4th Overall, 3rd Best Country in Europe!!!

So, what an amazing final race! 40 minutes flat out endurance on the steep rapids of the Vltava Devil’s Stream. We were set off in pods of three rafts and we had lane choice in our pod. We got the early lead and we clung to it the whole 40 minutes!!

Our flat water endurance sessions really proved their worth as we stormed across the flat sections. But the Belgians gave us a good fight, and on the tougher rapids they were really close behind us.

 

For the last push though we pulled it right out of the bag, all 6 of us giving 100% and going lactic but not giving up.  As we crossed that finish line we knew we had given everything we could and that is such an amazing feeling!

The bus ride back up to the top was a hilarious medley of  Queen Songs and “WHAT TIME IS IT!!???”, “MOJITO TIME!!”. We now have 2 weeks off training and finally being allowed alcohol and it was definitely going to start that night at the closing party!

When we saw our results were 4th overall we all felt incredibly proud. We would love to have come back with some bling, but it is such an achievement to get 4th place after two Czech teams and a Slovakian team who had the home advantage and get paid to raft train! Things will only get better from here if the dedication and commitment shown is anything to go by! BRING ON THE WORLDS IN NEW ZEALAND!!

And finally a huge thank you once again to Palm for the kit we get. It makes such a difference being in great kit and we are so proud to be flying that flag for them!!

Thanks To Pete Woods, Dave Hollins and the photo guys at the ERC for the photos. We are pretty excited about going through all the ones we took, so watch out for a few more coming this way,