Maidstone Winter Series Marathon (16 Nov 2025)

It was a day for silver medals, with half of the Stortford entries coming second in their respective classes. Rupert, Claudia and Jamie gained bronze, while Summer was Stortford's only gold medalist. 

The points for each paddler/crew accumulate across the season, so those who have paddled in the same class in both races are already in a strong position: Kerstin & Catherine are in second place for the Ladies K2 trophy, with Christine & Karen third. Summer is leading u12 Girls and Rupert is joint third in the u12 Boys.

7 miles (2 portages):
K2 16+ Men - David Gurney & Scott Leblanche [BAD] 5th (1:14:02)
K2 16+ Mixed - Ben Tubby & Kerry Tubby 2nd (1:22:37), Claudia Redeker & Jamie Bond 3rd (1:26:49)
K2 16+ Ladies - Kerstin Queeney & Catherine Shirley [EAL] 2nd (1:22:16), Christine Meula & Karen Bradley 4th (1:32:46)

5 miles:
K1 SuperVet Ladies - Zoe Norford 2nd (1:46:21)
K1 u16 Boys - Jasper Kirtland 2nd (48:36)
C1 Advanced - Petr Luksan 2nd (1:04:50)

2 miles:
K1 u12 Boys - Rupert Kirtland 3rd (21:31)
K1 u12 Girls - Summer Norford 1st (26:07)

Though Stortford only fielded 13 paddlers this time, we still managed to come second overall. 

See

• Full race results (FRA website)
• League table 
• Photos in Angela's Google album and more on Maidstone CC FaceBook page