Mark Yungnickel C1 hard yards during training

The senior team memebrs inEurope are now training in Prague.Living at the boatshed which is right at the course is handy. They have been cooking, drinking plenty of fluids as now the temps are in the 40 degrees a big change from wo weeks ago at 5-10 degrees and catching up on Uni work as well.

Check out their blogs to catch up with their stories

NZ seniors now head to Prague

To our senior team self belief and as the Slovaks say Pod, Pod, Pod, means go, go, go

A full week of training and finetuning from the last two weeks of racing will help the seniors prepare for their next race in Tacen in two weeks. After going clean at most races over the NZL season the costly touches are something to work on physically and mentally and sort out.

Concentrate on the positives and the strengths of your racing over the last two races.

Remember that 'Creation" is the moment of performance when athletes put into practice everything they have worked on during their preparation:they have to achieve an optimum level of activation, be capable of visualising the task in hand, manage stress and negative thoughts and devoting their whole attention to their performance. ( Extract from IOC website)

Tania and Johann fly into Europe at the end of this month and James flies in after Uni exams in mid June. Luuka will be now on her way to England and meeting up with the team at two of the world cups races Augsburg and Prague.

Senior team members sitting Uni exams and writing assignments while overseas keep up the good work.

2007 Slovak Open and World Series Final Results

SLOVAK OPEN 2007
Bratislava - Čunovo19.05.2007 - 20.05.2007

Oficiálne výsledky preteku

With a world class line up in the semi-finals Mike struggled with his lines being just slightly off during the first 13 gates in the semi- finals and with three touches dropped to 27th place overall. The NZL team now head to Prague Czech for training before their next race in Tacen, Slovenia. Keep up the messages of support- as the only team competing without a coach or manager they enjoy all the support. Contact them and wish them well via this blogspot
Final Results K1M

1 ŠAJBIDOR Ján SLO 101.58
2 WALSH Campbell GRB 104.06
3 POLACZYK Gregorz POL 104.21
4 HEYL Brett USA 104.27
5 KRALJ Dejan SLO 104.45
27 DAWSON Michael NZL114.82

Full Results

http://www.lomtec.com/mates/index.cfm?Area=ResultList

2007 Slovak Open and WS Qualification

SLOVAK OPEN 2007 Bratislava - Čunovo19.05.2007 - 20.05.2007
Oficiálne výsledky preteku
A star studded line up for the World Series Race Two in Slovakia and the Slovak Open coupled with a demanding course provided tight finishes in all qualification races. With 84 competitiors lined up in K1m Mike Dawson advanced in 21st place to the semi-finals. A line up of 54 C1M saw Mark with a 50 at 48th and Aaron with a slower time run one finishing 44th missing out on the semi-final cut.

Mike is racing the semis Sunday evening NZL time


Qualification K1 muži 19.05.2007

1 CIBÁK Peter 194.67
2 BENEŠ Jindřich 194.90

3 POTOČNÝ Marcel 196.47
21 DAWSON Michael 208.71
44 OSBORNE Aaron 221.43

Qualification C1 muži 19.05.2007
1 MARTIKÁN Michal 200.65
2 FLORENCE David 203.67
3 MINČÍK Juraj 205.78
48 YUNGNICKEL Mark 306.33

Full Results on http://www.lomtec.com/mates/index.cfm?Area=ResultList

2007 World Series Race Two and Slovak Open

Aaron, Mark and Mike are racing this weekend in Bratislava. The European summer weather has changed from below 10 degrees when they arrived early May to now a pleasant 30 degrees. The athletes are keeping well hydrated and out of the sun ( studying as they all have exams looming)when not training.
Check out the senior team results this weekend at the World Series Race Two Bratislava, Slovakia
www.canoeworldseries.com/slovakopen

2007 Slovakia Medzinárodného Tatranského slalomu

2007 Slovakia Medzinárodného Tatranského slalomu Finals

Liptovský Mikuláš11.05.2007 - 13.05.2007
Neoficiálne výsledky preteku

Finále MTS K1 muži 13.05.2007

FINAL RESULTS

Mike Dawson the only NZL athlete in the semi finals put down a solid run but his one touch took him out of a place in the finals finishing a credible 16th position in his first European race of the season. All the Kiwis have some work to do on making clean runs. Thanks to mark and Aaron for videoing and supporting Mike in the semis

Check out all resultshttp://www.lomtec.com/mates/index.cfm?ActiveMenu=ResultList

Final Results
1 AGEENKO Mikhail206.44
2 HASTINGS John207.07
3 OBLINGER Helmut215.76
16 DAWSON Michael 107.70


Check out some live race footage on http://www.mikekayak.blogspot.com/

The senior team members ( Mark, Mike and Aaron) in Europe now head to Brataslava for the Slovak Opens and third world series race this weekend .

2007 Slovakia Medzinárodného Tatranského slalomu 12.-5.07

2007 Slovakia Medzinárodného Tatranského slalomu 12.-5.07
Qualification Results
With 103 competitiors lining up in K1M and 69 compeitors in C1 M from 21 countries the race plans were ready. With only the top 40 competitiors advancing it was going to be tight. Mike Dawson put down consistent runs again still with too many touches to advance through to the semi-finals tomorrow in 23rd spot. Aaron Osborne missed out on the cut finishing 42nd as did Mark Yungnickel 53rd who unfortunately got a 50 second penalty which saw his chances to qualify end. Stefano Cipressi (2006 World Champ) also received a 50 along with many other world class paddlers. The course was tight and technically difficult with no room for errors.

Oficiálne výsledky preteku
http://www.lomtec.com/mates/index.cfm?ActiveMenu=ResultList

Kvalifikácia MTS K1 muži 12.05.2007
1 RAAB Ondřej 194.40
2 CIBÁK Peter195.02
3 OBLINGER Helmut196.78
23 DAWSON Michael211.19
42 OSBORNE Aaron225.03

Kvalifikácia MTS C1 muži 12.05.2007
1 MARTIKÁN Michal203.04
2 MINČÍK Juraj205.16
3 FLORENCE David214.37
53 YUNGNICKEL Mark312.32

2007 Slovakia Mezdinárodný Tatranský Slalom Liptovsky Mikulas Ranking Results 11.05.07

Mike Dawson, Aaron Osborne and Mark Yungnickel are competing in the 2007 Slovakia Mezdinárodný Tatranský Slalom at Liptovsky Mikulas. A solid line up of 300 competitors from 21 countries provided stiff competition. with 103 K1 men and 64 C1M competitors .
The course is challeging and the Kiwis need to go clean. Mike Dawson with 10 second penalties was the top Kiwi home in 24th place, Aaron Osborne 36th and Mark Yungnickel 39th

Full resultshttp://www.ktklm.sk/m.php
K1M
1 AGEENKO Mikhail 185.05

2 POLACZYK Gregorz 185.67
3 RAAB Ondřej 186.48

24 DAWSON Michael 198.14
36 OSBORNE Aaron 204.82


C1M
1 MARTIKÁN Michal 192.07
2 FLORENCE David 193.03
3 MINČÍK Juraj 195.69
39 YUNGNICKEL Mark 242.73


Full results http://www.ktklm.sk/m.php