| Reading
Canoe Club |
| 13-Jun-13 |
Thames Valley 10km K2 Series
First race took place on 25-May at Longridge – results. The remaining dates are as follows
16-June - Falcon
20-July - Reading
11-Aug - Wokingham
20-Oct - Elmbridge
Leighton Buzzard Hasler 16-June [Race Details]
Fancy something different, why not Leighton Buzzard Hasler race. Check out the details
Boat Buoyancy Rule Change
Reminder that rules of buoyancy have changed, construction alone will not be deemed sufficient
Geoff Sanders Trophy standings
Competition hotting up for the U10 and U12 lightning, Mini K2 trophy. Final race will be the Hasler Final
| Banbury & District |
23 |
64 |
827 |
| Richmond |
15 |
25 |
401 |
| Leamington |
9 |
26 |
372 |
| Southampton |
7 |
29 |
371 |
| Norwich |
8 |
18 |
301 |
| Lincoln |
6 |
13 |
214 |
| Ealing |
5 |
16 |
206 |
| Leighton Buzzard |
5 |
11 |
190 |
| Bishops Stortford |
7 |
11 |
177 |
| Chelmsford |
5 |
10 |
163 |
| Full Table |
Southern Region Standings - 3 Events to Go
Rules for Hasler Final qualification changed at the start of the year meaning that the top 6 clubs will qualify, rather than 4. Who wil take the last slot?
| Banbury |
9 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
9 |
9 |
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8 |
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65 |
8 |
57 |
| Falcon |
10 |
8 |
6 |
9 |
7 |
10 |
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9 |
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59 |
6 |
53 |
| Reading |
6 |
7 |
9 |
8 |
10 |
7 |
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4 |
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51 |
4 |
47 |
| Basingstoke |
7 |
9 |
7 |
6 |
6 |
4 |
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10 |
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49 |
4 |
45 |
| Southampton |
5 |
5 |
8 |
5 |
9 |
8 |
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7 |
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47 |
5 |
42 |
| Longridge |
8 |
4 |
5 |
7 |
4 |
5 |
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6 |
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39 |
4 |
35 |
| Pangbourne |
4 |
7 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
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5 |
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35 |
4 |
31 |
| Wokingham |
3 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
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2 |
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16 |
0 |
16 |
| Bourne End |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
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1 |
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7 |
0 |
7 |
| Cokethorpe |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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3 |
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4 |
0 |
4 |
| Marlow |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
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3 |
0 |
3 |
| Eyot |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
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2 |
0 |
2 |
| Newbury |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
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0 |
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0 |
0 |
2 |
| Windsor |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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1 |
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1 |
0 |
1 |
| PRA |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
| Lord Wansorth |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
| DKS |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
European Championships vilaverdemarathonec2013.com
Old news really, but worth mentioning as the marathon team did very well at the European Championships. Winning three European titles! Well done to all, bring on the Worlds.
| JLK1 |
Amy Ward |
1st |
| JWK2 |
Sam Rees-Clark/Amy Ward |
1st |
| SWK2 |
Fay Lamph/Lizzie Broughton |
1st |
| SMK1 |
Ben Brown |
4th |
| SMK2 |
Tim Pendle/Jon Simmons |
4th |
| JMK2 |
Jack Childerstone/Ed Haws |
5th |
| JMK2 |
Nick Romain/Sam Plummer |
6th |
| U23MK1 |
Albert Hicks |
7th |
| U23WK1 |
Jenny Illidge |
7th |
| JMK1 |
Bruce Jones |
10th |
| SMK1 |
Keith Moule |
13th |
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| 1-Jun-13 |
Reading Hasler Race – Final Results
Last couple of oddities fixed the results - final results |
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| 28-May-13 |
Reading Hasler Race – Report
Well, what a day. The sun came out along with a huge amount of paddlers (288 seats), which was fantastic.
Thanks to everyone who came to the event. Particular thanks goes to all Lightning paddlers who had a longer than planned course to do. Many apologies for the miscommunication regarding turn buoys. Not ideal by any means but hopefully racing over the additional distance will encourage more paddling rather than discourage! We believe the results published fairly reflect the positions/times achieved but do let us know if there are any queries.
One request for the future, for all paddlers, at any race, is that if you do not start or do not finish your race you let the race organisers know ASAP. This not only ensures everyone knows you are safe and well but also makes completion of the results and prize giving a lot easier and quicker!
Amended results are here. With the great attendance and results on Sunday and several races to go before the Hasler Final on 6 October at Reading, the competition is hotting up!
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| 28-May-13 |
London Regatta - Sunday 21-July [James Smythe]
Initial details of the London Sprint Regatta on July 21st are available at www.canoeracing.org.uk
Racing is over 200m and 500m, singles and doubles, with national sprint racing classes amalgamated into appropriate ability groups. The entry fee is £12 per paddler for the whole day's races. Entries are not open yet, but will be limited to around 190 paddlers (assuming everyone does all the races available to them), on a first come, first served basis. Finally, there will be a clubs competition and trophy.
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| 26-May-13 |
Reading Hasler Results - Provisional
Please find the results for todays, hope everyone enjoyed it. Feedback welcome |
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| 25-May-13 |
Reading Hasler Entries - Pre-Entry update
237 pre-entered seats... late entries taken on the day. Looks like the weather should be favourable too
Results will appear here as races finish |
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| 24-May-13 |
Reading Hasler Entries
Check out the race entries for Sunday, fancy a warm up? Check out Longridge 10km race on Saturday. Ingnore their first news entry that suggest that it's Sounthampton Hasler on Sunday. |
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| 16-May-13 |
May Regatta [Sabine Kirschstein]
Well done to those who braved another Nottingham Regatta in conditions that can only be described as ‘typically Nottingham’ with 30- 40m/h gusts ( this time pretty much head on) and intermittent rain / hail showers throughout the weekend…..
Despite the poor conditions all Reading paddlers gave their best but congratulations in particular to Hafsa who secured her well deserved promotion into Girls C, Carl who got his promotion back into Mens C and Sam who got selected for the Regatta in Piestany.
Sign up sheets for the interclubs on 22nd & 23rd June are out and the deadline is 31st May. If it’s easier just drop me an email and let me know if you are available and what you want to paddle.
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| 14-May-13 |
Reading Hasler 26-May [Race Details]
Summer may not be here, but the Hasler racing season is well underway - 12 races so far. This weekend is Basingstoke, then our Hasler on 26-May |
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| 07-May-13 |
English Talent Programme Selection Policy [Brendon Stead]
Attached is the selection policy document for the new Regional Academy, Super Regional and National Talent Squads. This will be selected in the next couple of weeks following the May regatta and I ask that you distribute this within your clubs to the relevant athletes. |
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| 16-Apr-13 |
National Championships Nottingham April
Having survived my first weekend as sprint leader I have to admit that I was very glad when it was over and I admire Rebecca even more for what she has managed in the past few years.
The weather was typically Nottingham, although it did try hard on Saturday morning when paddlers arrived and there was only a moderate straight headwind blowing down the course. Everybody was looking quite hopeful…[Read more] |
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| 15-Apri-13 |
May Regatta
The dust has not even settled on the April regatta (write up to follow)… May Regatta will be out this evening and the deadline is already coming Friday, 19th April
If you are not at the club this week, just email me your entries for May.
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| 10-Apri-13 |
Summer Training Programme
As announced at the Comms Meeting after the Time Trial on Monday, we are moving forward with a new Summer Training Programme...
please click on the link to see the programme
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| 8-Apri-13 |
Longridge Hasler Results
Reading were represented by a strong team, with some good points winning finishes, at the first Hasler of the year yesterday at Longridge CC:
Longridge Hasler Results
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| 3-Apri-13 |
Pictures From the
DW
Tony Smith has some excellent pictures up
on Flickr...see if you can spot some of
our star performers:
DW
2013 Day 1 Hungerford to Kintbury
DW
2013 Day 2 Burghfield to Fobney Lock
DW
2013 K2's Newbury to Kintbury
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| 3-Apri-13 |
Waitrose Community
Matters
This month Reading Canoe Club is one of
the 3 featured charities/organisations at
Waitrose in Caversham for their Community
Matters Scheme
Make sure you pick up your green tokens at
the checkout and put them in our box
If you shop at a different Waitrose
branch, save your tokens and pass them
onto a member who can drop them in to the
Caversham branch for you!
Souther Region
Training Day [Details]
Reminder for the next Suuthern region
training day at Basingstoke Canoe Club on
Sunday 14th April
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30-Mar-13
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March
Newsletter
The latest club newsletter is ready for you
to download...it's a bit late but better
late than never. You can get it here.
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25-Mar-13
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Gent Marathon
Over the weekend of 23/24 March Sara and
Hafsa Kabeer from RCC went to Belgium to
compete in the Gent Marathon as part of
the MRC Development Team. Sara and Hafsa
were part of a team 7 girls and 12 boys
selected after attending a number of the
MRC training days.
By all accounts the weather conditions in
Belgium were as bad as they were here.
Sara competed in the U18 girls and was the
only British girl to do so, and finished a
credible 5th over a 12 mike course. Hasfa
raced in the U14 race and came 2nd to
another British girl, just managing to
hold off the 3rd and 4th places by about
10 seconds.
Sara now returns to England to race in the
Devizes to Westminster race next weekend.
Longridge Hasler
Race
First Hasler race for our region in 2013 -
see race details
Waterside Series
Slight old news, but last weekend saw the
final race in the Waterside series. With
super tough conditions just finishing was
an achievement.
Reading was represented small team –
Waterside D
K2 JUNIOR LADIES
4 Emily Hewitt & Kate Jayne-Coupe
Southampton/Reading 7:20:35
RTD Annelies Flack & Sara Kabeer
Banbury/Reading
K2 VETERAN
1 Mike Martin & James Treadgold
Reading/LBZ 5:02:18
5 Simon Perry & Martin Richmond
Reading 6:16:30
Waterside Series
K2 JUNIOR LADIES
1 Emily Hewitt & Kate Jayne-Coupe
Southampton/Reading 16:50:18
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19-Mar-13
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Pre-entries
for Hasler races and club Team Leaders [from
MRC]
At the latest meeting of the MRC there was a
discussion about helping Race Organizers
simplify race entries. All too often queues
form due to lengthy booking in procedures
and it is often difficult for race
organizers to know in advance the number of
entries they might receive due to large
proportions of late ‘on the day’ entries.
It was agreed that the HRM computer
program’s function that allows a club to
put in pre-entries via email is very
useful for both clubs and the Race
Organizer, and the MRC encourage its use
as the method of entry system to use.
Committee members have investigated other
methods of online entry, complete with
pre-payment options, but it was felt that
for the sums involved in setting up such
arrangements these would prove too
expensive a solution. The committee
therefore recommends the following:
- Race Organizers should state on their
race information a final date by which
they want entries to be received.
- If late entries are found to be
awkward on race day they should be
discouraged by levying a high late entry
fee or disallowed completely. This needs
to be stated in the race details so that
potential competitors know in advance.
It is entirely up to the club organizing
the race if they wish to make the race a
pre-entry event solely.
- All racing clubs should ensure they
have a named ‘Team Leader’ on race day,
who preferably also sends in the club’s
entry beforehand, liaises with the
organizing club on the day and pays all
monies owing for entries made. Each club
having one person doing this job makes
it easier for all concerned.
- The Team Leader should be a ‘role’
within a club not necessarily one person
who is always on call.
- The Team Leader for the event should
give their mobile phone number to the
race organizer so that any problems on
the day can be sorted out without delay.
The committee is working towards all
Hasler entries being made via the HRM
software and submitted electronically
prior to the event.
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15-Mar-13
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Hasler
Race Rules Change
Couple of significant Hasler racing rule
changes
- Amended Rule on Buoyancy in Boats
- Hasler Finals Regional Club
Qualifications – change of regional club
allocation
Check out the Marathon
Racing Committee website for the
details
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4-Mar-13
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How well do you
understand the machine in your head and
how effective are you in getting it to
work optimally?'
At Chimp Management, we specialise in the
human mind, with an approach that is
grounded in neuroscience. We view the mind
as a remarkable machine that represents
our greatest asset and our biggest
liability in life. Through this metaphor,
we work with how the mind operates in
reality and not how most people think it
works.
To help people progress their
understanding and skill we have developed
a highly practical and fun working model
and development program that can be
successfully applied to teams and
individuals, in both their personal and
professional lives. Through insight and
skill a person can learn how to manage the
machine effectively, and ultimately be the
person they want to be.
The Chimp Model is a simple, fun and
highly practical way of understanding the
infinitely complex psychological mind. It
is a working model that is designed to be
applied to daily living and across
situations and it has been used to great
success within GB Canoeing and British
Cycling.
There are two upcoming courses:
• The
Female Chimp
• Optimising
Performance
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4-Mar-13
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Waterside C
Well done to all those who braved the cold
yesterday for Waterside. The club was well
represented, full
results
K2 JUNIOR LADIES
1 Emily Hewitt (Southampton) & Kate
Jayne-Coupe 4:16:31
3 Annelies Flack (Banbury) & Sara
Kabeer 4:41:36
8 Flora Jayne-Coupe & Molly Regan
(Southampton) 5:07:16
K2 VETERAN
2 Mike Martin (Leighton Buzzard) &
James Treadgold 3:19:37
JUNIOR/VETERAN
6 Nigel Frankland & Hafsa Kabeer
4:11:17
K1 SENIOR
9 Simon Gallop 4:47:15
K1 LADIES
4 Gail Battison 4:30:33
K1 VETERAN
14 Brian Hammond 4:23:08
Richmond Regatta 29-March [PDF]
Fancy a chance to sharpen your sprint
skills before the National Championship
regatta at Nottingham (April)? Well Richmond
have that covered with their Good
Friday Regatta.
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1-Mar-13
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Head of River -
River Closure
Remember the river closure comes into play
at 10:00, the river will be busy than
normal before then.
There will be no club sessions this
Saturday (2-Mar), so take care on the
water.
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24-Feb-13
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Thameside
2 Results [T2
Provisional]
Well that’s the Thamesides done for another
year, well done to all those who braved the
conditions today. Some great results.
Everything ran pretty smoothly on the
day, but as always feedback welcome.
Many thanks to those who helped out with
time keeping, lock marshalling and data
entry. A special mention goes to Paul
Smith from Banbury who recovered a junior
ladies K2 after they abandoned it and to
the folk who rescued and returned the
escaping paddles. RCC and the girls are
very grateful.
Also an apology, we got the second K1
start wrong again. Although this only
affected couple of paddlers, this is a
little embarrassing. We believed we had
contacted all the entries beforehand but
evidently did not reach you all
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22-Feb-13
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Thameside
2 - Update [T2 Live
Results]
Water conditions at Reading continue to
improve with the absence of rain. There is
no rain forecast between now and the race,
so conditions should improve further. The
river is well within its banks now and all
of the portages are now dry.
The flow on the river is still fast and
the river is still on red boards, but the
river is the best it’s been for weeks!
Buoyancy aids are still advised for all
paddlers and a decision on whether the
wearing of them will be compulsory will be
made on the day, so bring them just in
case!
Paddlers should be aware that whilst the
majority of the river should be reasonably
flat and fast, there will be sections
where weir streams enter the main stream
whether the river won’t be flat and calm,
so if you are not competent in a boat in
flowing conditions seriously consider not
paddling. There are trees down along the
course and these affect the flow also, so
do look ahead.
The weather forecast for the weekend is
cold and windy. If there is a headwind,
the race will be a cold hard slog, so come
prepared with warm clothing.
Summary
- Race is on, but be aware river
conditions will be challenging
- It will be very cold - see weather
- Everyone to bring
buoyancy aid
- Bring your BCU cards
- Strongly recommended: cags, hat and foot
wear
- Make a ote of the race control number
07825 505 609
- Additional parking in the Rivermead
leisure centre
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21-Feb-13
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Pool Sessions
23-Feb & 2-Mar CHANGE OF TIME
Slight change of time to what was
oringallya dvertised 16:15 to 17:30
RDG will be faster
2013
Reading Canoe Club paddlers are expected
to be amongst the fastest paddlers around
in 2013 due to a new training aid which
will assist in motivating all paddlers.
More details to be found here
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20-Feb-13
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Gent
Selection
Reading Canoe Club are pleased to announce
that Hasfa Kabeer has been selected to join
the Marathon Racing Committee Development
trip to Gent for the Gent Marathon in March.
Hasfa has attended the recent Marathon
Training days at Elmbridge and Wey and put
in some recent credible race times in order
to obtain her selection. Her sister Sara
narrowly missed out on the selection
process, but we hope renewed focus will see
her selected for future events.
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14-Feb-13
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Pool Sessions
23-Feb & 2-Mar
Learn to Canoe roll, improve your
support strokes, learn new techniques all
in a WARM pool! Academy Pool,
Northumberland Ave, Whitley, Reading
23-Feb and 2-Mar 16:15 to 17:30
- £6
You can bring your own boat, paddle, spray
deck. Just make sure it is all clean. Or
use the boats at the pool.
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12-Feb-13
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Thamesides
Well that’s T1
done and dusted, thank you to all those who
attended and supported the event. The river
conditions made the course fun and fast,
which everyone seemed to enjoy. Not all
appreciated the upstream section on the
Thames. It is important to demonstrate that
these events can be run even in challenging
conditions, as long as the appropriate
measures are in place.
We understand that the pressure on
facilities at either end of this race are
limited, we are still looking for options
to improve this where possible and would
welcome any ideas you might have. We also
thank are neighbours for their
understanding during the busy couple of
hours as the race comes to town.
Entry for Thameside 2 is now open online,
if you have any problems with using our
online system please get in touch.
Thameside 2 runs from Reading to Marlow
19 miles with 8 little portages. Although
we will do everything in our power to
ensure this race occurs as planned there
are limits. So please keep an eye on the
website for the latest information.
Options available or use include; increase
safety measures, restriction on ability
levels, change of course.
Thameside
Volunteers
We had an outstanding response for help at
Thameside 1 which was excellent, This made
for a very efficient, well managed event –
thank you. Help is still needed though for
Thameside 2. Mainly lock marshals, which
will only require at most 2 hours of your
time. Please check the job list at the
club or drop a line to info if you
can help.
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10-Feb-13
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Thameside
1 - Results
Hope everyone enjoyed their race today,
check out provisional
results |
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7-Feb-13
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Thameside 1 -
Update Details |
Online
Entry | Entries
| Previous
Results
Thameside Race The first course inspection
took place yesterday, there will be
another one on Saturday.
The canal and river levels are both high
and there is a reasonable flow
particularly where the river joins and
leaves the canal, which require care. The
flow on the Thames is quite strong
especially where the Kennet joins the
Thames.
In light of the conditions, additional
safety measure will be enforced.
Buoyancy aids will be compulsory for all
juniors (regardless of divisional
ranking), and all paddlers that are
unranked or in division 7 or below. In
boats where one of the paddlers is
required to wear a buoyancy aid, the other
paddler is required to wear one also i.e.
if there is a senior division 6 or above
paddler in K2 with junior, both will be
required to wear buoyancy aids. There will
be no exceptions.
Once on the Thames keep to river left
until you can see the finish. Do not cross
to the right of the river above Caversham
lock (last portage) until you pass under
the second bridge before the club.
We will be operating a finish window opens
at 12:30. Boats finishing before this time
are unlikely to get a time or position.
Please ensure that you start at the
appropriate time to finish after 12:30.
Summary
- Bring your buoyancy aid - All
(Juniors, Seniors, division 1 to 6)
- Bring your BCU card - All
- Bring your BCU card
- Bring your BCU card – just in
case you didn’t get the last two notices
- Strongly recommended; cags, hat and foot
wear
- Keep an eye on this website
Weather, it will be cool and blustery so
make sure you are prepared.
Car parking is limited at both ends,
please park considerably and legally, your
conduct will determine the future of this
race. Consider car sharing were possible.
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2-Feb-13
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April
Regatta - Nationals
Sign up sheet for Sprint National is now up!
Deadline for entries 17th March. The Regatta
is on 13/14th April. Any question please
speak to Sabine.
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30-Jan-13
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January
Newsletter
The latest bumper packed edition of the
eagerly anticipated RCC Newsletter should be
winging its way to your inboxes very
soon...if you just cannot wait, you can get
it here.
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17-Jan-13
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Ross
Warland Memorial Canal Challenge
The canal is currently frozen and there is
little likelihood that it will thaw before
Sunday especially with incoming weather that
has been forecasted so unfortunately the
event will not go ahead. |
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09-Jan-13
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Thameside
1 & 2 Details | Online Entry | Entries | Previous
Results
Entries are coming in, see who entered.
Race Calendar 2013
Simple race calendar
2013- think all dates have now been
confirmed |
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06-Jan-13
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Thameside
1 & 2
Online
entry for Thameside series is now open.
Check out the race details and
get yourself entered! For a wonder down
memory lane check out previous results! |
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04-Jan-13
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Frank
Luzmore Race
Frank Luzmore Race, this Sunday - ON, but
different course. New
details |
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04-Jan-13
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Saturday
Morning Club Session
The decision on the format of Saturday’s
club session will be taken on the day. The
decision will depend on the conditions
(river and weather), plus attendance. If
possible, the aim will be to go out in K2s,
otherwise the session will be run on the
ergos. |
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