Hi Paddlers,

Hare 'n Hounds Race 7

A very big Thank-you to all who raced on Thursday night  we had a total of 22 paddlers!

The conditions were good, very little wind a bit cloudy and cool, but once the race got underway everyone soon warmed up, and I even heard comments that athletes were racing .. 'out of there skins' ... 'and world championship race pace' ... very impressive for a club session on the River Dee .... so it must be doing us good!

We had problems recording the finish times, but at least we got the order every one arrived over the T.T.1 course, so everyone got the correct points. I did get the times of the paddlers that did T.T.2 (down to the Barrel) but I want to apologise for not having the other times, but let me assure you they were the fastest yet!

Young Jake paddled very well to win the Handicap, Jean and Adele, and Roger hanging on close behind, followed by Melvin, Colin and Ian all together, leaving a huge wash behind (great shame nobody could sit it!) You couldn't split Ray and young David, closely followed by Parky, Graham J. and John then just behind Marg and Graham .... the handicap worked well and it was very close once again.

The longer Race was even closer with just seconds between, Ian, Melvin, Jean and Adele, very closely followed by Colin then Roger! It felt very fast ... and it was good to have the Div 3 paddlers joining in ... I think by the time we'd finished our heart rates were way up in the red line zone!

After all this excitement Roger is still in the lead, but is the only paddler to do 6 races so far ... so it could all change in the next couple of races ... as points can only be counted from 6 races ... so get check the dates for the next races. 

Thanks to Carol who organised the Junior Race, it was great to see 8 juniors out, all working hard and producing good times, well done to Philip who just beat Rona and Maggie (K2)  by 1 second! 

(Results all attached)

The standard of paddling has improved and its very noticeable how our members, who have been doing the Tuesdays, Thursdays and the Hare 'n Hound Races have got stronger and faster ...... lets hope we can impress at the Haslers and the Nationals too!

Hare 'n Hounds Race change of Dates due to organisers Holidays

THURSDAY  Race 8 - 14th July

THURSDAY  Race 9 - 18th August