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Half way mark - Race 10 |
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Written by Administrator
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Monday, 05 December 2005 |
A little bit of a break from the series races last week with a paddle – run event. What fun that was!
There are 3 more races left for this year. Two series races and the Christmas event on the 20th December where all proceeds will be donated to charity.
This week is Race 10 presented by Unleashed Original Threads.
Registration at 17:00 – 17:55
Start Time Long Course 18:15 and Short Course 18:17
Courses: Long +-12km & Short +-6km
A big thank you must go to Shirley and Di for helping with registration and timing. Its always a little more stressful on paddle-runs. But they handled great.
Thank you also to Johan and Geoff on the support boat. To Keith, thank you for the great video footage.
A great turn out of keen paddlers and runners lined up on the beach with their support team or those injured paddlers there to cheer them on as they strided along the beach.
But first it was the paddle leg which ended up being a little longer than it was meant to be. The leader decided to take the field around ore jetting instead of ore jetting buoy. It only added a few more meters to the course, which all could handle. Thinking about it, with Johan driving the support boat and giving everyone a good wave to ride, maybe this shortened the course a bit??? I don’t think we let Johan drive the boat again.
The paddle course consisted of a triangle (Sentinel Rock, Ore Jetting, Preen buoy) and a sausage (Sentinel Rock, Preen buoy).
It was the Duzi combo of Mark Preen and Danny Biggs, with Daniel Kantor who battled it out in the front. Initially Daniel seemed to have the edge over them, but they fought their way back every time. The double and single both landed on the beach at the same time, but it was Daniel who was quicker out of his boat to get to the transition where his team mate Peter Kirk awaited him. Mark and Danny followed into the transition where their K2 awaited them to be carried around the running course.
Next to follow was Justin Maddock who had teamed up with James Kilpin this time, as his previous speedster team mate Steve Farrell had decided to do the whole thing. How he has come along over the past year with his paddling as he came off the water in 5th spot behind the new mixed double combo of Alan Mills and Caren Planting.
There were two women who battled it. First in on the paddle was Janet Vorster, with Nina Hind a few seconds behind.
The first vetran to hit the beach was Mark Torrington and now all the running training that he has done, was to be put to the test. Would he be able to hold of the chasing vets of Nick Rocky, Trevor Stander, Tony Miek to name a few?
Anton van Heerden was the first on the beach as part of the mixed teams category, where he handed over to Karen van Heerden, who now had the pressure on her to maintain the lead.
The run leg consisted of two laps on the beach and a little bit up the river and back. This would be the determining leg for the final positions.
It was the men's team of Daniel Kantor and Peter Kirk who took line honours in a time of 59:13. Second overall and first individual was the speedster Steve Farrell 1:00:03, who flew the running leg to take the fastest running time of 23:47.
Third was another individual Miles Rasmussen 1:03:22. Not too bad as he came off the paddle leg in 12th spot. He also had an impressive run posting the 3rd fastest time.
Justin Maddock and James Kilpin were the second men’s team, with Marco Zumpt and Andreas Kremsel third.
In the women’s race there was a change of position as Nina took control on the run. Janet needed a little bit of persuasion to complete the second leg and she did with great determination.
Mark Torrington managed to hold off the other veterans and left them to fight it out for second and third. It was Nick Rocky who took second away from Tony Miek who was only a few seconds behind.
Clive Farrell, the one and only master just missed out on a top 20 overall spot. A great effort.
The new mixed double combo of Alan Mills and Caren Planting managed to just sneak in a win as the chasing Harts where on their tails.
The women’s team of Romy Parker, who lead the women in on the paddle to hand over to her team mate Theresa Burgess, who just managed to run a faster time than Nina Hind, took first place in the Women's team category.
In the mixed teams there were a few position changes. Tammy Farrel teamed up with Roger Venn to have a very good run (10th fastest, it must run in family) and just managed to catch Karen van Heerden to take first by 6 seconds. Third went to Ross and Charleen Meyer.
Mark Preen and Danny Biggs where using this paddle – run as a bit of training for their Duzi next year. They came off the water in a good position. But once they put the K2 on their shoulders for the run leg, they kind of lost out in the speed department. Not too happy with some of the runners passing them on the first lap and worried that the second double combo of Ryan Sherman and Adrian Hewlett would catch them, the boat was dumped for the second lap as a bit of pride was at stake.
Got to give it to them of trying.
Well done to all for giving it a bash. Great evening.
A big thanks to New Balance for sponsoring a whole lot of great prizes
(a pair of shoes, t-shirts, caps, socks).
It was a Llewellyn Snyman and John Seeber who won the New Balance shoes.
There was only one pair up for grabs and even though John who had run at great race for their team, he still had to win them fair and square with a game of rock, paper and scissors.
Full results are up at www.sports4u.co.za
See you on the water.
Cheers
Richard
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