Junior Selection/ Masters Champs/ British Champs/Youth Championships/Summer Festival

Saturday 9^th & Sunday 10^th June

Entries either by E mail to jonfinch15@blueyonder.co.uk or by using the online entry system by 31^st May ( Late Entry fee applies after this date)

Saturday    Junior Selection/ /Masters Races /Youth Championship/Div A Classic

AM Sprint Event PM Classic Event

Sunday British Championships/ Last Div A Races of the 2012 Season

AM Sprints, Early PM Classic.

Racing on Saturday is all below NRA Bridge  Sprint & Classic

Races on Sunday, Sprints start at Ski Jump ends at the Raft Exit, Classic Starts at the Chipper and ends at Bala town Road Bridge.

With just three races left (2 classic and 1 sprint), the rankings are wide open. In fact, only 3 paddlers have raced more than 1 classic so far. So make sure that if you are a Division A paddler, you have the weekend of June 9th/10th marked off in your diary for the final three races. The titles are there for the taking.

Please let me know of any errors, omissions, duplications, missing club names, wrong ages, etc., etc. The forum is not the best place to get errors corrected.

Classic rankings

Sprint rankings

Tour D’Ecosse Report

Tordoff takes clean sweep and Double History is made

A small field enjoyed superb weather on lovely water at Tour D’Ecosse this year.

At the Grandtully Sprint Div A, Alan Tordoff in MK1 took on Andy Hamilton in C1. With low water the course had good technicality and first run ‘moral’ victory went to Andy Hamilton. On the 2^nd run Alan Tordoff corrected his errors and made the honours about even.

At the Awe Classic the Div A could have been renamed the Scottish Veteran Championships. The all Scottish field enjoyed beautiful sunshine and crystal clear water. The Awe had a release all weekend which meant the level was 6 inches lower than normal, but the lines were surprisingly deep with a clean run possible. ‘Young boy’ Andy Hamilton led off the race and made a good run in C1. Cynthia Berry chased hard to take the Women’s honours. The MK1 was a tenser affair. Kenny Fraser had beaten Calum Urquhart 2 weeks earlier at the Spey marathon so battle was resumed. The time trial format suited Urquhart better and he led Fraser home. That left the championship title to fight for. Stuart Simpson had travelled over from Stornoway and was keen to set a good benchmark which he duly did. Alan Tordoff was forced to chase hard from the start and made good ground in the first half. He hung on in the second half and sprinted for the line to take the MK1 Scottish Championships. It was a first class day of racing between experienced racers. History was also made. With their Div A victories both Berry and Tordoff achieved the astounding feat of winning Division A races in 4 different decades starting in the 1980’s. Surely a feat unlikely to be repeated?

The Tour D’Ecosse completed with the usual long race from Aberfeldy to Grandtully. Alan Tordoff led from start to finish working hard on the low water and take a Tour D’Ecosse clean sweep. It was the least he could do to reward his intrepid supporters – Louise, Hazel and Mike Tordoff who timed all the races. Many thanks to them, but I know they particularly enjoyed seeing the ‘old boys and girls’ having such a good timing racing at the Awe.

Results - Grandtully Sprint, Awe Classic, Tay Descent and TDE points

PURE PADDLING PERFORMANCE -THE ONLINE ANTI-DOPING EDUCATION 

Mandatory for paddlers competing in 2012 ICF Junior Championships

All junior paddlers participating in the 2012 ICF Junior Championships must complete the Pure Paddling course by 10 July 2012.

Pure Paddling Performance, the ICF’s Anti-Doping Education Programme, preserves the ‘spirit of sport’ by educating all Canoeing Athletes and Team Support Personnel in the important issue of Anti-Doping. It provides an interactive learning experience made up of interactive videos and questions on a range of Doping topics, including Testing, Therapeutic Use Exemptions and Whereabouts. Real life situations form the basis and Users are tested with fun exercises.

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The results from the Bala Div A and selection races are now available online. Selection meeting is scheduled for tonight, results will be posted 48 hours after athletes have been notified.