2018 Marathon Series
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%lfloat width=310px height=210px margin-top=5px margin-right=10px%Attach:201811_WindForecast.jpg | ''Above: Does that mean it was meant to be even windier?!''
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"I had a super fun day on Saturday. They were tough conditions but the most fun! On the third lap, going across the wind I got caught between the waves and the wash of a jet ski and a power boat and decided to take a refreshing swim. A big thank you to Wade the hero who pulled up and got me back in. All this against a 3km/hr current and a tight division championship! Super dude Wade! It’s fantastic to be part of an amazing club with incredible people. Also thanks to Tom for stopping and offering help too and the rescue rib. But no thanks to the jet ski or the power boat, neither of which stopped to help!" - Oscar
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->''"I had a super fun day on Saturday. They were tough conditions but the most fun! On the third lap, going across the wind I got caught between the waves and the wash of a jet ski and a power boat and decided to take a refreshing swim. A big thank you to Wade the hero who pulled up and got me back in. All this against a 3km/hr current and a tight division championship! Super dude Wade! It’s fantastic to be part of an amazing club with incredible people. Also thanks to Tom for stopping and offering help too and the rescue rib. But no thanks to the jet ski or the power boat, neither of which stopped to help!" - Oscar''
July 15, 2018, at 05:52 PM
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* %newwin%[[https://www.flickr.com/photos/123301968@N08/albums/72157699073012495|PNSW Flickr pix (around 600) from 2018]]
June 28, 2018, at 05:30 PM
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Another change in Sunday’s race format was that Div 6 started just after Div 7, giving everyone ample space to complete the race without any time pressures. In Div 7, Lindsay Frost finished 6th and Anjie Lee 7th, with Anjie bringing back substantial quantities of weed from upriver. Oscar Cahill (5th) was the highest-placed LCRK boat in Div 6 ahead of Derek Simmonds (10th), David Hammond (12th) and newcomer Chris Johnson in his ranking race. David Veivers and his ski took a ride in the safety boat after not feeling 100% at the start and then a swim at the 11km mark. Finally in the 20km divisions Div 5 saw Ruby Ardren finish 4th with a new PB of 1:54:20 (and a massive grin to match!) just in front of Jeff Hosnell in 6th.
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Another change in Sunday’s race format was that Div 6 started just after Div 7, giving everyone ample space to complete the race without any time pressures. In Div 7, Lindsay Frost finished 6th and Anjie Lee 7th, with Anjie bringing back substantial quantities of weed from upriver ''[no, not the smoking variety]''. Oscar Cahill (5th) was the highest-placed LCRK boat in Div 6 ahead of Derek Simmonds (10th), David Hammond (12th) and newcomer Chris Johnson in his ranking race. David Veivers and his ski took a ride in the safety boat after not feeling 100% at the start and then a swim at the 11km mark. Finally in the 20km divisions Div 5 saw Ruby Ardren finish 4th with a new PB of 1:54:20 (and a massive grin to match!) just in front of Jeff Hosnell in 6th.
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%lfloat width=650px %Attach:201807_Team Photo.jpg|Above: Most of the LCRKers paddling at Penrith.
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Lane Cove numbers were a little down in the shorter divisions, with just four paddlers choosing the 10km option. Lachie Wrenford posted a 2 minute PB of 1:14:08 to finish 2nd in Div 12, while Ian was 7th in Div 11 and Peter Harris (7th) and Paul Burges (9th) padded in Div 10.
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Lane Cove numbers were a little down in the shorter divisions, with just four paddlers choosing the 10km option. Lachie Wrenford posted a 2 minute PB of 1:14:08 to finish 2nd in Div 12, while Ian was 7th in Div 11 and Peter Harris (7th) and Paul Burges (9th) padded in Div 10. Thanks to Ian and Frazer for capturing the race on camera despite a lot of winter glare.
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'''View from the back of the afternoon pack: Paul van Koesveld''' \\
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View from the back of the afternoon pack: Paul van Koesveld
There aren’t many ways in which being old has paddling advantages but getting medals at our State Championships is one. More-so if you are paddling in a doubles race.
Peter Harris has paddled very few doubles since his return to kayaking after many years away from paddling. Phil Geddes and I induced him to try out our double ski on the Friday before last at Narrabeen with me in the back seat. We didn’t fall out so Peter agreed to try paddling on our Doubles Night where we tried very hard to fall out and went a fair way to achieving that. Luckily we had both already entered the State Championships so could not back out.
Peter knew from his morning singles race that his muscles/tendons (somewhere around the tensor facia lata area) were already tired so it was agreed that we would just paddle steadily and hopefully more smoothly than we had on the Wednesday evening.
With the aid of a small drop in wind speed from the morning gales, we achieved that magnificently. The only problem was when Peter’s tired muscles started to give out with a bit over one km to go and he had to lean right back periodically to relieve the pain – not the best position to maintain balance – but Peter was determined to finish and fought on. We didn’t fall in until when blocked after the finish line; standing up in the water fixed all Peter’s pain and we were GOLD medalists in the 70-74 Men’s double ski category; no silver medal was awarded.
Not too bad, we thought, for two old blokes with two knee replacements, one hip replacement and a second approaching fast, a herniated disc, busted bicep and a few other things. Peter said never again but we will see ...
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If there are a few regular names that don't appear to be on the list, it's because they were busy volunteering on the bank and in safety boats. A bit thank you to everyone who gave some of their time to help the day run smoothly, be it moving boats, setting up, manning the portage, or contributing delicious baked goods to the canteen. Particular mention must go the safety boat crews: Oscar Cahill/Peter Harris, Ian Wrenford/Maya Gibson, Clayton Anderson/David Johnstone, Graeme Jeffries/Annalise Wrenford/Mark Patterson and Tony Murphy/Karen Darby in Kermit. Ian and Maya were stationed at the bottom turn-buoy, fulfilling both the role of safety boat and on-water paparazzi:
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If there are a few regular names that don't appear to be on the list, it's because they were busy volunteering on the bank and in safety boats. A big thank you to everyone who gave some of their time to help the day run smoothly, be it moving boats, setting up, manning the portage, or contributing delicious baked goods to the canteen. Particular mention must go the safety boat crews: Oscar Cahill/Peter Harris, Ian Wrenford/Maya Gibson, Clayton Anderson/David Johnstone, Graeme Jeffries/Annalise Wrenford/Mark Patterson and Tony Murphy/Karen Darby in Kermit. Ian and Maya were stationed at the bottom turn-buoy, fulfilling both the role of safety boat and on-water paparazzi:
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%rfloat width=310px height=210px margin-top=5px margin-right=10px%Attach:201805_LCRK_CarolineMarkPortage.jpg | ''Above: Mark and Caroline on portage No. 2''\\\
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%rfloat width=310px height=210px margin-top=5px margin-right=10px%Attach:201805_LCRK_PeteDavid.jpg | ''Above: Pete and David concentrating''
%rfloat width=310px height=210px margin-top=5px margin-right=10px%Attach:201805_LCRK_LazySafety.jpg | ''Above: A tranquil safety boat moment''\\\
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%rfloat width=310px height=210px margin-top=5px margin-right=10px%Attach:201805_LCRK_LazySafety.jpg | ''Above: A tranquil safety boat moment''
%rfloat width=310px height=210px margin-top=5px margin-right=10px%Attach:201805_LCRK_PeteDavid.jpg | ''Above: Pete and David concentrating''\\\
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%rfloat width=310px height=210px margin-top=5px margin-right=10px%Attach:201805_LCRK_KerrieWendy.jpg | ''Above: Kerrie and Wendy in their first marathon''
%rfloat width=310px height=210px margin-top=5px margin-right=10px%Attach:201805_LCRK_BlundellK2.jpg | ''Above: Team Blundell in Div 13''\\\
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%rfloat width=310px height=210px margin-top=5px margin-right=10px%Attach:201805_LCRK_BlundellK2.jpg | ''Above: Team Blundell in Div 13''
%rfloat width=310px height=210px margin-top=5px margin-right=10px%Attach:201805_LCRK_KerrieWendy.jpg | ''Above: Kerrie and Wendy in their first marathon''\\\
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->Ours is not an easy venue to run such an event from but our members not only made it look easy but turned it into one of the most exceptional rounds on the calendar. A phenomenal effort from a very engaged club, congratulations all round. Many accolades and thanks must also go to Paul van Koesveld and his management team who organised and led the charge with many weeks of effort leading up to a full on day ensuring once again a smooth and very enjoyable Lane cove marathon. Fantastic."''
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->''Ours is not an easy venue to run such an event from but our members not only made it look easy but turned it into one of the most exceptional rounds on the calendar. A phenomenal effort from a very engaged club, congratulations all round. Many accolades and thanks must also go to Paul van Koesveld and his management team who organised and led the charge with many weeks of effort leading up to a full on day ensuring once again a smooth and very enjoyable Lane cove marathon. Fantastic."''
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* %newwin%[[http://www.paddlensw.org.au/sites/default/files/articles/marathon_rules_2017-170101a.pdf|PNSW 2017 Rules]]
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* %newwin%[[http://paddlensw.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/marathon-rules-2018-171225.pdf|PNSW 2018 Rules]]
