Port Phillip Cup and Social Paddle Wrap

A big thank-you to all who participated in the Port Phillip Cup on Australia Day 26th of January 2010. Your participation resulted in about $1,000 being donated to the St Kilda Life Saving Club and St Kilda's Earthcare! We had a total of 128 people all up participating in all the events (plus the 7 live animals and the 8 stuffed one's!). Awesome result!

Here are the winners:

The Sunlover Port Phillip Cup 3 km race:
Mens 1st - Cam Hosking
2nd - Matt Lumley
3rd - Dave 'Fireman' Hunt
4th - Danny Sheard
5th - Adam Snow - Special mention to Jarrod Snow who came about 12th at the ripe old age of 11 and didn't seem out of breath at the end - An amazing effort!

Women's 1st - Sue Sheard
2nd - Rea H
3rd - Kristi Page
4th - Lucy

The SeaBreeze 4 man/woman team sprint:
1st - Matt Lumley, DJ, Jonathon Cowcher, Kristi Page

The Kahuna 50 metre Sprint
1st - Matt Lumley, 2nd - Adam Snow

The Oakley Board and Pet Race
1st - Mike and Ricky the Dog, 2nd - Sue and her pet Ant, 3rd - John and Maddie the Dog.

The Oakley Aussie Best Dressed Award
1st - PTWoody (Harro) and his outfit matching canine, 2nd - Ronnie in his Aussie finest!

A big thanks in no particular order to Phill Page and family who did everything for us on the day, Revvin Kevin for assisting with safety on the water, LSD for bringing down his fantastic boards, all the SUPVIC boys who kept the snags and drinks coming, Danny and Sue for coming down (awesome people), all the guys from who came down the from the coast, Kristi for helping out with the women's demo, DJ for all the photos and vid he took and for all the guys and girls who participated in every event - fantastic effort.

Well done to all the winners in particular Cam Hosking for winning the main event - what a machine!

Finally, a big thanks to all the sponsors including Oakley, Naish, Kialoa (thanks Sam), Laurie SeaBreeze (thanks Laurie), Fab and Tanzer from Uli Boards (awesome blokes!), Wade from Outlaw and www.paddlers.com.au, Kahuna Creations (thanks Elvin and Carina) and the Kite Republic Team (cheers Chris).

More photos to come

Mick, Phil and Rea.

It was actually Rich (Session) that helped out with the safety, I was slogging along in the middle of the race field.

Thanks everyone, especially the Sup Bus for a great day it was awesome to be a part of the Port Phillip cup.

Also thanks Sue for the Paddling tips and to the people who let me try their race boards.

Even though I'm no where near competitive in any of the SUP events I've entered I have always had a ball, the vibes been great and I have come away with some sort of prize each time.

If anyone is hesitant about getting involved in any of these type of SUP events or clubs around Australia because of fitness or skill level, dont be (obviously there are some events for elite paddlers or paddlers who have done the training), the people I have met at these things have all been very cool and very helpful, get amongst it.

Thanks guys for puting on a great event. Looking forward to watching it grow each year. I'm sure that you will get at least 100 people next year in the big race.

Thanks guys, awesome.

Phill Mick and Rea,

You put on an awesome event and the vibe was something else!

I believe the spirit of the day is summed up in this Photo!

Nikita desperately wanted to go in the sprint so we let her and as she was heading out to the buoy she and DJ collided.

DJ helped Nikita back on the board and then they both continued on.

Nikita was so stoked that she out paddled DJ in the sprint.

DJ your a total gentleman and you made one little girls whole year!

Thanks mate

Phill

^^^^^
Good on ya DJ - always the gentleman.

Well done Cam in the 3km race - a great effort to beat the Lummers-machine. And with Danny Sheard only coming 4th - it must have been a red-hot field. What boards were these top 5 on?

Great fun event guys, congrats to all who made it happen.
A suggestion to improve the dash for cash would be to do age catagories, particularly with the kids, as they are the future of the sport. A number of kids went in the dash for cash even though they had no chance of a prize.... it would have made their day if they had some reward for their great efforts.
See you next year
Cheers
Dean

Hey Dean,
I was surprised to see all the younger crew front up for the race and would also like to see a category to encourage and cater for them.Will have to have a chat with the organisers of future events,
Casso the top five finishing boards included an Airwave Custom,Starboard Pin and three 12ft Naish Glides,
cheers.

Lovin your work with this idea Sue!

Phill

aussiewahine said...

The other thing I thought of was to draw the teams for the relay. All the names of competitors go into a hat (boys in 1 hat and girls in the other). Organisers draw out 3 guys and then 1 girl to make up a team. (and maybe 1 junior).

This would eliminate the stacking of teams and make the event possibly more even, more exciting and more social as competitors get to meet their team mates.

Just a suggestion...