On March 16th the 1st annual Upper Gordon Creek Race was held on the Gordon River, Vancouver Island. A large group of paddlers showed up with people from different parts of the Island, Vancouver, Australia, and Quebec. 17 paddlers participated, making for 8 teams, one of which had three members.
The race started above a rapid called pingpong and finished below Terminator hole. The flows this year were on the high side so some fast times were posted.
1st place @ a blisteringly fast time of 8:02 = Corey May and Geoff Dunbrack
2nd @ 8:15 = Raphaël Boudreault-Simard and Slimmer Michael Reeder
3rd @ 9:02 = Lawrence Brennan and Kiah Schaepe
4th @ 9:18 = Simon Wulffraat and Sam Tregenza
5th @ 10:14 = Samuel Drouin, Connor Oliver-Beebe, and Jason Zrum
6th @ DNF = a three way tie between David Prothero/Matt Lettau, Scott Bell/Ben Davies, and Liam Cook/Chase Chrisfield
An honorable mention as well to Joe Box and Shayne Vollmers who couldn’t stick around for the race proper but did a self timed lap (interrupted by a tupperware party) that took a little over ten minutes (estimated)
The evening was great with a fire in the woods, beer, awards to the top paddlers, a couple of booties drank by the swimmers. The next day we awoke to sunny skies, and plans were made for the next river.
Let the adventure continue.
Thanks to the sponsors Western Canoe and Kayak, Longwood Brew Pub, Ocean River Sports, Hoyne Brewery, Endless Adventure, Moon under Water
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