A beautiful night for paddling greated 16 paddlers and they took advantage of the great conditions to lay down some quick times. Angus was the race winner taking advantage of having some time triallers to chase to take 169s off his previous best time, followed by Bill 167s faster and April rounding out the top 3 with a 100s improvement. The following paddlers were also faster than their previous best; Richard (79s), Kobi (68s), Phil Nelson (57s), Phil Wadley (56s), James (39s), Ken (26s) and John (14s). A great job by everyone. We also welcomed back Amanda, Jenn, Jethro and Chris for their first races of the season; Cathie also joined the race for the first time taking on the short course to get acquainted with her boat.
Race times are below.
| Paddler | Handicap | Gun Time | Actual Time | Position | New Handicap |
| Angus Purtell | 16:55 | 57:24 | 40:29 | 1 | 19:43 |
| Bill Williams | Go | 58:31 | 58:31 | 2 | 1:47 |
| April Nelson | 8:56 | 58:35 | 49:39 | 3 | 10:36 |
| Richard McMinn | 27:59 | 58:51 | 30:52 | 4 | 29:17 |
| Kobi Newman | 24:02 | 59:03 | 35:01 | 5 | 25:10 |
| Phil Nelson | 23:34 | 59:14 | 35:40 | 6 | 24:31 |
| Phil Wadley | 23:19 | 59:15 | 35:56 | 7 | 24:15 |
| James Caspar | 20:44 | 59:33 | 38:49 | 8 | 21:23 |
| Ken McLean | 23:24 | 59:45 | 36:21 | 9 | 23:50 |
| John MacCausland | 3:19 | 60:03 | 56:44 | 10 | 3:33 |
| Claye Mace | 20:53 | 61:16 | 40:23 | 11 | 20:53 |
| Cathie Bates | 0:48 | 11:15 | 10:27^ | TT | 49:36 |
| Jenny Purtell | 15:42 | 43:39 | 27:57* | TT | 32:11 |
| Jethro Bates | 3:19 | 47:58 | 44:39* | TT | 15:34 |
| Amanda Chong | 15:42 | 49:16 | 33:34* | TT | 26:36 |
| Chris Bates | 20:53 | 57:23 | 36:30 | TT | 23:41 |
Guntime for next week will be at 6:30 pm, (for those new to handicap racing your start time is you handicap after 6:30 pm, ie 13:50 handicap starts at 6:43:50) to be safe be ready to race at 6:40 pm. 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. If you are starting more than 20 minutes after your handicap you may be asked to race a shorter course to ensure on water safety.
Please register for the race here: Paddle Australia Azolve If our event doesn’t come up, please search by location for Hadspen to find our event.
Check the main Hadspen page for more details.
See you Tuesday night.
