As indicated by the results, the combination of this difficult world class course, and the course settings on the three days yielded some frustrating penalties for many.  The Friday's course set by Michal was probably the best chance for participants to make good times, but nervousness, touches, and a tricky gate 18 in the swirling eddy at the bottom of the last drop killed many competitors hopes.  The Saturday course raised the technical challenge a bit more and a higher number of 50's resulted. The Sunday setup by Cathy Hearn featured a tricky upstream at gate 4 beside a high speed rooster tail, followed by offsets and a flush gate in the high speed current & eddies along one wall.  It also included a tricky upstream at the final corner before it goes down a drop to a boily finish series of gates.  Sunday was certainly not an easy last chance, however that was the case for John Hastings as he nailed it to make the team.