Norwich Canoe Club’s Lightning Squad was in action at the National Sprint Championships over the weekend.  The “Lightning” category are specially designed racing kayaks for the Under 12’s and is a hotly contested competition, yet Norwich’s youngsters dominated the “B” category and Ryan Ellis made his mark in the “A” category.  In near perfect conditions, on a very hot weekend, the racing was fast and furious.

There were outstanding performances from brothers Matthew and Kieran Hayward who took the silver medal in the doubles (K2), gold medals in the winning K4, and Matthew also went on to take silver in the individuals (K1).

Special mention should go to Daniel Hunt who at his first regatta and after only 3 months of canoeing was a key member of the winning K4 crew and teamed up with club mate Daniel Sanders to win gold in the doubles event.

Dean Terry, the final member of the K4 paddled to his limit to help his team mates secure gold.