The third annual canoe race will be held Saturday at Merrill Millstream Park, with Pirate games for the children from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Race registration will be at 9 a.m., with the race starting at 10 a.m. Cost is $10 per paddler, which includes a lunch and participation gift. The award ceremony will be at 1 p.m. at the park. Food will be served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. including burgers, hot dogs, baked beans and drinks. A plate is $5.
There are six race categories: open class, a race team of more than two paddlers or a craft not classified as a canoe or kayak; K-2, a two-person kayak, males, females or mixed; K-1L, one-person kayak longer than 13 feet, four inches; K-1S, one-person kayak 13 feet, four inches and under; C2-Mixed, canoe with a female and male; C2-M, canoe with two males; C2-W, canoe with two females; and high school, canoe any length, both participants must be 16-18 years old.
Last year, the race had 22 paddlers.
The event is sponsored by the Merrill Millstream Park Committee. For more information, call Ken Bustard, race coordinator at 659-2018 or the Merrill/Smyrna town office at 757-8286.
