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)
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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