September 9, 2013

Race 3 of the Pita Pit Winter Race Series

Mairangi Bay hosted race three of the Pita Pit Winter Race Series yesterday in very brisk conditions.  The Westerly wind made for a very flat course which ended up being a 5km loop from Mairangi Bay Beach to Kennedy Point and Back.  45 paddlers lined up for the start at 3.30 and both the SUP and surf ski field enjoyed a good hard race, with many rosy checks across the finish line.

The Category Winners were

SUP Open Men
1st           JP Tobin
2nd          Troy McAsey
3rd           Bruce Page

SUP Open Women
1st           Penny Strickland
2nd          Nicola Hocking
3rd           Angela McKee

SUP 40+
1st           Armie Armstrong
2nd          Jason Bird
3rd           Russell Benshaw

SUP 50+
1st           Simon Osner
2nd          Gavin Haughton
3rd           Bryan Evans

SUP U19 Men
1st           Jack Evans
2nd          Oliver Haughton
3rd           Daniel Orams
SUP U19 Women
1st           Brianna Oram

Surf Ski Open Men
1st           Zach Franich
2nd          Travis Mitchell
3rd           Jack Wilson

Surf Ski Open Women
1st           Victoria Clark

Surf Ski 40+
1st           Oskar Stilau
2nd          Garth Spencer
3rd           Andrew Czar

Surf Ski 50+
1st           Grant Heim
2nd          Rob Askew
3rd           Dave Chambers

Surf Ski U19 Men
1st           Ashton Reiser
2nd          James Scott

Surf Ski U19 Women
1st           Kayla McKenzie
2nd          Libby Bell


Full race results and series results are on the Race Results page.