Three of our Juniors (Shannon Judge, Thomas & William Mayer), took the long trip to Solkan Slovenia on the lovely green Soca river. For William and Shannon it was the first time racing in Solkan. The format of the race is 1 qualification run followed by a final. With over […]
Yearly archives: 2019
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The international season got underway for the British team last weekend in Pau, France at the ECA European Championships. Having spent a lot of time there in 2017 and with the Lee Valley World Cup (next round of Olympic selection) on the horizon, we chose to not spend as much time […]
It was a large group of S&SCC paddlers who made the short trip to Ironbridge last weekend. Nigel Evans and his team had done a sterling job setting up the course and getting everything ready for the racing, no mean feat at Jackfields. Racing was for Division 2 & 3 […]
Slalom inspires, at the end of April, was one of the best experiences of my canoeing life. Despite taking place in Wales, at the midst of Storm Hannah and her 50 mph winds, it was still a fun experience. On the first morning, the first thing we did was a team […]
I have often heard of great weekends away racing at Llandysul and I can now see why! What a beautiful, peaceful and relaxing place! There was a steady flow of S&SCC members arriving at the site on Friday evening and it was a super sight seeing everyone settling down and looking […]
It was just Jessica Croome, Olwen Yates and Finley Croome from the club at Bradford & Bingley Canoe Clubs race at the lovely Wagon Lane. Set on the banks of the River Aire, surrounded by rugby and cricket pitches, you had no idea you were so near a large town. […]
We managed to grab Adam whilst he was home in Stone for a chat about his time canoeing, GB Team selections, Japan 2020 and everything in-between.
This weekend Stafford and Stone Canoe Club held their Annual Junior Taster Sessions. Over the last month the top junior and senior Canoe Slalom athletes from the successful club have been battling it out for places on the 2019 GB Teams, and also competing for that one valuable place on the […]
It was a small but determined team of S&SCC paddlers that headed across to Oughtibridge this weekend. Harry McKenna K1 & C1 Div3, Jessica Croome K1 Div3, Theo Wright K1 Div3, and Finley Croome doing a judges run. Saturdays course was a good one with a couple of potentially tricky […]
S&SCC paddlers have had an amazing weekend at Lee Valley for the senior and Olympic team selections. Read about it here: https://www.britishcanoeing.org.uk/news/2019/magic-monday-sees-close-of-incredible-weekend-of-slalom-racing
It has been a fantastic weekend for the club at Marple Div3/4, with an impressive 19 paddlers taking to the water on Saturday in all classes. For may this was their first time away from Stone. Practice started early and the courses soon got busy, but everyone had soon worked […]