London Sprint Regatta 21 July

Have a look here for details of the London Regatta in the Albert Docks on Sunday 21 July. And in the meantime remember that entries for the June Regatta at Nottingham must be in to your friendly Team Leader by Sunday 2 June. He is is ready and eagerly waiting for your form. Before you fill the form in look at the Race plan here and make sure the races you enter are on the programme!

Part 2........on sunday  the second of this years races for qualification to the finals of the interclub hasler competition took place at Tonbridge canoe club. With an assessment race taking place on the same day Weys representation in  Divisions 1-6 was limited to just Dave Martyn who duly collected the maximum 20 pts...conversely div 7 was stacked with 6 paddlers young and older(!)...Nathan Tozer finished 3rd and took bragging rights within the club whilst Tom Goldsack( 7th) led Samantha Martyn home amongst the juniors. In div 8 congratulations go to Alex Bicknell who finished 2nd and gained promotion to div 7 ....Tali Farrant finished a very creditable 3rd . Nick Brown came 4th in div 9 just missing promotion by one spot whilst Richard Perkins in his 1st race for the club gained a useful 13pts coming in 8th......The club also had a very useful k2 competing in div 7 where James Halliwell and Angus Cameron -Blackie won a two horse race comfortably and collected 40pts.....It was great to see Rebecca Swift and Sam Bicknell in the junior lightning races giving their all and hopefully they will be joined by more children at future races. When the points were added up Wey had garnered a total of 197 which left us in 2nd place on the day to Tonbridge. The next race in the series is at Maidstone on sunday week ....the 2nd of june..... It would be great to see more club paddlers there and to see if we can replicate the clubs performance at the 1st race hosted by ourselves when as Calum reported we collected a near maximum no of points and finished 1st. 

elmbridge sprints and 1066 hastings hasler

Good morning all, a bit tardy this section but sat may the 8th saw a collection of wey junior paddlers and senior supporters head to elmbridge for an excellent afternoons racing . 200 and 500m time trials followed by races of the same distances were the order of the day followed by a k2 and k4 race (tee hee! ) All acquitted themselves very well, Tali Farrant heading the pack followed by Jackou Vu and a 3way tie between Sam Martyn, Sophie Thompson and Nick Brown. Creditable performances, also came fromKuba Cranmer, Lizzie Hillier, Dawn Richards, Kasper Cranmer and Rebecca Swift. Now.. I had never seen a k4 race and so confess to being quite excited as the crews make up began to be discussed and the handling / entering of such long boats on the water took place!   .....who is meant to get in first! Wey had two boats The "A"  and the "B" Team. Both boats made a good start but as expected Sam, Lizzie,Sophie and Nick led Rebbeca,Casper,Tali and guest by 50yds or so when they came back into view before rounding the small island to the finish....and then the "A" team were paddling round the final bend...only ..they missed the proverbial apex ...and carried straight on out of view presumably into a handy run off area....Team "B" weren't slow to spot the opportunity..completeing a perfect turn before upping the stroke rate in a desparate sprint for the finish...team"A" reappeared lacking a bit of composure  !....and in a grandstand finish it was team "B" that won the day...the smile on rebeccas face said it all.A great end to a top day and thanks to elmbridge for the organisation.

Thursday Rovers

What a nice evening it was yesterday.  We took a leisurely paddle downstream to Broad Oak Bridge and back in time for a nice curry at the club :)

Paddler's Post for May

is available here: http://www.weykayak.co.uk/Sprint/Paddlers%20Post/Paddlers%20Post%20May%202013.pdf

Otters on the Wey!

...and word has it, not too far from us. 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-22541465

Sprint World Cup 2

Hot on the heels of last weekend's World Cup 1 in Hungary we move to World Cup 2 this weekend in Racice, Czech Republic (17- 19 May).    This time we have even more Wey paddlers competing:  Liam Heath (K2 200), Rachel Cawthorn (K1 500 and K1 200), Matt Welch (K2 200, K4 1000), Dean Terry (K2 1000), and Peter Bannister (K4 1000).   Good luck to them and the rest of the GB team!  You can follow the results here.

BCU May Regatta provisional results posted

http://www.weykayak.co.uk/Sprint/National%20Regattas%20Results/2013/Results%20Cover%20May%202013_merged.pdf

Video from May Nottingham Regatta

Some of the Boys / Girls / Mens / Womens "A" finals from the May Nottingham Regatta can be viewed here.

Sprint World Cup 1

Sprint World Cup 1 takes place in Szeged, Hungary this weekend (10-12 May).   Wey paddlers Rachel Cawthorn (K1 500 and K1 1000) and Liam Heath (K2 200) will be competing.  We wish them and the rest of the GB team the best of luck!  You can follow the results here.

The GWC 400 Club draw

...was made on 2 May again by Geoff Eyles, a Presiding Officer for local Elections. The monthly draw winning ticket was No. 171.

  

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.

The final results of the Wey Marathon

... can now be found under MARATHON. In Div 9 Angus took the win and is promoted directly to 7. Wey came out top in the Club Competition with a total of 239 points from a maximum possible of 240!!!!!! Richmond were second with 212, Tonbridge third with 205 and Elmbridge forth with 202. This is a very good start for us to qualify for the Hasler Final.

Wey Marathon Results

    Wey Marathon Results have been posted!

 Wey Marathon 2013

Thank you to everybody who helped to make Sunday a very good day, some who paddled as well.  We had 250 paddlers on the water; may be a record, including over 60 from the Club.

The canteen was flat out all day.  Jill tells me I cannot have bacon for 2 weeks as she is sick of the sight of it!

 Other than a few issues with paddlers using the wrong number or who decided to race in the wrong division, (therefore taking a lot of time to sort out and correct!) all went very well.

Wey had some very good results on the day showing that our youngsters are improving all the time, which is what it is all about, of course.

Ed won Div 2 and Joe was 3rd. They both may end up in Div 1……

Fay was second in Div 3 with the fastest ladies time. 
Robert was 2nd in Div 4 and is promoted.
Joe S in his C1 was 3rd in 5 just missing promotion.
Miki won Div 6 and is promoted.
Emily was 4 in Div 7 and may be promoted.
Lucy won Div 8 and is promoted as is Samantha who was 8^th, just in front of Mick Luck who escaped by the skin of his teeth!!!!
Jackou (4th) and Sophie (5th), Talitha (7th) and Jessica (8th) were all promoted from 9 to 8.
Eilis & Ottie won Div 8 K2 in a time to put them 3rd in Div 7 K2 so they may also be promoted….

A great effort and set of results all round.

 Let’s hope we can continue and win some National Trophies again this year.

Cheers again to all.

 Jim