Club Time Trial – Monday evenings 6:30pm – All are welcome to join in.
Racing
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
Juniors Excel at TVC
July 21st, 2009 (Shirley)
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.
Adult Racing Training
April 21st, 2009 (Shirley)
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.
Senior Course Time Trial
April 21st, 2009 (Shirley)
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
Thameside 2
March 11th, 2009 (Shirley)
Well done to Joe Foster and Jamie Boyt who took part in the Thameside 2 marathon.
Joe came 5th and Jamie 7th.
Waterside ‘B’
March 1st, 2009 (Shirley)
Well done to our paddlers who took part in the Waterside ‘B’ marathon. Placings are as follows:
- Duncan Blyth ~ Winner K1 Vets
- James Keeble & James Freemantle ~ 3rd Senior K2
- Paul Appleby & Dave Seward ~ 7th K2 Vets
- Earl Hewett & Darren Crocker ~10th K2 Vets
- Catherine Gaffard & Dominic Lucas ~ 23rd K2 Vets
- Liz & Bob Sutherland ~ 13th Canadian Doubles
Click here for full results.
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
Congratulations!
February 22nd, 2009 (Shirley)
Some of our racing juniors have been on a winning streak!
- 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.
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)
