Southampton Canoe Club

Thank you to all the awesome club coaches, for spending yet another day at the club, learning and developing. Plus thank you to Sophie, Jane, Ben and Imogen for attending, supporting, presenting and developing us.

Congratulations to Beth and Andre representing GB at the French Canoe Marathon National Championships in Temple-Sur-Lot.

Fantastic results with a First and Second place between them.

Thank you to the Volunteers who took them.

MacGregor 22 Paddle Report

Top 10 for Team Southampton Canoe Club.

What an awesome weekend, we took our largest ever team to the MacGregor Interclub Sprint regatta over the weekend with 27 paddlers entered to take part in 83 races and what a weekend we had. Plus Congratulations to Lu becoming the Girls Intermediate Kayak Series Champion!! And Orla taking the silver medal in the Girls Mini Sprint B competition.

Our paddlers took on to race 200, 500 or 1000 meters with regatta regulars and new faces both taking on the challenge of seeing if we can get into the top 10 Sprint Clubs in the country for the first time ever and I am pleased to report that in the provisional results Southampton came 7th.

It was a hot weekend with close humid conditions, and with our racers racing from around 9am to 7pm it was a long day. We started with the thousand metre distance with several people saying it looked much further in a straight line.

Highlights of the weekend included Lu charging down the regatta lake with Xiao, jumping on a bike to charge down again in her K1 all within ten minutes, The Boys A/B K4 paddling the length of the course with only two paddles between them and the amount of smiles and friendly support in the Team SOU camp.

It was great to see Dan, Emily, Josie, Xiao, and Chloe making their sprint debut, and also to welcome back Charlie and Jacob after a break. There was an overload of Season Best and Personal Best results on what was not a fast course.

Top results were Andre and Nathaniel winning the Boys A K4 (with Joe and Huw from Nottingham), Sheila taking Gold in the Girls C 500. A clutch of silvers including Orla coming 2nd in the Mini Sprint B class, Andre in Boys A 500, the Men's K4 of Dan, Jack, James and Rob in the 500m, Beth and Poppy with their crew of Mille and Amber in the Girls A/B/C 500, Sheila in the 200m, and our Minisprint B K4 including Chloe and Orla, plus their crew from Banbury. Ben and Sheila complete the list by storming to 3rd in the Mixed C/D 500.

You can see the official results here

Congratulations to Southampton Paddlers Beth and Andre on their selection to represent British Canoeing at the French National Championships.

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Congratulations to all our fantastic athletes competing at the National Marathon Championships over the weekend, some fantastic results including:
Andre Under 16 K1 National Champion
Beth Under 16 K2 Silver Medal
Orla Under 10 K1 Silver Medal

Canoe Sprint July 22 Junior and Under 23 National Championships Regatta

Excitement was high as the Southampton Canoe Club Sprint Team gathered at the National Watersports Center in Nottingham last weekend. This regatta sees the culmination of the years effort for our junior and U23 paddlers, and what a weekend it was.

Saturday dawned as a damp day with a strong headwind and our 10 athletes looked down the course expecting a tough event with the strength of the other competitors and the conditions to cope with. We knew at that point that we had to control the controllables and the rest will unfold.

The first day was a hard day with a downpour at lunch ensuring that our paddlers were wet from above and below, however the sun shone on the second day and a much brighter day for the weather and results dawned.

Success was sweet with Andre, Beth and Nathaniel winning national championship titles, Poppy was so close to achieve silver and Xavier and Beth bringing home bronze medals. But beyond the title races it was great to see some of our younger paddlers making an impact, with Elouise in Bronze position in the Girls Intermediate, and Orla setting up the next wave or Southampton Paddlers by paddling in the mini sprint classes across singles, doubles and fours.

Our next Sprint is in September for the MacGregor Paddle Challenge where clubs compete to win the Historic Paddle that John MacGregor used in his epic journey described in his book “A Thousand Miles in a Canoe”. We are hoping to bring a big team.

Racing is underway on the second day at the Junior National Canoe Sprint Championships. You can follow the results on regattaresults.org.uk/automenu.php

Good luck to Southampton Paddler Xavier Hinves, representing GB and racing at the U23 European Canoe Sprint Championships in Belgrade Serbia, this week.

He is racing in the K4 500m with Alex Macintyre, Ben Gallacher and Finn Cadell, having been selected at the April regatta.

They will be racing in their heat on Thursday 23rd at 15.40bst in race 55, with placings 1 to 3 going to the final and places 4 to 7 going to the Semi final

You can follow the action on Thursday here https://youtu.be/89v2LPojR4Y and view the Timetable and start lists here https://timetable.europecanoeevents.com/index.php?gmt=2&gmt2=-120

Canoe Sprint June 22 Senior and Masters National Championships Regatta

The wind blew will be the lasting memory of the 2022 Senior and Masters National Championship regatta at the National Watersports Centre in Nottingham, over the Queen's Jubilee Weekend. It will be seared into the memory of many of Southampton’s Paddlers with many stories to tell on how big the waves were, or how fast they were able to go.

Southampton Canoe Club was represented by 12 brave athletes who took on the conditions with Xav Hinves bringing home a Senior Silver medal, over 500m with the Four person Kayak that he plans to represent GB in later this month, whilst Damon Grimsey and James Hinves took silver in the Mens Masters O44 double 500m.

Meanwhile in the juniors there were some fantastic results. For the Girls, Beth, Poppy, Scarlet and Lou set a personal best each and in the boys Fletcher set 3 personal bests, Nathaniel 2, Ben 1 and first timer Sam across the board.

Key highlights of the weekend included seeing all of our paddlers cope with the conditions, including Lou and Scarlett, successfully keeping their double and four straight, when many others were being turned by the wind, and Ben and Sam storming all of their races.

There is now four weeks to prepare for the Junior National Championships in July with hopefully less wind and more medals to report next time.

Racing has started at the June regatta.

It's a bit chilly but conditions are good.

Great to see so many friends, both old and new racing in the Southampton Wild Water Race Yesterday. Its was a fab day and great to see so many paddlers taking their first paddle strokes on moving water.

Many thanks to Woodmill Outdoor Activities Centre for hosting the event, and to all of the hard working volunteers to making the race happen!

See you all again next time.

Fancy trying something a bit different? Race through the Historic Salmon Pool, challenge your skills to pilot your boat through the pool and weir as fast as possible?

On the 12th February 2022 Southampton Canoe Club, will hold their 2nd Wild Water Race, for more information and to enter please visit https://www.wildwater.org.uk/race/southampton-sprint-2022/

Please note there is no Competitor parking on site - however you can drop your boat off before moving to the Public Car Park.

Thankyou to Woodmill Outdoor Activities Centrefor providing the venue and supporting the event

And whilst you are here why not visit our friends Woodmill Coffee & Kitchen for some well earnt sustenance

Congratulations to our four new British Canoeing Racing Coaches, Matt Hinves, Stuart Leather, Duncan Gray & Jack Gilbert-johns

And many thanks to Pete Catterall for running a great weekend despite the conditions, and to the British Canoeing Coaching Bursary for their contribution.

Congratulations to the four Southampton CC Athletes, selected for this years Hampshire Talented Athlete Scheme.
https://www.energiseme.org/funding-support/hampshire-talented-athlete-scheme/
The Hampshire Talented Athlete Scheme supports athletes to reach their goals in Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games disciplines. It is funded by Hampshire County Council and Energise Me us to support local athletes on their path to the world stage.
This will help Xav, Nathaniel, Beth and Andre over the next year to develop their Paddling.

Ready to try something new? Southampton Canoe Clubs 2nd Wild Water Race is on the 12th Feb 2022
Entries https://www.wildwater.org.uk/race/southampton-sprint-2022/

Good luck Beth! As she heads off to race at the Olympic Hopes Regatta in Racice, CZ. Beth has just returned from representing Southampton at the Macgregor regatta in Nottingham and what better way to top that but with representing GB abroad! This is the culmination of this years hard work and dedication and we trust there is more to come in the future.

You can follow the event here https://canoeracice.com/cz/ and the live stream can be found here http://www.youtube.com/canoeracice

What a Weekend

Southampton Canoe Club took 14 Athletes to race in the Macgregor Paddle National Canoe Sprint Regatta, and what a weekend it was! Everyone who raced achieved not only season bests but personal bests really valuing the hard work they have put in over the last year.

As the weather improved so did the performances, with Poppy Gilbert-Johns and Beth Perry taking 1st and 2nd in Girls C 500m with less than half a second between them, Sheila Cabarique winning both her Girls D K1 Finals and James Bourne winning Boys D 500m but congratulations should be extended to all for their enthusiasm and smiles. Nathaniel Lamb and his doubles partner Ed Butler from Nottingham Kayak Club won both the 200 and 1000m Boys C/D doubles races before adding the other Southampton boys doubles partnership of James Bourne and Fletcher Cramer to take bronze in the Fours 500m race

The first day was rounded off with a very social BBQ at the campsite giving the opportunity to see another Southampton Paddler race at the World Championships in Portugal. It was also Beths last race practice before going off to represent GB at the Olympic Hopes regatta later in the month.

The Macgregor Paddle is named after the godfather of British Canoe sport John Macgregor author of 1000 miles in a Rob Roy Canoe and his paddles are still used today as the trophy for this prestigious competition.
Southampton Canoe Club are still recruiting to their successful team please get in touch if you would like to take part!

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Congratulations Xavier, Racing today in the Junior World Championships in Portugal, an awesome achievement

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Its going to be a busy weekend!

Club athlete Xav Hinves will be representing GB at the Junior World Championships in Portugal this weekend racing in the 500m Kayak singles and the 1000m doubles with his racing partner from Elmbridge CC. You will be able to follow the action on the live stream https://www.youtube.com/c/PlanetCanoe with his first race being 10.21 on Friday. Picture below showing the GB team arriving at the venue.

Meanwhile closer to home 14 Athletes will be racing At the National Watersports Centre in the Canoe Sprint Club Championships. You can follow their progress here https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fchannel%2FUC3-mc77D9ugDOzgTrhGwAug%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1bhv-_2Vg92XBgTbuV1U7cF3vbr64gZ_XqBtDctFyT5WEPJ9Pc1kOgF8A&h=AT1ck8S_zqGz4qFsuvqkauOokm-cDX5AyHG9izmUbzBnUmVunHwjinOqNuJww3J1U6GM3bFcgFHeMOq-iPWBIpJSAJnmNRjoDSC4mFlBmygfrAq04pt50dkt5rc1UVPl0Q&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT08NqNX7lOJrhv5H8jXC5cWyEJ72S7WZD5CFu4IoNGg0ev2Oi_l16HdhzcxEDqDcokacPSU6BSsrltdJs0SDF3417Mz6GULgRtb_JfujfECz7wPiyAXySJoyl-wicFR9O7I5XYDecVjUSlHLRB_NWdRaUap1RF6GJQ

Over the weekend our paddlers raced at the Canoe Marathon National Championships held in Reading on the River Thames, Conditions varied from Gray and damp to brilliant sunshine making for difficult racing conditions but a set of fantastic performances were delivered.
Lou set us up with a fantastic first race coming in first in the Mini K1, Xav followed up last week’s success taking the National Title in the Boys U18 Doubles event with his partner Zac from Elmbridge CC, Beth and Poppy stormed home in second place in the U16 girls K2. And Richard and Guy showed that the Vets still can compete taking Silver in the Over 54 Men’s Doubles.
Full results can be found on the National Championships website http://nationals.reading-canoe.org.uk/
The next race is our home race on the 25th July, if you are interested in starting canoeing and coming to join the team please visit our website https://www.southamptoncc.co.uk/

This weekend we have 19 boats entered in the Canoe Marathon National Championships held on the River Thames at Reading. Where our paddlers will race over 4, 8, 12 or 16 miles with many races including a portage where they have to get out and run with their boat. This is the summation of all of the hard work, training and dreams of the paddlers for 2021, and whilst we wish them good luck we really know is all down to their dedication and hard work.
You will be able to see the livestream of proceedings at the Reading Canoe Club Official YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/ReadingCaneClub.

Southampton's Champion Canoeists
Four Hundred Paddlers from all over the country met in Nottingham for the National Canoe Sprint Championships over the 3rd and 4th July, on a warm but stormy weekend with some very fast times.
Southampton Canoe Club sent a team of 12 juniors and Vets to race in singles, Doubles and Fours over 200, 500 and 1000m and they came home successful!
Xavier Hinves competed in under 18 singles, and doubles with Partner Zac Tarver from Elmbridge CC. These races were over 500m & 1000m. He also took part in the 500m in a four and came home as National Champion in each race and now stands a good chance of being selected for international racing at the World Championships in September.
Richard Kent & Ade Butt raced in the Over 54 class and came home with a gold in 500m and 1000m Doubles, plus a range of other medals in the single events.
Andre Hinves, Nathaniel Lamb, Fletcher Cramer, Damon Grimsey, and James Hinves also came home with at least one medal. With most of the Southampton team scoring either Personal or Season bests.
To Celebrate National Go Paddling Month, Southampton Canoe Clubs is currently running taster sessions for those who wish to get involved in Paddling a Kayak you can sign up here https://www.southamptoncc.co.uk/start-up-sessions/

June Regatta by the SRC

This weekend saw the return of Southampton Canoe Club to the National Water Sports Centre in Nottingham, where over 200 athletes from 42 clubs competed at the June Sprint Regatta.
For some of the club athletes it was their first taste of competitive sprint racing for nearly two years, with the regatta operating under new measures put in place to ensure a Covid safe event.

The day was gloriously hot which made for fast racing conditions on a glass like lake, where athletes competed to see who was the fastest over 200, 500 and 1000 meters in single and double kayaks and canoes.

A small but successful Southampton group came home with three first places, eight personal bests and nine appearances in the major finals. Which hopefully will translate into success in next month's International Selections and National Championships.

You can see our day with the event live stream https://youtu.be/eUjPfy8qIOc

The club is currently running taster sessions for those who wish to get involved in Paddling a Kayak you can sign up here https://www.southamptoncc.co.uk/start-up-sessions/

June Regatta by the SRC

We Paddled, We Ran, We Cycled. This week we have resumed offsite club activity, had 2 online circuits sessions, zoomed through 3 ergo sessions, been bamboozled by a great thinking quiz (Who knew how heavy a pigeon is?) Plus we have taken part in our Un-Hasler race. We are looking forwards to seeing you all soon!

Although we are not yet ready to start introducing new paddlers if you would like to join us please contact us and we will come back to you as soon as we can.

The sun shone as the membership remembered how to take to the water this week, although we are not yet running club sessions or new member courses it was great to see how many people are out and about!
In addition this week we had the second round of our Un-Hasler race, with the leaders starting to show their prowess. Another fantastic quiz from PGJ tested our minds and gave us the chance to see each other. Circuits and the anything goes ergo sessions continued, with great thanks to Lucy, Emily and Tina for putting us through our paces.

Well what a difference a week makes. This week we have had an interesting quiz tour of Southampton as our club social, our ergo and circuits sessions have continued, but this weeks highlight is the socially distanced return to water, with many members taking advantage of the great weather. We are looking forwards to seeing you all on the water together soon.

Today, we have been racing the Basingstoke Canal Un-Hasler Race - so far 17 results in, with racers choosing either running 3,5,8 or 10km or cycling 5,10,20 or 30km.
There have been some fantastic results and fun.
Awesome Job all of you who took part. See you in two weeks for the Reading Un-Hasler.
Many thanks to Rebecca Newton and Exeter CC for the idea.

Fantastic nights racing tonight organised by Jacob.
"It was well good" was the understated praise, from one family. The amount of work put in and imagination involved was amazing!

Phil won again for the second week in a row and will be running next weeks challenge, with Hinves family coming second again for the 4th time in a row.

Thank you Jacob

Keeping a Club a Club During Covid 19

We are being featured nationally as a good practice example!
https://www.britishcanoeing.org.uk/news/2020/keeping-a-club-during-covid-19

Keeping a Club a Club During Covid 19 The Covid 19 period has forced us all to work differently and changed how we operate and communicate. Whilst clubs and their paddlers may not be able to get on

Many thanks to all who came today to the Southampton CC Wild Water Race race today, it was great to see both old and new friends. Special thanks though to all the volunteers who turned out to make the race possible.
Results below, Race Report to follow.
We learnt a lot - please let us know if you have any thoughts on the event

Congratulations to Matt and Xav Hinves,Dan Grimsey and Tom Holland for their selection into the National Training Squad (NTS) for Kayak Marathon for the coming season.

A massive Congratulations to Xavier Hinves for his England National Squad (ENTS) selection for the new season. Well deserved!

Two evenings this week some of our junior paddlers spent time in the gym at Wi******er University working on technique and benchmarking looking ahead to next season. An enjoyable evening was had by all. Special thanks to Chris Ford and his team for delivering the evening and to Energiseme,Hampshire institute of sport and Hampshire County council for the continued support.

Olympic Hopes 2019 - Bratislava, Zemnik

We are lucky enough to have two Southampton Juniors competing in GB vests this coming weekend. Xavier Hinves at The Olympic Hopes regatta in Bratislava,Slovakia and Beth Perry in the French National Marathon Championships in Tours,France.All the very best to them both.

Olympic Hopes 2019 - Bratislava, Zemnik Dear Sport Fans, Olympic Hopes competition closes in. First starts will be already on Friday 13th September. We make everything to make competitors and fans feel comfortable. Direct on target will be widescreen display, which will transpit images of each race. We also provide live stream via interne...

National Championships Regatta Southampton CC had a great weekends racing at the National Watersports Centre in Nottingham, where our athletes were competing for National medals in Junior, Senior and Masters events. We came away with a big hall of bling, with several notable performances; Xav Hinves came home as U16 1000m K1 and K2 Champion, Emily Hewitt following up on her international success taking both the 200m and 500m Ladies C1 Gold, and the Masters Crew of Kent, Butt, Hinves and Grimsey took the O34/44 500m K4 Title. Many other paddlers achieved medals or personal bests, showing that our training is working and that we have peaked at about the right time Saturday’s weather ranged from extremely challenging through to perfect racing conditions, with one of our boats sinking on the course- we have learnt to wear decks in crew boats! Topped off with a club BBQ on the camp site. This was our biggest sprint team ever with 20 athletes competing, but thanks must go to our support crew of another 11 parents, coaches and supporters who came along to enable the club to perform. With the Medal Tally win a K2 competition we added another 33 points to the 22 the master’s earnt earlier in the year – unfortunately this will probably not be enough to win this year! Dates for next year’s events have been released so get them in your diaries now! 28‐29 March 2020, 25‐26 April 2020, 6‐7 June 2020, 4‐5 July 2020, 5‐6 September 2020. For more information about Competing at the sprints please talk to James Photo Credit Melanie Wing - Thanks Mel