The Reading Canoe Club’s paddlers were successful at the recent Wokingham Hasler on the 7th of June just next door to our own club a but further down the Thames. 41 club members participated and our members brought away no fewer than 16 podium places.

In division 2, Tyler Kinder finished first followed by Doogal Barnett in second. in Div 3 Jack Morgan finished 3rd. In Div 4 Ruth Shephard came in 2nd and in Div 5 Nigel Markey came in 1st.

In Div 7 Xavier MacLeod won 1st place and Baldur Gudbjornsson came 3rd. Thomas Coddington came 2nd in Div 8 and Benjamin Boughton came 3rd in Div 9.

Among the doubles, Conrad Packer and Aidan Teeuwen came first in Div 3 and so did Amber Owen and Luke Rockey in Div 4. In Div 5 Ricardo Grau-Crespo and Craig Robertson came 2nd while Peter Stanway and Eric Field came 3rd.

Div 6 saw a similar result with Nick Wright and Lisa Munga coming in 2nd while Nikki Tyrell and Trevor Mills coming in 3rd place. In Div 8, Kerstin Kubisch and Katherine Martin got to the top of the podium and in Geoff Saunders Div C Peter Shephard finished 1st too.

Our members earned numerous promotions with these results too and a very special shout out goes to Marcell Nagy who has been promoted to Div 1 based on his results in this race.

Congratulations to all who have raced and for all the results and promotions! Next up is the Falcon Hasler in Oxford on the 21st of June!

Thanks to Baldur Gudbjornsson for the photo – you can find a great album with photos and videos about the race here: Wokingham Hasler 2026 – Google Photos