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Jennifer
Hutt of Cumbernauld and Kilsyth KC and Shuna Braithwaite of
Argyll KC became the new British U16 K2 Marathon Champions
at National Marathon Championships in Norwich over the week-end
of 28th & 29th July convincingly beating a crew from Chester
and Ireland into 2nd place. Last year, they took 3rd place
in the U14 age group this is their first year paddling in
the U16 event which meant that their race this year was over
8 miles against last year's 4 and also had to complete 2 portages
from the lake where most races started into the river Yare
and then back again after a 6 mile circuit on the river.
A
Total of 11 Scottish paddlers took part in the event bringing
back medals in 5 separate events.
Shaun
Caven from Linlithgow KRC paddling with Jamie Mayers from
Runcorn took 1st place by several minutes in the Division
3/4 K2 race wining the gold medal.
In
the Division 5/6 K2 event, Alan Mackintosh of Kirkcaldy CC
and Jonathan Hutt of Cumbernauld and Kilsyth KC took the bronze
medal position.
In
the Division 3 K1 event, Shaun Caven was again paddling well
and took the bronze medal which was an excellent performance
considering that he had raced 12 miles the day before..
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Michael
Chalmers of Kirkcaldy CC took the silver medal in the Division
5 K1 race after a closely fought final sprint. Jonathan Hutt
took 4th place narrowly missing out on a second bronze medal
with Alan Mackintosh only a few places behind.
Other
competitors from Scotland were Neil Chalmers in Division 4
K1, Brian and Margaret Chapman from Kirkcaldy CC who paddling
in the Division 5/6 K2 race and Margaret also paddled in the
Division 6 K1 race as well. Fiona Hutt paddled in the Division
7 race. Both Fiona and Margaret were the first women to finish
in their respective divisions. Nicholas Crossan and Alasdair
Hutt were the two youngest Scottish competitors, they took
part in the Division 7/8 K2 and also in Divisions 8 and 9
K1 respectively.
All the
paddlers had to deal with temperatures of around 28 degrees
and high humidity which meant that there was a major risk
of dehydration becoming a problem particularly with races
of Division 3 and above where the distances were 12 or 15
miles.
For more
information about canoe racing, see the Sprint
and Marathon pages on this web site.
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