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Phew, what a month… qualifying for the 2012 Olympic Games!

Posted in Corporate Responsibility, Huntswood, Paul Wycherley, tagged 2012 Olympic Games, Cross Channel Challenge, CSR, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Huntswood, Paul Wycherley, The Prince’s Charities, Tim Brabants, World Championships on September 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

The result of my narrowly beating Tim Brabants in a best-of-three race off in July was that I was selected to race the 1000m K1 event at the World Championships just four weeks later. So, no sooner had I enjoyed a moment of celebration to relieve the pressure that had inevitably built up than I [...]

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A tough few months of three international competitions and a race-off with Tim Brabants

Posted in Huntswood, Paul Wycherley, Corporate Responsibility, tagged Huntswood, Cross Channel Challenge, Paul Wycherley, CSR, Great Ormond Street Hospital, The Prince’s Charities, GOSH on July 25, 2011 | Edit | Leave a Comment »

It has been a tough few months of international competitions in the form of the World Cup Series. World Cup 1 was in Poznan, Poland. I raced in the two-man kayak (K2) and the four-man kayak (K4). The K2 did slightly better than the K4 placing 6th and 8th respectively. From there we flew back [...]

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Huntswood’s Favourite Kayaker, Paul Wycherley, Fires Up

The promotional video for Paul Wycherley, Huntswood employee and 2012 Olympic hopeful, has been released. The video shows images of Paul’s training, and aims to encourage donations toward Paul’s Cross Channel Challenge, in aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital and The Prince’s Charities. Along with supporting Paul’s attempt at a world record Channel crossing, Huntswood [...]

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First regatta of the season – a day of wins

Posted in Corporate Responsibility, Huntswood, Paul Wycherley, tagged Cross Channel Challenge, CSR, GB team, Huntswood, National Regatta, National Water Sports Centre, Paul Wycherley on May 13, 2011 | Edit | Leave a Comment »

The first regatta of the season was held at the end of April at the National Water Sports Centre, Nottingham, in glorious sunshine. If the GB team selection panel didn’t get headaches from sunstroke, then surely the racing results gave the odd twinge. The regatta held everything that you expect from sport – there was [...]

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Back in the UK a bit more permanently and in the best form of my life!

Posted in Corporate Responsibility, Huntswood, Paul Wycherley, tagged Cross Channel Challenge, CSR, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Huntswood, Olympics 2012, Olympics Qualifiers, Paul Wycherley, The Prince’s Charities on May 11, 2011 | Edit | Leave a Comment »

Having completed 3 winter training camps in Australia, Switzerland and Spain I am now back in the UK a bit more permanently. I could not have hoped for a better winter season. I have remained injury free and three excellent training camps have allowed me to push my limits in training and thus develop as [...]

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From Australia… on to Switzerland

Posted in Corporate Responsibility, Huntswood, Paul Wycherley, tagged Cross Channel Challenge, CSR, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Huntswood, Nordic skiing, Paul Wycherley, The Prince’s Charities on May 9, 2011 | Edit | Leave a Comment »

After seven weeks of intensive training on the water in Australia we had six days back in the UK to catch up on all that we had missed (you would be amazed how big a pile seven weeks of missed post can create) before driving out to St Moritz, Switzerland for two weeks of Nordic [...]

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Re-acquainted with my good old friend… lactic acid

Posted in Huntswood, Paul Wycherley, tagged Cross Channel Challenge, CSR, Huntswood, Paul Wycherley on May 6, 2011 | Edit | Leave a Comment »

After having spent only two weeks in England so far this year, it is good to finally be home having finished all the winter training camps and knowing that from now on I will be in the UK a bit more permanently. I have just returned from two weeks in Seville. The first two camps [...]

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38,000 foot somewhere over the Indian Ocean

Posted in Huntswood, Paul Wycherley, tagged Cross Channel Challenge, CSR, Huntswood, Paul Wycherley on March 4, 2011 | Edit | Leave a Comment »

I have just completed 7 weeks of intensive training in Australia. As I write this I am at 38,000 foot somewhere over the Indian Ocean, fatigued from training and a confused body clock, but still beaming from the great time and the quality training I have put away in the bank. I spent most of [...]

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How not to prepare for a kayak race in Sydney

Posted in Huntswood, Paul Wycherley, tagged Cross Channel Challenge, CSR, international sprint kayaker, Olympian kayaker, Olympics, Paul Wycherley, sydney on February 4, 2011 | Edit | Leave a Comment »

On day 2 of the regatta I decided to enter the 500m races for some more race experience. This is not an Olympic distance and not one I normally race. I raced the heats and semi-finals to make my way into the final. Again there were only 3 Brits out of a team of [...]

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Trouble in Queensland

Posted in Huntswood, Paul Wycherley, tagged Cross Channel Challenge, CSR, Huntswood, Paul Wycherley on January 21, 2011 | Edit | Leave a Comment »

Three weeks in and despite some of the worst floods in Queensland’s history, the GB men’s kayak team are training hard in preparation for the World Championships and our first shot at Olympic qualification later on in the year. I have joined the team paddling out of the Sunshine Coast Kayak Club, a location that [...]

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