Bye Bye Winter

If you’ve been hibernating over the winter, it’s time to dust off your paddles.  The clocks have gone forward, and we’re back to evening training on the water with no more circuits until October.   Club sessions are 6.30 on the water...

Another busy weekend!

This was a weekend where winter training was tested.  We had long time trials at the club on Saturday – with a number of new PBs, whilst the junior sprint monkeys (Class C and above) were up at Nottingham, being “profiled”.  From the photos, it...

Thameside 2

Despite a rather wet start, the conditions were pretty good for Thameside 2 yesterday.  Joe Petersen managed the double – having won the boy’s K1 race at Thameside 1, just ahead of Oscar McKittrick, this time he took no chances and teamed up with Oscar to...

Long Distance and Sprint Training In One Day

Banbury paddlers were tackling the long and short of it yesterday. Congratulations to all our crews at Waterside B – 17.5 miles and 19 portages.  We had 4 K2s and 2 K1s out, and they all finished, despite the miserable weather and a strong headwind on the return...

Esme is off to Gent

Congratulations to Esme, who is one of 19 junior paddlers selected nationally for a Marathon Race Committee Development Team to race at Gent at the end of the month.  Selection was based on divisional ranking, and winter racing/training days.  This is the fourth...