WS 2018-19 Race 1: Stortford Results

The series opened as usual at Stortford, in perfect weather conditions. The 127 competitors included a large field of senior K2s on the long course (19 boats) and a good turn out of u12 K1s on the short course (16 entries).

The fastest competitor was Keith Moule, whose time of 54:36 was less than a minute off the course record he set back in 2014 (53:47) but extremely closely followed by a number of his team-mates.

Emma Russell and James Walkington's (CLM) time of 56:26 in the 7 mile K2 race was not after all (as reported earlier in error) a course record for mixed K2 (that was set at 53:08 by Mark Wilkes and Kat Wilson in 2016), but was nevertheless an excellent time. 

Class winners were:
Class 9 (Senior K2) - Emma Russell & James Walkington (CLM)
Class 8 (K1 Open) - Keith Moule (CLM)
Class 7 (Vet M K1) - Mike Martin (LBZ)
Class 6 (u18 M K1) - Euan Caton (BSF)
Class 5 (u16 M K1) - Jonathan Pirmuhamedov (CLM)
Class 4 (16+ K1 & Adv C1) - Octavia Abbott (BSF)
Class 3 (u16 K2 & MC2) - Paul Stanning & NIgel Dixon (LBZ)
Class 2 (u16 F K1)  - Kathryn Comben (CLM)
Class Blue (u14 M K1) - Philip Levkovsky (EAL)
Class Red (u14 F K1 & C1) - Imogen Hunter (CAM)
Class GP - Oliver Lancashire (CLM)
Class Yellow (u12 K1) - Gruff Thomas (EAL)

Ten clubs were represented. Chelmsford were the winning team with Stortford 2nd and Leighton Buzzard 3rd. In the Dick Grieve table (based on performance by novice juniors only) the result also Chelmsford 1st and Stortford 2nd, but Leaside CC in third place. The full race results can be seen on the Winter Series results page.

The next race will be at Cambridge on 25th November - see Cambridge race details.