Fun at Bracklesham

Ageing die-hards "The Probe" and "Westy" enjoyed a knackering couple of hours at Bracklesham on Saturday afternoon. "Westy Jr" decided to be photographer this week. The surf wasn't that big, and was messy with a very strong on-shore wind, but great fun was had nonetheless.

The strong wind had brought out the windsurfers 

and kite-boarders, which made for some interesting moments!

It was hard work paddling out, but there was some good surf in amongst the mess. Well we had fun anyway. As usual, Andy B slept most of the way home and commented how it had got dark so quickly .... it was light when he fell asleep, and dark when he woke up!

FCC Paddler makes reserve on GB Freestyle Team

Congratulations to Ben (Westy Jr) who came 5th in the Junior Men category at the GB Freestyle Team selections in December. This means that he is the reserve for the team, and will travel to the European Championships in Spain next July.














Selections were held at Hurley on the Saturday (where Ben came 5th despite 2 out of 3 runs being poor) and at HPP on Sunday (where Ben came 4th with a great middle run). The standard in the Junior Men category was very high and closely contested.














But it was a fun weekend nonetheless, with a good atmosphere, vocal support from the spectators, and some wonderful entertainment from the OC1 paddlers at HPP who all decided to jump from their boats at the end of their 3rd runs, with the boats getting stuck in the hole and having to be "rescued"!