The PaddlerUK magazine December 2015 issue 5 | Page 73

Tuesday was heats day,

the event shifted on to the enormous and
powerful Garburator wave starting with the
men’s C1 kayaking heats. Our youthful team
comprised George Heyworth-Hill, James (Ibbo)
Ibbotson and Adam Ramadan. In tough and
extremely voluminous water James made semifinals in tenth place with George and Adam just
missing semi-finals.
Next were the junior heats. Our juniors had
been training all summer on the Garburator with
GB coaches Jacko Jackson and Dennis Newton.
It was now time to prove they had done some
good work. In the junior women’s event were
our tough duo Sophie McPeak and Emma
Witherford. The girls slid comfortably into the
semi-finals in second and fifth place. Our junior

men’s trio, Hugo Anthony, Charlie Brackpool and
Hugo Scott progressed to the semi-finals with
ease taking a tremendous fourth, fifth and first
place. Hugo Scott managed the competition best
junior score of 801 points.
The women’s heats included powerhouses
Nicola Beeby, Lowri Davies, Claire O’Hara and
Emily Ward. Claire and Emily made semi-finals in
ninth and fourth place, with Nicola and Lowri
just missing out on a place. Our men, all world
renown in the sport of kayaking were Gav
Barker, James (Pringle) Bebbington, Doug
Cooper, Bren Orton and Alan Ward (finalist in
2013). In this immensely competitive event only
Bren and Alan made it through to quarter finals
and after a battle only Bren made it to the semifinals later that day.

Hugo Anthony
and Hugo Scott

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