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News Blog

Tiger Boat Racing - Derwentwater Marina

2/5/2018

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It was one of those evenings where I heard several people say “what a stunning venue” - so firstly a big thank you to Derwentwater Marina who kindly provided both this beautiful venue and the boats.  Everyone seemed to enjoy the barbecue - not a frozen burger in sight, just quality meat and freshly baked bread from Thomasons and Brysons. 

Racing Tiger Boats requires a quick start, so teamwork, coordination and some hard graft are essential. Various levels of all of these were achieved! As the evening went on the races became more and more competitive and enthusiastic with lots of happy cheering.  7 races were packed into a hectic 90 minutes of enthusiastic, non-stop racing.

In the end, there can only be one winner and this year there was a tight final between two teams, one from our own members and the other made up from odds and misfits who called themselves the Cumbria Regional Development Team.  The misfits beat us by about a metre!  It was a special pleasure to have the cup presented by Jim Wilson’s two young grandchildren, Emily and Daniel, who had in fact helped crew the winning team!

It was fantastic to see so many local paddlers and clubs coming together to have a great evening of fun on the water.  We would like to say a big thank you to everybody from West Cumbria Canoe Club who helped on Wednesday evening to make it such a successful event and especially to Dave and Sue Williamson from Derwentwater Marina for hosting us all.

Peter Knowles and Alan Ashby for West Cumbria Canoe Club

​Team                         Best time seconds
Cumbria RDT            70.5
WCCC1                        71
WCCC2                       77.5
Penrith P.                   77.8
Penrith M.                  78
Carlisle                        79
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The RDT Team come in first in the final
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WCCC A - the losing finalists
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Busy WCCC members who make the event work!
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The Victorious RDT Team
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Lots of hungry paddlers feeding....
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Dave & Sue - proprietors of Derwentwater Marina
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      • SKE4 VHF Course
      • SKE5 Sea Kayak Demo Day
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      • SKE7 Sea Kayak Gathering - Kircudbright
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      • SKE9 Mull Peer Trip
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      • SKE11 Sea Kayak Gathering - Oban
      • SKE12 Sea Kayak Wild Camp Week Garvellachs, Jura
      • SKE13 Sea Kayak Gathering - Yorkshire Coast
      • SKE14 Sea Kayak Gathering - Mull
      • SKE15 Sea Kayak Wild Camp - Treshnish
      • SKE16 Sea Kayak Gathering - Anglesey
      • SKE17 Sea Kayak Gathering - Piel Island
      • SKE18 Sea Kayak Long Weekend - Summer Isles
      • SKE19 Sea Kayak Gathering - Filey
      • SKE20 Sea Kayak Gathering - Pembrokeshire Coast
      • SKE21 Sea Kayak Wild Camp - Ardnamurchan
      • SKE22 Sea Kayak Gathering - Bass Rocks
      • SKE23 Sea Kayak Peer Trip - Brittany
      • SKE24 Sea Kayak Gathering - St Abbs
      • SKE25 Sea Kayak Trip - Blackpool Illuminations
      • SKE26 Sea Kayak Gathering - St Bees
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