Waterside B, Yipee!

I decided to have a bit of a trip out and go and be a spectator/photographer at Waterside B :)
It was a very pleasant day, although it did seem abit strange to not be racing. I went on a bit of a walk down the course and did abit of reading of my book (very relaxing in the sun) whilst everyone else was racing. Well done to everyone who raced, you all looked like you were going well!
A very nice day, definatley worth going! x

Waterside B

It was a bit of an early start for some of us this morning, but we were on the road in good time to get Craig on the water an away for his first Waterside. He managed 10th in a time of 3:33:23 - not bad in a Trimmer!
It was a first for Fern too in Ladies K2 with Cathy and they were 2nd in 2:54:00





George and Bryan managed one place better than Waterside A - 1st in C2 in 3:01:39
















Ian was 7th in Senior K1 with a time of 2:25:58

Mick and Beth improved on their last year's time with 4th place in the Junior/ Veteran class in 2:53:01.

The weather was warm, sunny and completly calm, unlike most of the Watersides I can remember and people could almost be forgiven for thinking it was spring. There was enough flow on the Kennett to make the river sections interesting. It was altogether an enjoyable paddle although Craig did sleep for a considerable part of the journey home.

Special thanks to Sarah who came along and took the photos.

Full results at http://www.watersides.fsnet.co.uk/current-b-res.htm

More photos at http://www.paddlepics.com/

Sunday Lunch

After the 5th Winter Race, about 30 members and families ate Sunday Lunch at The Larwood & Voce near Trent Bridge. Most were accomodated at the long table, but "the outpost" was not far away and far from lonely. (You can just see Nigel.) The food was good and the portions excellent, with rapid service once they started. Many thanks to Harriett who got this started and did the leg work.
This is a pleasant venue for such events and very close to the club, so I look forward to the next one after the final Winter Race of the series on March 9th. Remember to book! It's hoped that more of the junior members can be present at this event, with a dozen now attending the gym sessons and about the same doing the Winter Races.



Thanks Julie for bringing the camera and Hayleigh for the photo.

Winter Race 5

The slightly bitter wind didn't put 38 paddlers off doing today's race. There were no startlingly good times, which seemed to be all rather slow, but there were some good performances and a few changes in the Series leader board.

Laura bagged Paul as the best partner, finishing 2nd in the race, but moving into top spot on the leader board. Zyggy also got it sussed with Shob away, getting Dave B to partner him and he now moves up to 2nd in the overall points. (Don't forget, only the 4 best scores count.) My calculations show that any one of 13 people could theoretically win the series, 8 of them juniors.

Fern turned in the best result today with a PB over 4 minutes faster than her previous one and she still paddled up the middle of the river, so there could be yet another even better result from her at the next race. So 20 points and a tee-shirt for her!

The 6th and last race is on 9th March, with all to play for.

Full Unofficial results at: http://uk.geocities.com/nottinghamkayakclub/resultstore/winter_races_07_08.htm

Meanwhile, about 30 club members followed today's strenuous efforts with Sunday Lunch at the Larwood & Voce - hopefully pictures soon.