Posted By Chris Porteous on Saturday 20th November 2022 at 22:22:08
The results for the 2010 league and team selection are now available.�Please see here.
Posted By Fiona Jarvie on Sunday 24th October 2022 at 17:48:06
Thanks to all those who attended the Freestyle committee annual consultative meeting (a.k.a AGM) on Saturday evening.
The following people were voted onto the committee for another year: Bev Chrimes, treasurer; Viv Glaves, co-opted member (to help with child protection); Steve West, co-opted member (to help with competitions/judging); Claire O'Hara, Safety officer
We welcome the following onto the committee for the first time: Jon Best, co-opted member; Aaron Dempsey, co-opted member (to help with competitions), Phil Benn: publicity officer.
Unfortunately there were no nominations for secretary, so the position remains open.
A huge thanks (sorry, I didn't get to do this at the meeting) to Tim Ward for his hard work as chairman this year. He has done a fantastic job to successfully increase the number of domestic events this year as well as leading both the committee and the competitions committee.
I will post the full minutes shortly,
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Posted By Tim Ward on Thursday 21st October 2010 at 20:14:43
A reminder: comprehensive BCU membership essential to enter the selection event this weekend.
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Posted By Tim Ward on Wednesday 20th October 2022 at 19:36:48
The main part of the selection events for the GB team 2011 will take place this weekend.
There will be 2 competitions this weekend. Those who want to be selected for the team will need the best two out of 3 results (where the 3rd result will be the overall ranking from the British League events).�
The format for the weekend will be 3 rides, best 2 count. In the case of a tie, dropped rides will count (the tied competitors will be re-ranked using their dropped rides).�
Saturday:�
9.00 - 9.30am registration, green hut.
9.45am briefing
10.00am squirt
10.45am float boat competition: 'twin waves/2nd feature' junior men
followed by: junior ladies, c1,ladies, 0c1, men
6.00pm AGM (waterside cafe, nr slalom course): OPEN TO ALL who have an interest in freestyle. Committee positions available, including secretary and competitions committee.�
Sunday:
10.00am Tardis competition:
junior men, junior ladies, c1, ladies, oc1, men
Running order may be subject to change, so please look out for changes to the schedule on
the green hut.
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Posted By Tim Ward on Friday 24th September 2022 at 21:16:34
Don�t forget the British Freestyle Club Championships will be taking place next weekend 2-3 October at Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham
Categories:
Elite: C1, junior ladies, ladies, junior men, men, OC1
Squirt Boat: British Championship event
Open and Novice events
Men, Juniors, Ladies (depending on numbers the open and novice events may be run together). Both the open and novice events will have a modified scoring system which will include points for: roll in the hole, side surf, ender (half loop, half cartwheel, or pop-out) as well as the usual freestyle moves: spins, cartwheels, loops, mcnasties etc
Programme of events
Saturday 2nd October
9.00am to 10.00am: Registration
10.15am: Briefing
10.30am: Elite event, Inlet gate, heats: 3 rides, best 2 counts (this is part of the British Championship series and can count towards selection for the GB team 2011)
11.00am to 2.00pm: open paddling on all features other than the Inlet gate, coaching for those entered in the novice event. �
2.00pm: Squirt event
4.00pm: Open heats, 2nd feature (3 rides, best 2 count)
Evening: Pub gathering at the Lady Bay pub, 89 Trent Boulevard� (pub food available for purchase until 9.00pm)
Sunday 3rd October
10.00am: Semi-finals for all categories with over 15 entrants, 2nd feature
10.00am: Novice event, Tardis (bottom feature)
11.30am: Freestyle Boater X event (paddlers must use the same boat that they have used for the freestyle event)
12.30pm: The mighty body boarding freestyle championships � Inlet gate
1.30pm to 4.00pm: Finals, 2nd feature
4.30pm: Prize giving
Please note the features for the open, novice and finals may change dependent on water levels etc
Entry Fee: �20, includes paddling on the course all weekend (as long as the feature isn�t being used at the time for a competition), coaching for novices, all of the above events and a PYRANHA BOAT PRIZE for winning club! (a valid BCU� card must be shown, otherwise a �5 event membership fee will need to be charged)
Unfortunately, as we are still awaiting some information from the BCU, we can not yet confirm whether we will be able to offer the freestyle 3* award.
Please be aware, whilst we offer some on-water safety during the competition, paddlers will be responsible for their own safety and rescue whilst paddling on the course and should have a competent white-water roll if they wish to enter the event.
Posted By Tim Ward on Monday 20th September 2010 at 17:13:06
Freestyle AGM 23rd October (Sat evening, on the selection weekend -
Waterside Cafe, Holme Pierrepont 6.00pm)
Anyone is welcome to come along, though you will need to have BCU membership to vote.
Nominations at the AGM will be for the following positions:
� *� Secretary - I am resigning (position is available)
� * Treasurer - currently Bev Chrimes (standing for re-election)
� * Liaison Officer - currently vacant (To be our contact from the
freestyle committee to the BCU and international committees.
� * Competition Officer - currently vacant (To chair the competitions
committee who are involved in making sure events run throughout the UK
and are particularly involved in the running of selections and British
Champs.
� * Promotion Officer - currently vacant (To help promote freestyle
through various media opportunities)
� * Safety Officer - currently Claire O'Hara
� * 4 co-opted positions - currently Steve West (standing for re-election), Peter Meares (standing down),
Jim Evans, Viv Glaves
If you are interested in any of the above positions please email
� [email protected] by 30th September with your nominations.�
Flea
Posted By Tim Ward on Tuesday 31st August 2010 at 07:48:08
The features for the Nottingham events have been decided as:
�League event/Club Championships elite category: Inlet gate (with semis and finals, which don't count towards the league points, in either the 'twin waves' or the 'tardis').
Club Championships open/novice event - 'twin waves' (2nd features) and/or tardis (near the bottom of the course)- to be confirmed on the day.�
Selection event 23rd/24th Oct: One competition will be held on the 'tardis'� and one on the 'twin waves'. If the course is too high for the tardis to run the competition will be moved to the inlet gate.�
Posted By Tim Ward on Monday 23rd August 2010 at 17:50:59
2nd - 3rd October sees the second annual club championships to be held at Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham.
The weekend will include:
Freestyle competition (novice/open/elite categories), boater X, extreme slalom and new for this year: body board freestyle competition.
The novice event will involve adapted rules meaning everything will score (roll in the hole/front surf/enders as well as the usual cartwheels, loops etc)
AND
- free coaching for novices
- 3* freestyle awards (providing the awards have been published by then)
- demo boats
PLUS
The elite event is part of the British Championship series (which can also count towards a part of the team selection event)
ALSO
This will be a one off event to determine the SQUIRT BOAT British Champions!
NOT FORGETTING.....
THE BIG BOAT PRIZE FROM PYRANHA :) Pyranha are kindly donating a boat to the winning club. The emphasis of points for clubs will be numbers of participants over quality of freestyle moves!
More details to follow shortly.....
Posted By Tim Ward on Saturday 17th July 2022 at 09:55:36
Junior Men�
| LeaguePts | Selection pts | Name | Total 1 | Total 2 | Total 3 | Total Score |
| � | � | � | Run1 | Run2 | Run3 | Total |
| 50 | � | James Weight* | 350.00 | 70.00 | 260.00 | 610.00 |
| 47 | 50 | Bren Orton | 226.67 | 270.00 | 95.00 | 496.67 |
| 45 | 47 | James Benns | 213.33 | 210.00 | 156.67 | 423.33 |
| 43 | 45 | Joshua Wedgwood | 193.33 | 200.00 | 70.00 | 393.33 |
| 42 | � | David Wild * | 56.67 | 326.67 | 50.00 | 383.33 |
| 41 | 43 | Duncan Hickman | 80.00 | 110.00 | 50.00 | 190.00 |
| 40 | � | Rhys Roberts* | 145.00 | 40.00 | 36.67 | 185.00 |
| 39 | 41 | Brandon Hepburn | 120.00 | 60.00 | 40.00 | 180.00 |
| 38 | 40 | Nathan McDonagh | 30.00 | 40.00 | 60.00 | 100.00 |
| 37 | 39 | Lawrence McDonagh | 0.00 | 0.00 | 83.33 | 83.33 |
| 36 | 38 | Sam Stephenson | 0.00 | 60.00 | 20.00 | 80.00 |
| 35 | 37 | Jon Hancox | 3.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.33 |
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| League Pts | Selection pts | Name | Total 1 | Total 2 | Total 3 | Total Score |
| � | � | � | Run1 | Run2 | Run3 | Total |
| 50 | 50 | Matty Nicholas | 433.33 | 196.67 | 373.33 | 806.67 |
| � | 47 | James Weight* | 350.00 | 70.00 | 260.00 | 610.00 |
| 47 | 45 | Sam Anderson | 313.33 | 266.67 | 180.00 | 580.00 |
| 45 | 43 | Matt Tidy | 103.33 | 250.00 | 326.67 | 576.67 |
| 43 | 42 | Doug Cooper | 290.00 | 105.00 | 226.67 | 516.67 |
| 42 | 41 | Benjamin Aldred | 266.67 | 136.67 | 186.67 | 453.33 |
| 41 | 40 | Stu Parry | 298.33 | 65.00 | 100.00 | 398.33 |
| � | 39 | David Wild * | 56.67 | 326.67 | 50.00 | 383.33 |
| 40 | 38 | Scott Simmonds | 96.67 | 180.00 | 153.33 | 333.33 |
| 39 | 37 | Matt Kenna | 113.33 | 76.67 | 120.00 | 233.33 |
| � | 36 | Rhys Roberts* | 145.00 | 40.00 | 36.67 | 185.00 |
| 38 | 35 | Dan Chamlet | 66.67 | 88.33 | 80.00 | 168.33 |
| 37 | 34 | Joe Davies | 38.33 | 123.33 | 40.00 | 163.33 |
| 36 | 33 | Chris Bucksey | 40.00 | 40.00 | 90.00 | 130.00 |
| 35 | 32 | Gav Barker | 30.00 | 30.00 | 95.00 | 125.00 |
| 34 | 31 | Seth Ashworth | 66.67 | 10.00 | 50.00 | 116.67 |
| 33 | 30 | Dale Mears | 23.33 | 38.33 | 0.00 | 61.67 |
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| � | � | Run1 | Run2 | Run3 | Total |
| Points | Name | Total 1 | Total 2 | Total 3 | Total Score |
| 50 | Claire O'Hara | 56.67 | 70.00 | 0.00 | 126.67 |
| 47 | Nicola Beeby | 60.00 | 30.00 | 60.00 | 120.00 |
| 45 | Fiona Jarvie | 70.00 | 10.00 | 30.00 | 100.00 |
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| � | � | � | Run1 | Run2 | Run3 | Total |
| Points | Bib | Name | Total 1 | Total 2 | Total 3 | Total Score |
| 50 | 167 | Kimberlee Aldred | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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| � | � | � | Run1 | Run2 | Run3 | Total |
| Points | Bib | Name | Total 1 | Total 2 | Total 3 | Total Score |
| 50 | 33 | Jamie Burbeck | 93.33 | 110.00 | 76.67 | 203.33 |
| 47 | 164 | Stu Parry | 110.00 | 70.00 | 76.67 | 186.67 |
| 45 | 25 | Adam Ramadam | 60.00 | 70.00 | 93.33 | 163.33 |
| 43 | 26 | Paul King | 36.67 | 20.00 | 30.00 | 66.67 |
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| Points | Bib | Name | Total 1 | Total 2 | Total 3 | Total Score |
| � | � | � | Run1 | Run2 | Run3 | Total |
| 50 | 26 | Paul King | 30.00 | 56.67 | 56.67 | 113.33 |
| 47 | 37 | Chris Noble | 20.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20.00 |
| =45 | 30 | Laura King | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| =45 | 38 | James Bradley | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
OPEN�Men/junior
| Pos. | Bib | Name | Total 1 | Total 2 | Total 3 | Total Score |
| � | � | � | Run1 | Run2 | Run3 | Total |
| 1 | 9 | Rob Wills | 38.33 | 61.67 | 38.33 | 100.00 |
| 2 | 38 | James Bradley | 40.00 | 56.67 | 30.00 | 96.67 |
| 3 | 18 | Warren Bates | 0.00 | 20.00 | 30.00 | 50.00 |
| 4 | 28 | Matthew Simmonds | 10.00 | 20.00 | 30.00 | 50.00 |
| 5 | 169 | David Hall (Junior) | 10.00 | 0.00 | 30.00 | 40.00 |
| 6 | 159 | Adam Dumolo | 0.00 | 40.00 | 0.00 | 40.00 |
| 7 | 12 | Tom Webb (Junior) | 10.00 | 13.33 | 0.00 | 23.33 |
| 8 | 22 | Phil Davies | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 9 | 174 | Robert Waring | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Pos. | Bib | Name | Total 1 | Total 2 | Total 3 | Total Score |
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| � | � | OPEN FINAL | � | � | � | � |
| 1 | 18 | Warren Bates | 100.00 | 60.00 | 30.00 | 100.00 |
| 2 | 38 | James Bradley | 90.00 | 40.00 | 40.00 | 90.00 |
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| � | � | JUNIOR MEN | � | � | � | � |
| 1 | 161 | James Weight | 90.00 | 160.00 | 190.00 | 190.00 |
| 2 | 162 | Bren Orton | 30.00 | 150.00 | 103.33 | 150.00 |
| 3 | 160 | James Benns | 60.00 | 23.33 | 10.00 | 60.00 |
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| � | � | SENIOR MEN | � | � | � | � |
| 1 | 181 | Sam Anderson | 181.67 | 306.67 | 398.33 | 398.33 |
| 2 | 11 | Matty Nicholas | 306.67 | 220.00 | 333.33 | 333.33 |
| 3 | 166 | Doug Cooper | 320.00 | 270.00 | 136.67 | 320.00 |
| 4 | 168 | Ben Aldred | 250.00 | 240.00 | 276.67 | 276.67 |
| 5 | 161 | James Weight | 195.00 | 0.00 | 60.00 | 195.00 |
Posted By Tim Ward on Friday 2nd July 2022 at 09:14:54
The second event of the British Championship series will be upon us imminently at the mighty Boulters weir pourover!
The event is open to paddlers of all abilities - open event for all and elite event for those who are current GB squad/entering selection/want points towards British Championship/sponsored paddlers etc.
Check in starts at 9am on Saturday 10th July with the action kicking off at 10am freestyle time.
The Youth Freestyle event will be held as a separate event on Sunday 11th July (see www.youthfreestyle.com for details - pre-entry necessary for the youth event)
Please use the public car park adjacent to the lock (now pay and display but not extortionate) DO NOT ATTEMPT TO PARK ANYWHERE ON THE ISLAND as this could jeopardise future events.
Hosts are Marlow Canoe Club, Kayakojacko and Square Rock who we thank.
Raffle prize: 'Love it live live it' freestyle camp. Sam Ward - GB Team Coach and owner of "Love It Live It" has generously offered to raffle a place on one of his week freestyle training camps to be held at HP this summer. Sam will be at Boulters over the weekend helping and raffle entry will be FREE to all competitors at Boulters on both days.
For more details of these brilliant camps please see http://www.loveitliveit.co.uk/trips/freestyle_development_camps.html
Entry fee �5. Classes Open - Junior and Senior, Women and Men, Elite - Junior Women and Men, C1 / OC1, Senior Women and Men. This will be the proposed running order but numbers on the day may mean this is modified.
Don't forget this event counts towards the British Champs and Selection for GB Team.
Posted By Tim Ward on Sunday 20th June 2010 at 20:57:46
First up was the squirt event, which, despite a shallow, small and fast moving eddy, was dominated by team GB with 1st, 2nd and 3rd place for James Reeves, Jamie Austen and Joshua Gosling. The squirt boaters used the feature to get their mystery moves and James Reeves had perfected the technique getting a good couple of seconds of head under downtime, which along with his smooth over-vertical moves in the eddy gave him the unofficial European Championship title.
Team GB had a potential 7 medals to fight for in the rest of the finals and James Benns and Brendon Orton were in the junior men category. James took a couple of rides to find his form and get his first move - a big air loop landed. He then relaxed into the rest of his rid and a nice McNasty helped him into sliver medal position. Brendon paddled well and although he didn't have quite the rides that he had got in the prelims he also landed some nice air loops and space godzillas earning him the bronze medal.
Stu Parry got some more big air loops in the C1 event. He went for a McNasty but it was just slightly off angle on landing and therefore didn't give him the score he needed to make a medal position. He did well to come 4th though in his first international final. �
In the ladies event Claire O'Hara and I were hoping for medal positions. I had a solid first ride with air loop and a helix which gave me a good score. However, Marlene from France had an awesome ride with an entry move end linked into a huge air loop, along with carthweels and another loop she took the lead a long way ahead of me. Claire's second ride went to plan and she just edged ahead of me into silver medal position. I couldn't better my first ride and took the Bronze medal.
The men's event was very exciting to watch especially for team GB supporters with (for the first time ever) two Brits in the final. Sam Anderson had some solid rides with helixes both ways and a phonix monkey in one ride - he took 5th place. James 'Pringle' Bebbington had dominated the event so far and had taken first place in each round in the lead up to the finals. However, everyone increased their standard for the final. Peter Csonka had not been performing to his usual high level throughout the competition and was a victim of the 'flush'. However, his second ride in the final he scored move after move - McNasties left, right, phonics left, right, lunar orbit, back loop, huge air loop: 980 points. This was the highest scoring ride of the competition, so we waited, watched and cheered as Pringle stepped up his level to beat it - he got close with his huge Mcnasties and text book phonics monkeys, but it was not enough to beat Csonka's score. Pringle took silver medal with Mathieu Dumoulin in 3rd place.
Great Britain was the most successful nation with 3 silver medals and 2 bronze medals (+3 unofficial squirt boat medals).
Posted By Tim Ward on Friday 18th June 2022 at 21:13:00
Junior ladies were up first in the semis and Rachel Bovill paddled well, but unfortunately didn't make it into the finals. She took 8th place in only her second year of freestyle competition. The junior men didn't quite find the same form that they had in the prelims, however, both Brendon Orton and James Benns made it into the finals in 3rd and 4th respectively.� Rhys Roberts just missed out on the finals and took a credible 6th place in his first international competition.
Stu Parry once again nailed a huge air loop and a McNasty in the C1 event and took 2nd place into the finals. Adam Ramadam came 7th and Lee Pyke 9th.
In the ladies I am going into the final in 3rd place and Claire O'Hara 4th.
Sam Anderson took 5th place in the men's event with his solid helixes both ways.� Mathieu Dumoulin� (FRA) put in a really high scoring ride and looked to be getting huge bonuses on most of his moves. However, Pringle upped the standard even further and linked a number of moves in the last few seconds of his ride and took 1st place going into the final.
Posted By Tim Ward on Friday 18th June 2022 at 10:41:48
James 'Pringle' Bebbington totally dominated the men's quarter finals this morning with a combined 2-ride score of 1290 points (and 700+ in one ride). He was getting McNasties, Phonics Monkeys, totally huge air loops and space godzillas. It is a very hard feature to set up in and to score moves (without flushing), but Pringle made it look easy as he set up for move after move without any time in between. Sam Anderson also did well in his rides and paddled consistently with space godzillas and helixes both ways, achieving 7th and a place in the semi final.
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Posted By Tim Ward on Thursday 17th June 2022 at 19:00:36
First up today were the junior ladies. Gabby Bates unfortunately pulled out with a shoulder injury so could not complete her runs. However, Rachel Bovill, in her first international competition, had a really nice first ride with lots of spins and a good attempt at a loop, which took her into the semis in joint 8th place.
In the men's event Stu Parry also pulled out with an elbow injury with the aim of resting it for the C1 event. Sam Anderson was first up for team GB in the men's event. He had two consistent rides with helixes (which used to be called felixes) both ways and a massive space godzilla which put him into 4th place into the semis. Jon Best didn't achieve the rides that he had been getting in training sessions - he flushed several times on his first ride and although he got a couple of high scoring moves in the last 10 seconds of his 2nd ride he failed to make the semis.
Pringle was last up in the men's prelims and the pressure was on after several solid rides from both Mathieu Demoulin (Fra) and Peter Csonka (Slo). As had happened with numerous other paddlers he flushed twice early on in his first ride. He scored huge points in his 2nd ride with a huge loop, McNasties and a perfectly executed phonics monkey. He is through to the semis in first place.
The men's quarter-finals are on tomorrow (Friday) with 3 rides, 2 count, followed by all semi-finals (2 rides, 1 counts).
Posted By Tim Ward on Wednesday 16th June 2022 at 19:24:54
The opening ceremony took place last night in a spectacular castle setting. Thankfully the rain was light (unlike some of the downpours we have had over the last 3 days), the speeches were short and the food and drinks were free ensuring all enjoyed the event.
The competition started this morning with Paul King first up for the Brits in the OC1 event. Unfortunately it wasn't his day on the tricky feature and he didn't make it through to the final 5.
Junior men were up next. We have great talent across the junior men category and despite all of them being new to international competition they paddled extremely well. James Weight had only had 2 sessions to get used to the feature as he only arrived on Tuesday morning (straight after an exam on Monday) - although he didn't quite manage to plug into the sweet spot to pull off the huge air loops and space godzillas that we so often see him do in British events, he achieved a credible 12th place, only just missing out on the semi final.
After a slightly shaky start Rhys Roberts made sure that his second ride counted and he took 4th place and a ticket to the semis. Brendon Orton and James Benns both showed us some huge loops, McNasties and cartwheels. Brendon took the top spot with James just behind.
There were mixed fortunes in the ladies event as paddler after paddler flushed off with 0 points. Several big names got knocked out of the competition with unlucky rides including GB paddler, Nicola Beeby. Jenny Chrimes had a solid ride with vertical cartwheels in both rides but her loop didn't score meaning she just missed out on the semis in 11th place. I thought I'd keep everyone biting their nails (well, mainly myself) as I flushed off on two loop attempts in my first ride - another 0 points. My air loop and spin in my second ride was just enough to put me through to the semis in 7th place. Claire O'Hara scored a felix and a super-clean spin and took 2nd place.�
In the C1 event Stu parry paddled well despite an injured elbow. He got a huge bonus on his air loops which helped him earn 2nd place. Adam Ramadan was 4th with two consistent rides and Lee Pyke took 5th.
Overall a very successful day for team Great Britain - semi-finals take place on Friday.
The junior ladies and men are up tomorrow.
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Posted By Tim Ward on Monday 14th June 2022 at 16:05:55
The British team are currently in Lienz, Austria for the European Championships 2010. The first official team training session was today with team coaches Sam Ward and Ross Montandon working hard to offer feedback throughout the on-water session and via video following the session.
The feature looks friendly but is bouncy, unpredictable and really flushy at times. However all hole moves are possible and have been demonstrated by the GB team. The team are now refining their moves to ensure they will be performed precisely in order for them to be scored and are starting to link more moves together.
We have just one more official team-training slot before the prelims start on Wednesday.
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Posted By Chris Porteous on Wednesday 3rd March 2022 at 21:19:53
Welcome to gbfreestylekayak.com, the new official site for Freestyle Kayaking in Great Britain. Please bear with us while we continue to develop and update this site. In the mean time, please browse around and if you have any questions, get in touch with the committee.
