Super weather again for the Cheshunt Regatta at Herts Young Mariners Base. Stortford were one of seven clubs taking part, and the nine BSCC paddlers brought the total entries to 43 at this event.

Catherine, Libby, Noah and Connor also had a go at K4 racing.

Nine Stortford paddlers enjoyed some glorious sunshine at the Leaside Regatta. The medals were based on the results of the mornings sprinting over 500m and 200m. Lexi, James D and Jamie G also took part in the 3 km fun race after lunch.

Well done to Libby and Kayleigh for completing their first competition.

See the full regatta results on the FRA website.
Photos of the event can be found in Angela's Flickr album

A team of eleven Stortford paddlers were amongst the 48 competitors at the Chelmsford Regatta.

Chelmsford's regatta was the final event of the 2017 Summer Series, so the day ended with the award of the medals for performance across the season. As there were only three regattas this year, it was the two best results for each paddler which were used to calculate the overall positions. 

See the full regatta results and series results on the FRA website.
Photos of the event can now be seen in Angela's Flick album

Teams from Herts Young Mariners and Chelmsford CC joined us for our annual Sprint Regatta, and there were representatives from Leaside and Barking clubs as well, making a total of 37 entries.

Although the weather was distinctly cool and autumnal, the rain managed to hold off. There was the usual programme of 500m and 200m heats, followed by 500m and 2000m K2 races.

Results from Stortford paddlers:
u10 Girls - Gemma Beazley (gold)
u10 Boys - Lewis Williams (silver), Hudson Owers (bronze), Noah Weaving (4th), Killian O'Dwyer (5th)
u12 Girls - Eilidh White (gold), Rosie Whittington (silver), Darcy Berry (4th)
u14 Boys - Connor Higgins (silver)
u16 Girls - Emilia Boylan (silver)
u16 Boys - Murdo White & David Gurney (joint gold), James Daly (7th)
u18 Girls - Lexie White (gold), Alexandra Cogger-Berry (silver)
u23 Men - Matt Parkes (gold)
Senior Ladies - Catherine Robinson (gold)
Vet Men - Mitch Barclay (gold)
See the full regatta results on the FRA website.
Photos of the event can now be seen in Chris Worrall's Flick album.

Many thanks to everyone who helped with the marshalling, timing, refreshments, and cleaning up. All the profit from this event goes into club funds - purchasing equipment and keeping the subscriptions down.

There was a good turnout of Stortford paddlers for the first of this year's local regattas, hosted by HYM-COPS at Herts Young Mariners Base, Cheshunt. The team brought home 7 gold medals, 3 silvers and a bronze.

A special mention should be made of new members Will and Rosemary who enthusiastically joined in the competition despite this being their first experience of paddling ruddered K1s.

The full results of the event can be found on the FRA website.
There are more photos in Angela's Flickr album.

The competitors and spectators at the Stortford Regatta were blessed with a warm and dry day. The 46 competitors were drawn chiefly from BSCC, Chelmsford and HYM-COPS, but it was pleasing to see a few entries from Ealing CC and Leaside CC as well.

The 500m and 200m K1 heats were followed by K2 races over 500m and 2000m.

u10 Girls - Eilidh White (gold), Gemma Beazley (silver), Ryewin Bridger (bronze)
u10 Boys - Jack Ward (gold), Hudson Owers (silver)
u12 Girls - Rosie Whittington (gold)
u12 Boys - Luppi Edward (4th), James Sellstrom (5th)
u14 Girls - Emilia Boylan (silver), Yazmin Layzell (bronze), Francesca Luppi (4th)
u14 Boys - Murdo White (gold), Connor Higgins (4th), William Rowe (5th), James Daly (6th), Luis Blanco (7th), Luke Sellstrom (8th)
u16 Girls - Lexie White (gold), Isabelle Crawford (bronze), Jessica Gaynor (4th)
u16 Boys - Oscar Toomey (bronze), Euan Caton (4th), Joey Xiang (7th), Ritchie Conquest (9th)
u23 Ladies - Catherine Robinson (gold)
u35 Ladies - Melanie Bennett (gold), Siobahn Lathan (silver)
u35 Men - Josh Young (gold)
Paddleability - Catheine Robinson (bronze)
See the full regatta results on the FRA website.

GB Paddler Noah Dembele joined us to present the awards for the day and also the awards for the Summer Series.

Five Stortford paddlers went to the Sprint Regatta at Leaside and all won medals, based on their performance over 500m and 200m distances.

u14 Boys - Toby Booth, Gold
u14 Girls - Yazmin Layzell, Silver
u10 Boys - Harry Betts, Gold & Hudson Owers, Silver
u23 Men - Connor Mumford, Bronze

The full Regatta results are online, a set of photos, and also the results of the series to date. We will be hosting the final Regatta in the series at Stortford on 11th September - see event details.

A small group of Stortford paddlers went to Herts Young Mariners Base to take part in the second FRA Sprint Regatta of the Summer Series. The 500m K1 races were held on the river, and then the paddlers transferred to the lake for the 200m K1s.

Gold medals were won by Catherine and Rywin in their respective classes, and Ryewin also made a big improvement to her personal best 500m time. Yazmin was the fastest Stortford paddler and took silver in the u14 Girls class, in which Emilia also won bronze.

The full results can be seen on the Summer Series Results page of the FRA website, together with a table of the points accumulated so far towards the end-of-series trophies.

Photos from the event can be seen on Flickr,

The last of the summer's regattas took place at Bishops Stortford on Sunday. The club played host to visiting teams from Chelmsford, Ealing, Herts Young Mariners and Viking. Together with a good turnout from the home team, there were a total of 59 competitors. 
The 500m K1 heats were followed by the 200m heats. During the lunch break, crews were formed for K2 races, which took place over 500m and 2000m.
Cllr Daniel Abbott, Mayor of Bishops Stortford dropped by briefly to encourage the young competitors, but was unfortunately unable to stay for the prizegiving as planned - however, deputy Mayor Cllr Colin Woodward kindly stepped into the breech at short notice.