Canoe Slalom
Blades finished off the 2012 Canoe Slalom season with our paddlers achieving many successes despite a difficult year with several competition cancellations. First due to drought and then floods. Some of our more experienced paddlers had the opportunity to train on the Lee Valley Olympic course prior to the Olympics.
6 out of 8 new paddlers were promoted from division 4 to 3 during the year.
No doubt inspired by the Olympics, the end of season saw Edison Morgan-Johnson being promoted to division 1. Both Alfie (K1) and Jacob (C1) narrowly missed promotion from division 2 to 1 in the last race of the season. With the team well into winter training and seeing lots of improvement and development in skills, 2013 is looking to be another exciting year for Blades!
The unofficial end of season rankings. (The rankings change at the beginning of the new season due to paddlers dropping down from the higher divisions. They are then ranked at the top of the next division).
51 Meredith Westall J16
82 Daniel Norman J16
NR Edison Morgan-Johnson J18
17 Bethany Westall J14
6 Alfie Phillips J16
82 Ryan O’Shea-Pert J14
101 Jamie Lewis U23
105 Seth Hastie J16
113 Jake Hutchinson J14
121 Nick Westall M
6 Jacob Brown J16
17 Beverley Morgan M
23 Hannah Nash J16
43 Amanda Westall M
29 Oscar Cano Mole J12
52 Dan Daley U23
63 Jamie Maher J16
73 Mark Pert M
98 Ian Rowlands M
143 Conor Maher J12
172 Alexander Abbott J14
184 Robin Phillips M
3 Isla Arnott J10
84 Loreta Ozolina J12
K1 Men, Division 4
6 Roan Westall J10
119 Toby Phillips J12
126 Jack Stone J18
156 Richard West J16
162 Hugo Cano Mole M
167 Aaron Norris J16
181 Peter Stanton J18
196 Joe Wilson J16
206 Benjamin Hibberd J10
Oscar Cano-Mole
Ben Rowlands Promoted to Div3
