Racing

The Club encourages both adult and junior members to participate in races.  The calendar contains details and dates of sprint and marathon races. For more information about marathon races please visit the Marathon Canoeing website.

A number of our paddlers take part in the Devizes to Westminster Race which takes place every Easter weekend.

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.

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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.

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

Senior Men K2

Junior Men K2

Junior Ladies K2

Our Monday night time trial has now finished for the year. Well done to all who took part. Special thanks to Rod Hart for an excellent time-keeping job!

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.

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.

Wokingham juniors put in some great performances at the TVC race on Sunday. It was a great day for the Jarretts with Olly promoted to Div 5 and Fraser promoted to Div 8.  Congratulations to Magnus Gregory and Ed PEarson 2nd and 3rd respectively in the U12 Boys Lightnings and also to Hafsa Kabeer first in the U10 Girls Lightnings. Further success came for Hafsa and Magnus when they came second in the U12 Hody race.

There will be a race training session on Tuesdays at 18:30 for beginners and intermediate paddlers. Please contact Brian Kelly if you are interested in attending.

The time trial is up and running again on Monday evenings – all are welcome to join in – please arrive at 18:00 so that we can start promptly at 18:30. Latest Results

• Hafsa Kabeer won the prize for ‘BEST VISITING JUNIOR’ in the Hare and Hounds series at Wey – results.
• Sara Kabeer (2nd ~ Girls Lightnings) and Ed Pearson (3rd ~ Boys Lightnings) were awarded medals for  last year’s West Thames Grand Prix series of events. This was a particularly splendid achievement as they only took part in two out of the four qualifying events.