Back From Nymbioda

Hello all well it is good to be back home after a long trip in the car and a long weekend of races.We arrived on saturday afternoon and I was straight into padlding.Matt percival and I paddled the tennis court rapid at around 50% , his slalom boat shows that it should not be paddled at that volume,i cannot wait to paddle the court at 100%.

The races were moved forward due to lack of water so we did not have a day to bludge it was straight into it.The course most would say was very interesting with many upstream gates being placed on the same side as the last upstream hmmm. Womens K1 Mens C2 C1 and Mixed C2 were off in the morning.Penrith paddlers brung home a swag off medals,well done to all who won a medal .I had no races until the second session in the arvo so I bummed taking pictures and experimenting with my camera for most of the day.After first runs in K1 i was 5 seconds clear of the next paddler in my age group,second runs saw me lose several seconds on touches and stalling but I managed to pick up my first CHS Gold Yay.That night we all went down to the pub to play a bit of pool and have a bite to eat, Dave Kennedy and I teamed up and we won the first game but lost the second game to chris and gage.After presentations many of us went to the powerstation and had a look around.Karel and I found some foam and chucked it into the rapids.Some of it was still in the waves the next night.

Monday was the last day of events for many people including myself.I chose to enter myself in the wildwater sprints at the last minute and won myself another gold... BUT... the convenor merged the K1 and SK1 classes which meant I got a silver and the gold went to Bryan Wilson ARGHH,i was contemplating on letting someone else get it for me but I had to show some sportmanship.
That night Karl,Ben,Jess Ali and I made a massive fire and sat back and relaxed.It was a very good way to end a busy weekend . NExt morning I sleeped in and packed up and was on the road by 900.Started reading the Da Vinic Code also on the way up,it is really good so far.Well Ill post the results when they are put on the net.