The second event in the Youth freestyle series took us the the Nene whitewater course, in Northampton .
The nene is possibly the smallest course we have in the u.k running on just 2-3 cumecs it funnels it’s way down a series of small ledge holes untill it hits a wooden ramp and the excitement really begins – Pool A consists of a reasonably big pour over and whilst not being famed for it’s freestyle prowess it does dish out a fair few beatings in between moves – great fun to watch.
The event followed the usual Youth freestyle format of some chilled out coaching in the morning, followed by a competition in the afternoon. However due to the weather/easy to swim course/coaches and parents wanting to cool down – the Nene is also host to a search and rescue ball game, a team of 5 kids has to rescue the balls that are being recirculated in the pour over.
The results for the Nene can be found here -Â http://www.youthfreestyle.co.uk/attachments/article/44/Nene%20Club%20Results%202012b.pdf
Check out the video below,
See you on the water,
Bren