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2011 BQA AGM and Training Weekend

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A big thank-you to all that came to the AGM at Nottingham’s Holme Pierrepont. We had a good turnout, and a positive meeting, we feel our sport has made a step forwards this year. We’ve had more participants than ever, with some new athletes, seniors and juniors joining us and producing some excellent results. We welcome some new blood on the committee, Mat Stephenson and Alison Deykin, with Steve Hook also continuing his GB Managers role. We look forwards to moving our sport into 2012 … I feel sure we will all be very motivated by the excitement of the Olympics!
Steve Hook organised the training weekend, and gave us some excellent kayak coaching on and off the water. We used the lake at H.P. and also the River Trent, plus 2 excellent Kayak Pro Ergo paddle machines, these enabled us to break our stroke down and hopefully start to improve the way we paddle! We all found it extremely useful. To top it all we had beautiful sunshine and blue skies too!
Up and coming Tom Stead, from ‘NiceTri’ St Neots, really enjoyed himself, and he will certainly be one to watch next season, when he starts paddling well … we’ll never be able to catch him!
We hope to have more of these training weekends before the start of the 2012 season. They are open to BQA Members, so keep posted for future dates. New membership forms are on the web site for the coming year, if you join now you will be covered until Dec 2012.
Thank-you to all 2011 BQA Members, and we hope you continue to support us in 2012.

Wadenhoe Quadmire Series

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If you want to keep up your fitness during the winter months the Wadenhoe Winter Challenge series is ideal. With a choice of either the Duathlon or Quadrathlon, there are four races altogether and you need to take part in a minimum of two races to qualify for a possible trophy.

OFF Road Quadrathlon, consists off:
3 mile Cross Country Run, 2.5 laps (Spikes, studs are recommended) includes a quagmire. 2 mile River Kayak, out and back on the River Nene (Buoyancy aids are compulsory). 6 mile Off-Road Cycle, 6 laps [undulating course, can be very wet] – helmets compulsory. MTB/cyclocross bike1 Mile Cross Country Run, 1 lap (as above).
The Run-Bike-Run [2m-6m-2m] will race over the same course (without the kayak section).
Exhilarating racing in the Raw! With homemade soup and bacon butties to follow!
Venue: Church Field, Wadenhoe, Nr Oundle, Peterborough, Grid Ref: TL006833

Dates of the races are detailed below.

Race 1 – 6th November 2011

Race 2 – 4th December 2011

Race 3 – 15th January 2012

Race 4 – 5th February 2012

If you need to hire a kayak please phone or email to check availability of kayaks as many have already been pre-booked in advance

For further information www.quadracracing.co.uk.

For entry form http://www.quadracracing.co.uk/Wadenhoe_quadmire_entry_11_12.doc

2011 National Trophy Champions

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Our National Trophy Series has come to an end for 2011, its been a great season with over 120 athletes taking part in the series, which consists of 5 races. Each event contributes points towards finding a National Champion, with the best three results for each individual to count. Trophies are awarded each year, provided each winner has done 3 races in the series, and must be a current BQA Member.

Perpetual Trophies go to our Overall Male and Female winners, and prizes for first Male and Female in each category, Juniors (u23), Seniors, 40+ and 50+
A big thank-you must also go to Thule our sponsors who provide us with Thule Vouchers for our worthy athletes.

Congratulations to the 2011 Winners.

Overall Male Steve Clark

Overall Female Alison Deykin

Vet 40 Mat Stephenson

Vet 50 Ian Smith

The Final Trophy Results 2011 Final Results

The BQA would like to Thank the Trophy Race organizers for their commitment and for affiliating their race to the BQA Series. We have 5 excellent races in our series, two of which have World Cup Status, we hope to have their continuing support next season. A big thank-you goes out to –

The BQA hopes all athletes who have raced in our Quadrathlons have enjoyed the challenge and no matter how fast or slow you are, you’ll be back for more next year … its a small sport with a big heart we look forward to seeing you in 2012 ….. Never stop the Adventure!