Monday 29 July 2013

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.

Tuesday 23 July 2013

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

Monday 22 July 2013

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...

Tuesday 9 July 2013

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!

Monday 8 July 2013

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.

Monday 1 July 2013

London Regatta Race Plan

Diary

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.