Race Results: Round Bowen Challenge

The 10th annual Round Bowen Challenge was another terrific success on Sunday June 7. Bright sunny skies and warm thermal winds made for interesting paddling conditions. As was done last year, the course took racers in a clockwise direction around Bowen Island. The 10:30 am start time gave paddlers little to deal with wrt current as the ebbing tide was slack at noon.  Wind and wind waves proved to be the biggest challenges to racers completing the 31 km distance…according to my GPS.  The waves started soon after leaving Snug Cove, although they were not nearly as bouncy as last year’s race, they were still enough to require additional concentration to stay upright and to keep the boat moving well. Immediately after the start the tandem ski crews of Don/Eric and Morris/Jakub went to the front…these 2 boats (Fenn Elites) stayed together for the duration of the race, with Don/Eric setting the pace, and finished in a sprint to the line with only 1 second separating them…what an excellent race! And a new double kayak Round Bowen record was set in the process, winning Don/Eric $500 thanks to Bowen Island business sponsors REDESIGN TECHNOLOGIES Inc.,  THE RUDDY POTATO healthy and organic food store, and BOWEN BUILDING CENTRE Ltd.

From stories told over the scrumptious salmon BBQ and well earned beer, there were many excellent races taking place out on the course…multiple lead changes, inshore/offshore lines exploited and racers hitting the wall.

Actually the last 5 km was literally like paddling up a wall…the south wind picked up considerably over the last half of the race making for a fierce headwind to battle against in the final stretch to the finish back at Snug Cove.

There was also some great racing in the Round Bowen Outrigger Relay, with this event continuing it grow in number of  participants. Check out roundbowenchallenge.com for full race results.

Round Bowen Challenge kayak race results:

Finish Order	NAME	CATEGORY	TIME	Place in Category
1	Don & Eric	DHK	2:25:48	1
2	Morris & Jakub	DHK	2:25:49	2
3	Katja & Jeff	DHK	2:37:00	3
4	BORGNES, Erik	MHK	2:38:09	1
5	TUDOR-JONES, Gareth	MHK	2:43:18	2
6	JACOBSON, David	MHK	2:46:48	3
7	FITZMAURICE, Mike	MHK	2:48:11	4
8	Ben & John	DHK	2:48:24	4
9	KUMMER, Brian	MHK	2:51:08	5
10	Gary & Sean	DHK	2:53:30	5
11	BUMSTEAD, Dean	MHK	2:53:31	6
12	STANICK, Ken	MHK	2:54:24	7
13	CHRISTIANSEN, Kirk	MHK	2:56:00	8
14	LANDBOE, Tracy	WHK	2:56:15	1
15	REMMLER, Daryl	MHK	2:59:14	9
16	KELLY, Matt	MHK	3:00:43	10
17	DOBROVOLNY, Chris	MHK	3:01:42	11
18	PUTNAM, Bob	MHK	3:02:44	12
19	CROOK, Derek	MHK	3:02:50	13
20	GOOLSBY, Larry	MHK	3:04:43	14
21	HOPE, Rod	MHK	3:04:53	15
22	NELSON, Heather	WHK	3:05:29	2
23	BRUCE, Warren	MHK	3:05:53	16
24	RUSS, David	MHK	3:12:06	17
25	Trista & Brian	XDK	3:12:25	1
26	ROTHER, Martin	MFK	3:13:59	1
27	HANSEN, Paul	MHK	3:15:10	18
28	McTAGGART, Bruce	MFK	3:15:16	2
29	HEGEDUS, Jeff	MHK	3:16:46	19
30	ARBUTHNOT, Robin	MHK	3:18:45	20
31	Morna & Margaret	WDK	3:19:55	1
32	GREGORY, Mike	MHK	3:22:46	21
33	Lina & Andrew	XDK	3:23:03	2
34	Ross & Andy	MDK	3:23:16	1
35	LaPOINTE, Andre	MSK	3:26:33	1
36	GROLL, Bernd	MSK	3:28:13	2
37	Sheila & Ryan	XDK	3:32:04	3
38	Peter & Silke	XDK	3:37:08	4
39	SIEMENS, Craig	MFK	3:38:13	3
40	LOWE, Ian	MSK	3:39:15	3
41	PRESCOTT, Tito	MFK	3:42:12	4
42	HAUSER, Sarah	WSK	3:46:45	1
43	THYGESEN, Ron	MSK	3:51:17	4
44	John & Lisa	XDK	3:53:19	5
45	MOIR, Peter	MSK	3:57:34	5
46	Sarah & Sue	WDK	4:00:36	2
47	PLAVSIC, Zac	MHK	4:02:12	22
48	VOHANKA, Bob	MFK	4:02:37	5
49	Christine & Karla	WDK	4:06:06	3
50	Coreena & Ben	XDK	4:09:16	6
51	WAGNER, John	MSK	4:11:19	6
52	WILSON, Frank	MSK	4:11:38	7
53	GLEN, Chris	MSK	4:12:37	8
54	Heather & Nathan	XDK	4:13:15	7
55	Lisa & Nancy	WDK	4:14:11	4
56	KANE, Ed	MSK	4:16:00	9
57	Lesley & Marion	WDK	4:17:27	5
58	Sherwood, Kez	WSK	4:24:14	2
59	SCHLOEGL, Susanne	WSK	4:29:33	3
60	ROBERTSON, Gord	MSK	4:30:22	10
61	TANNER, Simon	MSK	4:30:22	11