SURF: 2007 New Year Competition, January 7/8, Bigbury-On-Sea

[StoneWeasel]

2007 New Year Competition
January Saturday 6th / Sunday 7th, Bigbury-On-Sea, Devon (could move to North Coast Cornwall if conditions dictate)


Trophies for 1st, 2nd and 3rd. in the following categories:
International Class over 3.0m
Juniors under 18 on 1/1/07

Plastic anything goes as long as it has a
cockpit, i.e.: no wave skis

Open 2.75m or under

Ladies

Masters over 40 on 1/1/07

Grand Masters over 50 on 1/1/07

We may not run every class if there is insufficient demand

Details - Bigbury is an excellent beach break at the mouth of the River Avon. With suitable conditions, it can give good long rides all the way up the river mouth.

Event Organiser - James Hawker
228 Beaumont Road, Plymouth, PL4 9EQ
Tel: 07746 035115

Entry Fee - £6 per class
Juniors and Ladies receive free entry into the international class, when entering their own
Class.
Cheques payable to J.Hawker, please.
All entries on the day

Registration - Car Park at Bigbury. GR 651443 (sheet 202).
Signing on is at 9am on Saturday.

Phone-in - You *must* phone in on the Thursday evening (7 to 10pm) before the competition to check that it will run, and confirm the venue! In the event of no surf, we will try for a re-run the following weekend.

AGM - we also intend to hold the 2006 AGM! after the competition.

edt: date correction

[andyfx]

Hi just a couple of questions . As I have not entered anything before ,Do I need a ranking.
Where can I download the rules
How do you score points
Are the judges on the water or on the beach
Is the comp beach closed to the public

[steve.bowens]

HI

1. The rules for surfing are on the BCUsurf website w w w . b c u s u r f . o r g . u k
2. The scoring in a normal surf kayak contest is awarded on three criteria:
a. Take off - if you catch a big wave you will score more points than if you catch a small one, if you catch a steep wave you will score more points than if you catch it really early.
b. Ride - if you have a long ride but only going in a straight line you will score less points than if you have a short aggressive (lots of turns/manoeuvres) ride, however the in-between of this depends largely on the judges at that contest and comes down to personal preference of the judges.
c. end move - this is the last manoeuvre performed on the wave, if you do a cartwheel to end the ride you will score more than if you just go straight, however if you do lots of manoeuvres in the white water these will not be scored in a Ranked event, this is because only moves not the "Green" wave are scored with only the end manoeuvre being aloud to be in the white water (in line with the ethos of “surfing”).

This scoring however may be adapted for plastic class as this is the entry level class where newcomers complete to get a feel for the whole thing, for example competitors are often allocated points for manoeuvres in the white water as well as on a green wave.

3. The judges are always on the beach and are always in an elevated position so as they can see what is going on.

4. The beach is not closed to the public, however (as with board surfing contests) the contest area will be defined and public are made aware of the area and that people will be competing on the waves in that area and as such it may not be the best place to go for casual “non competitive” surf.

If you have never tried competing before please come along and join in, it is a great way to meet other surf kayakers and find out what is possible in the waves. There will be classes to suit everyone and trophies for all categories. It is great fun and a good learning experience.

Steve Bowens, Chair BCU surf Committee

[chippypete]

Just checking that the dates for this event are right because the 7th and 8th is on Sunday and Monday and ill be back at work on Monday

Can you confirm the dates thanks

[Richard Uren]

It`s the Sat and Sun.

[StoneWeasel]

Sorry about the date mess up, it is the 6th and 7th.

Denzil

[steve.bowens]

This event is on,

Register in car park at Bigbury at 0900 Saturday, it will be a bit wet and windy but should be warm so come prepared. We are having the AGM in a local pub after the event at 1700 and the pub will be doing food from 1800.

See you there.

[steve.bowens]

Forcast has changed, NW wind, 6.5ft @ 12 sec and 5*, if you dont go surfing on the south coast this weekend you will miss out!!

See you there.

[Bertie..]

Hi, I'm heading down with a couple from Weymouth.

I'll be bringing a Plastic Valley Storm with me. Should people want to try it whilst I'm there, come and find me (or ring on 07795 692296).

[StoneWeasel]

Competition went well. Results now out.

http://www.ukriversguidebook.co.uk/foru ... hp?t=20830

Thanks to everyone that came,

Denzil