With just half a dozen pre-race entries by Saturday evening, it did not look promising for a big entry level. However, by the end of a busy registration we had 21 entries, including the only K2 of Phill Exeter and Lance Smith.
It was a shame to not have any of the local young guns from the North Shore enter, but encouraging to see three in the 70+ category – Kevin Sargent, Rosemary Gatland and Erika Currie.
Archie Tonks from Karapiro Kayak Club was the sole U16 competitor, and had a solo race over the 5km course which he completed in 24.23.9.
Despite forecast bad weather, race conditions on the day turned out ideal - sunshine, a light breeze and a high tide. It was a mass start but the field very quickly spread out over the two laps of the 5km course.
Overall winner was Waitemata’s Jordan McLarin who raced in the Open Men category in 45.34.1. Close behind was North Shore’s Daniel Peacocke, the only other Open Men’s category in 45.54.5 with the evergreen Simon McLarin chasing hard just 3.2 seconds behind for first place in Masters Men.
| Under 16 5km | | | |
| 1 | Archie TONKS | 5km | Junior - 16 and under | 24:23.9 |
| K2 | | | | |
| 4 | Phill & Lance | 10km | K2 | 46:05.1 |
| 10km Individual Results | | | |
| 1 | Jordan Mclarin | 10km | Open | 45:34.1 |
| 2 | Dan Peacocke | 10km | Open | 45:54.5 |
| 3 | Simon Mclarin | 10km | Masters 55+ | 45:57.7 |
| 4 | Vaughan Reed | 10km | Masters 40-45 | 47:36.6 |
| 5 | Stuart Lynch | 10km | Masters 40-45 | 47:47.5 |
| 6 | Sean Murphy | 10km | Masters 50-54 | 49:07.4 |
| 7 | Bruce Hamilton | 10km | Masters 50-54 | 54:07.0 |
| 8 | Derek Stewart | 10km | Masters 55+ | 54:48.5 |
| 9 | Peter Lipscombe | 10km | Masters 50-54 | 54:50.9 |
| 10 | Mark MacDonald | 10km | Masters 45-49 | 54:55.2 |
| 11 | Paul Fitchett | 10km | Masters 50-54 | 55:00.2 |
| 12 | John Novak | 10km | Masters 45-49 | 58:18.7 |
| 13 | Julio Mau-Asam | 10km | Masters 35+ | 1:00:43.7 |
| 14 | Michael Faumularo | 10km | Masters M 55+ | 1:00:45.0 |
| 15 | Thomas Mitchell | 10km | Masters 40-45 | 1:01:38.3 |
| 16 | Frida Sumardjo | 10km | Masters W 45-49 | 1:10:29.1 |
| 17 | Erika Currie | 10km | Masters Women K1 70+ | 1:11:17.5 |
| 18 | Kevin Sargent | 10km | Masters Men K1 70+ | 1:18:47.0 |
| 19 | Rosemary Gatland | 10km | Masters Womdn K1 70+ | 1:25.05.1 |
Article courtesy Erika Currie