Shropshire Paddlesport Hasler Race

The Montgomery Canal at Queens Head near Oswestry was the venue for this week's Hasler race. As with Hereford, only a small group of Nottingham paddlers made the two and a bit hour trek to race. The weather was hot, the canal was narrow, but the welcome warm. The refurbishment of the old Green Barn is well under way, so facilites are likely to be much better in future years.
For a change there were no trophies for NKC, but the 4 of us managed to score 61 points, giving 4 Hasler points. The Host club scored the 10 points and Worcester scored 9 points leaving them only 5 points behind us on the Midlands Hasler Table.

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Race results.
More photos.

Hereford 2009

An early start, a long drive and weather that was cooler and wetter than Nottingham was all worthwhile for the success of the elite band that made the journey. Damian was 2nd in Div 8, Mick & Ricky 2nd in Div 5 K2 after a close race with Jon Cave & Ellie Andrews of Worcester. Alice won Div 6 just 1 second up on John Talbot also of Worcester.

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Full results: soon.

Hot day at Burton

After the cold damp day at the Hasler finals last year, Burton was back to what we expect for this year's Hasler race. There were a number of new competitors with Sandra and Jane both doing their first Div 9 race. Olivia won her first Div 9 race, while Kath and Geordie won Div 7 K2. 28 Nottingham paddlers represented a good turnout for us and gave us the 10 Hasler points.

The day is best described in pictures on the Picasa Album. Photos by Mick, Caroline & Simon http://picasaweb.google.com/paddle2live/Burton

For those interested in the results, go to http://www.marathon-canoeing.org.uk/results/Burton2009.htm