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Cambridge Hasler (20 Mar 2016)

22/3/2016

There was an exceptionally large turn out of 256 entries. Stortford paddlers took a good number of podium positions: Joe and Heidi won Div 4 and Div 5 respectively, Matt and Mike were 2nd in Div 2 and Div 6 respectively, while Malcolm & Gary were 3rd in Div 8 doubles. Joe, Heidi and Mike were each promoted. Chris and Octavia each did very well, coming 4th and 5th in Div 7, and were also promoted.

SINGLES -
21 km, 4 portages
Div 2: Matt Parkes 2nd (1:46:10)
14 km, 4 portages
Div 4: Joe Fitzpatrick 1st (1:20:18), Ella Beatty 16th (1:29:25)
Div 5: Heidi White 1st (1:28:24), Ricky White 8th (1:33:28), Kevin Warbrick 12th (1:35:18)
Div 6: Mike Toomey 2nd (1:32:29)
7 km
Div 7: Chris Sze 4th (39:11), Octavia Abbott 5th (39:43), Toby Booth 19th (44:39)
Div 8: Judith English 8th (45:13), Oscar Toomey 9th (48:58)
Div 9: David Gurney 11th (44:56), Yazmin Layzell 20th (48:53), Wayne Stevens 21st (49:30), Connor Higgins 23rd (50:32), Deborah Cayford 24th (51:19), Catherine Robinson 25th (51:33), Jessica Gaynor 28th (56:08), Kaitie Owen 30th (57:19)

DOUBLES -
7 km
Div 8: Malcolm Duckworth & Gary Aldam 3rd (42:36), Jacque Cayford & Dave Cayford 5th (42:49)

LIGHTNINGS -
3 km
under 10 Girls: Gemma Beazley 4th (29:49), Ryewin Bridger 5th (40:54)

Despite the good number of individual successes, the team simply did not have enough paddlers to bring in bring in a solid core of points, leaving Stortford 5th overall - see the league table here.

A special well done goes to Gemma and Kaitie, both racing for the first time.

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Waterside D (13 Mar 2016)

14/3/2016

Danny Beazley, paddling for Bishops Stortford, was partnered by James Smythe (Leaside CC), in the last race of the Waterside Series yesterday. The race covered 34 miles from Devizes to Newbury with 35 portages. The pair made their fourth successive win in the Vet K2 class with a time of 4:42:18. As well as finishing first out the 25 boats in this class, Danny & James were also the third fastest out of all the K2s. They of course won the series trophy for Vet K2 with a total time of 11:54:02. Everything is looking good for their participation in the 125-mile DW at Easter!

Other club members participating were the new Mixed K2 crew of Octavia Abbott and Chris Sze. Unfortunately they were one of the three crews that had to retire from this class.

See results of Waterside D, and 2016 series results.

Leaside Winter Series Marathon (6 Mar 2016)

7/3/2016

Four gold medals went to Stortford paddlers at the Leaside Marathon, with wins for Paul & Richard, Ella and Murdo. The total points scored by the team brought Stortford a third place overall.

7 miles -
K2: Joe Fitzpatrick & Heidi White 4th (58:45)
K1 M Vet: Chris Sze 10th (1:11:39), Mike Toomey 11th (1:12:30), Steve Whipp 12th (1:12:56), Simon Forey 17th (1:16:40), Ricky White (rtd)
5 miles -
K1 F 16+: Ella Beatty 1st (51:48), Catherine Robinson 9th (1:24:07)
K1 F u16: Lexie White 3rd (57:12)
MC2: Paul Surrage & Richard Baker 1st (57:17), Gary Aldam & Malcolm Duckworth 2nd (59:04)
2 miles -
K1 M u14: Murdo White 1st (23:20), Connor Higgins 12th (31:15), James Daly 13th (32:53)
K1 F u14: Yazmin Layzell 2nd (28:49)
K1 u12: Eilidh White 5th (38:44)

The full race results for Leaside can be found on the FRA website.

A video of the Leaside race taken from their kayak by Penny & David Glover is on You-Tube, and there are some photos in Angela's Leaside Flickr album.

This was the final event of the series, so also included the presentation of the trophies for performance across all six races of the series.

Danny Beazley, not paddling on this occasion in order to act as race organiser, had already clocked up five wins in the previous Men's Vet K1, so was easily the winner of this class.

Other series trophies were won for Stortford by:
K1 M u14, 2nd place - Murdo White
K1 F u14, 2nd place - Yazmin Layzell
Marathon C2, 1st place - Malcolm Duckworth & Gary Aldam
GP F, 2nd place - Deborah Cayford

The full list of series placings for each class can be downloaded from the FRA website.

BSCC took third place overall in the series, second place in Dick Grieve points for performance by unranked juniors, and was awarded the Bob Porter Trophy for the highest turnout of under 12s. See the club series results. The Winter Series league table can be found on the BSCC results page.

Watersides B & C & Thamesside 2

3/3/2016

Several intrepid BSCC club members have been taking part in the winter's long distance marathons this season:

Waterside B - 14 Feb 2016
17.5 miles and 19 portages from Newbury to Aldermaston wharf & return.
Veteran K2: Danny Beazley (with James Smythe, Leaside CC) 1st 2:17:23, Ant Wright & Mike Panrucker 19th 3:11:05 [28 entries]
Veteran K1: Chris Sze 18th 3:21:55 [32 entries]
Senior Ladies K1: Laura Warbrick 3rd 2:53:23, Octavia Abbott 7th 3:38:07 [9 entries]
Full results for Waterside B are online.

Thamesside 2 - 21 Feb 2016
19 miles and 8 portages from Reading to Marlow.
Senior Ladies K1: Laura Warbrick 2nd 2:26:13 [4 entries]
Junior Ladies K1: Ella Beatty 2nd 2:36:07, Heidi White 3rd 2:40:00 [3 entries]
Mixed K2: Ian Abrams & Carley Pease 13th 2:50:50 [16 entries]
Full results for Thamesside 2 are online.
Photos of Thamesside 2 by Chris Worrall on Flickr

Waterside C - 28 Feb 2016
23 miles and 35 portages from Pewsey to Newbury.
Veteran K2: Danny Beazley (with James Smythe, Leaside CC) 1st 3:10:21, Ant Wright & Mike Panrucker 19th 4:31:35 [28 entries]
Veteran K1: Chris Sze 19th 4:36:45 [29 entries]
Senior Ladies K1: Octavia Abbott 4th 4:38:32 [7 entries]
Provisional results for Waterside C are online.

A big well done goes to everyone concerned!

Cambridge Hasler (20 Mar 2016)

Waterside D (13 Mar 2016)

Leaside Winter Series Marathon (6 Mar 2016)

Watersides B & C & Thamesside 2

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