The start if the 2014 prep football season will see all three St. Martin Parish teams taking to the road on Friday.
Stand-up paddle boards, being demonstrated here by Carson, Conrad and Peyton Pellerin of Breaux Bridge, are very popular on False River. All types of paddle craft are welcome in the False River Open.
The False River Open Paddle Challenge will be this Saturday, Sept. 6, at the public ramp next to Satterfield’s Landing.
Registration opens at 7 a.m.
The events:
•400 Meter Youth Paddle, $20, start 8 a.m.
•3 Mile Paddle, $30, start 9:15 a.
•10 Mile Challenge, $40, start 11 a.m.
Joe Geisinger of Austin, Texas, and Mike Dey of Schertz, Texas, beach their USCA C2 racing canoe at Franklin after the 59-mile slog from St. Martinville on the second day of Tour du Teche IV in 2013. (Ron J. Berard/Tour du Teche)
Tour du Teche V, marathon races for kayaks, canoes, paddle boards and pirogues, begins Friday, Oct. 3, at Port Barre, La. Competition is for cash in the Racing Division and for trophies in the Voyageur (recreational) Division.
Jeremiah Rojas and Landon Darden are neck-and-neck in the K1 Recreational race for age group Fledgling II, ages 8-10, in the third annual running of the Petite Tour du Teche in Breaux Bridge Saturday.
The third annual Petite Tour du Teche, a series of short races for paddlers ages 5 to 17, was held in Bayou Teche at Breaux Bridge’s Parc des Ponts Saturday, Aug. 2.
“Everyone of these kids is a winner!” said Tour du Teche organizer Ray Pellerin. “They’re out here instead of at home on the computer!”
NO PADDLING THROUGH THIS – Over 75 yards of water hyacinth blocks Bayou Teche at the east floodgate into Wax Lake Outlet just days before Tour du Teche II. Luckily, Corps of Engineers lockmaster Lennis Paray was able to open the gate and flush the lilies out to sea in time for the race. In TDT III, the problem was at Franklin.
The TECHE Project is pleased to announce 2014 “Operation Hippo”.