Irish freestyle league

Last weekend saw the Clifden fun rodeo being hosted in Galway. This event also formed event 2 of the Irish Freestyle league. Unfortunately I missed the first day of flatwater fun competitions and training but managed to get across to Clifden in time for the more serious competition on the Sunday.
Before the competition was running, I managed a couple of very nice head under mystery moves in the feature itself but having struck the bottom several times I left it alone to practice my flatwater moves.

In the competition itself, I won the C1 class. The C1 event was difficult as it was right at the end of the competition and due to the tide starting to turn the hole was extremely flushy making retentive moves difficult. The feature actually disappeared completely meaning that the C1 class didnt manage a third run.

The final event of the day was the squirt boat event. This is the first time there has been a squirt boat competition in Ireland since 2001 or so. It was run as a demonstration event to show everyone what squirt boats were capable of. They are extremely uncommon in Ireland with about 10 people paddling them at the moment.

Below are some photos of the squirt event.