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 Ren’s Henllan Falls
Head to Head Classic
SATURDAY DECEMBER 10th 2011
This event is in memory of one of our ex workers, coach and friend Ren who tragically lost his life on the Gower in May 2005. Ren was part of our club and centre for a few years while completing his outdoor education course in the Graig College Llanelli. During the summer of 2003 he worked with us at the centre for a few months and also came out to the south of France on one of our most enjoyable trips, few people who attended the trip will forget his great smile and total enthusiasm for everything he did weather it was on the scooter nipping around the back streets of Vallon or paddling some of the rivers in southern France.
Due to Ren’s ability to make friends so easily he has left so many people from all over the country with some great memories, it is for this reason why the event has been organised.
The nature of the race is hopefully how Ren would have wanted it, not too formal, good times, happy faces, and a beer to finish the day off.
If you would like to attend the event to paddle or spectate then please come to the canoe centre in Llandysul on December the 10th 2011. The race entry is free!!
After the race this year we will be having our Christmas party in the porth hotel in Llandysul, The party starts at 6.30pm and tickets are available at a cost of £15 each or £40 for a family ticket. please book as soon as possible for rens race and the party.
Accommodation is also available in the canoe centre after the party in the porth.
If anyone cannot canoe but would like to run the falls then we will have some double boats at the site and someone will take you over the falls.
The full race rules will be given out on the day but it should go something like this:
1) The race will start 300 metres above the grade 3 rapids and finish under the bridge at Henllan.
2) Names of all entries will be put into a hat.
3) Names will be pulled out of the hat for each round.
4) For each race five names will be pulled out of the hat.
5) These five competitors will race against each other down the rapids in a head to head.
6) First, Second and Third place paddlers will continue into the next round.
7) The last two competitors in each race will be eliminated
(Except for the first round)
8) During the first round of races anyone who finishes in the last 2 positions will have an extra chance and their names will be placed back into the hat to race again in the first round.
9) An extra chance only happens in the first round this will give everyone at least 2 goes down the rapids.
10) There will be different classes Jnrs, seniors, Male Female etc.
2008 Footage: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=m5sGDgx1BbE (Thanks Mike!)
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