• 2x2 Relay - 2025 page

Upcoming 2026 Dates		Reports from previous 2x2's
* 2x2 Event Overview		* REPORT: 'Australia Day Theme' 25 Jan 2026
		* REPORT: 'Acronyms' Theme 22 Feb 2026
		* REPORT: 'Easter' Theme 26 Apr 2026
		* REPORT: 'Aussie' Theme 31 May 2026
		* REPORT: 'Spring' Theme 06 2026
		* REPORT: '10' Theme 11 Oct 2026

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2x2 Relay - Entries & Procedure

Make it as social or as competitive as you like ... it is a handicap event after all.

• Please enter your team (or as an individual) by emailing lcrkers@gmail.com by Fri before the race
• Handicaps will be emailed to you the night before
• Your team must start on the allocated time
• Keep to the right of any oncoming paddler
• Anti-clockwise turn around the 6km marker and 2nd of the 2 buoys at Wirrong rocks
• Standing start at changeover for same course, boats to overlap when switching to the other course
• Please make yourself familiar with the new course (see description below)

2x2 Relay - Join in the fun!

2x2 means 2 boats x 2km laps for a total 8 laps (4 alternate laps for each boat).

This is a fun handicapped team event that is held on a Sunday once each month (except during winter).

Starting at around 7:45am (depending on your handicap) and finishing within 2 hours it does not take up too much of your Sunday. It is followed by a post race gathering and debrief and usually morning tea for those that can stay. Enter as a team of 2 boats (any boat combo) or enter as a single and we will try to match with someone.

It starts and finishes at the pontoon, with changeovers at the pontoon as well from a standing start. Each team of 2 boats, alternate between 2000m sprint efforts from the pontoon to the 6km marker and return. The relay is completed when each team has completed 8 laps i.e. 2x 4x 2000m (16 000m of sprint total).

It is a great social event too. All standard of paddlers are welcome as handicaps are applied based on speed. Family teams are encouraged as it is a great way to introduce kids to racing for fun.

Sprint paddling 2km as fast as you can is a great workout. And each team boat does that 4 times. This is a very valuable exercise when leading wash ride packs and to practice managing physical and mental exhaustion. It is a mental exercise just as much as a physical one as 2000m (estimated 9-13 minutes) is a long distance when paddling at 80 - 100% effort.

Watch the club website for the next up and coming 2x2 relay. It will always be on a Sunday once each month but which Sunday in month will vary to fit around other paddling events.

Fundamentals:-

• Enter by emailing lcrkers@gmail.com by Fri before the race
• Handicaps will be emailed to you the night before
• Your team must start on the allocated time
• Keep to the right of any oncoming paddler
• Anti-clockwise turn around the 6km marker
• Standing start at changeover

Left: Team paddlers change over each lap (Photo: Wade)

Right: Trying to catch the paddler ahead is the main aim (Photo: Wade)

Course The course alternates every 2 team laps between a downstream course and an upstream course.

• Laps 1 and 2 - from pontoon to 6km marker return
• Laps 3 and 4 - from pontoon to the 2nd of the two buoys at Wirrong Rocks return
• Laps 5 and 6 - from pontoon to 6km marker return
• Laps 7 and 8 - from pontoon to the 2nd of the two buoys at Wirrong Rocks return

Note that change overs on the same lap course are from a standing start. Change overs when switching to different course the team boats just need to overlap and can be moving.

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Sun nn November 2026

Come along and enjoy the fun and get a great workout. You can do the relay and easily make to a Sunday lunchtime appointment. Bring along the family or friends for a paddle.

Enter a team of 2 boats, singles or doubles or combo. Each team boat does 4 alternate laps x 2km. That makes it 8 laps per team. You will be surprised how tiring the 4 laps can be. OR you can enter as a single and do the 8 laps on your own if you are training up for the HCC. Consider it a hard training paddle with paddling buddies.

First team boats need to be ready to start at 7:45am (or possibly earlier depending on your handicap). See the details above about lap change overs. The event will be completed at around 10am and if you stay for morning tea we usually finish up by 10:30am. Please bring a contribution to morning tea if you are staying - thanks! (just enough for a few other people).

Please enter by sending an email to lcrkers@gmail.com by midnight on Friday 9th October (we need time on Saturday to calculate handicaps) and nominate your team name according to this month’s theme.

You will be emailed your team's start time on Saturday afternoon or early evening.

We hope to see you there!

Sun 11 October 2026 - '10' is the Team Naming Theme

• 2x2 Photos on LCRK Flickr

It was a very pleasant morning for today's 2x2 relay, although paddlers did find it quite warm after a lap or two and several needed to remove their life jackets to stop over heating. Paddlers also had to contend with a significant debris field on the downstream leg near Duck Corner which mad that leg alot slower than usual.

Geraint Jones and 10 year son Cadwy entered the event for the first time and performed very well. They found the Civet Cat K2 a bit tippy on the first lap so quickly swapped over to the Vulcan with help from Ian. They ended up coming in 6th with 'Team X' teammate Stephen Wooden. Well done team. We now have some good timing results which help help set an appropriate handicap next time.

Don Johnstone (team 'Deciduous') paddled very well, taking on the full distance. After starting off as a distant back marker he managed to go from 9th through to 4th. Well done to Duncan (team 'Mr Square root of 100') as well for taking on the full distance. Both used it as solid training run for the up coming HCC.

Congratulations to Tim McNamarra and Phil Geddes (team 'The Decimaters') for strong paddling alround and taking out 1st place on the day. In second place was team 'A 10 minute 2km' with Alanna and Merry in a double and John Thearle, who started 8th and came through the field to 2nd. In third place and best cryptic team name of the day was 'L / V' (think roman numerals) with regular team mates Ian and Jeffrey T showing significant improvement.

Thanks to everyone for participating today. It was good to see Anne and Lindsay in singles (team '10/10') preparing for the Murray, and also Elke for the first time at the 2x2 for a while who teamed up with Phil Newman. We also had an Italian team for the first time named 'Dieci' with Kev and President Andrew paddling well.

I was happy, as the handicapper, that all teams were on the last lap at the same time. See you at the next 2x2!

(Report by Wade)

Sun 06 September 2026 - Spring Team Naming Theme

• 2x2 Photos on LCRK Flickr

With 2 late withdrawals due to illness the number of teams were reduced from 7 down to 5, but our intrepid 2x2ers gave it full revs for all their laps.

The conditions were a bit tricky due to a solid wind that kicked up just minutes before the start. New members Scott and Brian joined the 2x2 relay for the first time and showed us how quickly they are improving their paddling and that YES, it is possible to get the laps and relay changeovers right at the first attempt. Well done gentlemen.

In fact for the first time ever, all relay changeovers were executed near to perfection. No paddler was absent for their change over, no paddler headed off in the wrong direction, everyone changed over adjacent to the pontoon pylon. Was that real? It sure was. Well done everyone.

I understand that Scott tried to take on the Wirong rocks at the upstream lap turn and came off second best. It is a tight turn after all. Brian showed very good speed and came in second on the overall individual elapsed time.

Quentin was outstanding. He said he felt under pressure to go fast to support his team mate Nam who was paddling well, so we got to see Quentin in fast mode. He managed to go faster every lap. Well done!

There were no close team finishes today. The handicapper has taken note. Well done to Team 'Well Sprung' for taking out line honours. Congratulations to Tim Mc for being fastest individual overall and to Ian and Brian for doing a 'Quentin' and going faster on every lap.

Many thanks to Ian and Chris D for taking the photos. See you at the next 2x2.

Sun 31 May 2026 - Aussie Slang Theme

• 2x2 photos on LCRK Flickr

Big Dogs, Little Legends and More Aussie Slang - Report from fair dinkum Aussie Caroline
Strewth, what a bloody pearler of a Sunday morning. After a fortnight of rain giving everything an absolute hiding, we finally got a sunny morning that looked the goods. The river was up and about on a high tide, full as a fat lady’s sock and brown as a cuppa, but smooth before the 25 larrikins hit the drink. To be fair, most of the mob were on the water in time and things looked like they might run smoother than a pub yarn after two schooners. ..... full report here Attach:2x2Relay20260531report-AussieSlang.pdf

Sun 26 Apr 2026 - Easter Spirit Theme

• 2x2 photos on LCRK Flickr

It was a perfect Sunday morning for this months 2x2 relay. Many thanks to Ian Wrenford and Lee Wright for volunteering to time keep whilst carry paddling related injuries and taking a break from paddling.

This month saw some of the back markers make there way through the field with some strong paddling. Newcomers to the 2x2 Nam and Tim added some extra distance to their 1st lap then ran aground on the Fairyland sandbank which ensured they were a few minutes off their potential time.

It was all good fun and it now seems everyone is getting really good at the stationary and moving lap change overs. Well done everyone.

Special mention to the young paddlers Spencer and Eli. Spencer paddled very well with his Dad Craig to help his team come home first. Eli did very well paddling a single for the first time and doing his 4 laps in good time. Congratulations to both of you!

See you next month before a few months break for winter when early mornings on the river are very cold.

Sun 22 Feb 2026 - Acronyms theme

• 2x2 Report - from Caroline
• 80 pix on LCRK Flickr

2x2 Report (from Caroline)
With temperatures predicted to hit the mid-thirties again, we decided for an ESA (Early Start Again) and launched at 0700am. In a plot twist worthy of MIR (Miracles In Racing), everyone actually arrived on time. However, punctuality didn’t prevent the last-minute debate about which direction the course goes. A pandemic of NRB (Not Reading Briefing) disease spread through the teams, as paddlers were confidently unsure about turns, transitions, and the general concept of “the plan.”... (FULL report at link above)

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Sun 25 Jan 2026 - Australia Day theme

• 110 pix on LCRK Flickr
• 2x2 Report - from Caroline

Thank you very much for your great enthusiasm at our first 2x2 relay this morning. Thank you for embracing the earlier than usual start times to keep us safe from the heat and bringing delicious breakfast for us. - Caroline

Lots of great team names, outfits and boat signs today embracing the theme of Australia Day! There were lifesavers, green & gold, convicts, hats and signs on boats to name a few.

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