Category: Sprint Racing

B. Stortford Sprint Regatta (17 Sep 2023)

17/9/2023

For the first time, Stortford's annual Regatta was run as a Local Sprint under the auspices of the BC Sprint Racing Committee. Through the SRC, we were put in touch with Laura Sugar MBE, the reigning KL3 World Champion and Paralympic gold medallist, who came along to chat to everyone during the lunch break and kindly agreed to present the medals for the day.

As well as the home club, paddlers came from Chelmsford, Cambridge, Lee Valley, and Maidstone. Although a smaller event than usual with only 37 competitors, everyone was kept busy during the morning with repeated runs of 500m, 200m, and 1000m.

In the afternoon there were relay races for fun and also timed runs of 100m in the club's newly-acquired K4.

As usual the Social Committee ensured there was a lovely BBQ and a spread of cakes available - thanks are particularly due to the volunteers who baked and donated cakes, or who cooked and served the hot food. Many thanks also to all the club the volunteers who helped by doing the timings and on water safety - as well as getting the clubhouse ready and tidying up afterwards.

Results for Stortford paddlers:
u10 Boys - Rupert Kirtland (silver)
u12 Girls - Emile Klumpler (silver)
u12 Boys - Rupert Kirkland (gold)
u14 Girls - Libby Gaulton (silver)
u14 Boys - Finlay Sandall (silver)
u16 Boys - Eddie Kirtland (gold), Jack Gaulton (silver), Aaron Sandhu (bronze)
u18 Girls - Eilidh White (gold)
u18 Boys - Tom Barton (gold)
u23 Men - Tom Holloway (gold), Jamie Bond (silver)
Veteran Ladies - Ally Judge (gold), Karen Bradley (silver)
C1 - Petr Luksan (silver)
PaddleAbility - Oliver Klumpler (gold), Alex Scott (silver)

The day was rounded off with a specially-made piñata for the youngest children.

See
The full results (FRA website)
Photos (Angela's Google photo album)

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Nottingham Sprints (2-3 September 2023)

3/9/2023

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Over a very warm September weekend, Bishops Stortford Canoe Club took a team of eight paddlers to the National Sprint Regatta for a weekend of camping and competition.

They took part in K1, K2 and K4 races over 200m/500m/1000m on the 2km long, purpose-built regatta lake at Holme Pierrepont in Nottingham.

Rich Winstanley competed in the Masters B class (combined with Men's C). He came 5th in the K1 1000m final (4:22.40). He narrowly missed out on the K1 200m final, but qualified for the final in the 500m, finishing 9th (2:09.32).

Eddie Kirtland was competing in the Boys D class. He qualified for the A finals of both the K1 200m and 500m, finishing in 5th place in the 200m (48.10), and 2nd in the 500m (2:15.50). Eddie has received a well-deserved promotion from Boys D to Boys C.

In Mens D (combined with Masters C) Tom Holloway stormed to victory in the 200m heats, qualifying for the finals, and came 9th in the final in 49.15 seconds.

Partnering Ethan Bates of Leighton Buzzard in the K2 200m race, Eddie qualified for the final, in which the boys came 3rd (47.96). Eddie also joined Ethan and two Nottingham paddlers for the 500m K4 race, which they won with a commanding lead (1:57.92).

Tom Barton also competed in the Boys D class, coming 7th in his heat in the 200m race (53.69), sadly narrowly missing out on a place in the final.

Jasper and Rupert Kirtland were in the 12s Lightning B K1 class 500m races. Jasper won both his heat and then the final (3:05.96). He has been promoted from Lightning B to Lighting A (rebranded as “Mini”). Rupert was 5th in his heat (3:34.54), narrowly missing out on the final. Rupert and Jasper teamed up to win the K2 Lightning A/B combined event with an excellent time of 2:50.08. They also competed in the K4 event along with a two paddlers from other clubs, coming 3rd in a thrilling finish.

In the Paddle-Ability class, Stortford’s Alex Scott and Oliver Klumpler competed in K1 500m and K1 200m races. Alex, returning to sprinting after several years, came 7th in the 200m (1:18.35), and 5th in the 500m (3:07.86). Oliver came 4th in his first 200m race with a personal best of 1:04.34, and 5th in his second race in 1:11.40. He finished 4th in the 500m race in a time of 2:56.38. As one of only two juniors in the class, he achieved a 1st and two 2nd places in his age group.

These results meant that BSCC finished in 22nd place in the Interclub “McGregor Paddle” competition, out of the 32 clubs at the event - a great result for such a small team.

See the Sprint website for the full results of the September Regatta.

It was the last Nottingham Sprint Regatta of the year, so some overall results were also announced. Stortford was placed 7th in the 2023 Intermediate Series (u14s). Jasper was the top-scoring boy in Lightning B during 2023, and Rupert was joint 2nd. Oliver was also awarded two bronze medals (200m & 500m) for his performance in Paddle-Ability Sprint in 2023.

Photo credits: Flora Klumpler & Rich Winstanley

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Nottingham Sprints (1-3 July 2023)

3/7/2023

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Joe F, Chris and Eddie K travelled up to the July Sprints at Nottingham which were also the Senior and Masters National Sprint Championships.

Joe took part in the Senior Men's K1 1000m event, coming 5th in his heat (4:29.10) and then 8th in Final 2 (4:32.29). He was also 9th in the 5000m K1 (22:06.05).

Eddie was racing in Boys D. In the K1 200m he was 2nd in his heat (55.30), winning him a place in the final in which he came 9th (56.96). In K1 500m he was again 2nd in his heat (2:32.08), and then 8th in the final (2:27.12).

However, he won three silver medals in crew boats, coming 2nd with C Packer of Reading in both the K2 500m race (2:23.86) and the 1000m (4:45.82), and 2nd with E Bates (LBZ), A Deri (LBZ) and M Grant (NOT) in K4 500m.

Chris was competing in Masters Over-54. He was 2nd in his heat in the K1 500m race (2:28.96), but in the final his time of 2:36.23 brought him only 8th place. However his third place in the K1 1000m race (5:03.59) won him a bronze medal, which he then equalled with a second bronze medal in the over-54/64 K2 1000m race with C Mayo of Devises (5:09.43). The high point came when he teamed up with P Gorman (Wey), G Holmes (Wey) & L Czillaho (Richmond) in the o54/64 K4 500m race and took gold with a time of 2:00.37.

See the Sprint website for the full results of the July Regatta. Also see Chris's Flickr album for more photos.

Photo credit: Chris Sze

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Nottingham Sprints (15-16 Apr 2023)

16/4/2023

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This April, Bishops Stortford Canoe Club took a team of six paddlers to the national sprint regatta for a weekend of camping and competition.

The races take place on a 2km long, purpose-built regatta lake at Holme Pierrepont in Nottingham. There are three race distances to choose from: 200m, 500m and 1000m, and there are races for singles (K1), doubles (K2), and fours (K4).

Saturday started off cold, windy, and fairly miserable, which didn't stop the racing! By the middle of the day on Saturday, the sun was shining, and there were smiles all round as the team enjoyed cheering each other on and watching some truly world class racing on the lake, including the Paracanoe selection races. Sunday was a fine day, with some more exciting races to watch, and more racing opportunities for our team.

Rich Winstanley competed in the Masters B class (combined with Men's C). He qualified for the final in the K1 1000m, coming second in that race. He also qualified for the finals in the 500m and 200m on the Sunday, finishing 3rd and 9th respectively in those finals.

Tom Holloway competed in the Men's D 500m and 200m events. In both cases he made the finals, finishing 8th in the 500m and 9th in the 200m.

Eddie Kirtland competed in the Boy's D class. He qualified for the A final in the K1 500m, finishing in 8th place, and partnered with Conrad Packer from Reading for the K2 500m race, coming in 3rd. Eddie also took the front seat in a K4 with Conrad and two paddlers from Linlithgow in Scotland. It was a very close race, taken right to the line, which Eddie's crew won by 0.1s!

Jasper and Rupert Kirtland were in the Lightning B K1 final, which Jasper won, with Rupert finishing in 7th place. Rupert and Jasper also teamed up in the K2 Lightning A/B combined event, finishing a very respectable 3rd. They also competed in the K4 event along with a Norwich and a Nottingham paddler, again coming 3rd.

Oliver Klumpler competed in two races in the Paddle-ability class, coming 4th in both the K1 200m and 500m races, but as one of only two juniors in the race, he finished in 2nd place in both races in his age group.

Oliver is pictured here with the Junior competitors' prizes of "Tiddly-winks", which are small coloured buttons that can be stuck to a wooden stand. These can only be won by under-18s, and are highly sought after!

See the Sprint website for the full results for the April regatta.

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B. Stortford Regatta (11 September 2022)

11/9/2022

The club was delighted to welcome paddlers from Chelmsford CC, Cambridge CC, Leighton Buzzard CC, Hemel Hempstead CC and Le Valley Paddlesports to our Regatta - not only because it was the first local regatta since 2019, but also because we were using the occasion to celebrate the club's 50th anniversary.

The 49 paddlers spent the morning taking part in a series of races across 500m, 1000m and 200m, in sets of four. After a lunch break, the organiser Rich made up teams for fun relays.

After the prizegiving, everyone was invited to share a glass of bubbly and a a slice of celebration cake.

Results for Stortford paddlers:
u10 Girls - Emile Klumpler (silver)
u10 Boys - Rupert Kirkland (silver)
u12 Girls - Libby Gaulton (silver)
u12 Boys - Jasper Kirtland (4th), Nadim Shawky (7th)
u14 Girls - Zuzanna Madeja (bronze)
u14 Boys - Eddie Kirtland (gold), Oliver Klumpler (5th)
u16 Girls - Eilidh White (gold),
u16 Boys - Jack Gaulton (gold), Ewan Gowing (silver), Arthur Catmur (bronze)
u18 Boys - Tom Holloway (bronze)
u23 Ladies - Kayleigh Gaulton (gold)
u23 Men - Euan Caton (silver)
Senior Ladies - Catherine Robinson (gold)
Veteran Ladies - Christine Meula (gold), Tamzin Catmur (bronze)
C1 - Petr Luksan (bronze)

The full results of the Stortford Regatta can be found on the Sprint Results page of the FRA website.

Many thanks are due to all the Stortford volunteers who helped with the event and/or contributed cakes: Rich, Harry & Jamie Winstanley, Kevin Short, Sue Commercial, Katherine Ahara, Guy & Sharon Barton, Adam Beaumont, Alasdair Bruce, Olive Carter, Dene Caton, Tamzin & John Catmur, Dave Cayford, Ken Duncan, Joe Fitzpatrick, Simon Forey, Lee & Kayleigh Gaulton, Andrew & Charlotte Gurney, Ruth Kirtland, Flora & Jay Klumpler, Christine Meula, Kerstin Queeney, Ben & Hannah Tubby, Ann & Andy White, and Angela Aldam. Apologies to anyone missed out!

Photos can be found on Angela's Flickr album and on the BSCC FaceBook page.

Many thanks to Kerstin and another contributor for the use of some of their photos!

Nottingham Sprints (3-4 Sep 2022)

4/9/2022

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This September, for the first time in a few years, Bishops Stortford Canoe Club took a team to a national sprint regatta at Holme Pierrepont in Nottingham.

The races take place on a 2km long, purpose-built regatta lake. There are three race distances to choose from: 200m, 500m and 1000m, and there are races for singles (K1), doubles (K2), and fours (K4). The club took a small team of five paddlers to Nottingham for a weekend of camping and competition.

Libby Gaulton raced K1 500m in the under 12’s Lightning A class, going through to the final, and finishing 7th overall. An excellent result for her first regatta.
Tom Barton came 5th in his K1 200m heat in Boys D, qualifying him for the B final where he finished 9th. He also took part in the K1 500m, just missing out on qualifying for a final.
Tom Holloway finished 2nd in his K1 500m heat in Boys D, qualifying him for the B final where he finished 7th.

Chris Sze, racing in Masters D, qualified for the final for both the K1 200m and the K1 500m. He finished 9th in his final in the 200m, and 6th in the 500m.
Rich Winstanley competed in the Masters B class (combined with Mens C). He qualified for the B final in each of the K1 1000m, 200m and 500m and finished 2nd, 1st and 1st respectively in his finals.

Tom Barton and Tom Holloway teamed up for the K2 500m on the Sunday where they qualified 7th fastest for the final, but with an outstanding performance in their final, they achieved a very respectable 4th place. This was their first national regatta, and the first time they had paddled K2 together.
Rich and Chris teamed up with another pair from Pangbourne Canoe Club to form a K4 in the Masters B/Mens C 500m event where they placed 4th.
Rich also teamed up with Matt Westall from Pangbourne for the K2 500m. They qualified for the final where they finished in 5th place.

The September regatta is also the national club championships, and points are awarded for the results of each club’s paddlers throughout the weekend, the club with the most points being awarded the MacGregor Paddle. Bishops Stortford Canoe Club came in 23rd place out of 40 clubs. Quite respectable given the small team that they took to the regatta.

The full results from the event can be found on the National Regatta website.

Photos courtesy of Chris Sze

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B. Stortford Regatta (8 September 2019)

12/9/2019

The Stortford regatta was also the final event of the Summer Series and attracted the largest number of competitors of the four regattas this season - 51 in total.

Stortford's own team numbered 16.

Results from the Stortford Regatta for Stortford paddlers:
u10 Girls - Libby Gaulton (gold)
u10 Boys - Hudson Loveday (silver)
u12 Girls - Maddison Loveday (silver)
u12 Boys - Edward Kirtland (silver)
u14 Girls - Eilidh White (silver)
u14 Boys - Jamie McAdam (gold), Jamie Gaulton (silver), Leo Ranade (7th)
u16 Girls - Kayleigh Gaulton (5th), Fifi Dunphy (6th),
u16 Boys - Connor Higgins (bronze), Thomas Holloway (6th), Alex Mulvey (7th)
u18 Girls - Josie Pretious-White (gold)
u18 Boys - Euan Caton (bronze)
Senior Ladies - Catherine Robinson (gold)

New club member Hudson did especially well, winning his silver medal against an unusually large field of under-10 boys.

Many thanks are due to all the Stortford volunteers who helped with the event: Jacque & Dave Cayford, Mike Hussey, Sue Commercial, Kerstin Queeney, Anne White, Steve & Nickie Loveday, Mike Toomey, Malcolm Duckworth, Helena Pretious-White, Sjoeld Rijpkema, Kevin Short, Connor Higgins, Ant Wright, Angela Aldam and Josepha Wallbank - apologies to anyone missed out!

As this was the final regatta of the season, the series awards were also presented:

Series Medals for Stortford paddlers:
u10 Girls - Libby Gaulton (gold)
u12 Girls - Maddison Loveday (silver)
u12 Boys - Jack Gaulton (silver), Edward Kirtland (bronze)
u14 Girls - Eilidh White (gold)
u14 Boys - Jamie McAdam (gold)
u18 Girls - Josie Pretious-White (gold)
Senior Ladies - Catherine Robinson (gold)

The full results of the Stortford Regatta can be found on the Sprint Results page of the FRA website, together with the series results.

Cheshunt HYMB Regatta (14 July 2019)

20/7/2019

Eleven Stortford paddlers went to Herts Young Mariners Base to take part in the third local regatta of 2019.

The 500m heats took place on the river and then it was over to the lake for the 200m heats.

After a break for a BBQ there were crew races in K2 and (always a special feature of this event) K4. Euan, Connor, Maddison and Josie put in a very creditable performance in K4 as if they had been paddling together for months. Hudson seemed to have endless energy, paddling with two different K2 partners as well as making up a mixed K4.

Results from Stortford paddlers:
u10 Girls - Libby Gaulton (gold)
u10 Boys - Hudson Loveday (silver)
u12 Girls - Maddison Loveday (silver)
u12 Boys - Jack Gaulton (gold), Edward Kirtland (silver)
u14 Girls - Eilidh White (gold)
u14 Boys - Jamie Gaulton (gold)
u16 Boys - Connor Higgins (4th)
u18 Girls - Josie Pretious-White (gold)
u18 Boys - Euan Caton (silver)
Sen Ladies - Catherine Robinson (gold)

The full results can be found on the Summer Series results page.
Photos of the event can be found in this Flickr album.

We will be hosting the finals of this series at Stortford on 8th September.

Chelmsford Regatta (12 May 2019)

18/5/2019

The Stortford team who went to the second FRA regatta of the season were all awarded medals for their performances across the 300m and 100m heats.

After lunch there was a demonstration K4 race between some of Chelmsford's own paddlers. This was followed by a relay event between teams drawn up on the basis of the morning's results.

Results from Stortford paddlers:
u10 Girls - Libby Gaulton (gold), Elizabeth Boylan (silver), Genevieve Wilson (bronze)
u12 Girls - Alice Boylan (silver)
u12 Boys - Jack Gaulton (silver)
u14 Girls - Eilidh White (silver)
u18 Boys- David Gurney (gold)
Sen Ladies - Catherine Robinson (gold)

The full results can be found on the Summer Series results page.

B. Stortford (9 Sep 2018) & Chelmer (23 Sep 2018) Regattas

24/9/2018

Due to the snow storms in March, the regatta at Chelmsford was moved to September, following close on the heels of the Stortford Regatta.

The Stortford Regatta saw a good turnout from the home team as well as visitors from five other clubs.

As always, the members and their families provided a good spread of cakes which, together with the BBQ, brought in some very welcome funds.

Results from the Stortford Regatta for Stortford paddlers:
u10 Girls - Libby Gaulton (gold), Elizabeth Boylan (silver)
u10 Boys - Killian O'Dwyer (gold), Edward Kirtland (silver), James Surtees (bronze), Josh Ranade (4th), Jasper Kirtland (5th)
u12 Girls - Eilidh White (gold), Gemma Beazley (bronze), Alice Boylan (4th)
u12 Boys - Jack Gaulton (silver), Leo Ranade (bronze), Thomas Surtees (4th)
u14 Boys - Jamie Gaulton (silver)
u16 Girls - Emilia Boylan (silver), Fifi Dunphy (bronze), Kayleigh Gaulton (4th)
u16 Boys - Murdo White (5th), Connor Higgins (6th), James Daly (8th), Joe Donovan (9th)
u18 Girls - Lexie White (gold)
Senior Ladies - Catherine Robinson (gold)
Vet Ladies - Josepha Wallbank (gold), Sasha Weston (silver)
Vet Men - Daryll O'Dwyer (gold)

Unfortunately, the good weather enjoyed at Stortford did not continue, and only two weeks later, wind and rain severely disrupted the Chelmsford event. Despite the weather conditions, 11 Stortford paddlers made the trip and gave their all.

Results from the Chelmer Regatta for Stortford paddlers:
u10 Girls - Libby Gaulton (gold), Elizabeth Boylan (silver)
u10 Boys - Jamie Winstanley (bronze)
u12 Girls - Eilidh White (silver), Alice Boylan (5th)
u12 Boys - Jack Gaulton (7th)
u14 Boys - Jamie Gaulton (4th)
u16 Girls - Emilia Boylan (4th), Kayleigh Gaulton (6th)
u16 Boys - James Daly (5th)
Senior Ladies - Catherine Robinson (gold)

As this was the final regatta of the season, the series results have now been announced:
Series Medals for Stortford paddlers:
u10 Girls - Libby Gaulton (gold), Elizabeth Boylan (silver)
u10 Boys - Jamie Winstanley (bronze)
u12 Girls - Eilidh White (silver)
u12 Boys - Jack Gaulton (silver)
u14 Boys - Jamie Gaulton (silver)
u16 Girls - Emilia Boylan (silver)
u18 Girls - Lexie White (gold)
Senior Ladies - Catherine Robinson (gold)

The full results for both races can be found on the Sprint Results page of the FRA website, together with the series results.

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B. Stortford Sprint Regatta (17 Sep 2023)

Nottingham Sprints (2-3 September 2023)

Nottingham Sprints (1-3 July 2023)

Nottingham Sprints (15-16 Apr 2023)

B. Stortford Regatta (11 September 2022)

Nottingham Sprints (3-4 Sep 2022)

B. Stortford Regatta (8 September 2019)

Cheshunt HYMB Regatta (14 July 2019)

Chelmsford Regatta (12 May 2019)

B. Stortford (9 Sep 2018) & Chelmer (23 Sep 2018) Regattas

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