The event is open to paddlers of all abilities – open event for all and elite event for those who are current GB squad/entering selection/want points towards British Championship/sponsored paddlers etc.

Check in starts at 9am on Saturday 10th July with the action kicking off at 10am freestyle time.

Please use the public car park adjacent to the lock (now pay and display but not extortionate) DO NOT A…TTEMPT TO PARK ANYWHERE ON THE ISLAND as this could jeopardise future events.

Hosts are Marlow Canoe Club, Kayakojacko and Square Rock who we thank.

Raffle prize: ‘Love it live live it’ freestyle camp. Sam Ward – GB Team Coach and owner of “Love It Live It” has generously offered to raffle a place on one of his week freestyle training camps to be held at HP this summer. Sam will be at Boulters over the weekend helping and raffle entry will be FREE to all competitors at Boulters on both days.
For more details of these …brilliant camps please see http://www.loveitliveit.co.uk/trips/freestyle_development_camps.html

Entry fee £5. Classes Open – Junior and Senior, Women and Men, Elite – Junior Women and Men, C1 / OC1, Senior Women and Men. This will be the proposed running order but numbers on the day may mean this is modified.

Don’t forget this event counts towards the British Champs and Selection for GB Team.

On offer over the weekend will be free demo boats to test on the river or white water course from leading brands including Pyranha, Jackson, Riot, P&H, Feelfree and Venture Canoes and Kayaks. There will be huge discounts on all Peak UK kit throughout the shop alongside a well-stocked Sale Rail. Kayak films will be playing on the ‘big screen’ for your entertainment and extended opening hours will ensure you don’t miss out on any of the action!

Peak UK will be hosting a Rodeo event with prizes for the best newcomers, most stylish moustache and best tan lines and there will be a free sausage sizzle for every entry! The freestyle event will take place on the Saturday evening followed by a BBQ and ball games with the finals and prize giving taking place on the Sunday.  Registration is just £10 and will run from 10am Saturday in the Peak Shop.

To check out further details then go to CIWW and follow ‘Park and Play’

CIWW has all the information about ‘Park and Play’ pump times for the opening weekend and future hours, the site also includes our extensive list of paddlesport courses.

If you don’t fancy a paddle then drop in and say hi, take a look and sample some delights from the White Water Café.

We look forward to seeing you in a week

All at CIWW

PARENTAL CONSENT

SAS MAP

The most popular freestyle site in the UK again hosts a full weekend of competition and fun. This year we have a team from Kayakojacko and the UK Freestyle Committee organising a joint event of GB Selection and The SAS Hurley Classic. The event enjoys the backing of Software giants SAS and the Environment Agency.
Spectators are more than welcome and there is limited viewing access via the weir.

ADVICE CONFIRMING FINAL DETIALS OF THE EVENT AND CONFIRMATION THAT THE EVENT IS STILL ON WILL BE POSTED On http://www.tvfreestylers.co.uk/ PLEASE CHECK THE WEBSITE REGULARLY FOR UPDATES.

GB Selection
The event needs to be entered separately and entries will be taken on the day at the Control Point (The Pump House) on the SAS bank. This will be open from 0900 am. Entry to selection will automatically enter you in the Classic at no extra cost. Bibs should be retained for both competitions. Anyone can enter selection but A CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE BCU MEMBERSHIP CARD MUST BE PRESENTED ON THE DAY TO BE CONSIDERED FOR SELECTION

The event will run as 3x 45second rides, best 2 rides added together (dropped rides will be used in the case of a tie – see below).

Paddlers will be given points related to their ranking at each event (the Hurley event is the last of three events)1st place = 30 points, 2nd place = 27 points, 3rd place = 25 points, 4th place = 23 points, 5th place = 22 points then 21,20 etc

The best 2 out of 3 rankings will be added together to give a final ranking. In the event of a tie the DROPPED RIDES WILL BE USED – these will be added to the paddlers’ top scores FROM EACH EVENT and the paddlers then re-ranked.

The events will be run to ICF RULES

Juniors: The first year a competitor can compete as a junior is the year in which his/her 15th birthday falls. The last year a competitor can compete as a junior is the year in which his/her 18th birthday falls. If you are too young to be a junior on the team you can still compete for a place in the squad. If you are a junior for British Champs but a senior for selection your senior ride score in selections (which is also the heats for Brit Champs) will be placed in the junior category for British Champs.

The way Hurley is to be used will be announced in a morning briefing @ 0930 on Saturday 21 November. This will take place at the Control Point. Competitors are strongly advised to attend this.

The SAS Hurley Classic Event
The Classic competition this year will be run in a seeded and random heat order. We do this so that each heat has a range of experience with the notion that the more experienced help the less experienced, very much in the ‘spirit’ of paddling. From your initial scores we will progress into a final category with the top 20% of each class. This would be run as one big heat of 20 minutes. However if we d not get through the heats by 1600 hours we will use the heat scores to give final scores

All paddlers with white water experience and a solid roll are welcome but we recommend paddlers have experience of surfing waves and holes to make the most of the day.

Rules: The competition will run in jam session style heats, paddlers can take as many rides as they like during the heat, within the running order. Paddlers may take up to 30 seconds each ride until they flush or are buzzed off by a judge. Buzzing off occurs if you don’t score a move within 20 seconds or your 30 seconds has expired. Paddlers will be scored on the top four scoring moves that they complete during their runs. A scoring list will be available on the day (this will be representative of current freestyle scoring systems).

Linked moves will score an extra accumulator that equals 50% of the total value of the linked moves.

Once we have run all the heats we will run a super final with the top paddlers competing to the international freestyle knockout final rules.

Please bring all your own equipment. There may be a limited number of freestyle demo boats on the day.

Registration is open from 9am on Sunday and the competition starts at 10 .

Scouts Catering
The Crew are back again this year and will be serving up burgers, bacon tutties, coffee and tea etc…

BCU Insurance
The BCU Provide third party cover for the competitors during the competition times. BCU, SCA, WCA or CANI members will be required to show their membership cards when collecting their entry numbers. Anyone without a card or who is not an individual member of the BCU, SCA, WCA or CANI will be required to enrol in a temporary membership scheme which will provide insurance cover. This will cost £1.50

Due to course updates there will unfortunately be no Teeside event this year.

The Youth Freestyle series is a number of one-day events aimed at progressing white-water paddlers. It is open to any 18 and under paddlers with a fairly reliable white-water roll who want to improve their freestyle or white water paddling or who want to take part in a fun freestyle competition. It doesn’t matter if you have no previous experience of competition or if you’re on the GB team – the competition caters for all levels of paddler.

The 2008 series attracted over 100 entrants to the Nottingham event and due to these increasing numbers we need to bring the format of the event into line. Each day will now consist of paddling workshops followed by a fun freestyle competition and where sites (and time) allow a river race.

For more information on the series and for details on how to enter please visit www.youthfreestyle.co.uk (the website should be up and running by the end of March)

The Youth Freestyle series is supported by: UKFreestyle, Palm Equipment/Dagger Europe, Square rock/Jackson Kayaks, K3, BCU North East region, Kayakojacko, Desperate Measures