We are pleased to announce the arrival of our new TopClub Gold and ClubMark certificates! TopClub is British Canoeing's scheme for recognising well-managed clubs who are striving to offer the best in coaching and sports development, and Gold is the highest standard. When BSCC first achieved this in 2007 we were only the 7th club in England to achieve TopClub Gold status, and we are now audited annually to demonstrate that standards are still being maintained. TopClub incorporates the core values of ClubMark, SportEngland's "kite mark" scheme for high-quality community sports clubs. The next challenge will be be to improve the service that we offer to disabled people and gain accreditation as a "Paddle-Ability Top Club". There are some exciting projects regarding this in the pipeline. See the British Canoeing website to find out more about TopClub and Paddle-Ability TopClub, and also see the ClubMark website.
A small contingent of Stortford paddlers made the trip to Reading for what turned out to be one of the biggest races on the calendar with a huge number of boats in each start. The 19 mile race to Longridge was made all the more challenging with high winds and moving water on the Thames, causing extra safety measures to be put in place.
The starts were split into four groups with slow K2s followed by slow K1s and then fast K2s followed by fast K1s. Ella was the only Stortford boat in the early starts and made a fantastic start leading the group away from the line. Having never paddled this distance before Ella did incredibly well to finish the race in a very respectable time of 02:38:20 in what would later turn out to be good enough to win her class. Mike and Alasdair where up next in the fast K2 start continuing their preparations for the DW on a crucial part of the course, and finished in a respectable 9th place in 02:32:10. Finally in the fast start where Matt, Josh and Sim along with Stortford training group regulars Danny and Stelian racing for Leaside. With a number of around 70 boats on the start line there was always going to be chaos and a very difficult start ensued with only Stelian getting in a good position off the start. Both Danny and Matt fought very hard to battle past a large number of boats finishing in 02:09:28 and 02:11:44 respectively. Stelian was next in on 02:15:00 followed by Sim on 02:17:36, while Josh decided to break his boat not once but twice eventually causing a retirement at the halfway mark. Little did anyone know that at the time every K1 in the fast start had been deemed to have jump started and was therefore disqualified. This while handing Ella her win meant that only her and the K2 were deemed to have finish the race. See Thameside 2 results here and Thamesside 2 times here Also a big congratulations to Ella who on the same day has found out she has been selected of a GBR development trip at the end of the month ![]() A small team of 5 braved the 17.5 mile Waterside B race today. With 19 portages it proved a challenge for both Sim and Matt who had never raced in a waterside race before. Josh also joined them bringing along his experience, while Mike and Alastair paddled in K2 as a training run for the DW. A big mention must go to Matt who won the junior category even after having to stop to try and save his watch. Well done to everyone that raced. See Waterside B results here As only a few Stortford paddlers attended the final race of the 2014-15 Winter Series, the club were only able to manage fourth place. Nevertheless there were some good individual performances, with medals won by Toby, Ella, "Megily", Simeon, Judith, Steve, Gary & Malcolm. 7 miles - K2: Jacque & Dave Cayford 11th (1:23:30) K1 M Vet: Kevin Warbrick 5th (1:10:35), Mike Toomey 9th (1:15:24), Steve Whipp 10th (1:17:12) K1 M u18: Simeon English 3rd (1:00:19) 5 miles - K1 M u16: Oscar Toomey 10th (1:06:30) K1 F 16+: Ella Beatty 2nd (52:19), Judith English 4th & 1st Vet (1:10:02), Catherine Robinson (retired) K2 u16: Emily Dutton & Megan Stacey-Edwards 2nd (1:10:03) MC2: Gary Aldam & Malcolm Duckworth 2nd (1:02:13) 2 miles - K1 u12: Toby Booth 1st (27:08) The full race results for Leaside can be found on the FRA website. ![]() The Series awards were also made at this race: K2 u16, 1st place - Emily Dutton & Megan Stacey-Edwards K1 u12, 1st boy - Toby Booth Marathon C2, 2nd place - Gary Aldam & Malcolm Duckworth The full list of series placings can be downloaded from the FRA website. BSCC took second place overall in the series, and was awarded the Dick Grieve Trophy, based on performance by unranked juniors. See the club series results. The Winter Series league table can be found on the BSCC results page. ![]() The Stortford team brought home two Gold medals, four Silvers and two Bronzes from the Chelmsford race, and were second overall as well as coming second on "Dick Grieve" points (scores from novice juniors). See the league table for club points. Full results are online. 8 miles - K2: Jacque & Dave Cayford 10th (1:26:58) K1 M Sen: Matt Parkes 8th (1:01:16) K1 M Vet: Kevin Warbrick 4th (1:13:13), Ricky White 9th (1:16:18), Mike Toomey 12th (1:20:39) 5 miles - K1 M u16: Oscar Toomey 12th (53:50) K1 F 16+: Ella Beatty 3rd (43:50), Emily Gurney 5th (49:06), Catherine Robinson 9th (1:06:10) K2 u16: Emily Dutton & Megan Stacey-Edwards 2nd (52:48) K1 F u16: Isabelle Gurney 2nd (46:16) MC2: Gary Aldam & Malcolm Duckworth 1st (50:02) 3 miles - K1 M u14: David Gurney 3rd (38:30) K1 u12: Toby Booth 2nd (34:14), Daniel Barnett 10th (41:44), William Rowe 11th (43:01) The traditional Boxing Day time trial was won by Robin Dromard and the fancy dress prize went to Murdo White.
![]() A big "well done" to all the brave souls who, despite everything, went out in Barking Creek to represent the club. The first attempt to start the race had to be aborted due to an unscheduled tanker in the estuary, but not before the paddlers had sat on the water in a biting wind for over half an hour. The race was eventually able to go ahead with the 9-mile course reduced to 6, but by this time a number of paddlers were unable to continue, including several of the already depleted Stortford team. With only six BSCC boats finishing the race, the club was able to manage only 5th place overall - see the league table for club points. Full results are online. 6 miles - K1 M Vet: Kevin Warbrick 5th (52:12), Steve Whipp 8th (57:19), Mike Toomey 10th (58:27) K1 F 16+: Ella Beatty 2nd (50:38) MC2: Paul Surrage & Richard Baker 2nd (1:01:11) 3 miles - K1 u12: Toby Booth 2nd (33:40) ![]() Horrid weather conditions for the third race of the Winter Series. Silver medals went to Isabelle G, Emily D, Megan SE & Toby B, and Bronze's to Emily Scott & Ella Beatty. Despite a smaller than usual team, Stortford were still able to come 2nd overall - see the league table for club points. Full results are online. 8 miles - K2: Jacque & Dave Cayford 7th (1:34:29) K1 M Sen: Josh Young 4th (1:08:24) K1 M Vet: Kevin Warbrick 5th (1:20:15) 6 miles - K1 F 16+: Ella Beatty 3rd (52:35), Heidi White 4th (53:27), Emily Gurney 5th (59:12), Catherine Robinson (rtd) K2 u16: Emily Dutton & Megan Stacey-Edwards 2nd (1:05:07) K1 F u16: Isabelle Gurney 2nd (57:08), Emily Scott 3rd (1:00:30) MC2: Ant Wright & Joe Fitzpatrick 3rd (1:04:45) 3 miles - K1 M u14: David Gurney 4th (31:24) K1 u12: Toby Booth 2nd (30:31), William Rowe 9th (36:15) ![]() Six silver medals and two first-place trophies for the Stortford team at the Cambridge race. Yet again, it was the doubles boats who scored the lion's share of points which brought the club 2nd overall. See the league table for club points. A new and encouraging change is that Stortford was also the club who scored the most points towards the Dick Grieve Trophy (based solely on the performance of novice juniors), with Oscar T, Emily D & Megan S-E, and Toby B bringing in maximum points in their classes. 7 miles - K2: Joe Surrage & Matt Parkes 2nd (1:01:45), Jacque & Dave Cayford 9th (1:31:08) K1 M Sen: Josh Young 4th (1:04:32) K1 M Vet: Kevin Warbrick 4th (1:16:49), Mike Toomey 11th (1:26:21) K1 M u18: Simeon English 2nd (1:01:50), David Dawkins 8th (1:30:02) 5 miles - K1 M u16: Oscar Toomey 12th (1:08:10) K1 F 16+: Emily Gurney 8th (1:01:23), Judith English 10th (1:11:54), Catherine Robinson 12th (1:17:24) K2 u16: Emiy Dutton & Megan Stacey-Edwards 2nd (1:04:47) MC2: Gary Aldam & Malcolm Duckworth 1st (59:03), Paul Surrage & Joe Fitzpatrick 4th (1:04:54) 3 miles - K1 M u14: David Gurney 5th (33:49) K1 u12: Toby Booth 2nd (28:51), William Rowe 8th (36:55), Emma Warden-Hill 13th (45:26) Photos and full results are online. |
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