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Southern Paddlers - Summer Series Races 5 & 6
Bruny Island - February 18 & 19, 2012
A Festival of Paddling
- Two - Three races a day
- Individual Summer Series races x 2
- Team race & Handicapped team race
- Relay, triangle and downwind course options
- 100% entry fees will be awarded as prizes (minus BBQ cost)
Race Meeting Point
Adventure Bay Community Park (located next to the shop)
Race Courses (possible locations subject to weather conditions)
Adventure Bay, Alonnah, Great Bay, Neck Beach
Safe (achievable) courses will be set for all Division 2 races – inshore or close to land
Weekend Timetable (flexible based on weather conditions)
Race 1: Sat February 18: 11:00am Short Course Downwind – Individuals two divisions
Race 2: Sat February 18: 1:00pm Team Race (teams of two, self-assigned teams)
Race 3: Sat February 18: 3:30pm Summer Series Race 5 – Individuals
BBQ: Sat February 18: 5:00pm Location to be confirmed
Race 4: Sun February 19: 10:00am Handicap Team Race (teams of three, organiser-assigned teams)
Race 5: Sun February 19: 12:00am Novelty Team Race (will include water dismount and remount…)
Race 6: Sun February 19: 2:00pm Summer Series Race 6 – Individuals
Twilight Race Six
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Twilight Six saw great conditions with a nice southerly blowing up the river. Rather than slog into it everyone paddled as a group out to the John Garrow Light for the downwind dash to the CSIRO buoy before heading back to the DSS for the finish.
Div Two set off first with many paddling in the biggest conditions they had ever faced. Scotty Knighton managed to prevail in a big tussle with John Bamford while
Luke O'Geary Becomes Stellar Paddler
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Strong North West Coast paddler Luke O'Geary has just signed on as a Stellar sponsored athlete and will paddle the new Stellar SEL Excel for 2012. Luke's sponsorship is a significant leap forward for Tasmanian paddling and will hopefully pave the way for more top flight paddlers to receive some support from other Ocean Ski manufacturers.
Twilight Series Race 5 2011
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Another great Twilight jaunt last night with the popular Garrow to CSIRO course taking advantage of the southerly blowing up the river. Ben Maynard continued his run of first places taking out Div one by a healthy margin over Marty paddling the new Stellar SEL rocketship and then Sprotty who's time off the tools and back on the water is starting to bear fruit.
Twilight Race Four 2011
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Another great night of mid week paddling with Div One creating history with the first three lapper ever. What a great idea that was!!!
Good fields in all divisions with Ben Maynard actually being pushed pretty hard by Seb and Cooka in Div One while Andy Flakemore took a strong win in Div 2 over Jordon Russell-Green and John Bamford. Andrew is proof that a stable paddler is a fast paddler having dumped the tippy V12 for a V10 Sport, look out!
Whoa What A Race! Derwent Doctor 2011
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Yesterdays second instalment of the 2011/12 Summer Series saw a massive field take on the small but technical conditions. Division One set off from Kingston Beach with a gun field of 21 paddlers blasting off the line towards the pontoon at the far end of the beach. Todd Sargison showed the mind numbing ergo sessions are paying off, setting a blistering pace off the line that few could follow. Ben Maynard rounded the mark in second with Luke O'Geary, Matt Dlaziel, Marty Stephenson and Cooka all desperately trying to stay in contact.
Twilight Race Three 2011
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30 Paddlers lined up for last nights twilight blast around the buoys. A massive Div Two field including five of the fairer sex drove off the line with John Bamford getting the chocolates from Andy Flakemore and Marty Demangone.
In the womens Allie Britton just scraped home in front of Jodie Templar with Cathy McCombe taking third. Allie and Jodie's times were good enough for 6th and 7th in Div Two so expect these two to continue to push each other and put the blokes under a bit of pressure as the season continues.
