The final handicap race was held on a beautiful night for a race with a light upstream breeze and pleasant temperature. James set a cracking pace and was able to come away with the race win and a 1 minute PB. I was next over the line followed by Richard reasonably closely about 10-15 seconds better than previous times. Phil B and Jono were next over the line, Phil just missing a PB and Jono about 20 seconds down. Paul Walker just got past Claye on the finish line both around a minute behind their best. Tim and Duncan were next over the line about 1:40 and 3 minutes down. Geoff was next after a swim at the eddyline crossing on the way up followed by Paul Clarke who swam in the eddy basin when he was looking at a solid PB, apologies to Paul for barely missing a stroke as I checked if he was OK. We also welcomed Yann back to the races with a solid time, and also welcomed Tom to the race series.
Thanks to Phil Nelson for timing. Race times are below.
Paddler | Handicap | Gun Time | Actual Time | Position |
James Caspar | 18:01 | 59:09 | 41:08 | 1 |
Adam Rolls | 20:53 | 59:53 | 39:00 | 2 |
Richard Pearson | 23:12 | 60:00 | 36:48 | 3 |
Phil Barratt | 25:37 | 60:15 | 34:38 | 4 |
Jono Clarke | 20:13 | 60:36 | 40:23 | 5 |
Paul Walker | 26:49 | 61:03 | 34:14 | 6 |
Claye Mace | 21:46 | 61:06 | 39:20 | 7 |
Tim Chilcott | 26:06 | 61:53 | 35:47 | 8 |
Duncan Maxwell | -3:05 | 63:04 | 66:09 | 9 |
Geoff MacQueen | 25:19 | 63:56 | 38:37 | 10 |
Paul Clarke | 23:11 | 67:16 | 44:05 | 11 |
Yann Barratt | 21:46 | 59:38 | 37:52 | NA |
Thomas Schwarz | -3:05 | 64:31 | 67:36 | NA |
Tuesday the 14th March 2017 will be the final Hadspen race for this period, we will run a race over the 4km course followed by a BBQ. Guntime for all paddlers will be at 6:40pm.
Check the main Hadspen page for more details.
See you all on Tuesday.