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May 27, 2003 Results


Commentary by Matt Nuttall

Phew, that was a tough paddle -- out to the barge, sneak behind the dock, and then back along the shoreline. Had to time it just right as the real racers came into the cove so that it looked like I'd been with 'em all along.... Imagine Jerome's surprise when he saw me standing on the beach in front of him as he came back in? Ha ha!

Jerome caught me twice during the run. The first time I tripped him and he fell. But he's crafty. The second time I tried to trip him he dodged and almost passed me. We stood on the trail, staring each other down like when John Wayne met Clint Eastwood.
{music: doowooodle doo wooo, wah wah wah}

Then I said, "Oh look, an eagle," and I pointed to the sky. Jerome looked upward and I kicked him in the shin. As he hopped around on one leg swearing in the X!osa dialect of South Africa, I slithered on to the finish line....
Racers have been assigned one of the following categories: Canoe (C), Double Kayak (DK), Fast Sea Kayak (FSK), High Performance Kayak (HPK), Plastic Kayaks (PK), and Sea Kayak (SK). For information on the classification system click here. 

                     
                              Race Time
Place   Name                  (min:sec)   Race #  Category
1       Nuttal, Matt            32.04      154      HPK
2       Truran, Jerome          32.28      575      HPK
3       Hammer, Wesley          33.01      91       HPK
4       Fast&George             33.38      95       DK
5       Remmler, Daryl          33.50      35       HPK
6       Gee, Ty                 33.55      36       HPK
7       Putnam, Bob             36.07      201      FSK
8       Hope, Rod               36.48      93       FSK
9       Wade, Robin             37.54      165      FSK
10      Johnston, Michael       38.04      152      HPK
11      Armstrong, Corky        38.14      38       HPK
12      Aalhus, Andreas         38.39      37       SK
13      Fortier & Ross          38.47      179      DK
14      Tateno&Vanhulsen        39.07      84       DK
15      Ross, Teresa            39.12      150      Canoe
16      Kvick&Hffter            40.09      58       DK
17      Quist, Darren           40.15      127      FSK
18      Mcdonald, Mickey        40.54      579      SK
19      Stothers, Russ          41.13      163      SK
20      Rademacher, Katja       41.15      572      FSK
21      Rennie Team             41.17      172      DK
22      Ackerfeldt Team         41.22      169      DK
23      Poirier, Claudette      41.32      147      FSK
24      Lillaquist, Hakan       41.36      180      SK
25      Mcgrath, Paul           41.41      165      FSK
26      Grosser&Taylor          41.50      135      DK
27      Rizzo & Elliott         41.50      167      Canoe
28      Armstrong, Daphne       41.54      135      FSK
29      Taylor, Ian             42.05      597      FSK
30      Kerr, Glen              42.15      92       SK
31      Trotter, Gary           42.31      580      SK
32      Nilsson&Richardson      42.37      159      DK
33      Steffen, Oliver         42.49      160      SK
34      Geddes&McTaggart        42.50      141      DK
35      Simmns, Justine         42.54      133      DK
36      McCormick, Christine    43.15      112      SK
37      Ackerfeldt, Derek       43.20      137      SK
38      Hope, Greg              43.25      599      FSK
39      Kortchuk, David         43.30      54       SK
40      Dubois, Kevin           43.40      156      FSK
41      Vurdela, Richard        44.03      588      SK
42      Lambie, Stephen         44.04      153      FSK
43      Haziza, Richard         44.17      138      FSK
44      Adams, Tom              44.24      170      SK
45      Stark, Karen            44.37      151      Canoe
46      Gunasekera, David       44.59      88       SK
47      Pearse, Darrell         45.05      89       FSK
48      Elbe, Ron               45.23      82       SK
49      Elvin, Sam              46.15      138      SK
50      Hlus, Rob               46.34      80       SK
51      Liberman Team           46.38      9        DK
52      Mussell, Chris          47.15      161      SK
53      Price, Bob              47.16      142      SK
54      Esplin, Gordon          47.17      176      SK
55      Hawman&Roberts          47.50      149      DK
56      Doyle, James            48.45      174      SK
57      Wilmot, Sarah           50.30      131      HPK
58      Ackerley, Kevin         50.30      583      SK
59      Van, Rob                50.42      83       SK
60      Tanaka, Mayumi          50.59      53       SK
61      Joyce, John             51.07      162      SK
62      Ellam, Megan            51.10      594      DK
63      Leacock, Tracey         51.26      178      SK
64      Letnes, Tracy           51.45      87       SK
65      Brown, Carrie           51.45      100      SK
66      Lockhead&Ohara          53.23      144      DK
67      Abraham&Summerwill      54.31      146      DK
68      Stiles, Christopher     54.34      7        SK
69      Blackburn, Dean         54.45      145      SK
70      Dixon, Nancy            55.06      146      SK
71      Smolyn & Wright         55.21      158      Canoe
72      Murray, Shanina         56.38      101      SK
73      Chow, Peter          Didn't  Run   68       DK
74      Shearer, Stewart     Didn't  Run   99       FSK
75      Caird, Bruce         Didn't  Run   106      SK
76      Lauzon, Natalie     Didn't Finish  142      SK
77      Loewen, Stuart      Didn't Finish  153      SK
78      Jenkins, Chris      Didn't Finish  160      HPK
79      Adie, Kahlyn        Didn't Finish  565      SK
80      Wordes, Heather     Didn't Finish  574      SK
81      Tamas, Simon        Didn't Finish  200      SK
82      Lambie, Stephen      Didn't Run    171      SK
83      Armstrong, Daphne    Didn't Run    595      FSK