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May 26, 2009 Results
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Short Course: To Lone Rock and return to cross The Cove to the mark on the south side.
Long Course: Lone Rock, Twin for a counter clockwise loop and back to Deep Cove via the north side of Racoon.
Have I mentioned that the Tuesday Night Paddlesport Race is North America's LARGEST!! Maybe I haven't so I thought I would say so again.A start studded cast made up tonight's TNR. Eric Moll from Bellingham was in town just back from his victorious paddle at Bellingham's famous Ski to Sea Race. Eric whooped some other slouches like, Ian Mackenzie, Brandon Nelson, Wes Hammer, and others. So it was a notable victory. Wes Hammer of off Canada's National Team was in town for a hiatus before returning to Halifax for more training. It was "every other Tuesday" so that meant Gareth Tudor-Jones was here to kick some butt. Congrats to Gareth's little bro, David, who placed 7th at Molokai last week. Also making his debut at Tuesday night race on a Pimped Up V10 was Beijing Olympian Zach Plavsic. Zach is a windsurfer who likes to cross train with surf skis. Zach is recovering from a busted leg and his re-hab has mostly been guzzling beer. Team BC Biathlon was out. Ken and Jen Stannick were out paddling in a canoe to celebrate Jen's 29th birthday. The come-back kid Andrea Cassulis was back in the saddle racing with hubby Gary after recovering from a nagging injury.
So the battles were set and Wes Hammer, paddling his THINK Uno, was out to get some revenge against Eric Moll and that's how the race started. It was going to be a long one in preparation for Round Bowen. 10km to Twin Island and back and the short course 5 km long. Immediately a lead group of Jim Nosella, Gareth TJ, Eric M and Wes Hammer was created. Followed by the usual hangers on. The pace seemed civilized. I started to move my way to the front of the second group paddling beside Jonathan Sy who had just finished a hard weekend of racing OC6 and surf ski. Needless to say he was bit spent. Off to the side John George was working by himself and Katja and Jeff were ahead doing the same. About half-way to Lone Rock Jim N. fell off the pace on the front group and we quickly closed the gap. We were approaching the light at LR Point and I was trying to bridge up to John G. We rounded the light and I felt my paddle blade hit bottom, Oh Oh!..CRUNCH!!! as my rudder hit the rock. My foot pedals went slack and I could feel the stern of my surf ski skidding sideways. And to quote my favourite U.S. intellect…"Doooh" The guys asked me if I was OK. And it was here I determined I would be doing the short course. Maybe a first place!! But Jim Nosella was ahead. Then Jodi Boates passed me. With no steering other than leaning my ski and sweep turns, I was paddling like a drunk walking home after closing time. Or just like Daryl last night.
Karly and Kim at the finish line informed us that unless we go back out and round the marker on the south side of The Cove we would be disqualified. "Doooh" I reminded here I was her employer and could fire her. She was unfased. So Gregan Dunn paddling his THINK Fit with matching ball cap was the first paddler to complete the course. Many others, including myself, played follow the leader despite a map and a verbal course description. C'est Dommage! Zannen Desu Ne! I marked the first few as DSQ but Jodi B, Kristin Bauder and Kiran Basra paddled back out and went around the mark on their cool down. The rest of you know who you are. Results are a bit screwed up due to half the field not following the course.
So the rest of the commentary is hear say from the Raven. I took all speeds and distances and divided by 5. Mike Fitz and Cam made some crafty current calculations and made up 500m…no that's 100m on the rest of the group. Somewhere near the finish 2.5 km…no wait 500m the leader put the Wes Hammer down and out sprinted Gareth and Eric.
Hope you can join us at our Deep Cove Demo Day on Saturday 10 - 3
Last Name First Name Boat# Boat Type DK Partner Long/Short Time 1 Nosella Jim 42 HPK S 27.13 2 Basra Kiran 1126 HPK S 28.01 3 Boates Jodi 15 HPK ? 28.43 4 Bauder Kristin 1102 HPK S 29.01 5 Putnam Bob HPK S 29.10 6 Gasior Geoff 113 DK Morag Crocker S 29.54 7 Putnam 136 HPDK s 30.02 8 Dunn Gregan 24 HPK S 31.51 9 Utley Kalum 1207 SK S 32.04 10 Hubbard Carolyn 1218 S 32.11 11 Burgess Steve 1216 HPK ? 32.42 12 Maurer Catherine 1199 HPDK Sonja Panozzo S 33.46 13 Cassulis Gary 135 DK Andrea Cassulis S 33.52 14 Bisalputra Dan 1209 HPK S 34.34 15 Eden Heide 98 HPK S? 34.54 16 Jasienczyk Denise 1214 DK Wendy Pollock S 36.54 17 Boxall Ken 808 SK S 37.16 18 Nicholls Glenn 1215 SK S 39.39 19 David Sarah 1200 DK Marta Carlucci S 39.48 20 Whithead Herb 29 SK S 40.02 21 Dixon Nancy 134 FSK S 40.25 22 Ronaghan Clay 1202 DK Ivon Rybkyn S 41.07 23 Bakker Jana 1151 DK Megan Joxdy S 41.40 24 Broburg Eric 1197 DK Yegor Konechny S 41.42 25 Ustyugov Max 1194 SK S 44.49 26 Nevgodovskyy George 1198 SK S 44.53 27 Hammer Wes 194 L 47.11 28 Tudor-Jones Gareth 74 HPK L 47.46 29 Moll Eric 1121 HPK L 47.47 30 Neuman Matt 1192 SK S 47.58 31 Rademacher Katja 1203 HPDK Jeff Raymond L 48.21 32 Tandy Megan 1132 SK S 50.38 33 Fitzmaurice Mike 277 HPDK Cam Fitzmaurice L 51.18 34 George John 333 HPK L 51.24 35 Sy Jonathan 119 HPK L 51.31 36 Dobrovolny Chris 71 HPK L 51.40 37 Foellmer Sebastien 140 HPDK L 51.49 38 St-Pierre Cedric 1193 SK S 51.57 39 Carter Reid 120 HPK L 52.10 40 Rupnarain Mala 1211 SK S 52.12 41 McCurdy Brian 137 HPK L 52.36 42 Kelly Matt 56 HPK L 52.41 43 Rother Martin 1204 HPK L 52.42 44 House Marshall 1247 HPDK Curtis Brock L 52.48 45 Fast Ben 345 HPDK Eric Fast L 53.14 46 Hansen Paul 101 HPK L 53.47 47 Groll Bernd 1201 HPK L 54.27 48 Foellmer Nicholas 28 HPDK L 54.32 49 Remmler Darryl 69 HPK L 54.39 50 Pearse Darrell 89 HPK L 54.47 51 Micky 60 HPK L 54.56 52 Ellery Doug 110 C1 L 55.05 53 Armstrong Corky 144 SK L 55.09 54 Wong Brian 248 HPDK Brigid Wong L 55.49 55 Foellmer Kurt 55 SK L 56.06 56 Daubeny Carolyn 8 HPK L 56.21 57 Whorrall Mark 1156 HPK L 56.37 58 Russ David 52 HPK L 56.47 59 Gibson Sean 121 HPK L 57.47 60 Wanless Scott 47 DK L 58.55 61 Laszlo Csaba 1206 HPK L 59.33 62 Bagneres Bruno 20 L 59.42 63 Stanick Ken 999 Canoe Jennifer Stanick L 1.00.11 64 Hope Greg 19 HPK L 1.00.55 65 Gumplinger Peter 75 SK L 1.01.15 66 Dubman Rita 1205 Angus Broburg S 1.04.18 67 Conor Sara 1106 DK Jeff Kavanaugh S 1.04.28 68 Plausic Zac 138 HPK L 1.06.54 69 Koch Michael 1195 SK S 1.09.20 70 Ellis Colin 1217 SK L 1.11.01 71 Soltani Reza 42 HPK ??????????? L 72 Gumplinger Silke 76 SK L 73 Reynolds John 198 HPK S 74 Naidu Binite 1093 SK ? 75 Gee Ty 1168 HPK L 76 Bakker Karina 1185 DK Emily Baker S 77 Hope Rod 1249 HPK L 78 Tunstead Collette 1105? SK ?
