| The Cambridge Winter Series kicked off the Winter Series in late summer sunshine. Thanks to the nice weather, there was a lot of leisure traffic on the river. The best results of the day for Stortford came from Kerstin & Zoe, who took gold in the Ladies K2 race. Another notable result was Karen, who won a well-deserved silver in the Ladies SuperVet race. |
| The standard in Men's K2 was as high as every, so Jasper & Oleh did very well to come 4th. Petr teamed up with Ross from Hemel to undertake the MC2 race in proper sit-and-switch style. Jacque & Dave won the first UltraVet medal in K2. Lyall had his first taste of the Winter Series and was only narrowly beaten by Eddie. All of the above races involved four very long portages. The Silver Street portage is always a long one, but this year, bank works at Jesus Lock extended this portage distance too. |
| 7 miles (4 portages): K2 16+ Men - Jasper Kirtland & Oleh Kuzmenko 4th (1:07:20) K2 16+ Mixed - Jacqueline Cayford & Dave Cayford 7th (1:31:45) K2 16+ Ladies - Kerstin Queeney & Zoe Norford 1st (1:18:16) MC2 - Petr Luksan & Ross Pearton [HEM] 1st (1:27:38) K1 Sen Men - Eddie Kirtland 4th (1:10:43), Lyall Whitehead 5th (1:10:49) 5 miles (4 portages): K1 SuperVet Ladies - Karen Bradley 2nd (1:08:14) 3 miles (2 portages): K1 u14 Boys - Rupert Kirtland 4th (29:14) K1 u14 Girls - Georgia Clements 2nd (34:59), Summer Norford 3rd (35:20) K1 u12 Boys - Leo Chapman 2nd (43:26) K1 Open - Adam Chapman 2nd (37:15) |
| There were no promotions for Stortford paddlers on this occasion. Though Stortford only fielded 15 paddlers, but it was enough to bring second place overall. Leo, Summer and Georgia's results also brought the club second place in the Dick Grieve competition for unranked juniors. |