Nine Stortford paddlers competed at the fifth race of the Winter Series in mild and sunny conditions. As this was last race, there were also end of series trophies in addition to those won on the day.
This has very much been Octavia's season. She rounded off the series with another win, to make a total of three wins and one second place, making her the series class winner of the Ladies class, and she also remains the holder of the Ladies Vet trophy for the 3rd successive year.
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On the 7-mile course, David G and Adam both put in excellent races against a high standard of competition to take gold and silver in their respective classes.
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Eilidh and Catherine took on the junior K2 class this year and have not missed a race throughout the series - this paid off with a second place series award. Similarly, solid scoring across four races brought a third place series award for Jamie G in u14 Boys, in addition to the bronze medal won on the day.
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 | 7 miles: Senior K1 - Adam Beaumont 2nd (59:04) Vet Mens K1 - Ricky White 5th (1:11:46), Steve Whipp 9th (1:16:29) u18 Mens K1 - David Gurney 1st (1:02:21) 5 miles: Ladies K1 - Octavia Abbott 1st (54:22) u16 K2 - Eilidh White & Catherine Robinson 3rd (1:07:18) 3 miles: u14 Boys K1 - Jamie Gaulton 3rd (36:27) u12 K1 - Jack Gaulton 7th (44:47) Full race & series results are on the FRA website. |
BSCC SERIES RESULTS:
K1 F 16+, 1st overall & 1st Vet - Octavia Abbott
K2 u16 & MC2, 2nd - Eilidh White & Catherine Robinson
K1 M u14, 3rd - Jamie Gaulton
K1 F 16+, 1st overall & 1st Vet - Octavia Abbott
K2 u16 & MC2, 2nd - Eilidh White & Catherine Robinson
K1 M u14, 3rd - Jamie Gaulton
The size of the Stortford teams have been much reduced this season, and as a result we finished in third position overall, behind Chelmsford CC (1st) and Leighton Buzzard CC. We finished 5th in the Dick Grieve league (points scored by novice juniors) and in 3rd place for the Bob Porter trophy (for participation by u12s).
See Angela's Flickr page for some photos of the Leaside race.
