Round 2 - Tryweryn

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Round 2 takes us over to North Wales to the Whitewater centre on the Tryweryn. On Saturday we'll be using the NRA Wave again for the Sport and Expert freestyle competitions. The Incubator coaching will take place on various features down the river finishing with a fun competition on the Cafe Wave. On Sunday we'll run a Boto-X over Bala Mill falls. Cost for the weekend Tryweryn ticket will be £25.00.

Timetable

Saturday 14th June - Location Canolfan Tryweryn

8.30am Registration
10.00am Freestyle Prelims - all paddlers will have 3, 45 second rides on the feature (NRA Wave) with the best 2 rides counting. The top 10 paddlers will go through to Semi's.
10.00 Expert Prelims
11.30 Sport Prelims
1.00 Ladies Prelims
2.00pm Old Gits & Diva's Freestyle (NRA Wave)
2.30pm Incubator Freestyle (NRA Wave) Coaching provided in the morning
3.00pm Semi Finals (If we are running late we will drop the semi finals and go straight to a knock-out final) 2x 45sec rides both count. Top paddlers 5 through to a knockout final.
4.00pm Finals - 45 secs rides, knock-out final

Rather than walk half way across Wales for a meal I thought we'd enjoy the Welsh sunshine and have a BBQ in the field. I'll provide the coals, some tunes, games (and shelter if it looks like being damp). You need to bring your food and choice of beverages.

Sunday 15th June - Bala Mill Falls

9.30am Boto-X Prelims - All paddlers race 4 up to decide their seeding into the cup or plate competitions.
12.30pm Plate Heats
1.00pm Cup Heats
1.30pm Plate Quater Finals
1.45pm Cup Quarter Finals
2.00pm Plate Semi Finals
2.15pm Cup Semis Finals
3.00pm Finals

These timings will almost undoubtedly change depending on numbers.

General River Info

A dammed river with over 200 release dates a year, the Tryweryn provides almost guaranteed paddling throughout the year. The rivers starts beneath the dam and flows through the managed canoeing centre, Canolfan Tryweryn. Many different feature litter the river, giving enjoyment to paddlers of all abilities. The freestyle will be held towards the end of the managed section on a wave recently changed underneath the NRA Bridge (Some paddler still refer to this as Scaffold Bridge before it was rebuilt)

Hot showers, clean changing facilities, safe car parking and a cafe are all available at the centre. Paddlers competing in the event will have access to the entire upper section of the Tryweryn throughout the weekend but will have share the water with other users and rafts.

The rivers continues to flow past the centre with little more than a few ripples until you approach the town of Bala. Here the rivers begins to speed up before dropping over Bala Mill Falls. Recently there have been a few issues around this part of the river so we would ask anyone paddling to observe the following:

  • 1- Access the river only from the public footpath rather than walking along the side of the river over private land. The Boto-X will run from Factory Pool where the footpath meets the river
  • 2- Spectators for the Boto-X do not cross the fence above Bala Mill Falls in to the private field

Camping

Camping will be available from Friday evening at the Bala Mills site. Turn off the A4212 400m from the A494 turn off to Porthmadog/Trawsfynydd. The track to the site is opposite the artificial sports pitch between the turning into Cysgod y Coleg estate (you cannot access the site if you turn into the housing estate) and the College on top of the hill. Please take care on the access road – many children play along it. The site is owned by Bala Canoe Club and is close to residential premises so please try and keep the noise down.

Further infomation and photos about the river:
Bala Mill Slalom Course
UK Rafting
UK Rivers Guidebook

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