BREAKING NEWS ! Katie & Saira Beat Joe & Luke in their First Ever C2 Race !

The photo proves it & they do say the camera never lies.......... well this one might just a little bit (Joe tells me that they were giving coaching tips to the girls during their final mixed C2 race - yeah right Joe !) .

Now for the serious stuff .......

Katie & Saira joined Max, Joe & Luke by competing at the first ever C1/C2 Sprint Regatta at Wokingham Canoe Club & came away with an amazing 1st place in the C2 500m & 2nd in the C2 200m with prize money to boot !!

Well done girls you were FANTASTIC ! I know I've said it before but boys you better watch out !

Eric Dust's Off His First (1984!) Olympic Blazer to Attend Chinese Mini Olympic Event at Spectrum

Eric our 'Tri- Olympian' was asked by Boxgrove School to be the guest of honour at the Mini Chinese Olympics held at the Guildford Spectrum. Both he & Anne Milton our local MP kicked the event off with motivational speeches.

650 children from 4 Guildford schools attended the event & all participated in fun physical activities. The day had a Chinese influence as all the schools had been forging links with schools in Shanghai over the last year.

The main aim of the event was to motivate & encourage children to be inspired by the up and coming Olympics & to participate in sport.

Eric & Anne spent the morning mingling with the kids & teachers & Eric even managed to get the Head Teacher's Paul Bull from Boxgrove & John Abbott from Bushy Hill to agree to come down the club in September & see which one could go the maximum distance in a sprint canoe .....so watch this space ??

P.S. & the blazer still fits !!!!! (if you don't button it up that is !)

All In A Day

Bacon butties all round ...... except for Clare, well Eric says "if you snooze you loose" but maybe she had a little sleep to catch up on !

The crew taking a morning stroll along the river & waking up all the house boats along the way !

All ready for the journey back home, this time in the sun ............

Pam & Eric would like to say a BIG 'thank you' to all the mum's & dad's who helped put up/take down tents,Roy for lending us his tent, Caroline for bringing along the picnic lunch, Ade, Ewan & Dave for paddling with the kids & Clare for putting up with not getting much sleep ! x

The Tardis Tent !

Eric looking like he needs a lie down !

Note the precaution of leaving the stinky trainers OUTSIDE the tent !

And So to Bed ..........eventually !!!

Anja leading the campsite sing along after all devoured a MOUNTAIN of mash-mellows !

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..............and who's stupid idea was that (Pam) coz this is the result !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anja I think you needed ear muffs as-well !

Jack you're not kidding any one & Alex the bag suits you !

And these girl's look just soooooo tired... ......

next time we're defiantly going to paddle longer !

U14's First Canoe Camping Trip 2011

Fifteen of our U14's braved the initial down-pore on Saturday 20th August & set off on their first 'Canoe Camping Trip' from Addlestone Canoe Club.

Even in torrential rain there was much fun & laughter to be had & when they paddled around the bend near Chertsey Bridge the sky miraculously cleared to a beautiful blue sky ready for the tents to be put up !

Pictured here celebrating Eimhear's 12th Birthday (yummy cake Eimhear!) are Jack,Matt,Livie,Anja,Hannah,Eimhear,Samantha,Ella,Holly,Alex,Henry,Oliver,Adam,Jordan & Josh .