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Well it was a beautiful sunny day in Reading with a lot of good racing on, as usual, a fairly lumpy bit of river. Mixed fortunes for the SHP collective but Anita and Gari upheld the honour of the club taking silver in their K2 race. A cracking Lightning run for Tim Bevan as well in his last L1 race seeing off a number of the usual competition.

Full results when they're confirmed, but in the meantime a few pictures from the weekend

Gari & Anita collecting their silver

Matt powering off the start line

Dave & Kate in the bedlam of the Div 9 K2 start - it's quieter up in Div 8, honest !

Tim looking determined...

Sam and cam looking knackered

Well, it doesn't seem to have been the best race for SHP but sometimes things just don't go your way.  With Ellie and the mopheads having to retire through illness, Matt running into trouble part way round and Cam & Marcus being bounced into the bank the youngsters didn't have the best day out.

On the other hand Kate and Dave came 4th in a combined div 8/9 race beating a number of div 8 crews and the sun shone. That promotion has to be iminent.

Overall the club got 2 points.

Congratulations to Matthew Whittle winning Saturday's & Sunday's division 3 Men's K1 event & Gari Sumner for gaining 5th position on the Saturday which gave him enough points to be promoted to division 2!

Full results of this event are available from www.canoeslalom.co.uk

Further dates for your diary:  Bala Mill Div 2/3 (double) Sept 26 & 27 (1 event Sat, 1 event Sun)

                                              Stone  Div 3/4 Oct 11th

That then more or less is the end of the slalom season

Good luck to everyone competing in the interclubs in befford at the weekend - especially those doing their first ever paddlesport competition!