Chelmer Winter Series (24 Jan 2016)

Stortford finished the Chelmer race in 3rd place, but only a tantalising 4 race points behind Barking.

Danny remains unbeaten in Vet Mens K1, with a 5th successive Gold medal, while Malcolm & Gary (MC2) found the lads from the Royal Hospital School too fast for them and had to settle for silver. Heidi gained a bronze, leading a string of Stortford ladies home in class 7.

There was good turn-out from the club's younger paddlers, with a third of the members being under 14. Although only one of these went home with a medal (a well-deserved silver for Murdo), these plucky youngsters certainly pulled their weight by scoring a third of the points.

Little Joe executed an impressive race start and, though he finished 9th, probably deserved a medal anyway, having cycled to the race from Harlow! New member Simon looked comfortable and completed his first race safely and with a very respectable time.

8 miles:
Senior K2 - Jacque & Dave Cayford 15th (1:26:53)
Sen Mens K1 - Joe Fitzpatrick 9th (1:09:04)
Vet Mens K1 - Danny Beazley 1st  (58:24), Kevin Warbrick 7th (1:11:53), Mike Toomey 8th (1:13:08), Chris Sze 10th (1:16:58), Simon Forey 16th (1:21:24), Ricky White (retired)

5 miles:
u16 Boys K1 - Oscar Toomey 5th (55:36)
Ladies K1 - Heidi White 3rd (46:14), Ella Beatty 4th (46:43), Isabelle Gurney 5th (47:02), Octavia Abbott 7th (51:06), Catherine Robinson 13th (1:07:06)
u16 Girls K1 - Lexie White 4th (52:25)
Marathon C2 - Malcolm Duckworth & Gary Aldam 2nd (51:47)

3 miles:
u14 Boys K1 - Murdo White 2nd (24:13), David Gurney 5th (25:42), Euan Caton 9th (27:01), William Rowe 12th (29:28), Connor Higgins 13th (29:59)
u14 Girls K1 - Emilia Boylan 4th (28:21)
Ladies GP - Deborah Cayford 2nd (32:31)
u12 K1 - Jack Ward 4th (35:35), Eilidh White 5th (38:38), Ryewin Bridger 6th (1:05:06)

The full race results can be found on the FRA results page.
There are also a few photos of the Chelmer race on Flickr.
You can also experience the action through Chris's video of the starts/finishes, and David & Penny's video taken from their K2.