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PRCC Event - Report
Weekend of 2nd/3rd August - What’s Been happening at the South End of the causeway?
Some odd shaped boats, some very fit people, long distance races in the bay, trackers shown live in the bar, is this HISC?
For a number of years now, HISC has been affiliated to Paddle UK, the padding equivalent of the RYA. This originally was driven by a small group of members, to promote the Round Hayling and ensure we operated within the guidelines of the paddling world. Since then, HISC has been hosting a small number of training weekends for the outrigger community, and for the last three years our own canoe open meeting, the PRCC (Paddle Racing Canoe Club) event this weekend.
Saturday was a day for the big six man boats, unfortunately down on entries this year, several reasons, one boat taken out by forgetting to pack all the parts (think along lines of forgetting to pack a mast before you drive to Grafham), but mainly due to a number of crews being on flights to the Worlds in Rio. A 14k course, round the bar Beacon and off to a turning mark just off the East Winner bank, then back to the HISC club line to finish. Most notable, the ladies crew which included at 74, the oldest competitor, still paddling like a loon at the finish line.
Sunday was the small boats day, just shy of 30 boats on the water, swelled by a strong group of Surfskis, who, in testament to HISC growing reputation as a canoe venue, were using this race as a selection event for the GBR team at their forthcoming World Championship. A slightly longer course out to the Pole, then again over to East Winner bank, straight into an un-forecast 20knot headwind, and back. The leader finishing in 1hr 9minutes and 45 seconds, 15 seconds off the target time of 1 hour 10minutes, wow, these guys are fit!
Now a couple of PRCC folk have joined HISC, we are fingers crossed going to have some HISC try it and see days in the six man boats within the next couple of months. More on that soon. A couple of us have also become involved in the provisional planning for a truly wild event, a proposal, if we can work out how to do it, coming in the winter.
For a number of years now, HISC has been affiliated to Paddle UK, the padding equivalent of the RYA. This originally was driven by a small group of members, to promote the Round Hayling and ensure we operated within the guidelines of the paddling world. Since then, HISC has been hosting a small number of training weekends for the outrigger community, and for the last three years our own canoe open meeting, the PRCC (Paddle Racing Canoe Club) event this weekend.
Saturday was a day for the big six man boats, unfortunately down on entries this year, several reasons, one boat taken out by forgetting to pack all the parts (think along lines of forgetting to pack a mast before you drive to Grafham), but mainly due to a number of crews being on flights to the Worlds in Rio. A 14k course, round the bar Beacon and off to a turning mark just off the East Winner bank, then back to the HISC club line to finish. Most notable, the ladies crew which included at 74, the oldest competitor, still paddling like a loon at the finish line.
Sunday was the small boats day, just shy of 30 boats on the water, swelled by a strong group of Surfskis, who, in testament to HISC growing reputation as a canoe venue, were using this race as a selection event for the GBR team at their forthcoming World Championship. A slightly longer course out to the Pole, then again over to East Winner bank, straight into an un-forecast 20knot headwind, and back. The leader finishing in 1hr 9minutes and 45 seconds, 15 seconds off the target time of 1 hour 10minutes, wow, these guys are fit!
Now a couple of PRCC folk have joined HISC, we are fingers crossed going to have some HISC try it and see days in the six man boats within the next couple of months. More on that soon. A couple of us have also become involved in the provisional planning for a truly wild event, a proposal, if we can work out how to do it, coming in the winter.