We are organising a pilot freestyle competition on Wednesday 15th October on the 7:30pm Legacy session.
If you’ve ever wanted to see what freestyle is about, now is your chance!
Anyone can enter in any boat; this is all about having fun and finding out about freestyle. Heats will be in a ‘jam’ style format (a set time allocated for the heat based on the number of paddlers and you just take it in turns getting on the feature). The categories are mixed gender and age but based on ability level:
Novice – All fun moves count (think paddle spins, cosmic donkeys, Harry Potters – if you have no idea what these are you’ll learn along the way)
Intermediate – ICF moves with flexibility i.e. if you initiate in the feature but flush, you’ll still score it and some flexibility on angles. If you retain in the feature, there will be additional bonuses.
Advanced – ICF scoring. Stricter scoring, requiring you to retain in the feature to score the move.
There will be a mandatory safety brief in the island on the Legacy at 7:15. Heats will also be allocated at the brief along with bibs. The cost of the event to cover medals will be £3 each, in addition to booking the paddling session as usual – so probably needs to state that on the page so people book both. Maximum of 21 total tickets for the event with 3 ticket options based on categories – Novice, Intermediate and Advanced (no limit on numbers for each category, only for total number of tickets).
Book onto the session to paddle as usual (paddling will also still be available to those not participating but please note there will be some traffic management on the bank to maintain everyone’s enjoyment) plus a £3 entry fee – please book on WebCollect. There will be a maximum of 7 paddlers per heat.
Heat 1- 7:30pm
Heat 2 – 7:50pm
Heat 3 – 8:10pm
If you don’t fancy entering but would like to volunteer to help out on the bank, please get in touch with lvpcfreestyle@gmail.com
We would love to make this a series next summer so any feedback following this event would be most welcome.
Laura Fagg, Freestyle Lead