Next year the World Freestyle Kayak Championships will be held in Plattling, Germany and this past weekend saw two selection events take place in Nottingham the results of which will help decide the 2011 GBR Team.
The men's team has seen a few changes this year with newly turned senior James Weight winning an event and multiple time team member Dicky Chrimes not entering. Going into the last league event at Hurley things can still change. Sam Anderson has done the maths and has posted where things currently stand on the SquareRock blog.
As Sam explains, this year's system for deciding the team is a different to the usual. It started back in May...
There’s 3 parts to it with your best result in 2 parts making up your overall score. Part 1 is the new British Championships League ranking which comes from paddlers best 2 results from 4 events (Tryweryn in May, Boulters in July, Nottingham in Oct and Hurley in Nov). Part 2 was the Twin Waves competition and Part 3 was the Tardis competition last weekend (23/24 Oct). The points given for each placing are: 1st 50, 2nd 47, 3rd 45, 4th 43, 5th 42, 6th 41, 7th 40, 8th 39…..
Full results of the both Saturday's and Sunday's events can now be seen on Alan Ward's blog: Liquid Projects
In the women's event, myself and Claire O'Hara won an event each securing our places on the team. Nicola Beeby and Jen Chrimes are currently tied for the 3rd spot. This year, 12-time team member, Fiona 'Flea' Jarvie, has decided retire from international competition. Flea has always been such a strong and positive member of the team and UK freestyle committee, things won't quite be the same without her!
On a personal level, I'm excited to be back on the team and am looking to another World Championships!
Text and photos by Emily Wall
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