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.
| u10 Boys: Blake Wilby 1st u12 Girls: Eilidh White 1st u14 Girls: Kaitie Owen 1st u14 Boys: Connor Higgins 3rd, Pablo Blanco 5th, James Sellstrom 6th u16 Girls: Emilia Boylan 1st u16 Boys: Murdo White 2nd, Euan Caton 5th, James Daly 8th, Luke Sellstrom 9th, Luis Blanco 10th u18 Girls: Lexie White 1st Senior Ladies: Catherine Robinson 1st, Rosemary Kippen 2nd Senior Men: Wayne Stevens 1st, Will Innes-Taylor 2nd Murdo and Lexie were respectively the fastest Stortford male and female paddlers over both the 500m and 200m distances. Connor, Emilia and Kaitie achieved particularly pleasing times. |  |
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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.
There are more photos in Angela's Flickr album.
