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by Canadian Paddler » Thu Sep 08, 2016 2:53 pm
Changes to the Progression, confirmed today
British Open Progression
Initially Progression was published as being ‘ICF’. Having received the entries, and the water time this has been reassessed and the numbers progressing will be increased as follows:
From Heat 1 C1W 15, C1M 20, K1W 25, K1M 40, C2 0
From Heat 2 C1W 5, C1M 10, K1W 15, K1M 20, C2 5
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In Semi Final C1W 20, C1M 30, K1W 40, K1M 60, C2 5
To Final, 10 in each event
• Progression will be based on race position irrespective of whether the paddler is Premier, paddle up or International.
• The Premier result will be based on the final result of the race excluding paddle ups and Internationals i.e. position in the final then position in the semis then by the best run from the 2 qualifying runs.
• Paddle up points will be based on the final results list. Any paddler that is above the bottom 40% of Premier paddlers in a division will get paddle up points.
• The British Open result will be based on the final result of the race.
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The fact that this race was to be ICF progressions was published on Nick's site in February, is in the yearbook and is on the calendar art of Nick's site. ICF progression has been in the public domain all season. Last season it was not ICF progression, and the different rules were separately published.
So if you do not qualify you will not have a British Open run on Sunday, but remember that there is a div 2/ Open on the Legacy Loop on Sunday, so all is not lost, you can still race (entry space permitting).
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To try to answer Why?
ICF Progressions
This year the British open has moved from end of season to October, and will be part of a British Canoeing supported multi discipline weekend. In order to fit into that, ICF progressions were proposed last year. and published (as above)
Change from ICF
Now that the entries have been received, the class sizes known, and the water time available for slalom this weekend, it was decided that strict ICF is a harder target than needed, and not consistent across the classes, so progression is about 2/3 with ICF as minimum.
All spelling errors are intentional and are there to show new and improved ways of spelling old words. Grammatical errors are due to too many English classes/teachers.
Old. Fat. Slow. Bad tempered. And those are my good points