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Armstrong and Feathery Dominate National Kayak Marathon Champs

Day 1

The morning fog lifted at 9:00AM to reveal a picture perfect morning for marathon racing at Lake Karapiro. Racing started at 10:00 with 62 individuals on the water. At the front of the race the Christchurch pair of Steven Armstrong and James Feathery opened a significant lead on the rest of the field. Armstrong pulled away to take the win by 15 seconds, completing the 7 lap 32km course in a time of 2:26:27.

Numbers were thin in the senior women’s ranks but a good number of younger paddlers enjoyed the great course set by the Karapiro Kayak Racing Club. U23 paddler Rebecca Cole set the fastest lap times for the women completing the 6 lap course in 2:33:16.

Good numbers of ski and multisport paddlers competed over 27km without portages. The event was won by Tim Grammer in a sprint finish from Garth Spencer in a time of 2:06:32.

Day 2

Day 2 dawned even hotter as 18 K2 crews headed out on the course after a mass start. The pair of Matt Blundell and Richard Armstrong duelled with James Feathery and Steven Armstrong for 5 laps, trading the lead well ahead of chasing crews. The strain was beginning to show at the end of lap 6 when Feathery and Armstrong put in a burn to open a small gap before entering the portage. Their race almost came undone as they bent their rudder on the pontoon but after a quick portage they had time to straighten their rudder shaft and headed out on the final lap with a 50m lead. They extended their lead on the final lap to complete the 32km distance in a time of 2:23:17. Blundell and Armstrong, having never paddled together before, were a courageous 2^ndplace, finishing totally spent and only 3 minutes down on the winners.

U16 paddlers Thomas Cole and Gregor Park paddled well to keep pace with the top two crews for the duration of their 3 lap race.

The recreational class was also popular, with several crews taking on the shorter 2 lap distance complete with portages and mixing it well against the full distance crews before happily peeling off onto the finishing leg for an early swim. Well done to all who completed the full length courses in all classes.

Feathery & Armstrong, Arawa

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K1 RESULTS

TYRO	Team Name	Gender	Bib	Time	Place
McChesney, Keeley	Eastern Bay	Male	56	00.44.31.1	1
Domett, Rachel	BOP	Female	58	32.32.1	2
Biddle, Riley	BOP	Male	57	32.31.6	3
U14	Team Name	Gender	Bib	Time	Place
Domett, Anna	BOP	Female	98	01.07.51	1
Warren, Sarah	Mana	Female	99	01.15.46	2

McLarin, Jordan	Waitemata	Male	52	00.52.00.4	1
Dempster, Declan	Arawa	Male	96	00.53.38.2	2
Thompson, William	Karapiro	Male	97	00.56.02.7	3
Brown, Connor	BOP	Male	95	1.01.23.8	4
U16	Team Name	Gender	Bib	Time	Place
Wilson, Cassandra	Waitara	Female	92	1.22.20	1
Kereopa, Ariana	Waitara	Female	90	1.24.42	2
Reid, Carla	Eastern Bay	Female	91	1.31.50	3
Shotter, Paige	Waitara	Female	94	1.31.55	4
Holford, Hannah	Mana	Female	93	1.37.33	5

Cole, Thomas	Waitara	Male	89	1.14.15	1
Park , Gregor	Waitara	Male	86	1.15.02	2
Koekemoer, Jake	Arawa	Male	87	1.16..18	3
McCarthy, Sean	Karapiro	Male	88	DNF
U18	Team Name	Gender	Bib	Time	Place
Austin, Rochelle	North Shore	Female	85	1.48.26	1

Reid, Campbell	Eastern Bay	Male	83	2.04.32	1
Wiley, Brad	Eastern Bay	Male	82	2.09.51	2
U23	Team Name	Gender	Bib	Time	Place
Cole, Rebecca	North Shore Canoe Club	Female	81	2.33.16	1

Loveridge, Matt	Arawa	Male	80	2.40.24	1
Aubrey, Jed	BOP	Male	84	2.49.12	2
MASTERS 45-50	Team Name	Gender	Bib	Time	Place
Exeter, Phillip	Waitemata	Male	55	1.56.39.1	1
Cam, Scott	Waitemata	Male	79	2.13.29	2
MASTERS 35-44	Team Name	Gender	Bib	Time	1
Gray, Ian	Individual	Male	74	1.56.53	2
Smith, Steve	Karapiro	Male	77	1.57.08	3
Randall, Paul	Waitara	Male	76	1.57.56	4
Frecklington, Wayne	North Shore	Male	78	2.20.51	5
MASTERS 45-54	Team Name	Gender	Bib	Time	Place
Muirhead, Glen	Mana	Male	71	1.52.00.5	1
McLarin, Simon	Waitemata	Male	51	1.54.11	2
Newick, Andrew	Waitemata	Male	53	2.02.27	3
Gray, Glenn	Individual	Male	72	DNF	5
Hollister-Jones, Marshall	BOP	Male	73	2.11.44	4
MASTERS 55+	Team Name	Gender	Bib	Time	Place
Alderson, Keith	Arawa	Male	69	1.57.51	1
Harker, Kim	BOP	Male	70	1.58.43	2
Multi/Ski	Team Name	Gender	Bib	Time	Place
Laura, Madritsch	Eastern Bay	Female	16	2.34.30	1
Bruce, Lysaght	Individual	Male	23	DNS
Grammer, Tim	Individual	Male	48	2.06.32.3	1
Spencer, Garth	Individual	Male	28	2.06.42.4	2
Sean, Murphy	Individual	Male	17	2.10.37	3
Hayes, Brad	Karapiro	Male	25	2.13.01.8	4
Franz, Madritsch	Eastern Bay	Male	20	2.14.54	5
Nimmo, Charles	Individual	Male	27	2.16.08.8	6
Riley, Elliot	Individual	Male	21	2.17.57.0	7
Stewart, Derek	Individual	Male	22	2.23.05	8
Grace, Brian	Mana	Male	24	2.32.01.5	9
Rod, Griffith	Karapiro	Male	18	2.33.42.6	10
Fraser , Murphy	Waitemata	Male	19	2.33.42.6	11
OPEN	Team Name	Gender	Bib	Time	Place
Armstrong, Steven	Arawa	Male	67	2.26.27.2	1
Feathery, James	Arawa	Male	61	2.26.42.0	2
Blundell, Matthew	Mana	Male	75	2.45.25	3
Newlands, Sam	BOP	Male	46	2.31.25.6	4
Armstrong, Richard	Karapiro	Male	63	2.32.17.4	5
Russell, Paul	Arawa	Male	62	2.38.24.0	6
Kiss,Kalman	Individual	Male	38	2.43.35.6	7
Sam , Clark	Eastern Bay	Male	66	2.46.25.0	8
Mowlein, Andrew	Individual	Male	44	2.48.15.0	9
Tucker, Bennet	Mana	Male	59	3.07.47.5	10
Simpkins, Craig	Karapiro	Male	60	DNF
Recreational	Team Name	Gender	Bib	Time	Place
Currie, Erika	Waitemata	Female	41	1.06.13.2	1
Melgren, Simon	Waitemata	Male	47	1.01.41.1	1

K2 RESULTS

U14	Team name	Distance km	Gender	Bib	Time	Place
Connor & Riley	BOP	9	Male	2	1:03:57	1
U16	Team name	Distance km	Gender	Bib	Time	Place
Tom And Gregor	Waitara	13	Male	5	1:05:03	1
Arawa	Arawa	13	Male	10	1:12:40	2
Cassie and Ariana	Waitara	13	Female	7	1:24:36	1
Sarah & Hannah	Mana	13	Female	16	1:28:11	2
U18	Team name	Distance km	Gender	Bib	Time	Place
Austin and Paige	Waitara	13	Female	17	DNF	1
Brad/Campbell	Eastern	21	Male	4	DNF	2
Masters	Team name	Distance km	Gender	Bib	Time	Place
McLarin and Murphy	Waitamata	25	Male	13	2:12:39	1
Ian and Glen Gray	Individual	25	Male	14	2:16:13	2
Kim & Keith (Arawa)	BOP	25	Male	3	2:18:18	3
Exeter and Stewart	Waitemata	25	Male	12	2:24:31	4
Bruce & Partner	Individual	25	Male	1	DNS	5
Open	Team name	Distance km	Gender	Bib	Time	Place
Arawa James And Steve	Arawa	29	Male	8	2:23:17	1
Matt and Richard	Mana/Karapiro	29	Male	6	2:26:10	2
Newick and Gordon	Waitemata	25	Male	15	2:29:49	3
Recreational	Team name	Distance km	Gender	Bib	Time	Place
Brad And Marshall	Karapiro	9	Male	19	0:48:51	1
William and Paul	Karapiro	13	Male	18	49:59.9	2