Held at the National Watersports Centre Nottingham

Only twice a year do we race in age groups; at the National Championships of Marathon and Sprint. The rest of the time racing classes are grouped in ability ranges in order to ensure close compatibility and challenging racing for everyone. Because young people develop at very different rates, any one age group can embrace a vast range of ability, and prove very disheartening for the late developers.

 

The weather for this event was very rough. Head winds gusting up to 38 mph made it almost impossible to progress down the course at all on some races. It was a very difficult competition from most points of view but our young team faced up to it well and produced some brave performances in spite of the odds being against them.

 

Our National Champions were

Katherine Trotter -Girls U18 K1 1000 : K2 500

Emily Illinesi        -Girls U18 K2 1000  & 200

Rebbi Simon         -Girls U16 K1 1000 & 500 : K2 1000 with Amy

Amy Ward            -Girls U16 K2 1000

 

And a resume of the best of our results :-

 

Boys U.18  Marton 5^th in 1000m K1 : 1^st in 200m Final2

 

Boys U16 ( Harry, Matt, Paul, Ross, Alex, Dan & Mike )

Harry  1^st in 1000m Final2.

In K2 with Matt  7^th in K2 1000m Final 1  8^th inK2 500 Final1

Our U16 K4s came 4^th and 5^th in the 1000m and 500m Finals

Ross/Kayne made 7^th in Final 2 of theK2 500.

 

Boys U14  (Kayne, Elliott & Freddie)

Kayne  in 1000m K1 won his heat and was 4^th in the final

In 500m k1 was 3^rd in his heat but 9^th in the final

Elliott   in 1000m K1 was 7^th in Final 2

Elliot/Freddie .. Just reached 1000m K2 final. Came 9th

 

Girls U.16  ( Amy, Rebbi, Lucy, Antonia, Harriet)

Amy   K1 1000m – 1^st in Final 2 : K1 500 4^th in Final 1

K4  1000m  Antonia/Lucy/Harriet/Amy   4^th

K4    500m  Antonia/Lucy Harriet /Amy Dawes  5^th

 

Girls U14   (Roberta, Elise, Becky, Nicole)

The K4 was 3^rd in both 1000m and 500m

K2Roberta /Elise    4^th in 1000m : 5^th in 500 Finals

K2Becky/Nicole      8th   in 500m  Final

 

Elise      4^th in Final 1 of 1000 8^th in Final 2 of 500

Roberta  9^th in final 2 of 1000

Nicole     3^rd in final 2 of 500

 

Mens K1  Ed. Rutherford 1000 K1 7^th : 500m K12nd : 200m K1 4^th

 

Womens D Class championship.  K1 1^st  Jenny Illinesi

 

Many thanks to the enthusiastic parents who supported and looked after our team throughout the weekend. We couldn’t do without you !