Another great night for a paddle and some very competitive racing. Nelson took the race win with a 2 minute 49 second improvement on his previous best. Justin was second ober the line with a 56 second improvement and James was third coming back towards his season best. Evan (23s), Chris (20s), Claye (20s) and Phil Marsh (61s) all got personal best times, great job everyone.
Thanks to Donelda for timing. Race times are below.
| Paddler | Handicap | Gun Time | Actual Time | Position |
| Nelson Clark | 6:29 | 57:27 | 50:58 | 1 |
| Justin Welch | 21:45 | 59:16 | 37:31 | 2 |
| James Caspar | 23:29 | 59:45 | 36:16 | 3 |
| Evan Ollerenshaw | 21:02 | 59:49 | 38:47 | 4 |
| Chris Bates | 24:27 | 59:51 | 35:24 | 5 |
| Claye Mace | 20:05 | 59:52 | 39:47 | 6 |
| Grahame Foster | 12:22 | 60:22 | 48:00 | 7 |
| Peter Girling | 23:35 | 60:23 | 36:48 | 8 |
| Ken McLean | 24:03 | 60:33 | 36:30 | 9 |
| Isaac Johnson | 31:03 | 60:40 | 29:37 | 10 |
| Adam Rolls | 21:24 | 60:47 | 39:23 | 11 |
| Jethro Bates | 18:00 | 61:02 | 43:02 | 12 |
| Jo MacQueen | 32:52 | 61:10 | 28:18 | 13 |
| Phil Marsh | 6:05 | 62:01 | 55:56 | 14 |
| Geoff MacQueen | 24:27 | 59:29 | 35:02 | 15 |
| Richard Pearson | 40:00 | 77:59 | 37:59 | 16 |
| Mary Rummery | 18:18 | 51:43 | 33:25 | TT |
| Phil Wadley | 18:18 | 57:47 | 39:29 | TT |
Can all paddlers please ensure race fees are paid up.
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; or after logging in to the ‘Just Go’ website come back and click the link again.
Check the main Hadspen page for more details.
See you Tuesday night.
