A great night for a paddle with barely of breath of wind and minimal current in the river. The paddlers took great advantage of the conditions and come gome with some really fast times with 10 of 13 paddlers getting personal best times.
Race times are below.
Paddler | Handicap | Gun Time | Actual Time | Position |
John McCausland | 16:26 | 56:50 | 40:24 | 1 |
Phil Marsh | 0:30 | 58:18 | 57:48 | 2 |
April Nelson | 31:39 | 58:49 | 27:10 | 3 |
Grahame Foster | 14:02 | 59:13 | 45:11 | 4 |
Donelda Niles | 16:19 | 59:37 | 43:18 | 5 |
Phil Nelson | 21:58 | 59:47 | 37:49 | 6 |
Claye Mace | 20:33 | 59:48 | 39:15 | 7 |
Justin Welch | 20:14 | 59:58 | 39:44 | 8 |
Ken McLean | 25:10 | 60:07 | 34:57 | 9 |
Bill Williams | 5:26 | 60:17 | 54:51 | 10 |
Isaac johnson | 29:45 | 60:36 | 30:51 | 11 |
James Caspar | 24:46 | 61:32 | 36:46 | 12 |
Adam Rolls | 60:00 | 82:00 | 22:00 | 13 |
Terry Poole | 24:46 | 60:49 | 36:03 | TT |
Anthony | 25:10 | 61:34 | 36:24 | TT |
The end of year BBQ and final race will be on March 15.
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 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.