Personal Bests All Round From the Wey C1 Squad !

In the C2 1000m with the Joe / Luke crew came threw in a PB of 4.39 from Max and Elliot in second in 4.51 .

C1 200m followed with all the Wey squad getting through the heats to the finals. Joe came second getting a PB in 55.6 pushing the older Ryan Hunt all the way .Luke came 4^th in 58.6 with Elliot 7^th and Max 9^th, all doing very well considering conditions. Elliots performance was very noteworthy as he overcame some problems prior to the start to produce a great race.

C2 200m followed next, normally the Elliot / Max crew are fastest out the blocks but failed to line the boat up well enough prior to the start, so there start was not up to usual standards. This did not deter them and they came in ¾ length down on the well deserved winners Joe and Luke. Both crews produced PB’s in 52.3 and 54.3 respectively. End of day one and including heats Joe was on fire and produced 4 PB’s.

The following day started off with C4 500m, after a difficult start the squad came through to achieve a Wey Junior best time of 2.09 !

The C1 race followed & was a straight final, Luke again showed his mastery of the conditions to come in second place behind Ryan Hunt of RLS. Joe lost a bit of form from the previous day and came 4th with Max 6^th and Elliot 7^th. Both Max and Elliot produced PB’s in 2.56 and 3.02 which considering the difficult conditions, and that Max’s boat was turned by a tsunami wave at the start to restart and overtake some other competitors and nearly catch Sam Rippington on the line was very impressive.

Last race of the day was the C2 500m where Max and Elliot took the C2 Wey junior record with a time of 2.21 coming in second just behind the Rippington /Suttle crew in conditions where I was personally pleased to be on the bank !

All in all the C1 squad showed some great boatman-ship to prevail over the conditions and came away with many PB’S .

Well done to all - and bring on the club champs where we expect further improvements in their times.

Eric, John & Gabor