Racing

Club Time Trial – Monday evenings 6:30pm – All are welcome to join in.

Such is the popularity of the Women in Canoe training days, Sam has announced a third one!  It will take place in the morning of August 15th and will be followed by a Canoe Sprint Regatta for both males and females in the afternoon.

Click here for more information.

Our annual Club Hasler race is coming up soon.  We need lots of volunteers!  Please see the list below with descriptions of what is needed for each role.  Even if you can only make a couple of hours, please sign up on the noticeboard and enter the number of hours you can manage next to your name. Alternatively you can email Sam Rippington.

Catering before the day (9am-4pm): Job requires you to buy the paddler’s food and food to sell on the day. Paddler’s food will also need to be made up the day before. All the details can be given to you on what to buy and make! Adults/ 4 people.

Catering on the day (9am-4pm): No previous experience required except how to make a tea and coffee and handling money! Adults and Juniors/4people.

Timers (10am-3pm): You will need experience of how to time a race and recording numbers from the boats. Adults/3people.

Marshalls at portage (9-4pm): Job will entail standing at the portage and making sure the public do not walk past the portage when paddlers are just about to portage. Knowledge of paddling etiquette is required. First aid qualification is useful. Adults/ 4 people.

Marshalls on turns (9-4pm): You will be required to sit in a canoe, as you will be the safety cover for that turn. You will also need to make sure that the paddlers go the correct way round the turns. One person in the boat will be the first aider and the other will be recording the paddler’s numbers. Adults and Juniors/ 5 people.

Senior First Aider (10-4pm): You will be based at the centre and will be the main first aider on site. You will need to be relatively fit, as you may need to cycle up to 1 mile to reach a paddler. If you have a bike that would be useful, however we can provide one if necessary. Adult/ 1 person.

Starter (10am-1pm): Needs to be an official starter. Adult/ 1 person.

Pre-start (10-1pm): Needs to be someone who can be firm with paddlers. You will need to make sure the paddlers do not go past their pre-start line. Adult /1 person.

Portage set up and buoy set up (8.30-10am): Job will entail setting up the portages and putting bouys out for finish line. We will need someone who can take charge of putting out bouys and portage. Adults/ 4 people.

Check in and results (9-4pm): Job is aimed at people who like to be inside and can cope with stressful situations. You will be typing in figures into computers. Training will be given beforehand. Adults/ 4 people.

Runner between timers and results (11.30am-3.30pm): Ideal for juniors. Job is to take pieces of paper from timers to results people upstairs. Juniors and Adults/ 1 person.

Car Park Monitoring (8.30-1pm): You will need to stand at the gates and make sure only club members and paddlers who are racing use the car park. Adults / 3 people.

Following the success of the Women in Canoe Day last month (see press report) Sam is putting on another, open to all Women who would like to try high kneeling canoe.  It will be held on Sun 27th June 2010 at Wokingham Waterside Centre – more details

A small contingent of Wokingham paddlers raced in Sunday’s Reading Circuit Hasler race – well done to all who took part.  The wind, particularly during the morning session, made for difficult conditions but nevertheless there were some notable performances:  Congratulations to Rene Miklos and Bob Sutherland, winners of div 7, K2 and to Hafsa Kabeer and Magnus Gregory who won their individual U12 lightning races and also won the Hody race. And finally, commiserations to Thomas Burns in his first ever race – he swam twice but still had a big grin at the end.

Results

Well done to everyone who raced today.  Shame the weather wasn’t kinder to us but it is a bank holiday weekend after all!

Thanks also to all the adults who helped the event to run smoothly.

Click here to see the results

Also available as PDF download: 01-05-2010_assessment

Senior Men K2

Junior Men K2

Junior Ladies K2

Our Monday night time trial is starting again on Monday 12th April. This is open to racing paddlers of all abilities and ages. Just turn up and be on the water for 6:30pm.  We look forward to seeing you there.

Results Spreadsheet

Three club juniors; Sara and Hafsa Kabeer and Ed Pearson took part in this year’s Hare & Hounds Series at Wey Kayak Club. The series was blighted by bad weather and races had to be rescheduled on several occasions.  Nevertheless our youngsters stuck with it and were rewarded with some good results. Sara bettered last years’ time by 5 min 16 secs,  Ed by 8 mins 04 secs and Hafsa by 4 mins 01 secs.  Hafsa won the best Lightning category.  Well done all of you.

Congratulations to Hafsa Kabeer on becoming U10 Lightning Champion at the National Championships at Longridge on Saturday 29th August.  It was a hard fought race with 16 starters on the backwater.  Hafsa narrowly beat Madi Barnicoat of Longridge by one tenth of a second.

 (Courtesy of Reading Post 3/9/09)

Well done to all Wokingham paddlers who took part in the event.

This year at the Sprint World Championships in Canada, Women’s C1 and C2  races featured as exhibition races. The GB Women’s canoe team consisted of our very own Sam Rippington  and her C2 partner, Lisa Suttle from Chelmsford Canoe Club.  Both put up very creditable performances in the C1 races with Sam finishing 7th in the 200m event and Lisa finishing 6th in the 500m.  However in the C2 events they really showed the competition a thing or two winning silver in the 500m and bronze in the 200m.

Well done Sam and Lisa on a brilliant set of results.