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News
Thanks for helping
July 24th, 2009 (Shirley)
On behalf of the Committee, Club and myself I’d like to say a huge thank you to all those who helped with the Thames Valley Circuit Race. It was a great event which was extremely well attended. Your hard work and commitment was very much appreciated, not just by us but also by all the paddlers who took part.
It is always easy to be wise after the event and I realise that some things didn’t go as smoothly as they should have. So, I’d like to take this opportunity to apologise to anyone who was inconvenienced or felt that their contribution was not valued. If you have any thoughts or comments on how we could improve, please pass them on to me or any other committee member.
Many thanks
Gary Thompson
Chairman
Paddlesport Challenge – runners up!
July 7th, 2009 (Shirley)
A team of juniors has been taking part in the BCU south Paddlesport Challenge. This series of ten events were designed to improve skills, build team spirit and most importantly to keep juniors paddling over the winter months. There were ten events this year including canoe polo, dragon boating, K1’s and K4’s and Slalom. The series finale was on June 28th at the Pangbourne Regatta – Wokingham won that event and went on to be runners up in the whole series, being beaten into second place by Pangbourne. Blackwater Valley finished third.
The team were presented with a trophy (which is on display in the cabinet), individual medals and will also receive £100 prize money.
A big WELL DONE to our team: Jamie Boyt, Joe and Jack Foster, Magnus Gregory, Sara and Hafsa Kabeer, Marie and Remi Lucas, Edward Pearson, Ben Rollinson and Aaron Thompson
Junior dragons on fire at Henley
April 26th, 2009 (Shirley)
Junior dragon boat teams from Wokingham Canoe Club have once again put in impressive performances at The Henley Dragon’s Annual Junior Regatta, winning three of the four main trophies. The club entered three teams; ‘Dragonflies’ U14 girls, ‘Wrymlyns’ U14 boys and ‘Warriors’ U16 boys. (more…)
Thameside 1
February 22nd, 2009 (Shirley)
Fantastic result for Sam Rippington – first in the Ladies K1.
Well done also to Alan Freer -11th in K1 vets and to Bob and Liz Sutherland – 6th in C2. Full results
Waterside ‘A’ race – Sunday 15th February
February 16th, 2009 (Shirley)
Well done to all club paddlers who took part in this race from Great Bedwyn to Newbury – 13.5 miles and 21 portages! Our positions were:
- Duncan Blyth – 2nd (K1 Vets),
- James Keeble & James Freemantle – 2nd (K2 Senior Mens),
- Sam Rippington & Lisa Suttle – 3rd (Canadian Doubles)
- Richard Lovell & Jean Watson – 2nd (Mixed Doubles)
- Paul Appleby & Dave Seward – 5th (K2 Vets)
- Earl Hewett & Darren Crocker – 6th (K2 Vets)
For full results click here.
Ian Wynne Workshop Sessions
February 7th, 2009 (Shirley)
Olympic K1 500m bronze medallist, Ian Wynne will be coming to the club for 3 workshop sessions during February. The aim of these sessions is to provide tips and advice on various aspects of racing and training.
The first workshop will be on Friday 13th February at 7.00 pm at the Waterside Centre. The workshop will focus on paddling technique. (Other dates for the diary are 23rd and 26th February).
I hope to see as many of you there as possible as these evening workshop sessions will be a real benefit to all.
Ian is also open to ideas for the other two sessions so if there are any topics in particular or areas that you would like Ian to focus on, please let me know and these can be covered during the sessions.
James Keeble (Racing Officer)
River Clean Up Day
February 7th, 2009 (Shirley)
Sam Rippington has asked us to say a BIG thank you to everyone who helped to clean up the river on Sunday. A BIG thank you also goes to Thames Valley Park Security for supporting the clean up by paying for lunch for the volunteers and allowing use of their skip. Incidentally, if anyone has lost a TV, a cash register or any shoes, they can be found in the skip by the security office!
We are planning to make this a twice yearly event.
