Southampton Canoe Club

Please could you monitor the BCU Marathon website closely over Friday/Saturday 11/12th for details of whether the Pangbourne Marathon is able to take place due to the weather/river conditions.

The organisers have been observing river conditions and they have been in contact with the local lock keeper and will be in touch with him again and with the EA on Friday morning.  Whitchurch Lock has now gone to Yellow Boards.

Hopefully if no significant rain falls on Friday we might be OK to race on Sunday, and they are discussing contingency plans but if heavier rainfall occurs Red Boards could be up by end of Friday.  A decision will be made by 4pm Friday 11 July and posted on the BCU Marathon website .

The previously uploaded schedule for July was broken so the new one is here.

Congratulations to all our paddlers who competed at Nottingham over the weekend, a writeup will follow.

Sarah Millest has just produced the lastest newsletter which can be found here.

It's well worth a read with lots of articles and news reports from members of the club.

Southampton Canoe Club took part in the Oxford Hasler marathon at the weekend with competitors taking part in races of 4/8/12 miles along the River Thames.  The Hasler Series involves a number of marathon races held in the Southern region with the top four clubs competing in the September National Hasler Finals in Burton on Trent.

Oxford saw Southampton paddlers dominating a number of  top places.   There were 1st places for Phil Pearse (Division 2), Leon Nicholson and Ferran Revilla (Division 4/5/6 K2), Sam Willis (Division 4) Sarah Millest (Division 6) leading to a promotion to Division 5, Tom Diaper (Division 7) also promoted to Division 6.  Rick Kent came 3rd (Division 2), Steve Willis and Steve Rance 2nd (Division 4/5/6 K2) and Richard Gilbert-Johns and Caroline Barnes 3rd (Division 7 K2).

The junior squad also perfomed well with Joe Tebbutt 2nd (U10), Sophie Gilbert-Johns 3rd (U12 girls) and Max Evans 3rd (U12 boys).

With only one more race to earn Hasler points Southampton Canoe Club are well on their way to finishing in the top 4 teams and competing against the other regional top canoe clubs in the United Kingdom.

In addition to marathon racing, Southampton has taken part in 3 sprint weekends in Nottingham his year.   At the June Regatta there were a record number of promotions by Southampton Canoe Club paddlers:

James Hinves promoted to Mens B
Phil Pearse promoted to Mens B
Tom Diaper promoted to Mens C
Sarah Millest promoted to Womens C
Sam Willis promoted to Boys A

This weekend a team of Southampton Canoe Club junior paddlers will be representing Southampton City Council at the 10th Hampshire Youth Games in Aldershot.  This is the first year canoeing has been part of the games and we wish our team good luck.

As part of a new set of social events we will be having a curry night out in the forest to include rounders, football etc.
Bring a plate, a drink and some money and we'll order takeout!

Date: Saturday 28th June
Time: 6:30
Where: Meet at Bolton's Bench Carpark (Lyndhurst)

For more information contact Steve Willis.

The 500m times taken today during the junior session can be found here.

Marathon promotions from Southampton and Reading:
Neil McLeod promoted to 6
Tom Butt promoted to 7
Max Taylor promoted to 8
Adrian Butt promoted to 8
Sam Gould promoted to 8
Chloe Medland promoted to 8
Sam Morris promoted to 8

Sprint results for June have just been published.

Lots of fantastic results for Southampton paddlers, easily the best regatta in ages.



Congratulations:
James Hinves promoted to Mens B
Phil Pearse promoted to Mens B
Tom Diaper promoted to Mens C
Sarah Millest promoted to Womens C
Sam Willis promoted to Boys A

Can you please let Sam know of all entries for the National Sprint Championships next month by Tuesday 17th June.