Masters and Marathon Medals

Busy times, but lots of medals from the weekend: At the Masters Championship Regatta, Robin won 3 gold and 3 bronze (with Jerry), and Helen and Siobhan also came back with 3 bronzes. At the same time, Joe was racing on the GB Development Team at the German Marathon...

Easter Training Camp

This week’s training camp was a real test of resilience for the juniors – but they kept coming back.  The weather continues to blight all sporting events at the moment but luckily, as we train on the canal rather than the river, we are still able to get...

Devizes to (Westminster) Wokingham

A number of Banbury crews took on the Everest of kayaking – the Devizes to Westminster race.  Sadly, the winner this year was the weather.  As the water levels rose and rose, and conditions deteriorated, the organisers had to make the incredibly difficult...

Joe’s going to Germany

Following the Elmbridge Assessment Race, Joe Petersen has been selected for the development team going out to the German Nationals.  Having raced at the Europeans and Worlds last year, this is Joe’s first year in the U23 category, so he has done very well to be...

Thank you to Tescos

We’re delighted that, for March and April, we are one of the Tescos Bags of Help nominations for Banbury.  This will help us to raise up to £4,000 which we will use to buy new beginner boats, as ours are really past their best, and we don’t want to put...

International selection for Rob

Congratulation to BDCC  member, Rob Jefferies.  Following the selection trials at Grand Tully, Scotland last weekend, he has been selected to represent GB at the Wildwater World Championships in Switzerland at the end of May.  This will be Rob’s second year on...