WS 2015-16 Race 4: Barking results

It was a cold day - but not unreasonable given that it is January after all! There was no repeat of yesterday's rain and we even had wintery sunshine. In total there were 107 entries. The new courses (2, 4 or 6 laps) meant that those on the longest course did not need to go out so far into the estuary, and thus avoided the issues with tankers which bedevilled last year's event. It also made a much better race for the spectators who got to see a lot more of the action.

The organisers were careful to check that all boats had buoyancy (note well for next year!) but got everyone onto the water with great efficiency. It was a later than usual start for the race due to the tide, but  the nature of the new courses enabled many of the classes to start simultaneously and prevented much waiting around.

Whilst Chelmsford CC were predictably 1st overall, the home team took a convincing 2nd place, well clear of Leighton Buzzard in 3rd. Barking & Dagenham CC was also the club with the highest scores from its unranked juniors, and moves into the lead for the Dick Grieve trophy.

The full race results can be seen on the Winter Series results page, together with the cumulated positions from the series so far. Also some photos of the race and this YouTube video footage (below) taken by David & Penny from their K2.

Each year Barking presents two special trophies in memory of Bob Porter, to the winners of the u14 Boys and Girls races. This year the winners were Jonathan Pirmuhamedov and Bethany Morris.

The next race will be taking place in two weeks' time at Chelmsford - please note that there is an early start time of 11:00 for those on the short course (classes 13-21), with everyone else starting at 12:00. The aim is to have the prize-giving at 1:00pm. See race details for Chelmsford.