Basingstoke Canal Kayak Race 2010        images

On Sunday 16th May, 4 Bryanston boats raced on the canal at Basingstoke.

In Division 9, in a large field of 36 competitors, Peter Thorp and Leo Turnell-Ritson were placed 5th and 8th and were promoted to Divisions 7 and 8 respectively.

Harry Armytage and Tom Harris won the Division 7 K2 event and Christo O'Rorke was placed 9th in the equivalent K1 race.

Some excellent results early in the divisional racing season.

SHJ

Devizes to Westminster 2010 Photos

Exe & Barle whitewater trip 2009

Half a dozen pupils took advantage of the high water levels and completed a run down part of the river Exe in Devon. This went so well that everyone jumped into the minibus and drove to the river Barle and paddled that as well.

Some photos.

Windsor divisional marathon 2009

Nine pupils competed in the Windsor divisional kayak marathon on Sunday week 6 of the Autumn term, a four mile race on the Thames.
Ellie Grugeon represented the Bryanston girls entry whilst Oscar Ward, James Horton, Ryan Coles, Leo Turnell-Ritson and Giles Doherty all competed well on a tricky course for their first fixture. Tom Harris and Harry Armitage came first in their k2 division and Christo O'Rorke came fourth in his, which was enough to see him promoted to division 7 in K1.

Waterside B 2009

Waterside A and Thameside 1 2009

Stour descent 2008

Six pupils and two staff took part in the Stour descent on a cold Decembers day.

See some photos.

Whitewater trips 2008

On two succesive weekends in November a group from the 'C' yeargroup and then a group of A-level paddlers experienced some whitewater paddling in Devon.

The Cs played on the big water of the Exe before trying rock dodging on the river Barle.

The following weekend the 'A' group zapped down the Exe and the Barle in one day to leave the Sunday free for a long run down the river Dart.

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Windsor divisional.

Joe Weld and SHJ were placed third in Division 7 and Charlie Markus was placed third in Division 8, earning a promotion to Division 7.
In their first marathon race, Charlie Hughes and Harry Aitcheson produced an outstanding performance, winning Division 9 by over a minute.  This is the best performance from any C crew at Bryanston  in over ten years. The future is bright!

Photos

Poole harbour canoe & sailing clubs joint camping expedition.

A good weekend was had by all. See the photos.

Exe circuit

Three paddlers from Bryanston entered the Exe circuit divisional race, our last race of the term.  James Lancaster won the class he entered and gave the two ‘C’ boys something to aspire to. Photos.

Bristol canoe marathon.

Six paddlers from the 'C' yeargroup, all of whom started paddling this term, entered the Bristol divisional marathon race.  Ciaran O'Toole finished in 2nd place K1 and Jack Grainger-Adams in a K2 with James Duncan also finished in 2nd place, both in division 9. A few photos here.

Devizes to Westminster 2008

Four Bryanston crews competed at DW 2008 this Easter.

Conditions were very challenging. High winds, heavy rain, snow, sleet and hail battered the competitors relentlessly throughout the race. At night, temperatures dropped to minus 10.
On the Henley Straight the headwind was so strong, and the waves so large, that crews were forced to leave the river and run up the towpath for 2½ miles.
In the senior overnight event, more that half of the crews retired – mostly through hypothermia.

In the senior 4 day event 40 crews started, but only 27 finished. Mr Colcott and Mr Hill were placed 4th.

Of the 84 junior crews that started, 73 finished.
Baz Street and Brad Jarvis were placed 40th
Jay Yates and Iain Fleet were placed 26th
and Max Milward and Charlie Markus were placed 22nd
Max and Charlie are also awarded the Shield for the Fastest Bryanston Crew.

See some photos here.

Waterside D

Six paddlers from Bryanston competed in Waterside D, the last and, at 34 miles, the longest of the pre-DW races.
All of our paddlers performed well with Max & Charlie taking home a trophy for 2nd place in the series overall.
Some photos here.

Thameside 2 & Waterside C

During half term the DW squad competed at two events.

At Thameside 2 (19 miles) the crews of Iain Fleet and Charlie Markus, and Ellie Grugeon and Georgie Martin were both placed 3rd in their respective classes.
Messrs Perkins and Collcott were placed 6th in their class.

At Waterside C (23 miles) Max Milward and Charlie Markus were placed 7th/35 in the Junior K2 class. Messrs Hill and Collcott were placed 10th/43 in the highly competitive Senior K2 class.

Waterside B

Four kayaks completed the 18 mile "Waterside B" race on the Kennet & Avon canal from Newbury to Aldermaston and back again.
Max Millward and Charlie Markus paddled brilliantly, outpacing Jay Yates and Iain Fleet who narrowly finished in front of Baz Street and Scott Eggelhoeffer.. Mr Collcott just about managed to hang onto his head-start on this hot and difficult course, alongside a few hundred other competitors.

8th out of 37 junior K2s Charlie Markus & Max Milward   02:55:17
17th Iain Fleet & Jay Yates   03:10:10
20th Scott Eggelhoefer & Baz Street   03:13:37
14th Richard Collcott   03:00:18

Thameside 1

Some photos
Five paddlers from Bryanston started this years Thameside 1 race organised by Reading canoe club. The course started at Aldermaston and headed down the Kennet & Avon canal to Reading where competitors had to paddle to the finish against the flow of the Thames.
All had a good race apart from Iain Fleet who misjudged a low bridge...

Max Millward & Charlie Markus finished 5th Boys K2 in a time of 01:54:07
Mr Collcott finished in 6th place Veteran K1 in a time of 01:58:05
Iain Fleet & Jay Yates retired...

Waterside A 2008

Some photos here.
Six crews from Bryanston attended Waterside A, the first and shortest race in this four race series.
Over 300 seperate kayaks and canoes were raced from Great Bedwin to Newbury, a total of around 13 miles.
Weather conditions were near-perfect and all of our crews performed extremely well.

Jay Yates & Rory Trow placed 12th with a time of 2h17m10s
Iain Fleet & Max Millward placed 16th with a time of 2h24m44s
Baz Street & Scott Eggelhoeffer placed 17th with a time of 2h26m30s
Ellie Grugeon & Georgie Martin placed 18th in the K2 ladies category with a time of 2h42m55s
Mr. Jones & Mr. Collcott placed 9th Senior K2 in 2h06m43s
Mr.Hill & Mr.Day in their first race experience placed 50th with a time of 2h52m38s