Photos
For the presentation photos click here
For photos of the starts by Alfie Smith, click here
Race Report
On Sunday we welcomed paddlers from as far afield as Cumbria, York, Malton and Rotherham to our autumn race. It was a bit windy but the rain held off until after all the racing had finished. Our club was well represented and we picked up quite a few of the prizes. The results (click here) are still only provisional and there may yet be some promotions to be announced but we can all be pleased with our performances (except me). Two of our youngsters had never raced before and put in exceptional effort in the conditions – we look forward to their continued progress. This is one paddler’s personal story :-
“𝙅𝙤𝙝𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙖 𝙛𝙚𝙬 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣. 𝙄 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙅𝙤𝙝𝙣 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙢𝙚. 𝙄 𝙛𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙮 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙡 𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙜𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝘽𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙜 𝙩𝙤𝙬𝙣. 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙨𝙝 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙙 “𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙣 702, 𝙢𝙮 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙮’𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪!” 𝙨𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙬 𝙢𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧! 𝙄 𝙨𝙖𝙩 𝙤𝙣 𝙅𝙤𝙝𝙣’𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙨𝙝 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙡 𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝘾𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙥𝙚 𝘽𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙜𝙚, 𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙖 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙡𝙤𝙜 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙝. 𝙄 𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙙, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙅𝙤𝙝𝙣 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙚 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙗𝙚f𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙤𝙖𝙙 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙜𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙞𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙚. 𝙄 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙖 𝙩𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙨𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙖𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙪𝙥 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙝. 𝙄 𝙤𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙘𝙝 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧-𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙮 𝙖𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙅𝙤𝙝𝙣. 𝙄𝙩 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠!! 𝙅𝙤𝙝𝙣 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙤𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙚, 𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙮. 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙡𝙚𝙛𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝!”
The Derwent Descent Sunday 26th October
If you are interested in competing in this event, which is on the PaddleUK marathon calendar and race entry system, or just fancy paddling 10 miles down the Derwent that is normally closed at your own pace, please contact our marathon rep Graham Simpkin in the first instance on disciplines@gscc-online.com.
We have limited boats available, including our two wavehopper racers and our touring fleet or canoe fleet. You will have to make your own arrangements for getting the boat to the venue.
