Barking Winter Series (10 Jan 2016)

A low turnout for the Stortford team resulted in our lowest score for some time and a disappointing fourth place at Barking. The 18 club members who participated were blessed with wintery sunshine for the duration of the race.

The team brought back three gold medals, a silver, two bronzes and a first PaddleAbility medal - particularly well done to Octavia who won her first Winter Series medal. All the juniors who took part (Yazmin, Emilia, Connor and Jessica) also deserve praise for having tackled one of the most daunting races on our regular circuit. Finally, special mention should also be made of Mike Toomey who parted company from his boat after the first lap but still managed to complete the remaining 5 laps - despite a somewhat lengthy rescue Mike even managed to make up a lot of the lost time.

9 miles:
Senior K2 - Mike Panrucker & Alasdair Bruce 6th (1:15:23)
Sen Mens K1 - Wayne Stevens (retired)
Vet Mens K1 - Danny Beazley 1st  (1:05:00), Kevin Warbrick 8th (1:22:16), Mike Toomey 9th (1:26:35), Chris Sze 11th (1:30:01), Steve Whipp 12th (1:31:40)

6 miles:
Ladies K1 - Octavia Abbott 3rd (57:27), Catherine Robinson 9th (1:23:32)
u16 Girls K1 - Jessica Gaynor (retired)
Marathon C2 - Malcolm Duckworth & G Aldam 1st (59:08), Paul Surrage & Richard Baker 3rd (1:00:33)

3 miles:
u14 Boys K1 - Connor Higgins 6th (38:03)
u14 Girls K1 - Yazmin Layzell 2nd (35:49) & Emilia Boylan 3rd (36:10)

Full race results are on the FRA website. See photos of the Barking race on Flickr.

See also a YouTube video of the race taken from the K2 of David & Penny (of Cambridge) in Class 1.
Now added! - YouTube video by Chris.