WWALS Boomerang paddle race: Georgia into Florida and back again! 2022-10-22

WWALS Watershed Coalition

WWALS Watershed Coalition, Inc. (WWALS) is Suwannee RIVERKEEPER® WWALS advocates for conservation and stewardship of the surface waters and groundwater of the Suwannee River Basin and Estuary, in south Georgia and north Florida, among them the Withlacoochee, Willacoochee, Alapaha, Little, Santa Fe, and Suwannee River watersheds, through education, awareness, environmental monitoring, and citizen activities.

WWALS Boomerang paddle race: Georgia into Florida and back again! 2022-10-22 [Up]

$100 cash prize for First Place. Suwannee Riverkeeper Suwannee Bass t-shirts to that and other top winners. Boomerang tumblers to each paddler.

Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wwals-boomerang-2022-tickets-411307641227

To encourage others to get a ticket:

But remember to get your ticket, $30 online or at the event.

Pick up trash before the race and get a Rivers Alive t-shirt.

Rivers Alive

Online silent auction: Coming soon.

Where: turn right at the water trail sign just south of 6600 Madison Highway, Valdosta, GA (Olympia Bend Shooting Range).

GPS: 30.637844, -83.311149

Flyer:

Sponsor Opportunities:

You or your organization can get recognition, banners, a free race entry, and time to speak at the event.

Sponsor-Opportunities-WWALS-Boomerang-2022.pdf

Publicity:

2022-10-25: Winners, WWALS Boomerang paddle race 2022-10-22.

Hahira, GA, October 25, 2022 — Home county favorite Kyle “Bird” Chamberlain, of Lake Park, Lowndes County, Georgia, won the WWALS Boomerang paddle race from Georgia into Florida and back. He won the $100 First Prize with a time of one hour, sixteen minutes, and 55 seconds to paddle three miles down and three miles back up for six miles total on the astonishingly clear Withlacoochee River.

River, Race, Prizes: WWALS Boomerang 2022-10-22

Bird said, “I wanna thank my sponsors State Line River Outfitters and Takis for believing in me... they gave me their undivided attention to make sure I had everything needed to win.”
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2022-10-17: WWALS Boomerang paddle race on Scott James radio 2022-10-18.
2022-10-14: One week: WWALS Boomerang paddle race 2022-10-22
2022-10-03: Sponsors: WWALS Boomerang paddle race 2022-10-22.
2022-08-31: Tickets: WWALS Boomerang paddle race 2022-10-22
2022-08-30: WWALS Boomerang paddle race 2022-10-22

Last year's winners:

Winners: WWALS Boomerang paddle race 2021-10-23.

You can join this fun and work by becoming a WWALS member today!

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WWALS Watershed Coalition, Inc. (WWALS), est. 2012, is an IRS 501(c)(3) non-for-profit charity.
WWALS advocates for conservation and stewardship of the surface waters and groundwater of the Suwannee River Basin and Estuary, in south Georgia and north Florida, among them the Withlacoochee, Willacoochee, Alapaha, Little, Santa Fe, and Suwannee River watersheds, through education, awareness, environmental monitoring, and citizen activities.
Since 2016, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER® is a project and a staff member of WWALS as the Waterkeeper Alliance® member for the 10,000 square mile Suwannee River Basin in Florida and Georgia.