Battle of the Thames (hosted by Blue Chip) 2016 event report

It’s hard to believe that Blue Chip’s Battle of the Thames is six years young in 2016. Going from strength to strength it’s now one of the biggest SUP races in the UK and round one of the UK SUP Club’s series.

As with every other Battle of the Thames event SUPM was there on the ground, cheering on all competitors, who faced a tough challenge. Heat levels were on the up as the UK’s summer finally got under way and with barely a breath of wind on the race course it was going to be hot, thirsty work for sure.

Brian Johncey’s Blue Chip crew did, as always, a sterling job with organising the whole affair and credit must also be given to the photographers who were on hand to document the event – Dave White and Georgia Wharton to name two. (Click the links on their names to see more images).

Hard fought battles were being had across all classes and it was exciting to see how far UK SUP racing has progressed since last year. There are new paddlers turning up to these events all the time, and in some cases causing quite the upset.

Likewise it’s encouraging to see each craft class going from strength to strength. (At one point it was hard to see past the yellow and black of Naish’s N1SCO one design category – proof that people are really buying into this style of racing).

A huge congratulations to everyone who entered and all those working behind the scenes. Once again Battle of the Thames was a rip roaring success and we’ll no doubt see everyone back again at Surbiton Yacht Club next year.

Full list of results below –

14′ Class 10 mile Hard-shell Male & Female

Bib	Name	Gender	Age Group	construction	Class	Distance	Time
104	Ollie Shilston	M	18-40	H	14′	10	01:40:43
65	Pete Holliday	M	18-40	H	14′	10	01:43:55
111	Zoltan Erdelyi	M	18-40	H	14′	10	01:44:30
77	Ben payne	M	18-40	H	14′	10	01:45:36
17	Andy Joyce	M	41-51	H	14′	10	01:50:09
49	Adam Stiling	M	41-51	H	14′	10	01:50:39
55	Ryan james	M	41-51	H	14′	10	01:51:48
69	scott brown	M	41-51	H	14′	10	01:52:08
97	Crispin Jones	M	18-40	H	14′	10	01:53:58
60	Carl Thomas	M	41-51	H	14′	10	01:56:15
31	Matthew Wall	M	41-51	H	14′	10	01:56:17
134	Samuel Hyman	M	18-40	H	14′	10	01:59:31
70	furio vitali	M	18-40	H	14′	10	01:59:51
110	Gary Charles	M	18-40	H	14′	10	02:04:55
21	Charles Heaton-Armstrong	M	18-40	H	14′	10	02:07:01
105	Phil May	M	18-40	H	14′	10	02:08:01
145	Daz Ready	M	41-51	H	14′	10	02:08:14
127	Philip Plume	M	41-51	H	14′	10	02:11:23
122	Louis kirchell	M	18-40	H	14′	10	02:13:52
4	Philip Mather	M	18-40	H	14′	10	02:15:16
58	Warren Green	M	41-51	H	14′	10	02:17:21
39	Marcus Van Heerden	M	41-51	H	14′	10	02:19:41
6	Neil Morris	M	41-51	H	14′	10	02:21:25
57	james greenfield	M	41-51	H	14′	10	02:24:54
7	Mr Karl Hobbs	M	52-62	H	14′	10	02:26:54
10	Dave Mistry Pain	M	18-40	H	14′	10	02:32:57
26	Paul amey	M	52-62	H	14′	10	02:35:55
93	Christine Anderson	F	41-51	H	14′	10	02:23:02
139	Helen Fincham	F	18-40	H	14′	10	02:35:19
8	Wilma Zwikker- Killgallon	F	41-51	H	14′	10	02:54:01
14	Paul Westgate	M	41-51	H	14′	10	#N/A
19	chris dyer	M	41-51	H	14′	10	#N/A
22	Tim Harley	M	18-40	H	14′	10	#N/A
44	Grant Bartlett	M	41-51	H	14′	10	#N/A
50	Andrew Ingpen	M	52-62	H	14′	10	#N/A

14′ Class 10 mile iSUP Male & Female

Bib	Name	Gender	Age Group	construction	Class	Distance	Time
66	Robert Stewart	M	18-40	I	14′	10	01:55:37
94	Duncan Slater	M	41-51	I	14′	10	02:02:47
130	stewart nicholson	M	41-51	I	14′	10	02:18:08
115	Eugene Lim	M	18-40	I	14′	10	02:34:16
136	Beth Anton	F	18-40	I	14′	10	02:24:58

12’6 Class 10 mile Hard-shell Male & Female

Bib	Name	Gender	Age Group	construction	Class	Distance	Time
96	Alex Mullaney	M	18-40	H	12’6	10	01:50:10
40	Peter Kosinski	M	18-40	H	12’6	10	01:50:18
131	Glenn Eldridge	M	41-51	H	12’6	10	01:50:27
102	Maurice Guy	M	18-40	H	12’6	10	01:56:55
108	Scott Warren	M	18-40	H	12’6	10	01:58:56
74	Ben pye	M	J	H	12’6	10	01:58:57
33	Jon Smith	M	41-51	H	12’6	10	02:03:54
12	Zac wharton	M	41-51	H	12’6	10	02:05:45
20	kelvin davies	M	18-40	H	12’6	10	02:06:05
123	Sam Peek	M	18-40	H	12’6	10	02:09:54
109	Stuart Howells	M	18-40	H	12’6	10	02:14:24
90	Christopher Humphrey	M	18-40	H	12’6	10	02:14:48
137	Martin Barlow	M	63+	H	12’6	10	02:14:51
76	steve pye	M	52-62	H	12’6	10	02:21:32
2	Gary Martin	M	52-62	H	12’6	10	02:39:12
51	Graham Williams	M	41-51	H	12’6	10	02:43:21
27	Ginnie Odetayo	F	41-51	H	12’6	10	02:01:25
143	Marie Buchanan	F	41-51	H	12’6	10	02:03:20
128	Tarryn Brown	F	18-40	H	12’6	10	02:06:57
46	Emily King	F	18-40	H	12’6	10	02:13:42
15	Lisa walden	F	41-51	H	12’6	10	02:15:44
144	Stef Kerek	F	18-40	H	12’6	10	02:20:45
11	Susan Jones	F	63+	H	12’6	10	02:22:57
32	Belinda Smith	F	41-51	H	12’6	10	02:23:25
5	Anni Ridsdill Smith	F	41-51	H	12’6	10	02:25:27
132	Amanda Lockwood	F	18-40	H	12’6	10	02:35:15
38	Gill Strange	F	41-51	H	12’6	10	02:36:23
13	Candice Betts	F	41-51	H	12’6	10	02:39:31
36	Julia Holmyard	F	52-62	H	12’6	10	03:02:51
30	Andrea Richardson	F	41-51	H	12’6	10	#N/A
34	Nicholas Jackson	M	41-51	H	12’6	10	#N/A
64	karine hilaire	F	41-51	H	12’6	10	#N/A
81	Daniel Robson	M	41-51	H	12’6	10	#N/A

12’6 Class 10 mile iSUP Male & Female

Bib	Name	Gender	Age Group	construction	Class	Distance	Time
142	William Brasseur	M	41-51	I	12’6	10	02:02:22
62	Jamie Harman	M	18-40	I	12’6	10	02:10:49
61	Tom Evans	M	18-40	I	12’6	10	02:15:00
133	Nathan Dodds	M	18-40	I	12’6	10	02:18:20
100	Justin Smith	M	41-51	I	12’6	10	02:20:08
1	Jason Kemp	M	41-51	I	12’6	10	02:29:25
82	David Flynn	M	18-40	I	12’6	10	02:39:17
56	Alex Mackenzie	M	18-40	I	12’6	10	02:45:23
47	Duncan Adam	M	52-62	I	12’6	10	02:50:40
98	Georgina Hughes	F	18-40	I	12’6	10	02:51:37
118	Ngaire Wallace	F	18-40	I	12’6	10	02:55:58
41	Esther Wheeler	F	18-40	I	12’6	10	#N/A

N1SCO Class 6 mile Male & Female

Bib	Name	Gender	Age Group	construction	Class	Distance	Time
88	Alex Tobutt	M	18-40	I	NISCO	6	01:11:07
18	Bryce Dyer	M	41-51	I	NISCO	6	01:11:08
67	Stuart Appleby	M	18-40	I	NISCO	6	01:12:02
107	Pete Vale	M	41-51	I	NISCO	6	01:12:12
54	Keith Gorman	M	41-51	I	NISCO	6	01:15:08
42	Sam Wood	M	41-51	I	NISCO	6	01:16:15
45	James D. Roorda	M	18-40	I	NISCO	6	01:17:11
9	Mark Price	M	41-51	I	NISCO	6	01:17:30
3	Steve Trott	M	41-51	I	NISCO	6	01:21:03
103	Chris weedon	M	18-40	I	NISCO	6	01:21:07
73	Paul Dewey	M	18-40	I	NISCO	6	01:21:18
29	ALEX PERKS	M	18-40	I	NISCO	6	01:22:01
52	Dave Duncker-Brown	M	18-40	I	NISCO	6	01:23:44
141	James Brennan	M	41-51	I	NISCO	6	01:24:16
106	Rob Crookall	M	41-51	I	NISCO	6	01:24:43
150	Ollie Johnstone	M	18-40	I	NISCO	6	01:25:37
101	James Kay	M	18-40	I	NISCO	6	01:26:29
114	Neil Fletcher	M	18-40	I	NISCO	6	01:30:18
99	MR J CHUBB	M	18-40	I	NISCO	6	01:30:37
28	Stuart dove	M	41-51	I	NISCO	6	01:34:03
86	Charles Stewart	M	18-40	I	NISCO	6	01:37:32
117	Andrew Whitelaw	M	63+	I	NISCO	6	01:45:45
35	James Thornby	M	18-40	I	NISCO	6	01:50:23
113	charles Trigg	M	18-40	I	NISCO	6	02:02:49
16	Kerry Baker	F	18-40	I	NISCO	6	01:22:28
84	Sophie weguelin	F	18-40	I	NISCO	6	01:23:03
37	Tanzi Foulger	F	18-40	I	NISCO	6	01:23:47
85	Flora Stewart	F	18-40	I	NISCO	6	01:27:38
68	Lily Devine	F	18-40	I	NISCO	6	01:31:42
53	Sally Newman	F	52-62	I	NISCO	6	01:34:47
48	Sarah louise smith	F	18-40	I	NISCO	6	01:36:34
75	Jo Pye	F	52-62	I	NISCO	6	01:38:13
89	Lucy Tobutt	F	18-40	I	NISCO	6	01:42:03
59	Eilidh McIntyre	F	18-40	I	NISCO	6	01:42:51
135	Amanda Stewart	F	41-51	I	NISCO	6	01:46:26
71	Chloe Brennan	F	18-40	I	NISCO	6	01:46:52
116	Pauline edge	F	63+	I	NISCO	6	01:53:10
25	Rebecca Littlewood	F	18-40	I	NISCO	6	02:03:08
63	Amanda Kelsey	F	18-40	I	NISCO	6	02:09:17
72	PRINSLOO	M	18-40	I	NISCO	6	#N/A
78	helen paull	F	18-40	I	NISCO	6	#N/A
79	timothy paull	M	18-40	I	NISCO	6	#N/A

Surf Class 10 miles Hard-shell

Bib	Name	Gender	Age Group	construction	Class	Distance	Time
83	Barry Frost	M	41-51	H	Surf	10	02:56:26
124	claire white	F	18-40	H	Surf	10	#N/A

Surf Class 10 miles iSUP

Bib	Name	Gender	Age Group	construction	Class	Distance	Time
129	Bruce Sutherland	M	41-51	I	Surf	10	02:45:38
24	Sarah Smith	F	41-51	I	Surf	10	02:47:22
95	Elaine Williams	F	52-62	I	Surf	10	03:24:43

Surf Class 2 miles Hard-shell and iSUP combined

Bib	Name	Gender	Age Group	construction	Class	Distance	Time
146	ROGER HESLOP	M	52-62	I	Surf	2	00:34:31
92	Dave Watson	M	63+	I	Surf	2	00:37:37
80	Stephen Pearson	M	18-40	I	Surf	2	00:38:18
140	Katy Round Smith	F	18-40	H	Surf	2	00:34:33
91	Sue Watson	F	52-62	I	Surf	2	00:36:46
112	Sallie Ryan	F	52-62	I	Surf	2	00:37:51
43	Anne Egan	F	41-51	I	Surf	2	#N/A

Mega Board Team 2 mile fun class

Bib	Name	Gender	Age Group	construction	Class	Distance	Time
87	Julian Baker	M	41-51	I	Mega	6	00:31:19
119	Steve Llewellyn	M	41-51	I	Mega	6	00:31:19
120	Anton Dummer	M	18-40	I	Mega	6	00:31:19
125	John Gatward	M	18-40	I	Mega	6	00:31:19
126	Steve Cudd	M	18-40	I	Mega	6	00:31:19
138	Kim N Vignitchouk	F	52-62	I	Mega	6	00:31:19

 

Mega Board Team –  New World record round the island – 00:04:09
Bib	Name	Gender	Age Group	construction	Class	Distance	Time
87	Julian Baker	M	41-51	I	Mega	Ravens Ait	00:04:09
119	Steve Llewellyn	M	41-51	I	Mega	Ravens Ait	00:04:09
125	John Gatward	M	18-40	I	Mega	Ravens Ait	00:04:09
126	Steve Cudd	M	18-40	I	Mega	Ravens Ait	00:04:09