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Triwizard Tournament News: event

Posted On 13th Jun 2022
Posted By Kayak
Author Fia Coghlan & Aaron Thompson
Location UL Sports Arena

THROWBACK TO OUR WEEK 10 TRIWIZARD TOURNAMENT!!


The Triwizard Tournament came to life for two important reasons:

1) Harry Potter is amazing;

2) I wanted a competition that everyone, regardless of kayaking ability could win.

We utilized the week 10 pool sessions and made it a week-long event, running 3 events over 3 pool sessions.


The first event was freestyle, where everyone had two 45 second runs to show what they had to offer. Anything Harry Potter related was given extra points. Freestyle is an important kayaking discipline here in Ireland. Also, within the club it is the easiest to practice, through pool sessions and offers the foundations for all the other disciplines.


The second event was boater-cross, a very common whitewater race, where every competitor starts at once. We had balloons in the pool and winning the races involved not only getting the boats across the line, but the unpopped balloon too. The rule for the first race was that the team's balloon couldn't leave the water, which resulted in some very interesting techniques to maneuver the balloon to the finish line. The second race involved keeping the balloon out of the water. It was great to see everyone really taking the rules of boater-cross seriously and trying to find inventive ways to win.


The final event of the week was polo. This is another major discipline the club caters for, but in keeping with the Harry Potter theme, it had to be quittich. We set up  a snitch that was a lemon, having first proven it floated:), and then bluggers that were space hoppers.


Overall, it was amazing to see everyone getting involved and all skill abilities able to win!!

The event was such a success that it has now become the Annual Triwizard Tournament.


Thanks a million to everyone who helped out and took part during the week. See you all again next year!!

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