SEPTEMBER REGATTA

Last weekend was the last regatta of the year!! It was a bit different this time as we were all parked on the opposite side of the lake! but that didn’t stop the Worcester team having an amazing regatta! We had lots of people out racing an finished 8th in in macgregor paddle challenge! Hopefully in the next few years we can work our way back up to the top 2 like we were in 2009/10.

We had lots of promotions this regatta! Freddie got promoted to boys B after just getting promoted to boys C last regatta!, Doogal and Louis to boys C, Fergus and Finn to boys D and Evie to girls C.

I’ll start with the juniors results and as always I apologise if I’ve missed any out!

Ivan (in his last year as a junior) had a great regatta coming 7th in boys A 1000m final and 3rd in 500m! lochie came 2nd in final 2 of the 1000m and 7th in 500m, he also came 8th in the 200m. In crew boats they both paddled with Exeter paddlers with Ivan coming 3rd and lochie just behind in 5th. Both k2s then combined in k4 to finish 2nd. Ivan also came 1st in mixed k2.

Freddie raced in boys c and came 3rd in 500m, 6th in 200m, 1st in k4, 3rd in k2 1000m and 200m!

Doogal and Louis raced in boys D with Louis winning final 2 of k1 500m with Doogal coming 2nd. Louis also came 9th in k1 200m. In crew boats Doogal came 6th in k2 1000m and 7th in k2 200m. Finn and Louis did k2 together and won final 2 of k2 1000m and 8th in 200m k2 final. Doogal, Fergus, Finn and Louis came 8th in their k4.

In only his second regatta Tom raced in intermediates and came 7th in his k1 500m heat and then did k2 200m in which they came 9th.

Fergus and Finn also raced intermediates with Fergus coming 4th in the k1 500m final with Finn behind in 6th. In k2 Finn came 1st and 2nd in 500m and 200m with Fergus close behind with his partner in 3rd and 5th.

Evie and Tamzin raced in Girls D with Evie winning both of her k1 200m and 500m and Tamzin coming 6th and 7th in her heat. They then combined forces to finish 5th in their k2 heat. Tamzin then hopped in a boat with Louis and they finished 5th in their finals!

And now for the more mature athletes!

Nick, Mark, Geoff and Dave came 5th in their K4 race. Mark and Geoff then split off into a k2 to finish 2nd in their 500m final, with Dave smith and George carn in 5th. Ewan and Dave pedlar came 4th in their k2 final. Dave smith then went solo in k1 finishing 6th in his 200m and 500m heat. George and mark were competing against each other with mark coming 4th and 5th in 200m and 500m final and George 7th and 8th in his first regatta of the year.

Ewan came 7th in his 500m final and 9th in his 200m final in his first regatta in mens B.

Amy, Katie, Rach and Evie came 3rd in k4 500m with Rach and Katie then doing k2 and coming 2nd in k2 500m and 4th in k2 200m. Amy came 4th in the 200m k1 with Katie in 9th and then in 500m Katie came 6th with Amy in 8th.

In the second to last race of the regatta we saw Amy and Nick go head to head with Katie and Dave (chairman) pedlar. In the end Amy and Nick made it to the finish coming 3rd with Katie and Dave just behind in 4th.

It was again a great regatta and was amazing to see that amount of entries we had as a club! I say it every time but it would be great to see more people racing next year no matter your age or standard!! You don’t have to come for the whole weekend and can just enter races on one day if that suits better and hopefully we can finish higher up the table next year! Well done to everyone who raced this year and all the hard work and training you have done to get these amazing results! And thank you to the parents who give up their time take their kids to training and help out.

And that’s the sprint season finished!