On a bit of chilly night we had a large group of paddlers turn up for a blast down the river, with 4 racers going out to set a time trial time, 15 handicap racers and another getting in to the swing of things in a new boat. With the wind behind us for the upriver leg many put on a great sprint off the line. Geoff put in a great paddle knocking two and a half minutes off his time (and looking more stable) to take the race win, while Jozina missed her start time but put in a big effort to make up for it and knocked almost three minutes off her time from last week. With a total of eleven paddlers (Geoff, Claye, Colin, Mark, Phil, Richard, Dane’ & Adam, Bill, Paul, Jozina, and Tom) getting personal bests it looks like we are in for a long season of improvements, great job guys. Big thanks to Sharon Locke for timing, much appreciated. The results and next weeks handicaps are below.
| Paddler | Handicap | Gun Time | Actual Time | Position | New Handicap |
| Geoff Macqueen | 16:17 | 59:14 | 42:57 | 1 | 18:41 |
| Claye Mace | 21:39 | 60:14 | 38:35 | 2 | 23:02 |
| Colin Locke | 23:11 | 60:32 | 37:21 | 3 | 24:16 |
| Mark Rathmell | 28:14 | 60:40 | 32:26 | 4 | 29:09 |
| Phil Barratt | 25:51 | 60:46 | 34:55 | 5 | 26:41 |
| Richard Pearson | 23:14 | 60:48 | 37:34 | 6 | 24:03 |
| Dane’ & Adam | 9:24 | 61:02 | 51:38 | 7 | 10:03 |
| Bill Williams | GO | 61:05 | 61:05 | 8 | 0:39 |
| Paul Walker | 27:54 | 61:13 | 33:19 | 9 | 28:16 |
| Jozina Macqueen | 7:00 | 61:16 | 54:16 | 10 | 7:26 |
| Tom Mountney | 30:36 | 61:17 | 30:41 | 11 | 30:54 |
| Adam Rolls | 23:47 | 61:55 | 38:08 | 12 | 23:44 |
| Jack Bower | 14:39 | 62:15 | 47:36 | 13 | 14:36 |
| Alex Robinson | 24:53 | 63:19 | 38:26 | 14 | 24:51 |
| Amanda Chong | 0:03 | DNF | DNF | DNF | GO |
| April Nelson | 5:00 | 55:36 | 50:36 | – | 11:05 |
| Dylan Craw | 24:53 | 62:47 | 37:54 | – | 23:43 |
| Michael Peters | 25:50 | 60:45 | 34:55 | – | 26:41 |
| Phil Nelson | 20:00 | 58:00 | 38:00 | – | 23:37 |
| Dave Allan | DNS | – | – | – | 14:57 |
Check above for your handicap for next week, gun time will again be 6:30pm. If you miss your start time you can still race, have your time recorded and score points. New paddlers will be able to set their handicap time.
Check the main Hadspen page for more details.
See you all next week.
