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Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 8:48 am
by Canadian Paddler
This thread is a waste of time.
Did anyone really think Pingu started this thread seriously?
Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 2:18 pm
by Serious
No but it is stupid ideas like this that people will push and ruin a good sport, Having been out of the sport for many years and then starting again the standard is poor. How can you have a Div 2 slalom with a 3 & 4 at Bala no wonder the standard is so low. Make the Div 2 slaloms a bit harder and the standard will improve.
Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 2:46 pm
by Guest
Different gates for different divs
Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 3:09 pm
by Serious
I dont think so, maybe they will turn the water on for the Div 2 race.
Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 3:51 pm
by parent
There are definately different gates for different divisions at the event and a cumec release. There is also talk of starting the div 2's slightly higher up in the future.
With poor water levels many div 2 events may lack interest and challenge. But there has to be a step up to HPP & Tyweryn.
Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 4:15 pm
by Serious
Why are there not more Div 2 races on Pierepont (maybe with a smaller release). I cant believe there is a div 2 race at Ironbridge !!!!! in my day it was Div 4 & Novice and easy at that. Someone needs to review some of these events and have the courage to say that the venues are not adequote for higher ranking races.
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 10:54 am
by fishy
there are a div 2's at hpp, theres one in june
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 12:33 pm
by geust
fishy wrote:there are a div 2's at hpp, theres one in june
that should be fun to watch....are we sure its not on the lake? or on the dalecs down the bottom?
if its on the proper course i will be sat watching the looping pool allday HAHA
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 4:35 pm
by dude
hah, nice ???
Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 11:37 am
by fishy
its definatly on the white water, there was one there last year, quite a few ppl got stuck in looping pool cos they didnt know not to go down the middle!
Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 6:54 pm
by Pingu
All they'll need to do, if they get stuck is to signal to the nearest Section Judge to :
Signal
:;):
Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 4:22 pm
by oldandslow
There has been a lot of micky taken out of the div 2's recently, and I quite agree that I really don't feel like I deserve to be there - I'm very slow, I'm scared at Matlock and the div 3 women usually beat me - but I was promoted fair and square with two end of season wins, but with times to be ashamed of.
On the other hand if you look at the top end of the division, there are some stunning performances. At Bala Mill the best times were from the div 2 men, the top 5 at least... faster than most of the judges.
Perhaps it is time to rethink the point system so it is based on time rather than position in the race.
Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 5:50 pm
by davebrads
Ah, the old percentage system, we remember it well.
Although on the face of it, it should mean that only the fast paddlers get through, in practice it didn't quite work that way.
The range of times at a "hard" race is considerably greater than at an "easy" race, so if you were chasing promotion, there was little point in going to the "easy" races, as you wouldn't get enough percentage points. The advantage of this, is that more people got promoted at the "hard" races than the "easy" races, and had therefore demonstrated their ability to race on harder water before moving up the divisional system.
Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 8:58 pm
by Gladys
My daughter got promoted at Bala Mill after paddling really hard at both this competition and Matlock but knows that white water is a different matter completely. She also knows that it will be a long time before she is competent on white water but does this mean that she shouldn't have been promoted in order to stop her paddling at competitions such as HPP due to her inexperience. I believe that parents and coaches who are anything worth their salt will not let their children paddle on water that is beyond their ability, there certainly aren't any coaches at our club who let the kids on water where they are out of their depth.
On a lighter note, for us parents over a certain age I think a handicap system should be implemented according to age and weight which might put us somewhere near this lot of young, light kids who seem to fly over the water instead of through which is what I seem to do. Actually, why don't we blindfold anyone under 16 years of age and then I might be in with a chance!!
