As of 10/31/09). Questions that have been received by the CNCCC for which privacy was requested are not included in the FAQ. This version of the FAQ will be superseded by a version that will be issued on or around 1 March 2010. 2010 NCCC Race Site Links to the race site and weather conditions will be posted
here. 2011 National Concrete Canoe Competition The location and dates of the 2011 National Concrete Canoe Competition will be posted here as soon as this information becomes available. |
