Category: Racing
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Vaikobi kit delivers on the DW
British weather. It’s one element that makes the Devizes to Westminster Canoe Race not just a 125-mile paddle but the “Canoeists Everest”. And it’s what defeats many paddlers who didn’t invest in quality clothing. On the 2013 edition of the race, almost 1/3 of competitors gave up when met with sub-zero temperatures and a bitter…
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The Jon White Trophy
I’m delighted to have been awarded the Jon White Trophy for this year’s Devizes to Westminster Canoe Race, awarded to ‘the disabled paddler displaying exceptional determination or resolve over adversity’. This is in recognition of the challenge I faced racing the 125 miles with type 1 diabetes. Jonathan William White is an inspiration and it’s…
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Devizes to Westminster 2023
The motivation Doing DW didn’t cross my mind when I was adventuring around the Med on my surfski. Racing kayaks was a closed chapter, or so I thought. I was on a journey searching for a value to steer my life. ‘Racing is just a game. You only do it if you believe that game…
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World champs report
The kayaking season of 2019 was both my best and worst. I won the waterside series and a bunch of Hasler races. I was promoted to division 1. I was selected for the GB surfski squad and marathon kayaking squad and raced in France, Germany, Portugal and the Netherlands. I was the fastest I’d ever…
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World Championships 2022
In 2019 I was selected to paddle for the GB squad in the surfski world champs in France. After a hard winter of training and a summer season packed with races, I was paddling at my highest level and was excited to compete on the world stage for the first time. But then, out of…
