The torrential rain and gale force winds didn’t deter Richmond’s small sprint racing team at the second national regatta of the year, held May 11th/ 12th. Again the team was mainly made up of juniors with good performances from both the more experienced and newer paddlers. Marko continued his excellent form from April in the canoe classes, winning the junior 1000m by a considerable distance and finishing 2nd in the s
Following trials held at the regional Richmond and Elmbridge sprint regattas the team to represent Richmond Borough in the London Youth Games has been selected. The London Youth Games is a competition held every year between all the London Boroughs, across a range of different sports. The canoe sprint event takes place at the London Regatta Centre in Docklands on the 8th June. Congratulations to the team selected, wh
Last weekend saw Richmond paddlers in action across the country on both Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday the junior coaches organised a team of 33 kayaks and 3 canoes to compete at the Regional Elmbridge Sprint Regatta. This was ideal racing practice for the more experienced paddlers and a good stepping stone towards National Nottingham Regattas for the younger paddlers. Lots of juniors got their first opportu
Richmond took a big team of 46 paddlers to race at Wey last Sunday but were beaten to the first place in the Hasler competition by Wey themselves. This was a good result given the bulk of the team were racing in higher divisions for the first time having been promoted recently. The narrow windy river made a nice change from the Thames but with well over 200 racers on the water conditions were very bumpy. Fred S was t
Confirmed dates for future novice kayak courses this year are: 31st May – 29th June (booking opens 13th May) 5th July – 3rd August (booking opens Monday 17th June) 16th August – 14th September (booking opens Monday 29th July) 6th September – 5th October (booking opens Monday 19th August) For more information on the courses and learning to kayak see the Adult Novice Group page
NEW Canoe novice course starting on Saturday 4th May. The course is for 5 weeks twice a week, Saturdays at 10AM and Mondays at 1845hrs. Limited spaces available, to sign up please email lovekayaking@googlemail.com.
