Latest From the Front Lines

Heres the latest from Jim Ross reporting on Junior Trials.

Hey all well there was a very big wind on the lake today so NOBODY made any time standard in any boat. K-1's; both boys made finals but Peter jumped the start and was called back so he had a bad start to the actual race and got 5th; EJ had trouble with a swivel seat that didn't. (swivel) and he got 9th. In the k-2 they did much better and won the 500m by just a hair! Ian and Sean both made C-1 finals and Ian got 6th and Sean 4th. As with the k-2 they did much better in the tandem. They got 2nd in the C-2 by just a hair (two tenths out of first) So that was it for the first day of races the 1000's are tomorrow and they are hoping for quiet winds. All-in-all not a bad showing for the WCC crew. Everyone is still certainly in the hunt for a berth on the team. Talk to you tomorrow, late afternoon cheers jim

Time Trials and Tribulations

Wcc paddlers were freakishly fast this weekend during our regular time checkup. Some may attribute the team's collective speed to fortuitous-Potomac-River-tidal-vicissitudes but I think its just cause were dang fast.

Jan has completed his transformation into a full blown traitor and is now paddling for a club that goes by the oh so prestigious name of the "Royal Leamington Spa Canoe Club". I wonder if their towel service is better than ours.

You might get a kick out of their famed annual August event (check out the name of the gallery):

http://www.rlscc.org.uk/gallery.aspx?galleryid=1

The World's Toughest Canoers

President Andrew Soles is among them. If you see Mr. Soles you might notice that he looks like he just got in a fight with a heard of cats and then fell down a flight of stairs. Thats because he decided to do the World's Toughest Canoe Race

Check out these hilarious pictures

Fish Fry!

Rock star revelers dancing the night away at the Washington Canoe Club's famous fish fry.

Pan Amania!

Congratulations to Ariel F, Sammy R and David P as they all were officially chosen to represent the United States in the Pan American Games in Rio next month.

Time trials went according to plan today as John D and David P decided to let EJ and Peter win the 1000.

Holla!