Freestyle
Location: T.b.a. (option 1Tuam, dependant on rain, option 2 Clifden)
Date: Saturday 13th February 2010
Team sizes. Tuam; 4 paddlers. Clifden; 2 paddlers
Each team must have 1x man and 1 x woman.
Time: 3pm
Format:
- Each individuals overall score are added together to give final team score.
- Points will be allocated according to team placings.
- In the event of a tie the college with highest individual score gets the higher ranking. If there is still a tie the next highest individual score gets higher ranking
- Team running order for the rodeo will be decided by pulling colleges names from a hat.
Tuam
Format
- Each college is allocated 6 minutes in the hole and work as a team in round robin format.
- The score sheet will allow for six runs each. (Each competitor will have plenty of time for two runs each)
- Once a competitor flushes their run ends and the next competitor begins their run.
- In the event of a swim each team is responsible for the rescue of their team-mate.
- Each individual’s score will be based on their two best runs added together.
- Each team may get on the water as soon as the previous heat finishes and will have two minutes for practise runs.
- There will be a hooter at the start and end of each heat.
- We will be using flood lights at Tuam.
Clifden
Format
- Due to time constraints for Clifden we will not have time for practise runs.
- Each heat will consist of three to four colleges doing round robin.
- Each competitor will be given two runs of 45 seconds each. Each heat will last approximately 24 minutes.
- Competitors will drop in from above the bridge.
- There will be a hooter at the end of each run.
- Each competitor’s score will be their two runs added together.
- Each heat must be ready to go ten minutes before their heat starts as in the event of a heat finishing earlier the next heat will begin a.s.a.p.
- In the event of it getting dark we will have floodlights hanging from the bridge, sunset is approximately 5.48pm.
