Any final shout outs, thanks or
acknowledgements?
Firstly I would like to thank Pete Holliday who set UK SUP up
with me and put a lot of time and knowledge into the running
of the 2014 series. Also thanks to Ali Pereira and Chris Kenyon
for all thei r help in 2014 and continuing into 2015. Thanks to
the clubs who came on board when we were starting up. They
held amazing races and thoroughly bought into the idea to
make it the huge success it was.
On a personal note I would like to thank Ryan James who gave
me so much help and encouragement for my 2014 race season.
He was invaluable and a big factor in my 2014 race results.
I would like to thank my husband, Pete Vale, who has accepted
that a lot of my time will go to UK SUP, agreed to cut our
summer holiday short by four days as I had two of our races
that I needed to attend and yet again is allowing me the time,
whilst on holiday, to complete this interview and finalise the
race plan for 2015.
Lastly, I would like to thank all the paddlers who took part in
races or volunteered to help run the races for their clubs. We
had 267 paddlers race in 2014 and most did five or six races.
The biggest thank you is to you guys.
The clubs are the grass roots of the sport and I feel they should be getting
financial assistance to help them promote and grow.
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