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Leighton Buzzard Winter Series marathon (26 Jan 2020)

27/1/2020

Eighteen Stortford paddlers made the long trip to Leighton Buzzard for the penultimate race of the Winter Series.

Edward and Libby each won silver medals in boys and girls u12K1 respectively, and there were bronze medals for Chris (Vet M K1), Kerstin (Ladies K1), Jamie & Jamie (Jr K2) and Josepha & Malcolm (TC2).

8 miles (2 portages):
Senior K2 - Mike Panrucker & Ian Abrams 9th (1:19:08), Jacque & Dave Cayford 11th (1:25:38)
Vet Mens K1 - Chris Sze 3rd (1:16:17), Mike Toomey 7th (1:20:14)

6 miles (2 portages):
u16 Boys K1 - Tom Barton 5th (1:11:56)
Ladies K1 - Kerstin Queeney 3rd (1:03:52)
u16 K2 - Jamie McAdam & Jamie Gaulton 3rd (1:02:58), Catherine Robinson & Kayleigh Gaulton 5th (1:17:34)

4 miles:
TC2 - Josepha Wallbank & Malcolm Duckworth 3rd (50:51)
u14 Boys K1 - Jack Gaulton 4th (49:16)
u14 Girls K1 - Eilidh White 4th (51:35)
u12 K1 - Edward Kirtland 3rd (54:52), Libby Gaulton 5th (57:12)

Hosts Leighton Buzzard put out a strong team and were very close to being the overall winners on the day, but the winning spot went to Chelmsford CC by a single race point. Stortford were third on the day, which means that BSCC now stands third in the WS league table behind Leighton Buzzard.

BSCC were again the team winning most points from unranked juniors so have consolidated our lead for winning the Dick Grieve trophy.

Full race results and individual series positions can be found on the FRA website.

A few photos are can be seen in Angela's Flickr album and Chris has added a video of his race to You-Tube

Chelmsford Winter Series marathon (12 Jan 2020)

15/1/2020

Chris & Richard put in another good performance at Chelmsford and were the fastest Vet team in the senior K2 race.

Jamie & Jamie were delayed by stopping to rescue a capsized paddler, but still took silver in the junior K2 class, in which they seem set to win the series trophy.

Edward took the bronze medal for u12 boys and Libby the silver for u12 girls.

Malcolm & Josepha are now locked in a tussle with a Barking crew in TC2 to see which of them is going to get one of the coveted series glasses.

8 miles:
Senior K2 - Chris Sze & Richard Winstanley 4th (1:00:47), Jacque & Dave Cayford 14th (1:19:06)
Vet Mens K1 - Mike Toomey 9th (1:17:35)

5 miles:
u16 Boys K1 - Tom Barton 8th (59:02), Tom Holloway 9th (1:01:26)
Ladies K1 - Kerstin Queeney 4th (53:06)
u16 K2 - Jamie McAdam & Jamie Gaulton 2nd (1:03:09), Catherine Robinson & Kayleigh Gaulton 3rd (1:05:06)

3 miles:
TC2 - Josepha Wallbank & Malcolm Duckworth 3rd (28:35)
u14 Boys K1 - Jack Gaulton 5th (26:38)
u14 Girls K1 - Eilidh White 4th (26:37)
u12 K1 - Edward Kirtland 4th (30:38), Libby Gaulton 5th (31:27), Hudson Loveday 10th (36:14)

Stortford were first on points won by unranked juniors (Tom Barton, Tom Holloway and Jack Gaulton being our high-scorers here), so we remain at the top of the Dick Grieve league.

The winning club were Chelmsford CC, with Leighton Buzzard second and BSCC third. This leaves BSCC and Leighton Buzzard neck-and-neck for overall second place in the series. There are two races to go - one of which is the Leighton Buzzard home event, so we shall have to put out a good team for the next two races if we don't want this to slip through our fingers.

Full race results and individual series positions can be found on the FRA website.

A few photos are can be seen in Angela's Flickr album and Chris has added videos of his race to You-Tube

Leighton Buzzard Winter Series marathon (26 Jan 2020)

Chelmsford Winter Series marathon (12 Jan 2020)

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