Paddlers were placed in heats using a random number generator
http://www.random.org/Course:
Start in top eddy of Jacksons run in. Catch eddy to river left of bar stopper (you must be facing upstream before continuing). Continue over Jacksons. First one down wins!
Heat 1
Finch, Eoghan, Zog, Conor Mohan
Heat 2
J. Bizzle, Karen, Dave, Marie, Deividas
Heat 3
Ross, Nuala, Andy J, Matt
Heat 4
Bill, Mark, Rog, Cormac
Heat 5
Simon, Peter, Dee, Stephen
Top 2 mean from each heat progress to Quarter finals, Top 2 men in each quarter final progress to final
As we only have 4 women each girl gets a place in the womens final