Gold

Well unless you've been asleep, out of the country and away from all sources of news, you will have noticed that one of our members - Tim Brabants opted out of doing the Nationals at Worcester with the rest of us and went off with another NKC member to paddle in China. Tim managed something that no other British paddler has ever done - win an Olympic Gold medal at 1000 metres! He followed that with a bronze in the 500 metres, just before some of us went out and strolled round 4 miles at Worcester.
Our congratulations go to him on something that is unique in British Sprint canoeing & places our sport up there with others like cycling, rowing, sailing & swimming.
Let's not forget to congratulate Lucy Wainwright too. "Only" coming 7th in an Olympic final is one of those acheivements that most of the rest of the sprint paddlers in the World would love to have managed. It is put in context when you look at all the members of Team GB who didn't make finals, who finished lower down the rankings than 7th, or the rest of us who are never likely to get selected to represent our country at the very highest level. For those who may have missed previous news, Lucy is already European 200 metre Champion, so comgratulation Lucy on your results.
For those intersted in more details go to http://worldclass-canoeing.org.uk/wcp/wcp-standardtemplate1.aspx