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Written by Neil Wright Thursday, 19 August 2010 00:00

With a great show of racers and a hot, sunny afternoon on the Middle Madawaska the MKC Open Canoe Fun Race was… well… lots of fun.

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With the previous two races being thwarted by low water all the racers who attended yesterday were eager to get out on the water and speedily slide their boats between the gates and Rapid was there (ME) to get the scoop. And paddle of course.

With the dry spell we've had in Ontario earlier this season slalom racers who haven't been able to travel have been ithching to get their boat wet and although this is called a fun race some racers take their paddling quite seriously.

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Here are the official race results (time in seconds).

		Run 1			Run 2
		Time	Pen	Total	Time	Pen	Total
Solo Men	Andrew Westwood	174	20	194	170	10	180
	Andy Convery	184	0	184	189	30	219
	Paul Mason	209	10	219	203	10	213
	Neil Wright	230	30	260	247	50	297
	Jon McPhee	230	60	290	233	30	263
	Matt Cays	218	50	268
	Brad Everson	DNF			205	80	285
	Mark Webster	267	110	377	252	340	592
	Paul Jorgensen	DNF			294	80	374
	Greg Konighaus	254	150	404	286	100	386
	Krystof	DNF			283	610	893

Solo Women	Beth Kennedy	185	20	205	198	50	248
	Gail Sheilds	220	30	250	229	50	279
	Michelle Grimm	230	30	260	240	210	450
	Karen Baxter	327	80	407	255	40	295


Tandem	Gail / Brian	221	40	261	215	40	255
	Pat / Mark	230	30	260	235	90	325
	Beth / Gail	243	30	273
	Michelle / Andrew	261	30	291
	Beth / Paul	256	70	326
	Tegan / Adrick	299	120	419	218	140	358
	Lindsay / Matt	279	240	519
	Looie / Roy	373	430	803
	Robyn / Jackson	248	610	858

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A special thanks goes out to Beth Kennedy for organizing the event, MKC for hosting it and Claudia for being the official race timer. And of course thanks to all the participants for coming out and making it a fun race.

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