England may have not won the football but our club members all gave their best performances on Sunday.
The club hosted a regional event and welcomed paddlers from Malton, Manvers and Pennine, plus some independents.
All our club paddlers put in excellent performances.
- Our three juniors completed a 500m sprint before going on to race hard for 3km. By the end of the race, Charles had overtaken some adults who started over 2 minutes earlier. Edward and Matilda fought out a close finish. Comments were made about their excellent paddling styles and we can look forward to their increased success as they get a bit older.
- In the 5km race Lydia (who also did the 500m sprint) and Martin had a wash hanging battle with first one then the other in the lead. Lydia eventually beat Martin by 8 seconds with Sue close behind. Andrew started almost 12 minutes after the main pack but battled hard and produced a time which would have put him just in front of Sue. Phillip (one of our newest members) joined in his sea kayak and put in a creditable performance (we will get him in a marathon boat yet!).
- Wayne (Division 7) entered the 10km event which included a portage and managed to beat Paul from Malton (who was in division 5 last season) by 41 seconds.
A big Thank You! to all who made this event a success either on the bank or on the water.
Full Results
500m Sprints
Leon Tomlinson 1:55
Paul Roebuck 2:23
Lydia Heath-Sargent 2:50
Martin and Mandy C2 2:57
Charles Thew – Junior 3:00
Matilda Thew – Junior 3:42
Edward Scales – Junior 3:56
Junior 3km
Charles Thew 23:20
Matilda Thew 29:25
Edward Scales 29:57
5km
Ian Tomlinson 35:47
TeeJae Frear 36:20
Lydia Heath-Sargent 36:50
Martin Heywood 36:58
Andrew Lawson 37:27
Sue Simpkin 37:28
Phillip Green 46:03
Bredan Stafford 46:11
Sarah Haughton 49:29
Gareth Huston 54:35
10km – one portage
Matt Holmes 67:26
Wayne Smith 69:04
Paul Roebuck 69:45
Graham Ford 75:38
Martin and Mandy C2 77:01
15km – two portages
Leon Tomlinson 88:22
Regards, Graham