Event 3
Sunday 5 June 2005
Siblyback Watersports Centre, nr Liskeard

Tamar Tigers Roar Back
Sunday arrived with a lot of rain and a little wind; it was very grey and uninviting at Siblyback reservoir but did that dampen the spirits of the T15 clubbers attending the first inter-club challenge of the season? Not a chance! 23 clubbers for a first event is a fantastic turn-out and proved that participants intended to have fun no matter what the weather.

After registration a coaches briefing was held and this decided the format for the day. Due to the lack of wind and there being some very new team members the first 2 races involved paddling around a course and then finding the T15 Coordinator who was hiding from the rain in his van (I was really trying to keep the score sheet dry, honest! - Ed). Charlie Winn from the Tamar Tigers was first to get to the finish with Izzy Hamilton of Tamar a close second, Crag Langmead of the Siblyback Water Warriors (Tushingham sponsored) interrupted the flow of yellow vests representing the Tigers to take third place in the first race.

Race 2 was carried out using the marks in reverse order and this made the paddle a little harder against the win. Charlie proved that his muscles had not tired out by winning the second race as well, but Joe Davidson of the Roseland Wave Riders (Bic) dashed into second place just ahead of Izzy.

Event helpers, Geoff and Luke, laid the course for the third race with a beachstart and a small triangle to test out the skill of all the competitors. Duncan Bryan (Roseland Wave Riders) won this race with Craig Langmead (Siblyback Water Warriors) and Will Streeter, also from Roseland, pushing him all the way. Sophie Bailey (Tamar Tigers) took the honours in the 5.5 fleet with Charlie Winn (Tigers) heading the 4.5 fleet and Louis Morris (Siblyback Water Warriors) was the first home in the 3.5 fleet.

After a break for lunch we extended the course and held another 2 races; the 3.5 and 4.5 fleets were sent off first making the bigger fleets work for the overall places. Charlie Winn took the overall 1st place for the Tamar Tigers (Bic) followed by Craig (Siblyback) and Will (Roseland).

The last race was held as the wind started to die off and a rolling mist enveloped the lake. Duncan Bryan (Wave Riders) proved his pumping was up to the task of taking first place in difficult conditions closely followed by Charlie (Tigers) and Craig (Water Warriors).

After the scores were totalled, Luke, representing the host team and from SW Lakes Trust, presented the trophies. The Tamar Tigers roared to victory taking the team prize; on behalf of the Tigers Lizzie Poultney was ecstatic, "All the hard work training over the cold weekends in the spring has paid off and we are looking forward to the next event in the series at Roadford lake in 3 weeks time". A special mention must go to Dominic Russell from Stithians Allstars (Neilson) who was the only member of his team to compete at this event and we hope he will bring along a few more team members for the Roadford event on 26th June.

The T15 sponsors were thanked for their support - Neilson, Tushingham and Bic and of course, the coaches and parents were thanked immensely for standing in the rain all day supporting their clubs. See you all on 26th June for more action.

Team winners
Tamar Tigers

All photos courtesy of Brenton West 

Event report by
Ady Davies
Davies167@btinternet.com 

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