Promising Start For Buxton's Kayakers
7 March 2011
Josh Gosling completing one of his runs
Two Team Derby funded athletes swapped their freestyle kayaks to have a go at slalom kayaking (the Olympic kayaking discipline) at a recent British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) 2011 event.
Josh Gosling and Seth Ashworth from the University of Derby's Buxton Campus Canoe Club competed against kayakers from 24 other universities including Nottingham Trent, Loughborough, St Andrews, Nottingham and Newcastle.
Joshua Gosling, 21, from Nottingham is in the third year of a BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science and and Seth Ashworth 21, from Ashford in Middlesex, is in the third year of a BA (Hons) in Outdoor Activities Management.They each performed two runs of the slalom course.
Josh Gosling said: "On our first runs, Seth and I decided to race after one another. Seth picked up a few touches and sadly missed a gate giving him a 54 second penalty, but he was determined to improve on this in his second run. I posted in a solid clean run with a respectable time which meant I ended up 14th after the first run. But with Seth fired up there was still everything to play for.
"Due to the heavy rain the river rose by at least 15cm between our first and second runs which were only two hours apart. This meant the course was slightly different to the first run down which added to the tension of the event.
"Seth's second run was a huge improvement on his first but he sadly picked up a few touches and ended up in 25th place overall. My second run felt quick but due to higher water levels, I picked up a few silly touches close to the end which meant overall I dropped to 15th place."
The Team Derby's Buxton Campus Canoe Club finished in 16th place overall, but everyone had a great weekend of racing and socializing.
Team Derby Buxton Campus Canoe Club results
- 15th Josh Gosling
- 25th Seth Ashworth
- 71st Andrew Gibbs
- 128th Alistair Danish
- 129th Matthew Pointon.
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