Well today started early with a knock on the door at 3am, Ben had a stomach complaint and had been sick, by morning he was feeling better but he was ruled out of the Ivrea competition for the day.

The remainder of the squad had an early breakfast at 7:30 am and off to the course at 8:30 for demonstration runs at 9:00am and a 10:30 start to racing.

After breakfast I was confronted by Phil G who had been attacked by the dreaded mossies through the night and had a swollen hand and face, after some debate he decided to race and see how the swelling went, thankfully it went down through the morning..

The was a Under 23 National competition so all the Aussies were in separate classes to race, we nearly made up 50% of the competitors

First runs were over reasonably quickly, with some good performances. Second runs were reverse seeded in the first runs results. Talis and Tom had an interesting get out after the ist runs by going over the last drop backwards and getting stuck, requiring rescue to get them out of there boat.

Second runs went without a hitch until the C2 runs, Talis and Tom got into difficulty at the end of the course and had a swim over the last drop, they got reasonably crunched, in the end everyone was OK and the boat survived.

The presentation took place at 2pm with all the Australians getting a gift, I think they thought we need shows as the gifts were soap and shampoo packs from a sponsor of the event.

The Ivrea Canoe club was great and showed the Australian Team great hospitality.

I little bit of bartering took place with the on sight photography and we got a collection of photos of all the team for a reasonable price.

The afternoon hotted up again and we headed back to our digs to chill out and watch a couple of movies for the rest of the afternoon.

Dinner was at local Pizza restraint recommended by the local…

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