Canoesport Paddles

Christmas Money to Spend?

Still using heavy old club paddles? Can't find the correct size? Want to go faster in 2014?

Club paddles are fine when you begin paddling with the club but if you have ambition to go further or faster you need to have your own pair. Help is at hand as Tim is offering his paddles at 2013 prices up until the last Hare and Hounds on 9 February. Speak or email me if you need any advice or if you would like to trial a pair before you place an order.

Christmas Message 2013 and Boxing Day Paddle

Jim has posted a newsletter on the website. All club members should have received an email with the link. If not (1) check your spam email box (2) contact the webmaster! Below is a sneak preview followed by details for the Boxing Day Paddle.

2013 has been as an enjoyable one at the Club following all the excitement in Great Britain and the success of London 2012. The highlights for the Club were Liam Heath, with Jonnie Schofield, winning the silver in the 200m K2 at the World Championships following the bronze at Dorney in 2012 and Anne Dickins winning the Silver in her first 'Worlds' in the LTA category, following the Gold at the Euro's. Other outstanding results were achieved by Fay, Ed, Jack, Matt, Jon and Rachel at National, European and World events.

Behind the scenes, our paddlers received great support and advice from club coaches and we thank them for this. Our 'BCU Top Club Gold', and Sport England 'Club Mark' status, reflects the high standard of coaching and club structure that exist at Wey. Keeping up with the 'Gold' standard is not easy and we constantly have to review and record our activities.

As well as our Saturday Beginners Courses, which have remained oversubscribed, new funding into 'middle' schools has enabled us to offer courses for a local school in curriculum time. This has been very successful under Mick Luck's guidance.

The Commodore and all the Committee, hope you have an enjoyable time over Christmas, and the New Year, and we look forward to good paddling, successful racing and a great facility (may be even bigger?) in 2014.

Jim Rossiter

Work off the Christmas Padding and join in on the Boxing Day Paddle! Meet at the club a bit before 11am for an 11ish start and paddle to The Parrott Inn for lunch and back. The Dress Code is "Festive attire." It would be great if someone was able to be there with a car to take dry clothing "just in case". Get in touch with Allan if you need any more information.

Christmas dinner preparation

Linda has been preparing decorations for the tables on Saturday, and just needs a few helpers to move stuff, get out tables and help lay them.  If you're available on Saturday afternoon (after the morning session) then please report to Linda.

 

p.s. there won't be any veg to peel!

H&H 3 Results 01 Dec 13

Hare & Hounds results and Dash Hounds results from today's race are confirmed

Hare & Hounds 3

All looks good for this Sunday.

Remember please:
Dash Hounds book in from 0900 for a 1000 start.
Hare & Hounds book in from 1000 for a 1120 start.

Looking forward to another good race.

Cheers
Jim

Christmast dinner tickets are on sale

At the Waterside Centre, 14th Dec 7pm £15. Tickets from Sarah and Amanda

H&H Results 17 Nov 13 updated

Hare & Hounds results and Dash Hounds results are now cleaned up and confirmed.  Two C1 records have been broken - you can see all the course records on the website

H&H Results 17 Nov 13

Provisional Hare & Hounds results are now available. Note: a number of DNFs are displayed that are actually no-shows. This will be corrected on Thursday/Friday when the final set of results are posted.

Dash Hounds results are now available

Hare & Hounds 2

All looks good for this Sunday.

Any final decision will be taken at 1200 on Saturday so keep an eye on the website www.weykayak.co.uk for any update, if necessary.

Remember please:
Dash Hounds book in from 0900 for a 1000 start.
Hare & Hounds book in from 1000 for a 1120 start.

Looking forward to another good race.

Cheers
Jim

Putting away club boats

To all paddlers using club boats - please remember to put your boat away in the correct shed after usage... in particular those using the larger boats (generally marked with a 12) which only go in Shed 3. Attempts to ram these into racks which are too small will only cause damage and annoyance.

Lost paddles

Dave H left his paddles (Canoe Sport adjustable B4s with the initials DNH in white on one blade where it joins the shaft) leaning against Shed 5 on Sunday and they have been "tidyied". If you have put them away somewhere could you let him know at this e-mail david (at) thehalliwellfamily.co.uk

H&H Results 3 Nov 13

Hare & Hounds results and Dash Hounds results are now available.

GWC 400 & Mugs

The GWC 400 Club draw was made on 2 November by Imogen Wigzell, a Wey Kayak Club young paddlers. The monthly draw winning ticket was No. 159.

  

We would encourage all members and friends of the GWC clubs to join the GWC 400 Club. Make sure you join before the draw on 14 December at the WKC Commodore's Dinner, where there will also be a £200 Bonus Draw as well as the £50 monthly one.  Just in time for that special Xmas present.

 

All profits from the 400 Club go to paying off the Waterside Centre's loans and proposed developments at the Centre.

 

Full details on how to join can be  found on the Wey Kayak Club website www.weykayak.co.uk  and on the attachments.

Each 'ticket' cost just £2.00 a month and can be paid for by monthly Standing Order if more convenient.

 

Also...

 

The Kitchen at the Centre needs some additional mugs for the WKC Hare & Hounds series.  If you have one or 2, or a few that you do not want, then please drop them off sometime.

Hare & Hounds:

Hi All.  All OK for tomorrow.  The grass is very wet so you may be directed across the road to the Jarvis Centre to park.  Please do not use the Pub for parking or launching.

Hare & Hounds this Sunday

Conditions were OK Thursday and it looks as though all will be good for Sunday, but it may be windy.

 

We will do a final check Saturday at midday and post any final decision on the website.

 

Thanks for those who have entered on line, it has made the process much quicker.  There is still time to do it so please visit the website. www.weykayak.co.uk. and look under Hare & Hounds.

 

See you all Sunday

Christmas Shopping Bonanza at the Waterside

Guildford BSAC (divers) are hosting a Christmas Shopping Bonanza night at the waterside center on Tuesday the 19th November.

Everyone is welcome and entrance is FREE

In the main hall we will have approx ten stalls (tables) selling all sorts of Christmas goodies including;

Virgin Wine, Phoenix Cards, Usborne Books, as well as sellers of Candles, Jewelry, Bags, Scarves & Accessories, Sweet treats to name a few.

We would love you to join us for a social evening where you can enjoy a glass of mulled wine, a mince pie (or two) and the opportunity to possibly pick up a gift or two for Christmas.

There will also be a raffle where you may be lucky enough to be the winner of one of the many prizes donated by the sellers.

The evening starts around 7:30 and the raffle will be held during the evening.

Please come and join us, and bring along your family and friends.

Thanks

Nikki Turner

 

Got any mugs?

The Kitchen at the Centre needs some additional mugs for the WKC Hare & Hounds series.  If you have one or 2, or a few that you do not want, then please drop them off sometime.

GWC 400 Club

This month's draw was made on 19 October  by Hila Coggans, a BCU coach visiting the Wey Kayak Club. The monthly draw winning ticket was No. 122.
 
We would encourage all members and friends of the GWC clubs to join the GWC 400 Club. All profits go to paying off the Waterside Centre's loans and proposed developments at the Centre.
Full details on how to join can be  found on the Wey Kayak Club website www.weykayak.co.uk  Each 'ticket' cost just £2.00 a month and can be paid for by monthly Standing Order if more convenient.

2013/14 Hare and Hounds / Dash Hound Series

The 2013/14 Hare and Hounds / Dash Hound series starts on the 3 November.  This year we have introduced an online registration system which will help us reduce the booking-in queues.  The registration forms can be found on our Hare and Hounds page (just click "Hare and Hounds" at the top of this page).

Get ready for winter...Buy the kit!

Time to get ready for the winter. There will be a sale of Club kit (cags, pogies, spraydecks etc.) on Saturday 19th October at the Club between 12.00 and 13.30. Gentoo Sports will also be there selling a range of thermals, hats, leggings etc.

See posters on on the website and at the Club for details.

Thursday Circuits

After the clocks change at the end of October the club runs a Thursday evening Circuits class (followed by the usual club night meal). Talk to a coach to get further details

Elmbridge Hasler Marathon results

21 Wey paddlers competed in yesterday's Elmbridge Hasler Marathon.  Well done everyone including Alex Bicknell who is promoted to Div6. Results on the Elmbridge website.

Paddler's Post

September's edition of the Paddler's Post is out

World Marathon Championship Success

Jack Childerstone and Ed Haws have achieved 4th place in the Junior mens K2 in Copenhagen this morning. Well done!

Christmas Dinner 14th December

Members are cordially invited to the Commodore's Christmas Dinner on 14th December. Save the date!  Details to follow

Elmbridge Hasler Race

On Sunday 26 September Elmbridge Canoe Club want you all to go and race in their annual Hasler Marathon. Elmbridge is one of our closest clubs and this will be the first race in our region that counts towards Hasler Final qualification for next season (2014). It’s a good race to cut your teeth on, so if you have never raced before make this your first!

If you are entered in the Hasler Final at Reading CC this will be good warm up. Note that if you do well and get promoted at Elmbridge your new divsion will not be applied at Reading.

Put your name on the board or email me if you would like to enter.

Race details are here: http://elmbridgecanoeclub.com/wordpress/?page_id=371

Marathon World Championships (2)

Was it just me or did everyone miss the end of the junior men on the live stream this morning? Results are hidden in the event website here. ~(;-)

Marathon World Championships

The Marathon World Championships are taking place this weekend in Copenhagen, Denmark.   Good luck team GB especially Wey paddlers Fay Lamph (Senior Ladies K2 with Lizzie Broughton), Jon Simmons (Senior Men K2 with Tim Pendle), Ed Haws & Jack Childerstone (Junior Men K2), Ed (Junior Men K1) and Jonny Tye - [Wey member who is occasionally seen in WOR colours!] (U23 Men K1),    The event website is here.

Sept BCU Canoe Sprint Racing Regatta Results

Full results  are now available on the Wey site.

The GWC 400 Club draw winning tickets 97 & 2

The GWC 400 Club draw was made on 5 September  by Oscar Harman, a youngster visiting the Wey Kayak Club. The Bonus ticket for September was No.97 and the monthly draw winning ticket was No.2.

  

We would encourage all members and friends of the GWC clubs to join the GWC 400 Club. All profits go to paying off the Waterside Centre's loans and proposed developments at the Centre.

Full details on how to join can be  found on the Wey Kayak Club website www.weykayak.co.uk  Each 'ticket' cost just £2.00 a month and can be paid for by monthly Standing Order if more convenient.

Olympic Hopes Regatta

The Olympic Hopes Regatta starts on Friday (13 Sept) in Racice, Czech Republic.  Good luck to Wey paddlers Ed Haws and Joe Hayman-Joyce and the rest of the GB squad.  Start lists and results here. 

U23 and Junior Canoe Sprint World Championships

So the beginning of August, like the warm summer weather, might seem a long time ago now, however, over the last week or so the team at http://www.canoeniagara.ca  have been busy uploading all the races from the event held in Welland, Ontario. Every race was streamed live with the promise of being able to "watch again".

Matt Welch and K2 partner Matt Robinson (Brunel) can be seen winning their final http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cjZLyR7LeQ

Jack Childerstone with Will Bird (WOR) can be seen storming so close to victory in their final 

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC7_ZQpK0gU

HASLER FINAL - 6 OCTOBER

The 2013 Hasler Final is being hosted by Reading Canoe Club. Entries should be in by Monday 9 September

40 people have qualified from the club by entering three qualifying races this season. If you are one of them you should have received an email. If not email Mike now!

More information, course map etc can be found on the Hasler Final Website

Provisional results

BCU National Championships Sprint Regatta 7/8th September 2013 provisional results

How to start a 5000 race

In complete contrast to the carnage at the start of the K4 5K race at Nottingham here is a short video of Ed Rutherford starting his 5K race at the Sprint World Championships.

Sprint World Championships Success

Wey Paddlers produced excellent results at the Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany over the past few days.   Anne Dickens won a Silver Medal in the TA K1 category.  Mind you, Anne had a support crew to rival the Hungarians - watch this clip! 

   

Liam Heath with Jonny Schofield also won a Silver in the K2 200 improving on their Bronze in the Olympics.

Rachel finished 5th in the K1 500 - again a one place improvement on her Olympic Games position and 12th in the K1 200.

There is a write-up on the BBC website here.

Team GB supporters who travelled to Duisburg also did a magnificent job (even if I say so myself!)

Anne Dickens wins LTA K1 Silver Medal at 2013 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg

See GB Canoeing's news.  Well done Anne - coaches Claire and Phil will also be proud.

Full race info available for September BCU Canoe Sprint Racing Regatta

The full regatta programme is now on the Wey website

Senior Sprint World Championships

The Senior Sprint World Championships start on Wednesday (28 Aug) in Duisburg, Germany.  Good luck to Wey paddlers Anne Dickens (K1 LTA), Liam Heath (K2 200 with Jon Schofield) and Rachel Cawthorn (K1 500 and K1 200) and the rest of the GB squad.

Start lists, results and live streaming can be found on the event website (remember that Germany is 1 hour ahead of UK time!).  

Would anyone be able to host a French paddler for a few months?

If you remember Claudine - or not - one of her paddlers would like to stay in England from October 'til March, to improve his English. Wey has a really good social side, and plenty of sessions going on so is ideal for him. He is about 21 and looking for a room to rent. Also he will have a car. The period is a long time, but even if you would like to help for part of that please email Abigail at publicityofficer@weykayak.co.uk. Thanks!

Hasler Final

It looks like Wey Kayak Club has qualified to compete at the Hasler Final with one more race in our region to go. A well done to everyone who contributed to this result. The event will be held at Reading Canoe Club on 6 October. Details are now up on the Reading website. Remember, to compete at the final you must have entered three eligible three races during the season and there are now only two left in the whole country:

the Nationals at Pangbourne next weekend

Tonbridge on 1 September.

LSE Hasler Table

Top four clubs to final

EVENT CLUB	ELM	WEY	HAST	MAID	ROYAL	RICH	TON	TOTAL TO DATE	CLUBS TO FINAL
RICHMOND	9	9	8	10	10	10		46
WEY	8	10	9	9	7	9		43
ELMBRIDGE	10	7	6	7	9	8		39
TONBRIDGE	7	8	10	8	5	5		38
ROYAL	6	6	5	5	8	7		30
MAIDSTONE	5	5	7	6	-	-		23
MERIDIAN	-	1	3	4	3	3		11
ADDLESTONE	3	3	-	-	4	6		10
EALING	4	-	-	-	6	4		10
RABBIT I P	-	2	-	3	2	-	-	7
HASTINGS	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	4
HAMPTON	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2

Competitions Coming Up

A reminder to all Wey Racers: All pre-entries for the National Marathon Champioships (Pangbourne) must be in to me by this Thursday evening, 15 August.

All entries for the September Regatta (Nottingham) have to be in to me by next Monday,19 August. See here for the race plan to check the race you can enter.

Transfer entry fees in full to the Wey Race Account.

Don't forget to see Sarah if you wish to use one of the club K2's

No time to loose, email: Team Leader

The GWC 400 Club draw winning ticket 143

The GWC 400 Club draw for August was made on  3 August, by  a WKC young paddlers mum. The monthly draw winning ticket was No. 143.

  

We would encourage all members and friends of the GWC clubs to join the GWC 400 Club.  All profits go to paying off the Waterside Centre's loans and proposed developments at the Centre.

Full details on how to join can be  found on the Wey Kayak Club website www.weykayak.co.uk  Each 'ticket' cost just £2.00 a month and can be paid for by monthly Standing Order if more convenient.

Lost and Found for June Nottingham Sprint Regatta

If you lost a watch, or black leotard at this event, then please contact Peter Morley

Junior / U23 World Sprint Championships

The Junior / U23 World Sprint Championships start this Thursday (1 Aug) in Ontario, Canada.  Good luck to Wey paddlers Matt Welch (U23 K2 200) and Jack Childerstone (JK2 200) and the rest of the GB squad.  Start lists / results can be found here (remember that times are 5 hours behind UK time!).   Watch online here.

London Sprint Regatta

Results from yesterday's London Sprint Regatta: London Sprint Regatta Final Results 2013

and the London Sprint Regatta Regional Club Points 2013

There are also some London Canoe Sprint Regatta Pictures from Antony Edmonds

Thanks to all those from the Club who helped run a great days racing.

All those who took part had a very enjoyable day out. You will see that we were just beaten in the points race, by Richmond

London Canoe Sprint Regatta

A great day out at the London Canoe Sprint Regatta - paddlers vs planes!

Here's a video of the Relay Final...

London Canoe Sprint Regatta today

Details (and hopefully some results after) are on the website http://www.canoeracing.org.uk/

Wey Junior/U23 get Summer holidays in Canada

The BCU have published the selection for the Junior / U23 World Championships (bottom of the page).   Looks like Jack Childerstone and Matt Welch are going to have summer holidays in Canada (Canoe Niagara 2013) this year!

GWC 400 Club draw winning ticket 115

The GWC 400 Club draw for July was made on  29 June, by Mr. Martyn a WKC grandad. The monthly draw winning ticket was No. 115.

  

We would encourage all members and friends of the GWC clubs to join the GWC 400 Club. All profits go to paying off the Waterside Centre's loans and proposed developments at the Centre.

Full details on how to join can be  found on the Wey Kayak Club website www.weykayak.co.uk  Each 'ticket' costs just £2.00 a month and can be paid for by monthly Standing Order if more convenient.

June BCU Canoe Sprint Racing Regatta Results

Confirmed results and MacGregor Paddle results are now available on the Wey site.

London Regatta Race Plan

Attention: All Wey Racers!

It is time to get your entries in, either to me your amiable Team Leader, or to Sarah for the London Regatta on 21 July. We have just this week to place our pre-entries. I have written out the table from the website as separate tables hopefully making it a little easier for you to find the races appropriate to you. Note that crews are all mixed doubles!

Don't forget the Team Relay!

200m Singles

Description	Distance	Type	Classes	Group
Snr Men B&C incl Masters A&B Kayak	200m	K1/C1	MBK,MCK,MVAK,MVBK	A
Junior Men A&B Kayak	200m	K1/C1	BAK,BBK	E
Snr Women B&C Kayak plus Snr B/C & Jnr A/B Canoe	200m	K1/C1	BAC,BBC,GAC,GBC,MBC, MCC,WBC,WBK,WCC,WCK	C
Junior Women A&B Kayak	200m	K1/C1	GAK,GBK	G
Snr Men D incl Masters C&D Kayak	200m	K1/C1	MDK,MVCK,MVDK	B
Snr Women D & Masters Kayak plus Snr M/W D Canoe	200m	K1/C1	LVAK,LVBK,MDC,WDC,WDK	D
Junior Men C&D Kayak and Canoe	200m	K1/C1	BCC,BCK,BDC,BDK	F
Junior Women C&D Kayak plus Junior Women Canoe	200m	K1/C1	GCC,GCK,GDC,GDK	H
Open Regional Sprint	200m	K1/C1	ORC,ORK (Marathon Div 7 or 8)	J
Open Novice & Junior Lightnings	200m	K1/C1	LTA,LTB,ONC,ONK	K

500m Singles

Description	Distance	Type	Classes	Group
Snr Men B&C incl Masters A&B Kayak	500m	K1/C1	MBK,MCK,MVAK,MVBK	A
Junior Men A&B Kayak	500m	K1/C1	BAK,BBK	E
Snr Women B&C Kayak plus Snr B/C & Jnr A/B Canoe	500m	K1/C1	BAC,BBC,GAC,GBC,MBC, MCC,WBC,WBK,WCC,WCK	C
Junior Women A&B Kayak	500m	K1/C1	GAK,GBK	G
Snr Men D incl Masters C&D Kayak	500m	K1/C1	MDK,MVCK,MVDK	B
Snr Women D & Masters Kayak plus Snr M/W D Canoe	500m	K1/C1	LVAK,LVBK,MDC,WDC,WDK	D
Junior Men C&D Kayak and Canoe	500m	K1/C1	BCC,BCK,BDC,BDK	F
Junior Women C&D Kayak plus Junior Women Canoe	500m	K1/C1	GCC,GCK,GDC,GDK	H
Open Regional Sprint	500m	K1/C1	ORC,ORK (Marathon Div 7 or 8)	J
Open Novice & Junior Lightnings	500m	K1/C1	LTA,LTB,ONC,ONK	K

200m Crew Boats

The singles classes in the tables above will be combined for Mixed Doubles races, that is one male one female! The female can be either in the front or back. Male crew members making derogatory comments on steering ability, power output etc will be disqualified.

Description	Distance	Type	Classes	Group
Snr Men B&C incl Masters A&B Kayak + Junior Women A&B Kayak	200m	K2/C2	MBK,MCK,MVAK,MVBK GAK,GBK,	A + G
Snr Women B&C Kayak plus Snr B/C & Jnr A/B Canoe + Junior Men A&B Kayak	200m	K2/C2	MBC,MCC,BAC,BAK,BBC,BBK WBC,WBK,WCC,WCK,GAC,GBC,	C + E
Snr Men D incl Masters C&D Kayak + Junior Women C&D Kayak plus Junior Women Canoe	200m	K2/C2	MDK,MVCK,MVDK, GCC,GCK,GDC,GDK,	B + H
Snr Women D & Masters Kayak plus Snr M/W D Canoe + Junior Men C&D Kayak and Canoe	200m	K2/C2	BCC,BCK,BDC,BDK,MDC, LVAK,LVBK,WDC,WDK	F + D
Open Regional Sprint	200m	K2/C2	ORC,ORK (Marathon Div 7 or 8)	J
Hody	200m	K2/C2	LTA,LTB	K

500m Crew Boats

Description	Distance	Type	Classes	Group
Snr Men B&C incl Masters A&B Kayak + Junior Women A&B Kayak	500m	K2/C2	MBK,MCK,MVAK,MVBK GAK,GBK,	A + G
Snr Women B&C Kayak plus Snr B/C & Jnr A/B Canoe + Junior Men A&B Kayak	500m	K2/C2	MBC,MCC,BAC,BAK,BBC,BBK WBC,WBK,WCC,WCK,GAC,GBC,	C + E
Snr Men D incl Masters C&D Kayak + Junior Women C&D Kayak plus Junior Women Canoe	500m	K2/C2	MDK,MVCK,MVDK, GCC,GCK,GDC,GDK,	B + H
Snr Women D & Masters Kayak plus Snr M/W D Canoe + Junior Men C&D Kayak and Canoe	500m	K2/C2	BCC,BCK,BDC,BDK,MDC, LVAK,LVBK,WDC,WDK	F + D
Open Regional Sprint	500m	K2/C2	ORC,ORK (Marathon Div 7 or 8)	J
Hody	500m	K2/C2	LTA,LTB

Team Relay

A team of four comprising one senior man, senior woman, junior boy and junior girl.

Final Results for the Wey Sprints and Intergalactic Pass-The-Hat-Relay Championships

You enjoyed the day, have seen the photos and the video. Now here are the results!. Thanks to everyone for sharing the day with us and to all the helpers who made it happen.

P.S. and an honarary first prize to Richmond 2 I think for the best hat in the relay.

Wey Kayak Sprints

Well done to everyone who took part at the Wey Sprints yesterday on a glorious sunny day.  Here are Antony's Wey Sprint 2013 pictures and Richard's 200m/Relay final video from Richard which show how much fun we all had (and some grimaces show that a lot of effort went in too!) Results will be up soon.

U23 and Junior European Sprint Championships

The weekend sees the U23 and Junior Sprint Championships in Poznan, Poland (27- 30 June).   Wey paddlers are competing in both age categories.  U23s: Matt Welch (K2 200, K4 1000), Dean Terry (K2 500, K2 1000) and Peter Bannister (K4 1000).  Juniors: Jack Childerstone (K2 200) and Ed Haws (K2 1000). Good luck to all our paddlers and the rest of the GB team!  You can follow the results here.

Nice blog by Anne

European Champion. Well done! http://annedickins24.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/european-champion.html?spref=tw&m=1

BCU Sprint June 2013 Nottingham

Provisional Results are available on the webiste under Sprint>Sprint Results

Wey Sprints

Saturday 29th June

It's only a fornight to go before the Wey Sprints! The normal Saturday sessions will be put aside for the day as we invite paddlers from neighbouring clubs to join us a day of racing.

Programme
• Check-in by 9h45
• Briefing 10h00
• 2km Time Trial for div 9 / div D paddlers and above,
• 1 km for Lightnings.
• 1000 m timed sprint race.
• Lunch (food available from canteen)
• 500 m timed sprint race.
• 200 m timed sprint race.
• 4×100 m knock-out Team Relay
• Expected finish 16h00

Entry fee: £5.00 per person for the day (cheques to Wey Kayak Club)

Remember to bring along your number board and at least two sets of clothing to paddle in!

Contact: Mike Childerstone
Tel: 0789 992 4884
Email: teamleader@weykayak.co.uk

More information

info poster

Sprint Senior European Championships

Hot on the heels of last weekend's successful European Marathon Championships we look forward to the Sprint Europeans this weekend (14-16 June) in Montemor–o–Velho, Portugal.  Wey paddlers Liam Heath (K2 200) and Rachel Cawthorn (K1 500 and K1 200) will be competing as well Anne Dickins (Para Canoe 200) who will be taking part in her first international!  We wish them and the rest of the GB team the best of luck!  You can follow the results here.  The finals will be shown on Eurosport on Saturday and Sunday.

European Marathon Championships

Ben Brown's Vlog (@ben_brownie) is worth watching as it shows our @FayLamph (and @LizzieBroughton) becoming European Champions (showing a great example of how to portage).  Also shows Jon Simmonds and Tim Pendle’s race.

Also, here is a well written report of the European Marathon Championships

Full race info available for June BCU Canoe Sprint Racing Regatta

See the Wey Kayak Club site: Spring > Sprint Info

June BCU Canoe Sprint Racing Regatta timetable available

Here is the link to June's timetable

Morning all, last sunday round 4 in this years " qualification for finals day" series took place at Maidstone canoe club on the river medway. We were blessed with a lovely sunny day and some exciting racing for both paddlers and the encouragingly large numbers of supporters. At the top of the tree was Phil Gunney who picked off 3rd place in a 4 way sprint finish to div 2. There was another tight finish in div 5 where Miki ...( shall I wear this camel back ? how does it work ? what nib should I use? what do I put in it? !!!! )Maciniak led for most of the way only to be pipped   on the line by fellow wey paddler Shane Houghting who was making a welcome return to club racing.Congratulations go to both on gaining promotion to div 4. Div 7 had 4 wey representatives , Nathan Tozer continued his fine run of form with a second place not only gaining promotion but retaining family seniority as Lucy who put in a great paddle to stay in touch  with the leaders  just faded in the last part.Yours truly managed 5th and young Alex Bicknell had his best paddle yet coming in 11th.

The excitement continued in div 8 where Weys juniors Sophie Thompson ,Jackou Vu and Tali Farrant were debating their various strengths and weaknesses.... as it was in div 5 Jackou led off the start line but never opened a significant gap and after the organisers had studied the photographic evidence it was sophie that was declared the winner by a "gnats whisker".  Tali coming in close behind in 4th. No promotions here though so the debating will continue ..Div 9 and Nick Brown was keen to join his friends in div 8 ...a great effort saw a second place finish but agonisingly not quite enough for promotion.....expect to see lots of effort from the juniors in practice this week!In the lightnings Sam Bicknell, Rebecca Swift and Ella Banks were all displaying there skills with Sam producing the performance of the day to win the u10 race. Our sole representatives in k2 were family Haliwells Dave and James and they showed perfect unison to finish 2nd after a hotly debated race with richmonds boat...As the dust settled on another fine/fun days racing the points showed that Wey had finished 2nd again. Next race is this sunday 9th june on the the Thames at Royal canoe club It will be great to see lots of you there.