Trophy Glory at the National Championships
Report on the Paddle-Ability National Championships Aug 31st – Sept 1st
The Paddle-Ability National Championships are always held at the last sprint regatta of the year at Holme Pierrepont. This is the chance for all the paddlers to win medals and trophies for all the effort and hard work they have put in over the year. The weather wasn’t particularly kind as it was blustery with a nasty side wind on the Sunday, which meant that Personal Best times were difficult to achieve.
However, in the 200metre K1 race on the Saturday Zac Marshall beat his previous best by .6 of a second, and LewysDavies knocked 5.48 seconds off his Personal Best.
On Sunday, Lewys repeated this in the 500 metre K1 race taking 4.76 seconds off his previous best, and Cassie Glavesjoined him, taking an impressive 9.26 seconds off her time.
Zac joined Jacob Hage in the 500 metre K2 race where they took 6 seconds off their previous PB.
4As paddlers did particularly well this year, coming away with 3 out of the major 5 trophies, including, Junior Mens A,won by Zac Marshall with five Gold medals and 1 Bronze , Junior Mens B, won by Lewys Davies with 3 Golds, a Silver and 2 Bronze medals, and the Junior Womens trophy, won by Dakota Thompson Martin, with 3 Gold and 3 Silver medals.
Zac and Dakota also won the Junior male and female Most Improved Paddler trophies, whilst Beth Fisher won the Adult female Most Improved
4As newest recruits Lewys Davies and Cassie Glaves also won the Male and Female Endeavour awards
4 A’s will be in action again at the Lincoln Marathon on Sunday.