IrishFreestyle

Here's a short vid of the highlights from Saturday's Round 2 at Clifden.

Courtesy of Will Greene, GMIT OFB now paddling with Napier Uni Edinburgh. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmdQKDf5WUc

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.

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.