WS 2024-24 Race 5: Chelmsford results

Despite overnight temperatures of -5, the river Can did not freeze and the race was able to go ahead with 108 competitors.

Class winners were:
Class 1 (K2 16+ M) - Alessio Fiacco & Simon Margot (CAM)
Class 2 (K2 16+ Mixed) - Matthew Johnson & Leah Falltrick (CLM)
Class 3 (K2 16+ F) - Sienna Payne & Lauren Avery (CLM)
Class 4 (Marathon C2) - Chris Howe & Adrian Pyke (CAM)
Class 5 (K1 Sen M) - Tim Gannicott-Porter (CLM)
Class 6 (K1 Sen F) - Leanne Brown (MAI)
Class 7 (K1 Vet M) - Doug Herbert (CLM)
Class 8 (K1 Vet F) - Gayle McKeand (CLM)
Class 9 (K1 u18 M) - Cassian Payne (CLM)
Class 10 (K1 u18 F) - May Perrin (CLM)

Class 20 (K1 SuperVet M) - Ben Tubby (BSF)
Class 22 (K2 u16) - Edith Smerdon & Olivia Logie-Simpson (CLM)
Class 23 (K1 u16 M) -  Ewan Bates (LBZ)
Class 24 (K1 u16 F) -  Rebecca Perrin (CLM)

Class 25 (C1 Adv) - Rob Passmore (TON)
Class 30 (Touring C2) - Andy Porter & Dean Williams (CLM)
Class 31 (K1 u14 M) - Marco Mangiantini (ROY)
Class 32 (K1 u14 F) - Freya Bentley (CLM)
Class 33 (C1 Novice) - Petr Luksan (BSF)
Class 34 (GP 16+ M) - Tim Chamberlin (CLM)
Class 34 (GP 16+ F) - Deborah Wilkes (CLM)
Class 38 (K1 u12 M) - Ethan Tingay (LBZ)
Class 40 (K1 Open) - Ian Birch (CLM)

See

• the full race & series results on the Winter Series results page
• a few photos of the Chelmsford race on Google Photos
  

The MRC have awarded divisional promotions to Paul Cooper (TON), Betsy Ray (RIC), and Marco Mangiantini (ROY). The home team also had a large number of promotions: Louis Auvray, James Benson, Aaron Birch, Ian Birch Harry Boggis, Alessio Bose, Bruno Bose, Jacqueline Hampton, Darren Harvey, Olivia Logie-Simpson, Kasper  Neilsen, Chris Slade,  and Edith Smerdon.

The overall winning club were Chelmsford CC (406 points) followed by Cambridge CC (102), and then B. Stortford CC third (63). Chelmsford CC also lead on Dick Grieve points (for novice juniors), but Leighton Buzzard CC held second place and B. Stortford third.

The next race will be the series finals, at Leighton Buzzard on Sunday 26th January. This will include the presentation of the series trophies for each class. Details of the race can be found on the online entry system at https://entries.canoemarathon.org.uk/entries. Entries are already open and will close on Friday 24th January.