Cambridge Winter Series marathon (1 Dec 2019)

The Cambridge race saw a record number of Class 9 entries (long distance K2/MC2), necessitating a split start. Amongst the 30 boats participating were Stortford's Mike P & Chris, who were the first SuperVet crew to finish and Ian & Gordon, who were the first UltraVets.

Jamie M & Jamie G were the only Stortford paddlers to bring home gold medals, winning the junior K2 race for the second time in succession.

Alex found himself the only novice paddler amongst some much more experienced competitors in Boys u16 but, nothing daunted, he achieved a very respectable time. Kerstin was again the fastest lady SuperVet.

Malcolm seemed to be particularly delighted to be back in a Canadian, as he showed Josepha just what trusty old "Victoria" can do in the right hands. The TC2 class seems to be regaining its old popularity, and the bronze medals won by the pair came after some very close-fought competition.

7 miles (4 portages):
Senior K2 - Mike Panrucker & Chris Sze 8th (1:10:41), Ian Abrams & Gordon Bullock [BAD] 11th (1:11:54)

5 miles (4 portages):
u16 Boys K1 - Alex Mulvey 5th (1:10:46)
Ladies K1 - Kerstin Queeney 5th (1:01:24)
u16 K2 - Jamie McAdam & Jamie Gaulton 1st (57:45), Eilidh White & Catherine Robinson 4th (1:25:27)

3 miles (2 portages):
TC2 - Malcolm Duckworth & Josepha Wallbank 3rd (34:30)
Boys u14 K1 - Jack Gaulton 7th (32:27)
Girls u14 K1 - Eilidh White 4th (33:03)
u12 K1 - Edward Kirtland 5th (37:09), Libby Gaulton 7th (39:17), Hudson Loveday 12th (43:17)

B. Stortford were fourth overall, behind Chelmsford CC, Cambridge CC and Leighton Buzzard CC. We were third on Dick Grieve points (scored by novice juniors) behind The Royal Hospital School and Cambridge CC. See a league table and a link to the full results are on the results page.

Some photos are on Angela's Flickr album. Chris has also put up a video of the race on You-Tube, which you can see on the Videos page.