Nottingham Programme
Date : 6th-7th October 2007.
It seems only a few weeks ago the Plastic Fantastic Series started at the Washburn and now we are fast approaching the final event this weekend. Sorry about the delay in sending this email, I was under the impression the slalom course at Nottingham was undergoing some development this weekend making it hard to announce the feature we would use. In fact development work has been delayed until after the event.
If you look at the timetable its going to be very busy weekend. We are going to be very strict on timings, if you’re not present for your run you’ll miss it and your chance of progressing in the competition.
The weekend will be final event in the Alpkit Plastic Fantastic Freestyle Series, all the results from the 4 competitions will be collected and the winner announced on Saturday evening.
The top 10 scores from Sport and Expert heats for each category (K1M, K1W, K1JnrM, K1JnrW, C1 & OC1) will be pulled out from the Plastic Fantastic Heats and compete for the title of British Freestyle Champion.
We’ll also be running an incubator event on the Saturday and the Sunday for beginners. Coaching will be available prior to both competitions. Saturdays event will take place on a small wave called ‘Tragedy’ at the bottom of the course, ideal for beginners and first time paddlers at Nottingham. On Sunday the competition will move up onto the Inlet Gate for those wanting a little more of a challenge.
Here is the proposed timetable for the days activities but as always is subject to change so keep your eyes and ears open for announcements & changes.
Saturday
8.00am Registration Mid Course Control
10.00am Briefing
10.30am Sport Freestyle Heats (Muncher)
11.00am Incubator Freestyle Coaching (Tragedy)
12.00am Incubator Freestlye Competition (Tragedy)
12.30pm Expert Freestyle Heats (Muncher)
2.30pm BotoX Prelims
4.00pm Sport Womens Final (Muncher)
4.30pm Sport Mens Final (Muncher)
5.00pm Expert Womens Final (Muncher)
5.30pm Expert Mens Final (Muncher)
7.00pm Food - Rugby Club
8.00pm The MONEY SHOT III, get your entries in. 10mins max. More details on http://www.alpkit.com
10.00pm Tunes and Dancing
Sunday
9.00am BotoX Heats
10.00am British Championship Semi Finals (Muncher)
12.00pm BotoX Semi Finals
12.30pm British Championship Jnr Ladies Final (Muncher)
12.30pm Incubator Freestyle Competition (Inlet Gate)
1.00pm British Championship Jnr Mens Final (Muncher)
1.30pm Boto X Finals
2.30pm British Championship OC1 Final (Muncher)
3.00pm British Championship C1 Final (Muncher)
3.30pm British Championship Ladies Final (Muncher)
4.00pm British Championship Mens Final (Muncher)
Squirt Competition
There will be a British Champion Squirt championship but details are still to be finalised.
As always more info is available on our website.
If you would like to enter and pay with a credit or debit card you can only do this with an advance online entry.
Looking forward to seeing you there, Jim.
Notes on the Boater-X.
They’ll be no seeding, heats will be drawn after registration and your race time displayed. The top 2 paddlers from the pre-lims will progress in the Cup competition, 3rd and 4th places will compete in the Plate competition. If you miss your time slot you’ll be disqualified and your heat will run with 3 entries. Only the first place paddler will advance to the next round.
The start will be conducted Americas Cup yachting style, with paddlers being informed 20 sec’s, 10 sec’s and 5 sec’s prior to the starting gun, meaning a rolling start is possible. Any competitor over the line at the sounding of the gun in any heat/race will have to paddle into the first eddy on the left after the horseshoe and touch a penalty marker. All paddlers will have to negotiate a different 360ยบ slalom gate during the race.
