| Eight gold medals, a silver and two bronzes, a third place overall, and two double promotions - not a bad day's work for the Stortford team! Twenty-two Stortford paddlers were among the 134 competing at Bedford. River conditions at the first turn caused a few capsizes in what was otherwise a particularly successful day. |  |
Most of the club's medals came from the four doubles boats. Chris & Ben T were spurred on by a friendly rivalry with Gordon Bullock and his new Barking CC partner to win Div 5 doubles. Kerstin & Jack also paddled particularly well together in Div 6. It has been announced that as a result of these crew performances, Ben is being promoted to Div 4 and Jack to Div 5.
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 | David G, our only competitor on the longest course, fought a close contest for Div 2, with all four boats crossing the finish line within 8 seconds of eachother. David was 1 sec behind Ali Kabeer but 6 sec ahead of Matt Parkes. Other high-scorers in the singles races were Eddie K, Jaroslav (Jay), and John. A special well-done to Kerry who was competing in her first ever race. |
| DOUBLES - 12.9km, 2 portages Div 5: Chris Sze & Ben Tubby 1st (1:10:08) Div 6: Kerstin Queeney & Jack Gaulton 3rd (1:14:40) 6.8km Div 8: Jacque Cayford & Dave Cayford 1st (43:31) Div 9: Finlay Sandall & Oliver Klumpler 1st (47:48) |  |
 | SINGLES - 19.7km, 4 portages Div 2: David Gurney 2nd (1:41:24) 12.9km, 2 portages Div 5: Eddie Kirtland 1st (1:15:38) 6.8km Div 7: Jaroslav Klumpler 5th (42:04), Libby Gaulton 9th (57:48) Div 9: John Catmur 10th (49:34), Karen Bradley 14th (51:57), Arthur Catmur 18th (54:45), Eilidh White 19th (55:09), Kerry Tubby 21st (55:53), Tamzin Catmur 24th (1:00:32), Petr Luksan 25th (1:15:18) Under 14s (Geoff Sanders) 2.5km Div A: Jasper Kirtland 1st (18:29) Div B: Rupert Kirtland 5th (21:41) Div C: Emilie Klumpler 5th (24:50) |
| BSCC achieved a comfortable third position in this race, which has to some extent offset the disappointing club result at the previous race. Although we are now fifth in the region we are only one league point behind Cambridge CC and L. Buzzard CC (tied for 3rd place). With three more races to go, the possibility of being in the top four by the end of the season - and therefore going to the national final - is still very much on the table. |  |
