The last few weeks have been very busy for most of our junior & senior paddlers as they have not only been competing in the National Championships for the Marathon, but were competing for World Marathon selection too.
The National Marathon Championship took place over the August bank holiday weekend & was organised by Worcester Canoe Club, who although had some minor problems with race results, managed to organise the sunshine & great catering. Saturday was K1’s racing in age category, our youngest member Erica was the 1st off in her U12 race, followed by the juniors & seniors later in the day.
Results
Senior Men – Ed Rutherford 3rd
Philip Thorogood 8th
U23 Men- Bruce Jones 14th
U23 Women- Amy Ward 2nd
U18 Men- Ross McMullen 6th
Luke Bowyer 7th
Nick Hadland 17th
U18 Women- Elise Piercy 1st NATIONAL CHAMPION
U16 Men- Kayne Wilkinson 5th
Stefano di Gregorio 8th
U16 Women- Rebekah Solway 2nd
U14 Boys- Robert Gannon 24th
U12 Girls- Erica di Gregorio 5th
Veteran Ladies- Liz Hadland 4th Promoted to Division 6.
Vetran Men- Tim Bowyer 7th
Sunday followed the same race fomat but K2 racing was the discipline. Some very choppy water was created off the start of some of the larger attended races, so well done to those that managed to keep going.
Results
Senior Women K2 – Amy Ward & Sam Rees Clark ( BAS) 2nd
U18 Men K2- Ross McMullen & Luke Bowyer 4th
U18 Women K2- Elise Piercy & Rebekah Solway 2nd
U16 Men K2- Kayne Wilkinson & Stefano di Gregorio 1st NATIONAL CHAMPION S
U12 mini K2- Erica di Gregorio & Ella Banks ( WEY) 11th
Congratulations to all our paddlers that raced & especially to our National Champions, Elise, Kayne & Stefano. This was the final Assessment race for selection for the World Marathon Championship taking place in Oklahoma, 3 of our paddlers have been selected as part of the GB team, we wish them all the best in their international race.
Ed Rutherford K1
Amy Ward K2
Elise Piercy K1
Full Worlds Marathon GB Team – Oklahoma
Full National Championship Results
