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.

For the rest of the details use the links below.
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.

The rest of the photos: click here.
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

Much later ...

The other important event last night was Shob's 18th celebration with NKC. After the K4 10km was over, those few who could stand joined those who hadn't raced to help Shob become a senior.

Mini K4s

Meanwhile ...

While the gladiators were battling it out over 10km, 5 boats full of mini K4s were practicing skills at the boathouse end of The Pond.

May K4

Despite sudden downpours, there was a good turnout for the May K4 in the Ken Phillips series, with Paddlers from Nottingham, Lincoln, Loughborough, Burton, Wey & Leicester. The K3 stroked by Matt F sadly suffered equipment failure, otherwise, they looked in danger of being in the medals.

Here's the short version of the video - longer one available on request.

Meanwhile, more photos in the Picassa album. http://picasaweb.google.com/nottmkc/K410KmRaces?feat=directlink

Results on NKC website. http://uk.geocities.com/nottinghamkayakclub/resultstore/K4May09.htm

Worcester Marathon 2009

The conditions were good, the turn out from the vets and juniors was better and 2nd place in the points was even better. Best was reserved for Lightnings who managed 1st place in their point table with only 5 paddlers. Well done to Kasia, Stani, Max, Abbie & Ozzie. Results http://www.worcestercanoeclub.org.uk/Worcester%20Hasler.htm
Great Pictures from Jane at http://nkcgallery2.blogspot.com/