Fantastic Effort from Kuba at Elmbridge Half Marathon !

I did the Elmbridge Half-Marathon at Easter. The race was really fun! Unfortunately I fell in at one of the portages (my Dad's fault although he did the others reasonably OK) and at one point I had an entire tree on my rudder! Despite that I finished at 2:29:59 and met my target of £500 for the NSPCC.

Kuba Cranmer.

Well done Kuba !

From Jack Warner about his first Elmbridge Sprints !

I had a brilliant time and it was awesome. My favourite bit was the time
trials. Cannot wait until the next time!!!!

Jack Warner

Wey C1 squad proves themselves again !
Although the squad was depleted due to forth coming exams Max and Elliot performed exceptionally well.

The event commenced with the time trials over 200m and 500m .Max came second out of all the 15 and under C1's in both trials even though he is 2 years younger than the winner Richard Buckley of Richmond. Elliot came 3rd in the 200m and 4th in the 500m.
Max did 1.05 and 2.43 respectively and Elliot did 1.09 and.2.48
In the head to head races saw a race of 6 C1's start the C1 500m event. Many watched in anticipation of carnage but all the athletes showed great skill and the out come was a very clean and close race .Max came out of the blocks fastest , but was overhauled by Richard of Richmond who just beat Max by less than a length with Elliot less than a length behind Max in 3rd place.
200m head to head races were set with the fasted 3 racing each other followed by the next fastest in the following race.
This meant a head to head with Richard , Max and Elliot. The race started with Max again fastest out the blocks but Elliot showed again what a great racer he is by over coming all with a fantastic win with Max just behind Richard.

Well done to the boys !
Eric, Gabor & John

Elmbridge Sprints 14th May 2011 U14 Report

We had 16 of our U14's (inc. Eilis from Allan's group !) & 2 C1 paddlers all attend the Elmbridge Sprints !

It was a very hectic start loading all the boats - but all arrived in tact at Elmbridge thanks to Mike C !

The guys did time trials for 500m & 200m which enabled them to be seeded into races. All did incredibly well-with special mentions to Jack Oliver who came 1st in both his races along with Alex Bicknell & Eilis Byrne doing the same !

We also managed to christen both our brand new Rocket K4's by racing the 3000m with a girls crew of Alice Fellows, Holly Hellyer, Lucy Tozer & Ella Jamieson AND a boys crew of Oliver Banks, Alex Bicknell, Adam Raven & Jack Oliver. All paddled incredibly well & were exhausted at the end BUT not as exhausted as Pam who (tried) to follow them all the way round & failed miserably only just managing to keep them in sight- next purchase should be an outboard motor for the coaches !!

Also very special mention to Jack Warner for competing so well especially as he has only been paddling with the group for a few weeks !

WELL DONE TO YOU ALL

Elmbridge Sprints 14th May 2011 C1 Results

Wey C1 squad proves themselves again !

Although the squad was depleted due to forth coming exams Max and Elliot performed exceptionally well.
The event commenced with the time trials over 200m and 500m . Max came second out of all the 15 and under C1's in both trials even though he is 2 years younger than the winner Richard Buckley of Richmond. Elliot came 3rd in the 200m and 4th in the 500m.
Max did 1.05 and 2.43 respectively and Elliot did 1.09 and.2.48
In the head to head races saw a race of 6 C1's start the C1 500m event. Many watched in anticipation of carnage but all the athletes showed great skill and the out come was a very clean and close race . Max came out of the blocks fastest , but was overhauled by Richard of Richmond who just beat Max by less than a length with Elliot less than a length behind Max in 3rd place.
200m head to head races were set with the fasted 3 racing each other followed by the next fastest in the following race.
This meant a head to head with Richard , Max and Elliot. The race started with Max again fastest out the blocks but Elliot showed again what a great racer he is by over coming all with a fantastic win with Max just behind Richard.

Well done to the boys !
Eric, Gabor & John

Photos kindly being allowed to be publish by Antony Edmonds at aephotos.co.uk

Watch Out Boys !

Lucy Tozer , Ella Jamieson & Katie-Hayman Joyce all took part in a taster session for C1 while up at the May Nottingham Regatta and they looked pretty good boys - so watch out !!

Lucy Tozer did really well as our lone Lightening paddler (here's hoping she will have a lot more Wey youngsters paddling at the July regatta to keep her company !) She came 8th in the 500m final & bravely jumped in a K2 for the 500m coming 3rd with a paddler from another club - well done Lucy !

Great Results from the Wey C1 Squad at Nottingham May Regatta

Well Done !

C1 200m all 4 athletes get personal bests Luke coming 4^th in 57.3, Joe 6^th in 59.18 , Max 7th in 1.01,9 and Elliot 8th in 1.02.7

C2 200msaw the Luke / Joe crew come 2^nd in 54.1 beating the Max / Elliot crew in 3^rd 54.3 only coming past them in the last few strokes , all with personal bests

C2 1000m Luke and Joe came2^nd in 4.51 and Max and Elliot 3^rd in 5.04.

C4 500m saw the Wey crew controlling the race, coming home 1^st in 2.20 dominating the Richmond boat all the way.

Sunday saw conditions considerably worsen but all the boys did fantastically well

C1 500m Luke winning a 2^nd place in 2.52 just behind the winner and Joe 3^rd in 3.01.Elliot came a very commendable 8^th in the worst lane in3.46.

C2 500m saw the power of the older crew from Wokingham winning , but Joe and Luke came 2^nd while Max and Elliot in their first regatta together come 4^th in 3.00 minutes.

In total we had 7 new personal bests and conquered some very challenging conditions on Sunday .

John , Gabor and myself realise that as long as the guys keep up the training it will only be a matter of time until we are beaten by the boys!

Marcus and his Richmond crew will trying to reverse the results in the coming races especially the nationals in July and September Macgregor paddle events so let’s disappoint him again

Congratulations to all the boys- keep up the training !

Eric, Gabor & John