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Dunedin 2007 Winter Flat Water Race Series Dates |
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| Race 1 |
May 20 10.00 am Vauxhall 10 Km |
Contact: Morris Hall, 454 4877 |
Results |
| Race 2 |
June 24 10.00 am Careys Bay 12 Km
Cancelled due to weather conditions |
Contact Alan Sutherland 472 8633 | |
| Race 3 | July 22 10.00 am Henley-Taieri Mouth return 18 km | Contact: Dave Wilson 454 5476 | |
| Race 4 | Aug 19 10.00 am Outram Bridge - SH1 Bridge 20 Km | Contact Dave Wilson 454 5476 | |
| Race 5 | Sept
30 10.00 am or Oct 14 10.00 am Clydevale to Balclutha 20 Km |
Contact Don Leckie 03 4177 366 | |
| Race 6 | Nov
04 9.00 am Pilots Beach to Vauxhall 24 Km Hight tide is 11.44 am Series trophies presented after this event |
Contact Moris Hall 454 4877 | |
| Races
1 - 3 are Mass Start Races 4 - 6 are Handicap |
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series placings, you need to do 4 races, including the
last one. All races enter on the day There may be a small entry fee to cover rescue craft Check Thursday ODT Sorts Draw to confirm dates, times and venue. Results in ODT and www.multisporters.co.nz |
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| Series Sponser is WaterCooled Sports | |||
The Otago Canoe and Kayak Club has a storage facility on the
side of the harbour, available for club members to store their
Multisport boats and or Sea Kayaks in.
If you are interested in finding out the availability of spaces,
please contact our Multisport representative for more
information Brent Gardyne 03 4677844 day, 03
4545345 home.
The Longest Day 2001 - Jeff Richardson
Goldrush 2000; A Competitors View.
The Dunedin Twenty - Four Hour
Adventure Race
by Team Whingeing Poms
The clock in the Octagon strikes 6 am , and we`re off; 29 teams
of 4, heading down to the boat harbour to kayak the first stage
up to Taiaroa Heads. Helped by an outgoing tide, but heading
straight into a building northerly wind, the swell is 2 -3
meters as we get to Weller`s Rock, and the rescue boat orders us
to shore here, rather than risk the big waves on the way to
Pilots Beach.
Ready now for the tramp, run, caoster leg from The Heads,
across southern beaches, inlets and headlands to The Chasm`s
natural bridge ( it`s wicked looking down from there ), then on
to mountian bikes and back to the boat harbour.
BIG FEED, then it`s the big mountian bike section, up the
Leith Valley, a hellish muddy grovel on the way onto Swampy, and
then the darkness falls, and a big, full yellow moon guides us
before ducking behind high cloud.
A calm barmy night brings beautiful aromas from the bush as we
head up Powder Hill, towards Mt Sllan then head back to town.
It`s now past 3am.
Another BIG FEED, and it`s off on the final stage to tramp
/ run up Mt Cargill.
We finish at 9 am , and go to bed, 27 hours after setting off. A
real adventure for sure, and thanks to all the organisers.
Seeing as we are team Whingeing Poms, we would like to
whinge about the 2 hour wait on a cold cliff before the abseil,
which caused a real loss of momentum for several hours, but
overall a great day out. Thanks Sylvia, Murray et
al.
