FLCC Time Trial, 7 May 2008

OZONE DETOX CLINIC CHILL CHALLENGE TIME TRIAL RESULTS FOR 7 MAY

Remember : Points awarded for every Winter TT you participate in and overall prizes for highest participation WILL be awarded at end of the Challenge – End July.

CATEGORY RECOGNISED 7 MAY: LADIES – SINGLES

Well done to our ladies who ALL paddled in singles!!

62.38 Lizelle van Aswegen – 1^st

65.56 Carol Evans – 2^nd

67.48 Sonica Reichert – 3^rd

69.22 Lynne van Zyl – 4^th

75.24 Catherine Switzer – 5^th (WON Surprise Draw – Last single finished)

Minnie Kretschmar and Jennie Dallas -BAILED after 4 laps when lapped by Lizelle

TT RESULTS – thanks to Rob Fisher for the results!

48.56 Chad Andrews / Brendan Currin from Dabs

49.03 Serge van Hee / Steve Buhr

51.23 Shaun Maphanga

51.28 Gavin Myburgh / Brad Fleming

51.24 Bruce Banfield

51.25 Dekker Erasmus / Burton Weakley

53.09 Gary Fleming / Mark Trump

54.23 Xolani Simelane / Hardus Theunissen

56.11 John Evans

56.59 WarrenZiervogel / Morgan Ziervogel from JCC!

58.04 Emile Theunissen, Archie Moncho, Kameran Jacobsohn, Jansen McCord – K4 JUNIORS

ONE MINUTE PENALTY for missing a buoy (Boytjies you will get disqualified in races if you do this)

59.43 Adrian Vroom / Jimmy Mollenze

61.38 Bertie Baard / Vernon Kretschmar

63.45 Len Lubbe

66.25 Dennis Carlse (FLCC Chairman)

67.15 Matt Wittich

Week 14 May - The chosen category is Ladies Doubles

Week 21 May - The chosen category is Grand Masters, but we'll also first Mixed Double

Rope in the old toppies – don’t let Len compete alone

10 Out Of 11 Golds for Ruby at SA Champs

Thank you to Kayak Media for this report.

South Africa's Beijing paddling hopeful, Shaun Rubenstein, continued his dominance of domestic sprint canoeing by winning 10 out of the possible 11 races at this past weekend's SA Sprint Championships at Nagle Dam.

After successfully defending his spot for Beijing 1 week ago, Rubenstein remained in Pietermaritzburg to train on the course ahead of the 3 day event. This type of preparation and attention to detail is what characterizes the focused 24 year old, who has been preparing for the Beijing Olympics for the past 7 years.

As South Africa will only be attending 3 International Regattas before the Olympics, Rubenstein used the National Championships to squeeze in as much racing as possible; entering every K1, K2 and K4 event available.

"I tried to focus for every race over the 3 days. Overseas I follow the same pre-race rituals before every race which helps develop a routine that my body gets used to. It is a process that unifies body and mind so that when I line up to race I am mentally and physically prepared for the race ahead"

Rubenstein's immense preparation was put to the test on the 3^rd day of racing. After already winning 8 Gold's over the previous 2 days, he came up against the fastest sprinters in the country for the 200m K1 final, some of whom specialize in the 200m event. Rubenstein blitzed away from the start of the race and outclassed the rest of the field to win by 1.2 seconds at the finish – an incredibly big margin for this type of event.

The National Squad will leave for Europe in May where they will be based for the season leading up to the Olympics.

Senior Men's Results for the Championships:

1000m K1

1^st Rubenstein 3:25.11

2^nd Arthur 3.30.02

3^rd Schoeman 3.31.13

1000m K2

1^st Rubenstein/Burden 3.14.68

2^nd Arthur/Stott 3.16.61

3^rd White/August 3.30

1000m K4

1^st Rubenstein/Arthur/Burden/Stott 2.57.51

500m K1

1^st Rubenstein 1.37.98

2^nd Arthur 1.39.56

3^rd Burden 1.41.75

500m K2

1^st Rubenstein/stott 1.31.06

2^nd Burden/Arthur 1.32.26

3^rd Louw/Louw 1.33.87

500m K4

1^st Ruby/Arthur/burden/stott 1.22.77

200m K1

1^st Rubenstein 36.02

2^nd Louw 37.26

3^rd Humphry 37.28

200m K2

1^st Arthur/Burden 34.26

2^nd Louw/Louw 34.30

3^rd Rubenstein/Stott 34.42

200m K4

1^st Rubenstein/Arthur/Burden/Stott 31.39

3000m K1

1^st Rubenstein 12.23.50

2^nd Schoeman 12.31.85

3^rd Arthur 12.50.75

3000m K2

1^st Rubenstein/Stott 11.16.13

2^nd Schoeman/Stubbs 11.40

3^rd Cele/Ngcobo 12.36.47

Technique Coaching Cancelled - 10th May

The technique session for Saturday 10th May is cancelled because of the Klip race that was added to the calendar.

I'll be doing the race with my daughter. We are planning to do the Fish River Marathon and so we will do as much river racing as we can fit in so that we are well prepared.

FLCC Time Trial, 30 April 2008

49.31 Loveday Zondi

49.34 Shaun Maphanga

49.40 Gavin Myburgh, Hardus Theunissen, Ian Upton – K3

55.59 Mark Evans / Jimmy Mollentze

56.06 Steve Buhr

56.25 Bertie Baard / Lizelle van Aswegen

57.39 Carrol Evans / John Evans

60.00 Emile Theunissen / Kameran Jacobsohn – JNRS

62.37 Len Lubbe

63.52 Jansen McCord / Archie Moncho - JNRS

63.54 Minnie Kretschmar / Vernon Kretschmar

68.06 Matt Wittice – Welcome back!

69.27 Mark Trump