BSCC had a cracking start to the 2025 Hasler season with a second place at the Chelmer Hasler.
| There was a good turnout of 22 Stortford paddlers amongst the 155 competitors at this race. Building works caused the start to be moved from its usual position to under the A138 bridge. David G and Joao each won third place trophies in their respective singles races. There were particularly large numbers of singles paddlers in Divisions 7 and 9, resulting in split starts and the initial prospect of an unusually high number of automatic promotions and double promotions (though these have been subsequently moderated in the final results). Jamie has been promoted from Div 7 to Div 6, and Daniel who was also paddling in Div 7 must have come very close. Petr's decision to paddle up into Div 8 in his C1 paid off for him as it gave him a less overcrowded start line, and he finished with time to score points. |  |
 | SINGLES - 12 miles, 10 portages Div 3: David Gurney 3rd (1:31:52), Kat Wilson 6th (1:36:02), Eddie Kirtland 8th (1:39:11), Ben Tubby 10th (1:41:04) 8 miles, 8 portages Div 4: Joao Spinola 3rd (1:17:14) 3 miles, 2 portages Div 7: Jamie Bond 7th (30:30), Daniel Baines 14th (32:26), Karen Bradley 17th (33:20) Div 8: Petr Luksan 6th (39:06), Finlay Sandall 8th (39:22) Div 9: Kerry Hoar 20th (42:26) |
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Under 14s (Geoff Sanders)
2 miles
Div A: Rupert Kirtland 4th (15:48)
2 miles
Div A: Rupert Kirtland 4th (15:48)
Most of the club's trophies came from the doubles boats, with second places for Eilidh & Libby, Kerstin & Catherine, Mark & Steve, and Jacque & Dave. Eilidh has been promoted to Div 6 and Kerstin to Div 5.
| Jasper, currently Div 5, demonstrated how far he has come over the last year by partnering Joe in Div 3 K2 and completing the 12 miles and 10 portages with ease. DOUBLES - 12 miles, 10 portages Div 3: Jasper Kirtland & Joe Fitzpatrick 1st (1:37:03) 8 miles, 8 portages Div 4: Mark Adams & Steve Tingay [LBZ] 2nd (1:17:51) Div 5: Kerstin Queeney & Catherine Shirley [EAL] 2nd (1:17:22), Claudia Redeker & Kerry Tubby 5th (1:20:25) Div 6: Eilidh White & Libby Gaulton 2nd (1:22:46) 3 miles, 2 portages Div 7: Dave Cayford & Jacque Cayford 2nd (31:15) |  |
| The overall winners were Chelmsford CC (600 pts), 2nd BSCC (582) and 3rd L. Buzzard CC (579). |  |  |
