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Hi Everyone
Hare 'n Hounds Race 5
The sunshine on Saturday brought plenty
of paddlers out for the 5th Hare ‘n Hounds, all Chester members but
with the added bonus of Chris Chorley (Steve's Son). Trentham were at the Sprint Regatta. We had a
great race in perfect conditions, with all of the juniors joining
forces with the seniors in the longer race. We raced from the road
bridge up to Eccleston Ferry then back to
the club. We had a slight hi-cup at the start as Dave Ashley the
official starter, got carried away in the spring sunshine and
continued up stream! However as soon as he saw paddlers coming
towards him he hot-footed it back and had a very fast paddle back
to the finish with his daughter Kate.
Jess on scratch, soon took the lead and
held us all off until the Red House, it was very close with all of
us coming together by the time we hit the Sailing Club. Roger
overtook John Hatton and moved into the lead with Bob just behind.
Jean and Adele were closing fast with Chris Chorley on their wash,
he pushed hard to overtake them but the K2 'Queens' held him off!
Their were a few battles further down
the Field too with John H just a second ahead of Bob and young
David also second ahead of Parky (must
ask Carol what she's feeding her two boy's on ... its making them
fly!!), at the finish too Margaret and Helen fought it out to the
line!
Everyone had a great race and young
James who paddled K2 with Carol achieved his own special Goal by
getting up to Eccleston ... a first for him .. well done James!
Also well done to Roger who now leads
the Series after doing 4 of the 5 races.
We are almost half way through the
Series now with Race 6 on Sun 15th May, its great race practise and
we even celebrated with home made soup and bacon butties so come and join us. June, July and
August Races will be on Thursday nights.
Also don't forget Tuesday night's time
trials and Barrel Sessions, plus the launch of the New Web Site is
imminent we've got Cheshire Ring Teams lined up ... so lots
happening!
Wild Water Selection Races this weekend
so Good Luck to the C2 Boys!
If you've got any races lined up, marathon, slalom, whitewater, results, canoe tips or stories, you
want to share with the club, I d love to
hear from you so I can publish them in our Monthly Canoe Email
News.
Just email me malpasashleys@btinternet.com
Thanks Happy Paddling Jean (on behalf
of the Canoe Club Committee)
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Race 5-16th April 2011
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Name
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Club
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Division
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Actual Time
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Handicap Time
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Points
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Jean/Adele (K2)
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Chester
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Div 5
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30.07
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36.07
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10
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Chris Chorley
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Div 5
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30.10
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36.10
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9
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Roger Williams
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Chester
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Div 6
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31.42
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36.12
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8
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John Hatton
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Chester
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Div 7
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33.22
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36.22
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7
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Bob Scholey
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Chester
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Div 6
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31.53
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36.23
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6
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David Hatton
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Chester
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Div 8
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35.31
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37.01
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5
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Andrew Parkinson
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Chester
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Div 8
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35.32
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37.02
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4
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Steve Chorley
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Chester
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Div 6
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32.46
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37.16
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3
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Jess Colston
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Chester
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Scratch
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37.23
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37.23
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2
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Helen Marriott
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Chester
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Scratch
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39.02
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39.02
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1
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Marg Blakebourgh
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Chester
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Scratch
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39.04
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39.04
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1
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Carol/James(K2)
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Chester
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Scratch
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39.13
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39.13
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1
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Hare 'n Hounds Race Criteria
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1. Course - Road Bridge to Eccleston
Ferry to Chester Canoe Club House
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2. Handicaped 90 seconds per
Division
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3. Points awarded to first 10 places
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4. Rest of the field awarded 1 point
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6. Best 6 results to count over 2011 Series
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7. Various Trophies to be awarded at the end of series
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Race Dates
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Race 6 -15th May 2011
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Race 7-THURSDAY 9th June 2011
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I
have also had this email from Phil at Trentham
if any one is interested?
Hi Everyone
I have sent the note below to my race paddlers suggesting a weaver
descent type tour next Sunday. Any one either interested or
got any advice?
Cheers
Phil
The river weaver can be paddled from Winsford
to Runcorn, in previous
years a race was run The Weaver Descent. but
sadly this year its not
running Some club members did it last year and it is quite a good
challenge. Top paddlers can cover the distance in under 3 hours. It took
us nearly 4 last year paddling fairly hard and non stop.
I am contemplating doing it as a training session next Sunday as a
slightly more relaxed paddle with even the odd snack stop thrown in
on
the way :-)
The water is an easy open navigation river.There are a number of fairly long
portages. access points on a couple can be
quite difficult. The river can be exposed and windy so this can
make it feel like a long hard paddle! There are access points where
support crews can meet us if we can find some volunteers! Boats
will be race boats, k1 or k2s.
I estimate we would take 5-6 hours paddling as a tour, its about the same as 13 laps of the lake.
Anyone interested? I know its Easter
Sunday and you all plan to be at
home eating big dinners and Easter eggs! but
it would be nice to
get a long paddle in and it gives a taste of events like the
endeavour
challenge or Cheshire ring races.
Cheers Phil
I'M KEEN
.... AND DAVE SAID HE WOULD HELP OUT
any more takers from Chester?
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Jean
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