Nicky Cresser, a Maths teacher at St John’s School and Sixth Form College in Bishop Auckland, has been selected to race the World Cup Series as part of the Great British Wild Water Racing Team, in the individual men's kayak (K1M)
At the rigorous selection weekend in Wales back in April, Nicky dominated the Classic event, winning by over 10 seconds, and finishing in 3rd in the Sprint event, behind Olympic bronze medalist Jonnie Schofield and the very experienced Jamie Christie.