Wednesday, 8 May 2013

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.

Tuesday, 7 May 2013

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.

Saturday, 4 May 2013

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.

Wednesday, 1 May 2013


 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 8th, 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