In true Alberta fashion the weekend started off with snow on Saturday and a high of 2 degrees! The morning session was cancelled and we opted for some classroom learning about Polo skills from Keegan Smith. The afternoon was somewhat better weather, 3 degrees, with a bit less wind and rain. As always, the athletes were troopers and got down to working on technique.
Saturday evening we had a great BBQ and hot tub at the Lee/Penner's. Thanks Chuck and Sue for your hospitality! We followed up dinner with an evening hike in the foothills. Great scenery, turkeys, deer and Limber Pine accentuated the hike.
Sunday morning started gloriously with sun and calm. Thanks to Joanne and Matt for getting the day off on an equally great foot, by feeding us royally. It was an absolutely great day of racing on Boulder Run below the Old Man Dam. The water was low, so it gave us a chance to see how the venue would look for Alberta Summer Games at the end of July.
The race was hotly contested in several classes. Ryley Penner took the junior men's kayak class ahead of Levi and Sam in what will be battle in the making for the Junior National Team in three weeks, May 26/27 at the Kananaskis. In K1 men open Paul Manning-Hunter showed his form in preparation for the World Cup season in a months time. Jessica Groeneveld and Haley Daniels were equally on form in K1W and C1W making us rethink our current interclass percentages. Cadet kayak was won in consistent form by our dynamic duo of Hannah Penner and Darius Ramrattan.
Thanks to all the volunteers, judges, club coaches, and athletes for a great weekend. See the individual race results below. Alberta Team results to follow shortly.
Results:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ag_BLM7FVcUodE1RR2pSZS1DbmFGbnZFT1pwakpua0E
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