Boy injured after falling onto rocks at Avon Descent white water race | Avon Descent
A competitor successfully navigagtes Bells Rapids on the second day of the Avon Descent whitewater event last year.
He previously finished runner-up in the doubles.
The Avon Descent is one of Western Australia's oldest and greatest sporting events and attracts competitors and spectators from throughout Australia and the world.
MAYLANDS Avon Descent veteran Garth Civil will be teaming up with his partner for the first time at this weekend's 124km paddle from Northam to Bayswater.
Focusing: In 2013 when Peter Barden and his sister Danika Beaman won the Avon Descent 10 horsepower standard class category.
Mild and humid overnight temperatures on Friday caused a thick shroud of fog in the Avon Valley, but did not impact competitors.
But not before the determined 21-year-old takes on one of Australia's most difficult kayaking races, the 124km Western Australia Avon Descent, to be held this weekend.The support centre won the Best Float award in the 2016 Avon River Festival Parade.
Kayaker Steve Bolger is going for his sixth Avon Descent.
City of Bunbury Surf Life Saving Club paddlers James Duncan, Gary Carthew and Damien Kiely are set to compete in this weekend's Avon Descent.
There has been a spike in last-minute registrations for this weekend's Avon Descent with veteran paddlers saying river conditions are the best they have seen in decades.Brendan Rice paddled the 'dream team' with partner Josh Kippin to line honours on Day 1 of the 45th edition of the Avon Descent white-water classic.
A teenage boy has been injured after falling from a bridge onto rocks at Bells Rapids while watching the Avon Descent, a white water race held annually east of Perth.
Peter remembers watching Avon Descent videos with his Dad and playing in his racing boats, and this year will be the 35-year-old's nineteenth race. "I started racing power boats at age ten at the Perth Power Dinghy Racing Clud.
LOWER Chittering resident Steve Bolger will take on his sixth Avon Descent this year.
BELMONT local James Morfitt is set to take on the river in the Avon Descent this weekend.
Bakers Hill man Andrew Rowe is following in his father's footsteps, who was around for the inception of the Avon Descent.
A nine-year-old boy has been injured after falling from a bridge onto rocks at Bells Rapids while watching the Avon Descent, a white water race held annually east of Perth.
This year will be Civil's 17th campaign.
We have been following updates relating to the Avon Descent and will share with you some nifty information we learnt on the way, to make your weekend run as smoothly as possible.
Interstate paddle rivalry returns to the Avon Descent this year with the Spirit Paddle Sports Challenge between Western Australia, Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia.