Stafford & Stone Canoe Club News Archive: 2006

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Half Term Opportunity with Community Club Coach: Taster session for beginners at half term >> more. (10/06)

Stone Town Cup: Congratulations to Sam Johnson for winning the Stone Town Cup this year (2006). He put in the fastest aggregate time of any ranked paddler over the two days of racing - in a C1. Plus he secured promotion from Div 3 to Div 2. Well done Sam! (10/06)

Club Work Day: There was a great turn out for the recent club work day, when members helped out by clearing up the river, putting up new wires and spring cleaning the club house. (10/06)

Interclubs Champions - yet again: Stafford and Stone were Interclub champions for the 15th time this year, though possibly in the closest event to date with only 3 points separating the victors from St. Albans.(10/06)

More Promotions: The heady heights of Premier beckon for Adam Burgess, Joe Clarke, Natalie Wilson and Emily Woodcock following their promotions. Also promoted are Bethany Horton and Dan Wright from Div 3 to 2 and Lucia McIntire from Div 4 to 3.(10/06)

Staffs and Stone at the Junior/U23 Euros: Read all about the club involvment at the Junior/U23 Euros held at Nottingham this summer both on and off the water (10/06)

Stafford and Stone Club Trip To France: Follow the adventures of those padders and their families who ventured over to France this summer (10/06)

Junior Worlds: Three of Stafford and Stone's Juniors were at Solkan for the Junior World Championships This month.Sarah Chynoweth did well in qualifying to place 15th but fell to 28th in the semifinals and didn't qualify for the final. In the C1s there were high hopes as Mark Proctor qualified in 3rd and Greg Pitt in 2nd. Greg said that his runs were good but nothing special. He also commented that the top paddlers wouldn't be racing flat out for qualifying. A promising start to the race though. then came team runs and the C1s were again on form and managed a podium place with third. World Class Start's second International Medal since it began. Sadly, for the semi final, neither Mark or Greg were able to continue with the success. Greg hit two gates and didn't feel he was in tune with the course and Mark had to paddle back for a missed gate. Greg's feeling after the race was that the medals were well within their capability in terms of speed and skill. Getting it right on the day is the other important factor which should come with experience. (07/06)

More promotions to Prem: After only five Div 1 races Stafford and Stone had already had 3 club members promoted to Premier out of the current total of four promotees. Tom Brady was the first being promoted with three wins out of four races and he was swiftly followed by Claire Kimberley and Rob Downes. Rob's promotion also came from three wins, two at Nottingham and the other at Tryweryn earlier in the year. Claire also had two wins at Nottingham and her other three results were good enough to have her promoted on points. We are expecting that there will be quite a few more club members in Premier by the end of the season. Well done. (07/06)

First Man Promoted to Prem this Season: Tom Brady, 15, earned himself promotion into the canoe slalom Premier division after his third race win at Nottingham last weekend. (07/06)

Junior/Veteran British Championships: Canoeists from a SSCC swept the board at the 2006 British Junior/Veteran Canoeing Championship whilst two other club members competed at International World Cup races (06/06)

Club Awards: Stafford and Stone Canoe Club has recently been awarded Sport England Clubmark accreditation, Top Performance Club status and Top Community Club status! More detail to follow but meanwhile congratulations to all those involved in making this happen. (05/06)

Promotees: Congratulations to the 6 paddlers who were promoted at Bala Mill. Ed Joyce moves up to Div 2, Sam Johnson, Mike Wilson, Bethan Crawshaw, Tanya Gibbons and Steph Wood all move up to Div 1. Also well done to Hannah Norish who was promoted to Div 1 at Matlock. (05/06)

Senior Selection 2006: Following an extremely testing three race series there were upsets and joy as paddlers fought for team places. Yet again SSCC has a number of paddlers in the GB Teams (05/06)

Cancer Challenge Canoe Polo: Hatfield Water Park, Doncaster on June 9th & 10th (05/06)

Stafford & Stone Mini League Rivalry: an alternative ranking system (04/06)

Junior Selection 2006: Another great performance from Stafford and Stone paddlers. (04/06)

Stone Early Season Slaloms: the early season Stone races have been a great success for the club as well as for many individuals from the club (04/06)

Oscars, Cowboys & Country Dancing: the annual club social was a big success (03/06)