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Cambridge Winter Series (25 Oct 2015)

26/10/2015

The punts were out in force for the Cambridge Winter Series race, thanks to the lovely autumn sunshine. The standard of racing was extremely high, especially on the 7-mile course, with many of the region's top paddlers participating.

The team of 27 from BSCC took second place for the club, narrowly beating Barking by just three points. Many thanks to everyone who paddled - every point made a difference.

The medal winners were Danny Beazley, Gary Aldam and Malcolm Duckworth with Golds, and Yazmin Layzell and Connor Higgins with Silver.

See the full results and league positions on the results page.

7 miles:
Senior K2 - Anne Barnett & Nathan Lambert 13th (1:28:25), Jacque Cayford & Dave Cayford 14th (1:32:25)
Sen Mens K1 - Josh Young 8th (1:08:46), Joe Fitzpatrick 9th (1:12:30), Wayne Stevens 13th (1:56:58)
Vet Mens K1 - Danny Beazley 1st (1:00:59), Kevin Warbrick 7th (1:16:31), Ricky White 11th (1:18:42), Chris Sze 14th (1:22:21), Mike Toomey 15th (1:26:00)

5 miles:
Boys u16 K1 - Oscar Toomey 6th (1:11:39)
Ladies K1 - Isabelle Gurney 4th (55:15), Judith English 12th (1:09:19), Catherine Robinson 14th (1:21:09)
Girls u16 K1 - Lexie White 4th (1:02:26)
Marathon C2 - Gary Aldam & Malcolm Duckworth 1st (59:27)

3 miles:
Boys u14 K1 - David Gurney 6th (34:03), Euan Caton 8th (36:29)
Girls u14 K1 - Yazmin Layzell 2nd (35:06)
Ladies GP - Deborah Cayford 3rd (39:18)
u12 K1 - Connor Higgins 2nd (37:25), Jack Ward 4th (43:10), Eilidh White 5th (52:47), Ryewin Bridger 6th (1:01:05)

See photos of the event on Flickr.
Now added - video of the Cambridge race by Chris.

Chelmsford Hasler (18 Oct 2015)

21/10/2015

Danny B, paddling for Stortford for the first time, won a Div 2 gold medal for the team. Paul & Richard were back on form with bronze in Div 8. Mike T had an excellent race in Div 7 and only narrowly missed out on a bronze medal - he looks set to be promoted to Div 6.

Although few of the top places went to Stortford paddlers, solid scoring across a range of divisions delivered a good overall team performance. Mike & Alasdair's 5th place in Div 5 doubles was particularly impressive against a large number of entries including two higher-ranked crews who had been amalgamated in.

Ella's capsize on the start line left her stranded in the water for so long that many people would have retired - but Ella restarted the race and carried on with as much determination as ever.

It was pleasing to see a large number of new faces amongst the team that went to Chelmsford. Chris Sze elected to go straight into Div 7 for his first Hasler race, and this proved to be spot-on and he finished a comfortable 9th. All of the new novices in Div 9 completed the course even though some have only joined the club very recently. Yazmin and Wayne did particularly well against an exceptionally large Div 9 field.

In Lightnings, William was awarded a well-deserved silver in Under-12 Boys, with Connor not far behind him. Jack and Ryewin also won medals in Under 10 Boys and Girls respectively.

The confirmed results are now online:

DOUBLES -
Div 5: Alasdair Bruce & Mike Panrucker 5th (1:18:59)
Div 8: Paul Surrage & Richard Baker 3rd (34:14), Gary Aldam & Malcolm Duckworth 5th (34:54), Jacque Cayford & Dave Cayford 6th (35:36)

SINGLES -
Div 2: Danny Beazley 1st (1:24:51), Josh Young 5th (1:28:28)
Div 4: Joe Fitzpatrick 9th (1:20:08), Ella Beatty 13th (1:25:38)
Div 5: Kevin Warbrick 13th (1:25:31), Isabelle Gurney 15th (1:26:23)
Div 7: Mike Toomey 4th (32:48), Chris Sze 9th (35:00)
Div 8: Judith English 11th (38:28)
Div 9: David Gurney 12th (37:25), Yazmin Layzell 22nd (42:20), Wayne Stevens 23rd (43:40), Deborah Cayford 24th (43:47), Emilia Boylan 32nd (50:51), Euan Caton 33rd (51:15), Catherine Robinson 34th (55:27), Luke Bailey 35th (1:02:42), Ben Goldthorpe 36th (1:05:08)
u12 Boys: William Rowe 2nd (19:00), Connor Higgins 5th (19:38)
u10 Boys: Jack Ward 3rd (23:01)
u10 Girls: Ryewin Bridger 2nd (29:20)

BSCC's overall team position was 4th.

See also photos of the Chelmer Hasler. Also now added, video of the race by Chris.

Cambridge Winter Series (25 Oct 2015)

Chelmsford Hasler (18 Oct 2015)

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