December - The Basingstoke Canal Canoe Club

8 WaterfrontMarathon ViewsAs a change from thenormal account of howwell people have done intheir events I thought Iwould start with thelength’s people will go tonot to make the start orfinish line.A) Wash hanging abroken tree branchor resting upon it.This allows you tofall in before thestart of the race.You can then startwell aftereveryone else. Ifyou can catchthem, great, if notyou have a readymade excuse.B) Falling in on thestart line due to wash from other boats again missing the start then as A above.C) Locking your keys in your car (make sure all your kit is in the car, this saves the trouble of evengetting changed), it may also help a colleague out from paddling if you are in a K2 and travelled uptogether.D) Offering to do the timekeeping instead of racing yourself (thanks but that’s my get out.)E) No stable boat was available to use, so fall in on the start line then as A above.F) I can’t race as I promised my partner we would go out, and I thought the race was next week,(there are races every week and we do race at nice locations.)Despite this the numbers racing for us this season have been up on last year and we have had somegood results and the club are in 3 rd place at the mid season break.Our club Hare & Hounds still runs throughout the winter and could always do with a few more entrieseven from you out of condition white water paddlers doing an H&H would really help with yourfitness. see calendar for details.Training at this time of year can be a bit hit and miss, unless you are planning to do some of the longerdistance races a such as the Waterside series or Thameside races. But its now the work should be doneso remember it’s the work you do in the dark that makes you shine on the light of spring.Paul BatchelorDry surfingHare & Hound Results Sept 011 st Richard Somerset K1 55.50 10pts YTD 102 nd Tim Middlehurst K1 46.20 9pts 93 rd Richard Batchelor & K2 46.21 8pts 8Paul Batchelor4 th Brian Gandy K1 61.34 7pts 75 th Lis Coleman Laance 69.26 6pts 66 th Alan Coleman Laance 65.07 5pts 5Hare & Hound Results October 20011st Tina Murrey Laance 72.56 10pts 102nd Liz Murnaghan & K2 57.02 9pts 9Brian Gandy3rd Jonathan Johns Hobbie 72.27 8pts 84th Paul Batchelor K1 53.08 7pts 75th Paul Massam K1 61.51 6pts 66th Alan Coleman Laance 64.35 5pts 107th Paul Stearn K1 56.53 4pts 4Hare & Hound Results November 20011st Liz Murnaghan Hobbie 63.54 10pts 102nd Pete Absolom K1 63.58 9pts 93rd Richard Somerset K1 57.58 8pts 184th Alan Coleman Laance 64.45 7pts 175th Paul Batchelor K1 55.12 6pts 13A space filler for the end of a page, for those of you surf the web ,sites with a canoeing theme.www.seabeagle.shetland.co.uk Great for learning the theory for star tests, with an emphasis on sea paddlingwww.kayak.nildram.co.uk …….Reading canoe club site, the place to go for info on marathonwww.bccanoeing.co.ukOur website!!