Wey Sprints 2015

The Wey Sprints is a fun day of racing for everyone.  It's a great introduction to competition, with races at 200, 500, 1000 and 2000m, and fun relay races at the end of the day.  See the Wey Sprints Flier for details.

Waterside A

Hi all, the first of the waterside races is this sunday 8th Feb.......For those of you that are not familiar with the name.....the watersides are a series of 4 races each progressively longer that also serve as a warm up to the Devizes To Westminster race at easter.

             I believe there over 400 entries for the race on sunday which is approx. 13 1/2miles 21portages...from Gt Bedwyn to Newbury.

              The following Wey paddlers are taking part;

                In the early starters ( 9am: 10am),

              K2 mixed  Sabrina Gravelle/ Richard  Childs

                               Shane Houghting  /Emma Gilmer

               K1 Junior Tom Goldsack

               6 K2 crews from Cranleigh school

                  Later starters ( 11am :12noon)

                K2 juniors  Alex Bicknell/ Ryan Ingham(addlestone)

                                  Josh Westwood / Tim Morris (Falcon)

                  K2 junior Ladies Sophie Thompson/Samantha Martyn

                                              Lucy Tozer  / Eloise Hall( LBZ)

                  K1 Senior    Paul Yates

                   K1 Junior Chris Carson

                             good luck to everybody Paul Thompson

2015 Hasler Competition

Hi all, the dates for the qualifying races and final  are now on the marathon canoe website.I m publishing them here and now so you might pencil them into your diaries ....now.

                The club won the first race of this qualifying year at Elmbridge........The next race is our own.......We want to win this one as well.....

                At Elmbridge we had 50 paddlers........we will need that and more at The Wey Hasler Race......For those of you at the top end of the club that understandably have important individual goals it would be great if you could work this race into your schedules........

             The Final this year is at Wolvercote ,Oxford.......it will be a great day out for everybody at the club if we qualify and qualify with  a great team which I know we can.

                   Sunday 26th April.....Wey Hasler Race

                   Sunday 17th May......1066 Hasler Race  @ Tonbridge

                    Sunday 21st June.......Royal Hasler Race @ Teddington

                    Sunday 2nd August......Richmond Hasler Race

                    Sunday  30 th August......Tonbridge Hasler Race

                    Sunday   20th September......Hasler Final  ....Oxford

                 enjoy your paddling, Paul Thompson

Hare & Hounds 2014/2015 Winners

The fifth and final Hare & Hounds race was run on Sunday - Full Results are available on http://www.weykayak.co.uk

Congratulations to the Prize Winners listed here!:

Age Group Name Club Average Position

U12M Madden, Daniel ROY 29.8

U14F Peters, Freya RIC 39.0

U16F Powell, Emily RIC 56.0

U16M Burr, Kieran WEY 47.0

JF Madden, Kiera ROY 57.0

JM Falco, Cesar WEY 36.3

SM Butler, Peter RIC 19.3

VF Ross, Lucy RIC 33.5

VM Langham, Joseph WEY 17.0

Saturday Afternoons 17 & 24 Jan

Please note that Junior and Senior sessions may be combined over the next two weeks depending on numbers.

Quack Quack oooops

Hi all, update to the  Frank Luzmore race.........yours truly apologises for missing the fact that recent additions to the club membership finished ahead of Fay ( 8th place senior A race) in their sprint finish. Congratulations go to Lewis Duffield paddling with Mark Wilkes of Chelmsford ( 5th place senior A race )who just pipped  Nic Romain paddling with Sam Plummer of Leighton Buzzard( 6th place senior A race). It will be great to see all paddling in club colours at upcoming races. see you all at hare and hounds tomorrow ..Paul Thompson

Frank luzmore reflections and upcoming races

Hi all,last sunday 19 people from the club took part in the Frank Luzore K2 race down the thames from elmbridge to Richmond.....with various concerns being discussed of cold weather or rough water the biggest problem threatened to be the fog !!......with the start delayed by the large numbers ( over 100 boats)  conditions  improved and were in fact about as good as they could be for this time of year..The start line for the senior races was spiced up a little by the Team GB sprint girls including the clubs Rachel Cawthorn coming out to play...in the event however first club member over the finish line was Fay Lamph paddling with Tim Pendle from Norwich followed by a very commendable effort from the pairing of Rob Williams /Bob Poole...... There was a fine performance in the senior mens B race from Dave and Jordan Martyn who  finished 3rd in class although their time of 1hr 29 mins 54secs was just pipped by the veteran pairing of Pete Gorman /Dave Haws . It was great to see Laurence Fortescue and Chris Carson finishing well ..in deed the only down note was provided by Dave halliwell / Helen Weston who as Helen so aptly described had a " not our finest moment, moment" when deciding to test the temperature of the water before the start and obviously not satisfied they had it correct tried again just after the second portage..... fortunately, although tired and cold all ended well ...thanks should go to various club members that turned up to support..it always makes the day more enjoyable..

           COMING UP;

                              a.   THIS SUNDAY   Hare and Hounds part 4

                              b.    25th jan hare and hounds part 5 (final instalment)

                              c.    8th feb   Waterside A

                              d.    15th feb Thameside 1  ( entries now open see Reading cc  website )

                              e.  22 feb Waterside B

                              f.     1st Mar      Thameside 2

                 I will put details of Thamesides on the board  

                              enjoy your paddling Paul Thompson