The Lawrence Sisters: News

Next Tuesday Ros and Kate will fly to Tasmania to prepare for and compete in the 2nd and 3rd Australian senior selection races. The races will take place on Saturday and Sunday, each with a best run counts format.

So keep an eye out on the Australian Canoeing website for results!

Ros and Kate have just finished the first selection race for the 2010 senior team. The race was also the Oceania Championships and it proved to be an exciting race thanks to all the international paddlers that are out taking advantage of the Australian summer for training.

Kate gained a solid 2nd place (Australian) which put her in 4th place overall. Ros placed 3rd Australian and 8th overall. Corinne Kuhnle of Austria won the Women's K1 with a time of 111.35, followed by Katerina Kudejova of the Czech Republic in second with a time of 112.86 and Australian Sarah Grant in 3rd place (112.92).

The exciting new event of Women's C1 was contested by thirteen individuals from six countries. The winner, Australian Junior Jess Fox, laid down a time of 125.01, followed by Jana Dukatova of Slovakia (126.88) and Leanne Guinea of Australia (129.44), with the 3rd Australian spot going to Alison Burrows.

The Men's K1 was won by Italian Daniele Molmenti (97.63), followed by Vavrinec Hradilek of the Czech Republic (99.42) and Pierre Bourliaud of France (99.87). The top Australian paddlers were Warwick Draper and Will Forsythe followed by Anthony Brown and Jaxon Merritt who tied with exactly the same time and will receive identical points for selection purposes.

The Men's C1 was taken out by Edern Le ruyet of France (105.28), who is in fine form after spending five months training in Australia. Edern was followed by Vitezslav Gebas of the Czech Republic (107.5) and Takuya Haneda of Japan (108.46), with the top three Australian places going to Ethan Hodson, Christian Fabris and Kynan Maley.

The Slovakian Skantar/Skantar team dominated the field in C2 with a time of 109.03, followed by the Hochschorners, also of Slovakia (111.60), and the British team Goddard and Radmore (114.32). Maley and Jeffery were the first placed Australian team, followed by Fabris and Burrows, and Guinea/Guinea.

For more results see: www.oceaniacanoe.org.au

Earlier this year Kate and Ros travelled to the North Island of New Zealand for racing and training. The two races were selection races for the New Zealand senior team, held in Kawerau and Mangahao, and were great races for Ros and Kate to fine tune their racing in the lead up to Australian selection. Ros even had the chance to do a river trip with some of the locals, down the Kaituna and Gnarly gorge, which was fantastic. The Kiwis were very hospitable, with a special thankyou to the Jull family and Luuka Jones, for providing us with homes away from home.

For results and information from the race, see the slalom NZ website: www.slalomnz.org.nz