DW2009 Awards Reminder

20 May 2009 9:34 pm

A reminder that the DW2009 Awards Ceremony is on 23 May 2009 at 14:00 at the Bouverie Hall, North Street, Pewsey, SN9 5ES.Look forward to seeing you there.

2009 Prize-winners now listed

8 May 2009 10:12 am

Click this link to find a list of this year's prize-winners. The printed booklet containing these results and the final class lists will be posted out in due course.

2009 Gallery

28 Apr 2009 9:14 pm

There are new DW2009 pictures in the Gallery. If you've got a gallery up on the web, send us the link and we'll try and post the link.

DW2009 Awards

24 Apr 2009 9:14 pm

DW2009 Awards Ceremony is on 23 May 2009 at 14:00 at the Bouverie Hall, North Street, Pewsey, SN9 5ES.

DW on Sportsister

21 Apr 2009 10:42 pm

DW2009 gets a good write up for female competitors on Sportsister.

Gluckstein Nominations Please

17 Apr 2009 9:33 pm

We need nominations for the Gluckstein Trophy awarded to "the crew or individual displaying the most courage and fortitude". Please email us your nominations by Monday 20 April 2009 at the latest.

Fundraising

16 Apr 2009 2:55 pm

Paddlers have raised over £60,000 for chosen charities, and the bread pudding, cakes and drinks offered to the paddlers support crews at Westminster raised £280 which is going to the site crew's own charity The Evelina Hospital.And if you want more bread pudding, the recipe is at the bottom of the News Page

Lost Something?

16 Apr 2009 11:50 am

No, we don't mean the feeling in your fingers. We've got a few items of lost property that have been handed in over the weekend. Drop us an email with details and we'll let you know if we've got it.

DW2009 Results

16 Apr 2009 11:30 am

A summary of the results (still provisional at this stage) for the main classes is available on the News Page.

Crews Helping Crews

15 Apr 2009 8:39 pm

We've heard several reports of crews being helped out by other crews over the course of DW2009. It's great to hear that there's so much support within the paddling community.

Pictures Online

15 Apr 2009 12:15 pm

We had a few photographers snapping over the weekend - look for your pictures on PaddlePics, JayPeg and Zoom Picture Agency (enter 'canoe' in the search engine).

Paddler impeded at Romney Lock

14 Apr 2009 8:47 pm

We would like to talk to a lady supporter who had an argument with the lock-keeper at Romney Lock (in Windsor) on Sunday morning at about 10 am after a crew was impeded by the lock gate being opened by the lock-keeper. Could you contact the organisers to discuss this? Please drop us an email or call - details on the Contacts page of the website. Thanks.

Day 4 - The Final Day

13 Apr 2009 9:40 pm

Easter Monday ended with Steffen Burkhardt from Bruchsal, Germany, taking 1st in the Senior Singles. Tim Muller & Frederick Reif of Cokethorpe School won the Junior Doubles. Calum Shaw & George rasovitskiy of Wey Kayak Club won the Endeavour Class and Andy Worth & Rhys Byrne finished first in the Veteran Junior Doubles event. Congratulations to everyone who entered, and to those that finished as well. In numbers, 350 boats started this year, 290 (83%) finished. We'll be adding more news over the next few days.

Day 3

12 Apr 2009 4:58 pm

Owen Peake and Daniel Seaford have won the DW2009 Senior Doubles with a time of 17 hrs 16 mins and 51 seconds.The 3rd stage of the four-stage race is still underway.

Day 2 Round Up

12 Apr 2009 5:42 am

Straight through race starts, with good conditions. Slow flow on river appears to be impacting schedules. Good conditions for the stages race. Cokethorpe School finish 1,2 and 3 in the Junior Doubles, with Steffen Burkhardt (#210) fastest down the course again.

Cracknell on Five Live

11 Apr 2009 9:57 am

Technology permitting, James Cracknell will be on Five Live at 9.05 (ish). You can Listen Again later.

DW2009 - Day 2

11 Apr 2009 7:51 am

Good luck to all the Senior Doubles in the straight through race, and to those pulling themselves out of bed for Day 2 of the stages race.

DW2009 - Day 1

10 Apr 2009 10:29 pm

Generally favourable conditions for the Four-Day event. Cokethorpe School are 1,2 and 3 in the Junior Doubles. Fastest down the course was Steffen Burkhardt (#210) from Bruchsal, Germany, with 4:49:42 leading the Senior Singles by 5 minutes.

We're Off

10 Apr 2009 8:50 am

DW2009 has started.

Pre Race Newsletter

9 Apr 2009 1:21 pm

Latest newsletter online, with useful information and advice for competitors and support crews.

DW Charities

8 Apr 2009 12:33 pm

As Simon Barnes' wrote in the Times article last week, noone does events like DW for charity, but charities do benefit. Paddlers who are raising money for charities have dontations totalling over £50,000 so far.Good luck.

DWitters Tag

6 Apr 2009 9:38 pm

If you're on Twitter, insert #dw2009 as a tag in your message to share what you're up to in race build up week. If you tweet, search for #dw2009 to see messages.

Campsite Massages

5 Apr 2009 9:12 pm

As with last year, massages will be available at campsites for competitors. £15 for each session.

2009 Driver's Instructions

4 Apr 2009 5:05 pm

Driver's instructions for DW2009, updated 2 April 2009, available for download.

Subclass Entry List Now Up

4 Apr 2009 3:20 pm

Subclass entries can be seen here

Current Entry List Now Up

1 Apr 2009 11:59 am

The entry list to date can be seen here

Good Luck in Your Boat Race

27 Mar 2009 3:33 pm

There's more than one boat race around Easter, apparently. Oxford Cambridge Boatrace and DW. Simon Barnes writes about both in The Boat Race: a joyous celebration of pain in the Times.

New Paddlers' Stories

25 Mar 2009 11:28 am

Fifteen days until DW2009. Kit checks, support crews, mind and body. We've got some new Paddlers' Stories 2008 for reflection and inspiration.

Waterside C

16 Mar 2009 3:12 pm

Great conditions, good times and lots of boats at the weekends Waterside C. Full results.

DW in the News

16 Mar 2009 3:11 pm

DW article in last week's Telegraph.

Trophies Please

12 Mar 2009 10:45 pm

If you won a trophy in DW2008 we need it back. Trophies Secretary Caroline Barnes will be at Waterside C, Waterside D and at Nottingham (4/5 April). Hopefully you can make it to one of those and return the trophy. Thanks.

Waterside B

1 Mar 2009 3:36 am

Waterside B today, and the conditions are looking good. Enjoy if you{re racing.But if you can´t train using the Watersides, email us and tell us what you do.

Thameside 1 Results

25 Feb 2009 4:22 am

The Aldermaston to Reading Thameside 1 race took place last weekend. Full results.

Waterside A Results

19 Feb 2009 12:46 am

The lead-in to DW has started with the first of the Waterside Series from Great Bedwyn to Newbury. Visit the Waterside Series website for the results. And you also get a plea from James to be considerate to people and businesses along the way. We need to respect the communities that live along the canal and river - they live there year round, we visit a few times in the lead up to Easter. We have to be ambassadors for our sport. Please start telling your support crews now.

Feb Newsletter

13 Feb 2009 3:28 am

February newsletter is out and online - Ed 4 - Feb Newsletter for details.

Need a charity?

8 Feb 2009 9:53 pm

DW is tough enough without making it a charity event. However, if you are looking to raise some funds we'd like to suggest Evelina Children's Hospital as a possible charity. Evelina is based at Guys & St Thomas's, which DW use as our Finish Camp. It's our way of giving something back to people who help us. Full details fundraising online with Just Giving here.

DW Training Weekend

27 Jan 2009 1:28 am

If you're looking for a bit more training along the course, Longridge CC have a DW Half Term Training Camp. It's running on 16th and 17th February, straight after Waterside A.

DW Poster Online

19 Jan 2009 11:28 am

DW2009 Poster available. Download, print and put on your noticeboard.

Thameside Details Out

17 Jan 2009 10:06 pm

Details of Thameside 1 (22 Feb) and Thameside 2 (8 Mar) are available on the Reading CC website.

Waterside Website Up

8 Jan 2009 10:06 am

The Waterside Series - part of the best preparation races along the Kennet & Avon Canal for DW - website is now online and fully up to date. Pre-entries required for Waterside A so get the forms in soon. Paper copy of form with cheque and copy of BCU card to reach organisers by 31 January. Up to you if you want to try your luck and get in B, C & D later, but priority given to those that book all four.

Luzmore K2

29 Dec 2008 9:24 am

An early option in the build-up to DW is the Luzmore K2 Memorial running along the Thames for 12 miles from Elmbridge to Richmond on Sunday 4 January. Entries open from 9am, races for Juniors at 10, Seniors at 11. The organisers are Richmond Canoe Club. More details at Richmond CC website.

Non Stop Eating & Drinking

22 Dec 2008 4:48 pm

With the continuous eating and drinking of Christmas quickly approaching, it's worth reflecting that it's good training for a certain canoe race.Happy Christmas to all paddlers past, present and future and our loyal volunteers from the DW Team.

2009 Waterside Series

3 Dec 2008 6:25 pm

The Waterside Series are a very useful training / pacing experience for anyone considering DW. This year's event has limited entry numbers. See full details and deadlines. Note: temporary website does work - it's intermittent.

Online Entries Open

18 Nov 2008 12:00 am

Online entries are now available - see Paddler Information for details.

Volunteers Wanted

17 Nov 2008 11:58 pm

We're looking for volunteers for the Easter Weekend, either along the course, or at Westminster. If you can help, contact Yvonne Riley (see Contacts).

New Website Launched

8 Nov 2008 12:12 am

After years of having a great volunteer created website, DW is launching a new website. Thanks to Craig for the many years of hard, quiet work that got the first site up and running.

Training Days and Seminars

24 Oct 2008 1:30 am

Training days and seminars at Marsport in Wokingham are filling up fast, so make enquiries quickly if you haven't already.There's also a good training article in the November edition of Canoe Focus.