The team arrived home yesterday, very weary but buzzing from the fantastic experience of racing in Europe.
We left Roudnice around 11.30am after saying goodbye to Kidda , Tom and Luuka who were driving to Nottingham and a major packing session. The nice man at the Pizzeria gave me 2 bottles of Czech wine but as we were so worried about our weight , I thought I'd never be able to get it home. The restictions on carrying liquid on planes means no duty free either!! A slight border problem when the guard snatched our passports ( in contrast to the previous time when we were waved through) I had to pay a 40 Euro fine as didnt have the road tax sticker.
Returned the car and used the wine to get the Eurolease man to remove the roof racks and needed a special key that we didnt have.
We had no problems getting boats on in Munich- ecstatic about that especially as the plane was absolutely packed. Emirates good to fly with and all planes were on time so with brief stops in Dubai, Singapore and Brisbane we were home about 2pm.
Thanks again to all of you who have read our blog and sent messages.
Au revoir until 2008
Sue and team
CSNZ Junior & U23 Teams
Thursday, August 02, 2007
Monday, July 30, 2007
Finals day
Havent quite got all the details but a quick update.
Ella was off at approx 11am, really windy again but she started really well and was making good time until she caught the girl in front of her. Despite the judges whistle going, the girl failed to move and sat in the ups impeding Ella's run. We negotiated a re run and she virtually had to get straight up to the top of the course again. We were all really proud of her as she had a clean run with no major mistakes to finish in 29th.
Eric also did really well, with a few of yesterdays paddlers really busting out today it was alawys going to be tough to repeat his 13th position. He finished 27th so was happy with that.
Most races were dominated by Czechs, Slovenes, Slovaks and Russians although the Canadian K1M Ben Hayward was 3rd which was a great result.
The Aussie girls did pretty well, with Natasha Jones having a great semis run to finish in 11th with one touch , Roz Lawrence 13th , Asleigh Logan next, then Ali Burrows 21st ( she is still 14 ) Maddie Toms just behind Ella.
Ian Burrows from Oz was 17th in C1. Full results werent available when we left but will be online.
Only a small party tonight as most teams leaving- the Europeans all heading to Kracow for the European champs starting on Thursday. Lots of goodbyes and uniform swopping, the kids all have some awesome gear and the packing is starting now before dinner.
The challenge of getting the boats and bags on is ahead, plus returning the car.
Will enjoy sitting on the plane with someone else taking care of me.
Cheers for now
Sue
Ella was off at approx 11am, really windy again but she started really well and was making good time until she caught the girl in front of her. Despite the judges whistle going, the girl failed to move and sat in the ups impeding Ella's run. We negotiated a re run and she virtually had to get straight up to the top of the course again. We were all really proud of her as she had a clean run with no major mistakes to finish in 29th.
Eric also did really well, with a few of yesterdays paddlers really busting out today it was alawys going to be tough to repeat his 13th position. He finished 27th so was happy with that.
Most races were dominated by Czechs, Slovenes, Slovaks and Russians although the Canadian K1M Ben Hayward was 3rd which was a great result.
The Aussie girls did pretty well, with Natasha Jones having a great semis run to finish in 11th with one touch , Roz Lawrence 13th , Asleigh Logan next, then Ali Burrows 21st ( she is still 14 ) Maddie Toms just behind Ella.
Ian Burrows from Oz was 17th in C1. Full results werent available when we left but will be online.
Only a small party tonight as most teams leaving- the Europeans all heading to Kracow for the European champs starting on Thursday. Lots of goodbyes and uniform swopping, the kids all have some awesome gear and the packing is starting now before dinner.
The challenge of getting the boats and bags on is ahead, plus returning the car.
Will enjoy sitting on the plane with someone else taking care of me.
Cheers for now
Sue
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Junior Pre Worlds Qualifications
Well big day had finally arrived! Warm but very windy and then wind got worse at the day wore on. First up for our team was Ella, sixth off from the field. She had a great run, doing all the moves to plan, with a couple of touches. Her name was on the leader board for ages and we waited to count down the results of the others to see if she had done well.
She was in 28th after her first run ( 40 going to qualify), She managed to do the next run pretty well also, with just one touch and a quick recirc towards the bottom of the course. Again an agonizing wait for the next 52 paddlers to see how she had done. Her final result ( 261.24) 27th place and a semi final for her tommorrow. Everyone pretty excited for her. Kudejova of Czech won again with 209.67, Caroline Queen of USA 2nd with 221.47.
The Aussie girls all qualified with Roz Lawrence 16th, then Ashleigh Logan ahead of Ella.
the other Aussies, Maddie, Ali and Natasha were 30,31 & 38 respectively.
K1 boys Tom & Eric next. Tom hoping to repeat his form of yesterday and he was looking good at the top. In the up after the drop he lost a bit of time and with 2 touches left him in 55th.
His second run was going to need something special and he went for it but incurred a 50 as the pole wrapped around his head in gate 11. His result didnt reflect his paddling and was a shame after his stella performance the day before.
Eric up next really delivered ( as kidda would say) with a clean run 98.48secs and he was lying 12th after 1st runs. He rose to the challenge and repeated his first run performance with just 1 touch and finished with 201.29 in 13th place. An awesome result and we were all very proud of him ( and he was pretty chuffed himself) Top qualifyer was Lukas Mayr 190.70 from a well known Italian paddling family. The only Aussie to qualify was Josh Williams in 34th.
Brent and Shaun had a very long wait to start and paddled pretty well but had 10 seconds of penalties on their first run leaving them in 12th after run 1. ( from the field of 17, ten were to qualify) They went hard for the 2nd run, and nailed the top, down the drop and then a problem at gate 15, catching an edge and pushing them downstream. Things started to go wrong, with a tough paddle up to get the gate, catching an edge and over they went. Unfortunately they had to bail and their chances of qualifying were over. They were gutted and we all felt for them.
Ella, Maddie and Ali Burrows did the teams run again ( as Oceania) and finished 6th, 22.75 secs behind Czech A and ahead of Aussie A. (Maddie and Ali, the Aussie girls were pretty happy).
A day of racing with high emotions, tears in some camps and jubilation in others. The semis are at 10.15 am with the top 10 going through to the finals in the afternoon.
Two more sleeps then the long plane trip home.
Sue
She was in 28th after her first run ( 40 going to qualify), She managed to do the next run pretty well also, with just one touch and a quick recirc towards the bottom of the course. Again an agonizing wait for the next 52 paddlers to see how she had done. Her final result ( 261.24) 27th place and a semi final for her tommorrow. Everyone pretty excited for her. Kudejova of Czech won again with 209.67, Caroline Queen of USA 2nd with 221.47.
The Aussie girls all qualified with Roz Lawrence 16th, then Ashleigh Logan ahead of Ella.
the other Aussies, Maddie, Ali and Natasha were 30,31 & 38 respectively.
K1 boys Tom & Eric next. Tom hoping to repeat his form of yesterday and he was looking good at the top. In the up after the drop he lost a bit of time and with 2 touches left him in 55th.
His second run was going to need something special and he went for it but incurred a 50 as the pole wrapped around his head in gate 11. His result didnt reflect his paddling and was a shame after his stella performance the day before.
Eric up next really delivered ( as kidda would say) with a clean run 98.48secs and he was lying 12th after 1st runs. He rose to the challenge and repeated his first run performance with just 1 touch and finished with 201.29 in 13th place. An awesome result and we were all very proud of him ( and he was pretty chuffed himself) Top qualifyer was Lukas Mayr 190.70 from a well known Italian paddling family. The only Aussie to qualify was Josh Williams in 34th.
Brent and Shaun had a very long wait to start and paddled pretty well but had 10 seconds of penalties on their first run leaving them in 12th after run 1. ( from the field of 17, ten were to qualify) They went hard for the 2nd run, and nailed the top, down the drop and then a problem at gate 15, catching an edge and pushing them downstream. Things started to go wrong, with a tough paddle up to get the gate, catching an edge and over they went. Unfortunately they had to bail and their chances of qualifying were over. They were gutted and we all felt for them.
Ella, Maddie and Ali Burrows did the teams run again ( as Oceania) and finished 6th, 22.75 secs behind Czech A and ahead of Aussie A. (Maddie and Ali, the Aussie girls were pretty happy).
A day of racing with high emotions, tears in some camps and jubilation in others. The semis are at 10.15 am with the top 10 going through to the finals in the afternoon.
Two more sleeps then the long plane trip home.
Sue
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