Photographs 2006    
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Club Clean Up 30.12.06 Bodicote Boxing Day Run Christmas Social 2006
Banbury Marathon 2006 Avon Descent 2006 Roger's Visit to the Big Apple
Grunt, Guy and Ray's Anglesey Expedition, 2006 Exe Descent 2006 Wildwater Youth Finals, Manchester
Camping, Trip to The Wye. August 06 Youthfest, 09.07.06 Dan Golder Masterclass 01.07.06

 

Club Clean Up 30.12.06

 

 

 

 

Top left: Sorting out the boats.
Top right: Tea anyone?
Left: Julie did more than just taking photos.
Below: Attacking the huge mound of earth.
Bottom: Graham hard at work putting in the bathroom fittings.
 

 

 

 

Above: It's a lot easier to put up a shed when there are lots of you.
Left: Don't get any ideas, Patch...
Below left: Bend the knees, not the back, Graham.
Below Right: A common sight: Ray with a drink in his hand.
Bottom: Put your backs into it, folks!
 
 

 

 

Above left: This is no time for Danny's circuit training, Katie.
Above right: King of all he surveys.
Left: Die, you miserable reeds!
Below left: Mick making sparks fly.
Below Right: It was either this, or set light to it and
send it off down the canal.
 
 
Bodicote Boxing Day Run
 

Left: And they're off. Graham checks his watch, unaware that one of the ginger twins from Basingstoke will be passing him very shortly.

Below: Chris, Graham and Hazel approaching the finish: one of the three looks remarkably fresh.
Christmas Social 2006

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Banbury Marathon 2006

 

Top: Love the blue gloves, ladies. Very fetching.

 Left: Everyone in long sleeves and thermals;
 Tony  in a vest. It's a Cuban thing.
 Also, note the novel boat storage rack.

Below: Jonny and Hermione making their
debuts in the lightning race.

Above: Banbury bargespotters' club annual away day?
 
  Plenty of argy-bargy at the Div 9 K2 start.

    


 
Above Left: Matt, Julian & Roger at the Div 6 start.
Above Right: Charlotte finishing the lightning race alongside a Basingstoke boat competing in the fun race.

 
Above: Div 7 K1 and Div 7/8K2 starts. Below left: Carl and Kathryn finishing 7/8K2
Below Right: A fine second place for Katie & Megan in 7/8K2.Bottom Left: Debbie & Melanie finishing 7/8K2
Bottom Right: Strong finish from Iain Weir.

Above: Rachel H. makes her racing debut only seven days after her first kayak lesson. Some going!
Below Left: Neville's idea of gentle recuperation. Incorrigible: just incorrigible.
Below Right: Irene on calmer waters.
Bottom left: Anna & Hayley power to the finish.
Bottom Right: Diggers have gone over to the dark side.
 
 
Grunt, Guy and Ray's Anglesey Expedition 2006
 
 
Roger's Visit to the Big Apple
 

 

 

 Left: Yep, it's time to play, "Where's Roger?".

Below Left: Nice shorts, Rog

Below Right: Well done, Chap!
 
Avon Descent 2006

                                                                    Hasler Final team 2006.
Wildwater Youth Finals, Manchester.

 		 Left: Vicky Hills, Under 16 Girls' National Champion.

Below, Left: Rosie Tasker, Under 16 Girls' Silver Medallist.

Below, Right: Megan Wood, Under 14 Girls' Silver Medallist.

Bottom, Left: Alice Murphy, Under 14 Girl' Bronze medallist.

Bottom Right: Rebecca Warren, Under 12 Girls' Silver medallist
 

Left:  National Youth Wildwater champions 2006!

Below Left & Right: Two old men put to shame by the kids...

Bottom Left: Charlotte Creamer (Leighton Buzzard, but we've sort of adopted her).

Bottom Right: Katie Wood storming down the Mersey.
 

 

Left: Alice on the Irwell.

Below, Left: Becca on the Irwell.

Below, Right: The Three best Under 14 WWR paddlers in the country.

Bottom, left: Irene Hills on the Mersey.
 
Exe Descent 2006.

 		  

 

 

 

Ian Warren on the Exe Descent. Looks fairly placid doesn't it? Nothing special. Piece of Cake.

 		  

 

 

 

Or perhaps not ... and this after 17 miles of paddling.

 		 Yep, that's a fair sized drop. Ian's smack in the middle of the picture.


And if you haven't spotted him, here's a close up.
 
Left: Alice shooting New Cut Weir in the Great Ouse Race
November 2006.

Below Left: Roger & Iain Weir, Nottingham Sprints.
Below Right: Amazing what you can do on a canal, Nev.
 

 

 

 
 
 
Camping Trip to The Wye. August 06
    
Getting the boats down to river was interesting.
   
Go on, Chris, drop it.               Go on, Katie, catch it.
 
 Nice shorts, Irene.

    
  You've got to let go of that rock sometime, Megan.
 

 
                                                                             Su doku corner.

Olwen busy knitting?                 Serious athletes in hard training.
 
Youthfest, Dorney Lake, Eton. 09.07.06
Our under 14 won the national bellboat championships and the under 11s came third. We also all had a good laugh.
 
Danny Golder Masterclass 01.07.06
Some serious technique training, followed by attempts to paddle without paddles and stand up in boats. Well, it was a hot day.
 
Above: Look, no hands.
 
Above: The 1st Great Rollright Paddle Majorettes in action.  Above: Balance, Katie, balance.
 
 Above: Peter and Matthew attempting to jump from the bridge into their boats...
 
 
 Above: Sometimes you swim ...                                  And sometimes you don't.
 
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 Above: Great support stroke, Ian, but a tad too late.    Above: Get that bum down, Kathryn.