GB Senior Selection Day 1

01/05/2010

Saturday was the first day on senior selection and the final day of junior selection. I won the j18 c1's with a quick second run after hearing on the commentary that someone had beaten my first run time. I was excited by the added pressure and found myself really enjoying the whole start line experience. I made a mistake taking a risky line on the first move, losing a second and then another second also on the top half. But the rest of the run went to plan and I was paddling well. The final standings were Me 1st, Ryan Westley 2nd, and George Tatchell 3rd. This is also the 2010 British C1 J18 team in that order. With back to back C1 runs in the morning I then had my C2 to compete in with Greg Pitt. The C2 race was easily the most exciting part of the day with a lot of crews pushing towards the top 3 places. It's exciting to be part of the class that now has so much depth. We finished 5th seniors, 2nd under 23s. This we were very happy with as we only train once a week in C2. There should be time to fit in more C2 sessions when I finish school. That could make next years selection very interesting.