Damp and soggy in Leamington
Looking out of my window now here back in sunny Shropshire you wouldn't believe that the Hasler race team have spent the day in Leamington mostly standing around (or paddling) in the rain.
A small (but perfectly formed) team of racers made the trip down to Warwickshire with us fileding two K2s and two K1s across divisions 9 to 7. A few glitches in the Hasler Race management software meant that Ellie nearly got an easy race in Div 8 but Deb went and sorted it out with the organisers such that Ellie ended up racing in her proper division (which I'm sure she appreciated).
Despite the rain it was an interesting race - first time for us at Leamington, marked by the fact that it's an extremely short 500m section of river between two buoys and so to make a longish (4.5 mile) hasler race, we ended up doing three loops - yes SIX turns!!!. This was reflected by the times (not just for us, for everyone) being a little slower than you might expect for a normal Hasler.
A good effort all around though, with :
- Dave & Kate coming 3rd in Div 9 K2
- Matt & Cameron coming 2nd in Div 8 K2
- Andy coming 5th in Div 8 K1
- Ellie coming 7th in Div 7 K1
The club points hadn't been listed by the time we came away, but I've updated the rest of the Hasler results page which you can find here. No Lightning racers for us this week (although Grace & Rose Blackman were racing for Gailey coming 2nd & 3rd respectively) so our Lightning table hasn't changed.
I'll update the club points bit as soon as I know the results.
May 18th, 2009 at 4:41 pm
It was wetter in the warm up than the Race!!!!! oh by the way debs I need a spraydeck to race in please!!
May 19th, 2009 at 11:29 am
No problem Cam- race decks are £17. I can order you one easily.
May 19th, 2009 at 5:54 pm
Well done all.
May 22nd, 2009 at 5:03 am
So come on Giles - when are you coming out to join us? We've even got you a new boat in club colours...