A  provisional start list for the Irwell race on Sunday has been published, and it looks as though there should be some good racing with a big field.

Late entries will be take up to 11am on Sunday and there will be practice taking place on the river from 1.30pm on Saturday  - all welcome.

If there is anyone who could lend some wavehoppers for use on Saturday afternoon, organiser David Jefferies would be very grateful.
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The results from Grandtully  on  Saturday have been published. The ones from Thistlebrig will follow once the promotions have been confirmed.

Even at low water levels, a good weekend was had by all and it was good to see some new faces on the Tay.

Jo Oughton and Janine Baker once again provided some terrific food for the National Prizegiving on Saturday evening and there were lots of others who played their part in making it a really enjoyable evening.

Organiser, Alan Tordoff, would like to thank his parents, Hazel and Mike, and his wife, Louise, for bearing the cold and providing an excellent timing service and also thank Nigel Jones and Stuart Smith for their assistance.

The next races on the Tay are

Tour D'Ecosse 1st - 3rd May. A terrific 3 day WWR event giving you the opportunity to enjoy Scotland over a bank holiday weekend at a beautiful time of year. The organiser this year is Stuart Smith.

Tay Descent 23/24 Oct  A river marathon in conjunction with the Scottish Canoe Exhibition 

The results from yesterday's Taff race have been published.

Division B

Regional 

The Sort World Championships programme has been added to the Team Documents area.

The results from the Div B and Wessex races held on the Exe on January 31st have been published.

Div B

Wessex 

Congratulations to Peter Schofield who has received a richly deserved Outstanding Contribution Award from Canoe England. He picked up his award from GB slalom paddler, Etienne Stott, at the recent coaching conference. Picture

Peter has been chairman of WWR for the past 10 years, taking over a vacant position at the end of 1999 at a time when participation was falling and international achievements were on the decline. He believed that increasing junior participation and training was the way forward and introduced several initiatives including the Youth Series and a development academy. Most of the current crop of medal winning GB women have benefited from Peter's initiatives. He also bid for and won the 2002 Junior World Championships at Bala and the 2005 World Cup Series which has helped to raise the profile of WWR in the UK.

Peter continues to put in an incredible amount of time and energy into the sport (ably assisted by Janine Baker over the past few years) and it is fitting that Canoe England have chosen to recognise his devotion. 

The following press release from the BCU may be of interest to some. WWR has had a Facebook  page for some time.

"GB Canoeing launches Facebook Fan Page

GB Canoeing has launched the Official GB Canoeing Fan Page, on the social networking site, Facebook.

Facebook currently has over 350million active users worldwide, and there are around 1.6million Fan Pages on the site.

Fans of GB Canoeing, who provide the British Canoe Union’s World Class Programme, will be able to access all the latest news, pictures and videos of their favourite GB athletes, throughout the year. They will also be able to upload their own content.

Andy Maddock, GB Canoeing’s Slalom Programme Manager, comments –

‘The Facebook fan page adds an extra dimension to allow people to follow what is going on in the lead up to the 2012 Olympic Games.

‘Complimenting the GB Canoeing website, this will give another window on the exciting sport of Canoe Sprint and Slalom as we enter the second half of the 2012 Olympic cycle whilst also keeping updates on our preparations for 2016 and beyond.’

 To become a fan of the GB Canoeing Facebook Page, visit www.facebook.com and search for ‘GB Canoeing’"

The results from the Wessex series races held on the Dart have been published.

 Sprint

Classic  

The Division A and B and Youth Series results from the Dart have been published. The Wessex results will follow shortly. Many congratulations to Erin Meech, Stacey Jackson and Rachel Slade, all from Wiltshire Youth, on their promotion to Division A.

 Sprint results

Classic results  

Youth Series - sprint

Youth Series - classic  

There will be a Division B and Open race on the Tryweryn on 7th March. The start will be 10am and the course will be from below Chapel Falls to just above the Road Bridge. The get out for the race will be in Bala as per normal. 

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The Irwell race that was originally scheduled for 14th February will now be run on 7th March, due to the conflict with half term. Junior prizegiving is now likely to take place at the Junior Assessment weekend on 6th/7th February at Bala, though this has yet to be confirmed.

The Goyt race will continue to take place on 13th February.