While Nottingham Marathon was going on, some NKC members were doing great things elsewhere:
At the European Sprint Championships in Milan ...
Tim Brabants - added yet another title to his impressive array - European Men's K1 1000 metre Champion (Report http://www.bcu.org.uk/bcu/bcu-newsitem.aspx?NewsItemId=864)
Lucy Wainwright - became European Women's K1 200 metre Champion (Report http://www.bcu.org.uk/bcu/bcu-newsitem.aspx?NewsItemId=865)
Hayleigh Mason -was in the Women's K4 500 metre crew that came 9th (Jess Walker/ Anna Hemmings/ Rachel Cawthorn /Hayleigh Mason) and in the crew that came 4th in the Women's K2 200 metres with Rachel Cawthorne of Wey Kayak Club.
(Milan Report http://worldclass-canoeing.org.uk/wcp/wcp-newsitem.aspx?NewsItemId=586&Level1MenuItemId=2)
At Southampton Marathon Assessment Race ...
Harriet Farish - was qualifying for a place in the team to go to World Cup 1, Brandenberg, Germany 14-15 June. Where she will partner Nicky Taylor of Elmbridge Canoe Club in the Senior Women's K2.
Paul Enoch & Richard Golder - have also been selected to take part in the Senior Mens K4 Trophy Prince of Asturias at Pontevedra in Spain - 20/21 June with Jamie Mayers of Runcorn & Richard Forbes of Solihull.
Friday, May 23, 2008
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Monday, May 19, 2008
Nottingham Marathon (1)
The weather was very pleasant for the annual NKC Marathon Race. Tim took so many pictures that it will tale several post to include some of the best. There will be a CD-Rom at the club for all those who want to copy some. Meanwhile here are the first of the starts - more to follow. The provisional results are on the website at: http://uk.geocities.com/nottinghamkayakclub/resultstore/Hasler08.htm
Could you ever doubt that Geordie was enjoying the race?
Could you ever doubt that Geordie was enjoying the race?
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Busy Weekend 15th - 18th May
A reminder to all members that the club are running their Hasler Marathon Race on 18th May. If you're not racing, there are jobs you can help with or come and cheer our paddlers on.
Meanwhile our thoughts are with NKC's top sprint paddlers, as 3 of them are representing Britain at the the European Championships in Milan. Tim Brabants, the current 1000 metre World Champion, is doing Mens K1 500 & 1000 metres. Lucy Wainwright is doing Womens K1 200 & 500 metres and Hayleigh Mason Womens K2 200 metres & K4 500 metres. In addition to this, Rosy Gray, one of our club Life Members, is acting as an official at the championships. Full team details here http://www.marathon-canoeing.org.uk/newsletter.asp
Congratulations to Harriet Farish for her 4th place, only 6 seconds down on the winner at last weekend's GB marathon assessment race in Chester. Richard Golder was 8th in the Men's K1. Full results here http://chestercanoeclub.org.uk/chester_1_ass_08.htm
Meanwhile our thoughts are with NKC's top sprint paddlers, as 3 of them are representing Britain at the the European Championships in Milan. Tim Brabants, the current 1000 metre World Champion, is doing Mens K1 500 & 1000 metres. Lucy Wainwright is doing Womens K1 200 & 500 metres and Hayleigh Mason Womens K2 200 metres & K4 500 metres. In addition to this, Rosy Gray, one of our club Life Members, is acting as an official at the championships. Full team details here http://www.marathon-canoeing.org.uk/newsletter.asp
Congratulations to Harriet Farish for her 4th place, only 6 seconds down on the winner at last weekend's GB marathon assessment race in Chester. Richard Golder was 8th in the Men's K1. Full results here http://chestercanoeclub.org.uk/chester_1_ass_08.htm
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Leamington Marathon 2008
Only Craig & I made it to Leamington this year, and as it's hard to paddle and photograph, it's just a brief report (hooray) with no illustrations (boo). The lower divisions did the same course that they have done for the past few years, but higher divisions started downstream from the club at the Avon/Leam confluence.
I can't speak for the Div 2 & 3 paddlers who had 4 laps of the same bit of river to do, owing to the spectacular, but dangerous events staged at Warwick Castle during summer weekends. (Being moving targets for mediaeval artillery could be considered dangerous!) For Divs 4 -6, the actual racing was if anything better than the course we have come to expect. Club members had cleared the long portage "get outs" well and although the weir could be deemed by some, too dangerous to be done downstream, it was dry enough to be OK upstream. The additional bit upstream of the club, made up for missing the downstream portage. The biggest hazards actually encountered were, as always, the wandering "rowing" pleasure boats. These beetle around looking as though they are intending to go right, but go left & vice versa - they look equally confused about what we are doing. I do remember the punts at Oxford were worse, but it's marginal!
The damage we sustained to our understern rudder took place at the last turn where an underwater log leapt out and got us as we turned.
Craig's day was made when he heard a "piper" off in the woods and went to track him down after the race!
Leamington were welcoming and generous with their mugs as prizes (now blue on yellow to go with our yellow on blue ones.) The weather was spectacularly hot and even though Craig and I could have had a better race, the easy journey to Leamington was well worth the effort.
Perhaps a few more Notties could manage it next year.
Full results here http://www.marathon-canoeing.org.uk/results/Leamington2008.htm
The only downside to the race arrangements this year, were that the starts made it impossible for any juniors, or Lightnings to be accompanied, helped, supervised, or chaperoned, if everyone else was paddling the course with their start a considerable distance from the club. This severly limited us this year as all the parents of the beginner juniors and Lightnings who wanted to paddle, also paddle themselves. The Google Earth photos of the course were good and the simple course diagram easy to follow - the best I've seen.
I can't speak for the Div 2 & 3 paddlers who had 4 laps of the same bit of river to do, owing to the spectacular, but dangerous events staged at Warwick Castle during summer weekends. (Being moving targets for mediaeval artillery could be considered dangerous!) For Divs 4 -6, the actual racing was if anything better than the course we have come to expect. Club members had cleared the long portage "get outs" well and although the weir could be deemed by some, too dangerous to be done downstream, it was dry enough to be OK upstream. The additional bit upstream of the club, made up for missing the downstream portage. The biggest hazards actually encountered were, as always, the wandering "rowing" pleasure boats. These beetle around looking as though they are intending to go right, but go left & vice versa - they look equally confused about what we are doing. I do remember the punts at Oxford were worse, but it's marginal!
The damage we sustained to our understern rudder took place at the last turn where an underwater log leapt out and got us as we turned.
Craig's day was made when he heard a "piper" off in the woods and went to track him down after the race!
Leamington were welcoming and generous with their mugs as prizes (now blue on yellow to go with our yellow on blue ones.) The weather was spectacularly hot and even though Craig and I could have had a better race, the easy journey to Leamington was well worth the effort.
Perhaps a few more Notties could manage it next year.
Full results here http://www.marathon-canoeing.org.uk/results/Leamington2008.htm
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
May Regatta
The May Regatta was a great weekend, with it being my second regatta I was a little more confident of what I had to do. The Javelin proved itself by winning the K1 500m and coming second in K1 1000m. It was good fun doing the 500m for the first time, and its over before you know it. Also I did K2 500m and 1000m with Ricky and I really enjoyed this, we were in a really snazzy K2 and we got great results with coming first in both events. It was great to have such a good partner and I hope to paddle with Ricky at the next regatta. There was no complaining about the weather it was perfect and it was great to watch other Nottingham paddlers compete and get into the finals. A big thanks to Mick for all the organising and being a great coach, and to all the people who helped and supported at the regatta. I feel it was a great weekend and we got great results from all the paddlers and bring on the next one.
Craig
Craig
Sunday, May 04, 2008
May Regatta 2008
The May Regatta this year was enjoyable for a number of reasons.
First, the calm, warm weather, made the racing so much more enjoyable, even with a little drizzle on the Sunday.
Second, watching Tim Brabents demonstrate so emphatically why he is the World Champion provided inspiration for us all. Our three top seniors, Tim, Lucy and Hayleigh all produced some great results, helping to progress their standings for international selection & success this year.
Apart from them and a new member, Paddy, in Mens D, and Michael in Mens B, that was about it for Nottingham Seniors.
We also had representation in the Masters classes from Tim, Pete, Mick, Rex & Ian with a string of good results for Ian & Rex in Masters A in particular, and a win for Mick in the Masters B 1000 metres.
However good any of these factors might have been though, it was the participation and successes in the Junior & Lightning classes that were the highlight of the event.
Leanna, doing her first regatta partnered with Sarah managed 3rd in the Girls D 500 metres 1st Final. Shobhanna reached the Girls D 500 metre 1st final in K1 and Alice reached the 3rd final of the 1000 metres. Ricky & Craig excelled themselves in their 2nd regatta, particularly with their win in the Boys D K2 1000 metres. Craig also produced excellent results in his K1 races.
It is hard to pick out the best Lightning performance from the club, but for me perhaps, the fact that we produced 2 full crews for the 1000 metres Under 10/Under 12 mini K4 was the most pleasurable. Well done to, Tadek, Zyggy, Ozzie, Amelia, Megan, Max, Harvey & Olivia
The support from parents also needs mention and thanks. It was great to see solidarity from parents of the older juniors at the regatta, cheering on the paddlers. The turnout by the parents of Lightning paddlers took me back to the great days of the 1970s, when NKC parents turned out in force to cheer and help at the regattas.
Paticular thanks needs to go to Julie, who organised the Nottingham Lightning paddlers, negociating with officials & sorting crews. She also managed to run up and down with the races and take a few photos.
The two Nottingham mini K4 crews on their way to 1000 metre start. Wouldn't it be great to have a couple of the boats at the club for them to train in too!
Mini K4 1000 metre start.
Photos by Julie
Full results as PDF file: http://www.bcu.org.uk/bcu/CoachingItemPDFs/upload_2147.pdf
First, the calm, warm weather, made the racing so much more enjoyable, even with a little drizzle on the Sunday.
Second, watching Tim Brabents demonstrate so emphatically why he is the World Champion provided inspiration for us all. Our three top seniors, Tim, Lucy and Hayleigh all produced some great results, helping to progress their standings for international selection & success this year.
Apart from them and a new member, Paddy, in Mens D, and Michael in Mens B, that was about it for Nottingham Seniors.
We also had representation in the Masters classes from Tim, Pete, Mick, Rex & Ian with a string of good results for Ian & Rex in Masters A in particular, and a win for Mick in the Masters B 1000 metres.
However good any of these factors might have been though, it was the participation and successes in the Junior & Lightning classes that were the highlight of the event.
Leanna, doing her first regatta partnered with Sarah managed 3rd in the Girls D 500 metres 1st Final. Shobhanna reached the Girls D 500 metre 1st final in K1 and Alice reached the 3rd final of the 1000 metres. Ricky & Craig excelled themselves in their 2nd regatta, particularly with their win in the Boys D K2 1000 metres. Craig also produced excellent results in his K1 races.
It is hard to pick out the best Lightning performance from the club, but for me perhaps, the fact that we produced 2 full crews for the 1000 metres Under 10/Under 12 mini K4 was the most pleasurable. Well done to, Tadek, Zyggy, Ozzie, Amelia, Megan, Max, Harvey & Olivia
The support from parents also needs mention and thanks. It was great to see solidarity from parents of the older juniors at the regatta, cheering on the paddlers. The turnout by the parents of Lightning paddlers took me back to the great days of the 1970s, when NKC parents turned out in force to cheer and help at the regattas.
Paticular thanks needs to go to Julie, who organised the Nottingham Lightning paddlers, negociating with officials & sorting crews. She also managed to run up and down with the races and take a few photos.
The two Nottingham mini K4 crews on their way to 1000 metre start. Wouldn't it be great to have a couple of the boats at the club for them to train in too!
Mini K4 1000 metre start.
Photos by Julie
Full results as PDF file: http://www.bcu.org.uk/bcu/CoachingItemPDFs/upload_2147.pdf
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