IrishFreestyle

hey guys,

does anyone actually know when, where or if the europeans are even goin ahead this year ??? whos organisin it ?? cause there seems to be an awful lotta questions around whether its goin ahead or not... and if it is...what the details are for it !! was it the same for the last european champs ?? think they were in nottingham ?

Moose

Congrats to all who competeted at Team Trials . Below is the Irish Team to go to the European Championships in Galicia, Spain.

Mens K1

Len Kelleher

Below are the points standings from the 3 Team Trial Event.

The Freestyle Committee will pick a team, to go to the European Championships 2008, based on these results and on any wildcard applications.

The Team will be announced as soon as it has been finalised.

Confirmed Format for Clifden event will be as follows:

Heats wiil be 2 runs each wit the scores added together.

From preliminaries we are going straight to finals

Five competitors will qualify for the finals.

Each finalist gets two runs and their best run will count.

The finals will NOT be super finals format as held at sluice.

For all those competing in Trials just to clarify how things will go.

As previously stated the rules for trials will be european freestyle rules. These rules are variety only and are available for viewing in the resources section of this website here.

Sluice: As we are under less time constraints we will be running heats and super finals at this event.

After taking into consideration the reponses from the community with regards the provisional Team Trail events the committee have decided on the below the process for the selection of the Irish National Team for the 2008 European Freestyle Championships.

Team Size:

• K1 Surface Mens - 5
• K1 Surface Womens - 3
• K1 Surface Junior Men - 4
• K1 Surface Junior Women - 3
• 1 reserve per category

Selection Events:

• Event 1 – Sluice, Dublin – December 15/16th
• Event 2 – Clifden, Galway – December 22/23rd
• Event 3 – Curragower, Limerick – January 12/13th

Each competitor's best 2 event results will be counted.

For those paddlers interested in competing in Team Trials for the European Freestyle Championship 2008 the following dates are of importance:

Location 1: Sluice

Date: Sat 15th and Sun 16th Dec 2007

Location 2: Clifden

Date: Sat 22nd and Sun 23rd Dec 2007

More details on these events, registration for trials and other provisional dates will follow soon.