Monday 10 October 2011

Nene WWR October 2011 by Judi Sheehan

Lynette, Mike, Richard and Judi spent Saturday at the Northampton WhiteWater Course.

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Lynette led the way on the practice runs, negotiating the drops easily, with Mike also expertly steering his boat down the white water.

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Richard and Judi as beginners, kayaked half a course before trying the full length of it.

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Richard flew over the longer drop, capsized, but was soon up and finishing.

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The practice runs over, the two timed runs brought mixed fortunes. However, the final results showed Rutland coming away with 3 medals: one gold, and two silvers.N'hampton ww 011J at start

The purpose built circular course is a great experience of white water for all levels- there were kayakers from 9 years upwards.

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As beginners, we felt safe, - the pumped water was clean and being a circular course meant there was no long haul back to the start. Also, you could easily watch others as they paddled the course.

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An eventful and thoroughly enjoyable day, many thanks to Mike and Lynette for their coaching and encouragement.

A short snippet of video on the back straight:

 

More photos can be found at the club gallery site.

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