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Medals Chart - 2010 vs 2011

A number of people asked for a table of medals from the 2010 Australian Championships, to the 2011 Australian Championships. Here's a quick overview. Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 ... Read more...

BRD eAlert - Nationals - Day Four - 500m 10's/2000m 20's

Another great day for BRD - hauling in 4 more gold, 2 silvers and a bronze.The day started a bit later, no chilly Canberra morning today - with the first heat for BRD Grand Masters Open (GMO) 10's (500m) off at 8:50am. BRD 2 performed well, but were just pipped for 2nd by 0.6 seccs and had to do the repechage. BRD 1 comfortably qualified for the final.Prems paddled in all divisions today, Opens, W... Read more...

BRD eAlert - Nationals - Day Three - 200m

Another golden day for BRD. All teams once again medaled with the exception of the Grand Masters Opens 10's. Unfortunately, due to some mix ups in the final - both teams ended up with 9 paddlers only - and that's just too much power to lose in a 200m 10's race. We finished 4th and 5th.Prems appeared for the first time, in the 10's, and medaled in all events. Ladies excelled winning gold. Results f... Read more...

BRD eAlert - Nationals - Day Two - 500m/2000m Mixed

Gold, Gold, Gold, Gold, Gold!!!Yes, a gold rush for BRD on the first day of clubs. It should've been seven from seven, but a bit of bad luck and a blitz from a lane one team in the Masters Open final robbed us of a clean sweep.The day started out with BRD having to scratch our Premiers Mixed, Ladies and Open teams from the 20's races, due the very restrictive draw, which meant with all the backing... Read more...

BRD eAlert - Nationals - Day One - State vs State

It was a busy day for many BRD paddlers today as they swapped BRD colours for Queensland race tops. Queensland had a new look this year and performances across the board were excellent.Nearly every team medalled.Results for Day One were as follows:- Great Grand Dragons - Mixed - Gold Great Grand Dragons Ladies - 4th Grand Masters - Open - Silver Grand Masters - Ladies - Gold Grand Masters -... Read more...

State Titles 2011

A State Titles regatta with a difference - not much backing up for most - which was almost surreal for a lot of BRD paddlers.BRD maintained their place as the club to beat in nearly all categories, winning eight (8) out of the twelve (12) events we competed in, with seconds in the other four (4). Our Grand Masters Mixed no. 2 team also managed to secure bronze in the two (2) events they particip... Read more...

Manly Regatta

A solid training regatta over the weekend, where most people raced in 6- 12 500m races, then a nice solid 2000m hit out to finish off with.According to Ewen, we're well positioned for our assault on States and Nationals, just need to lift our overall fitness level.Certainly, the Premiers division is going to be the toughest this year, with TeWaka perfroming strongly in Open, Womens and Mixed - win... Read more...

BRD Outrigger Australia Canoe Club OC6 Marathon 2011 - Results

After much confusion over location and race program, it was rigging at 5.30am (nice and early).Short Course crews headed off first, followed by Long course Women's teams and finally Long Course Men's crews after lunch.Our BRD crews did well again in all divisions:Novice Women Short Course 8klmBRD 3rd place Time: 49.37 (Vanessa, Gerri, Kate, Nicole, Amanda, Helo)Open Women Short Course 8klmBRD 1st ... Read more...

Coomera Regatta

I don't have any official results, and with so many categories in 20's and 10's - about 17 in all - and the fact that I didn't record the results, this is my best guess!!Coomera took BRD's lead in introducing knock out 200m races - everyone loves them, they're a hard slog - especially if you have six teams in this race and you get through to the final - that's 5 x 200m races in a row!!And they're ... Read more...

Offers of Support

BRD and our members have had numerous offers of support from across Australia and internationally - I just wanted to share some of these with you...Lexie got this...I've had some email messages from paddling friends of BRD from Canada. Doris Budd, Tim Schauss and Kathy Richardson paddled with us in Toronto in 2006 and many of our members who paddled in Toronto will remember them. Doris Budd from O... Read more...