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!!LCRK 2x2 Relay - Sun 17th Dec 2023 (Event Organisers: Caroline and Wade)
It is on again. One last blast before Christmas. It is a lot of fun so why not give it a go. Family teams welcome.
Enter a team of 2 boats, singles or doubles or combo. Each team boat does 4 alternate laps x 2km. That makes it 8 laps per team. You will be surprised how tiring the 4 laps can be. First team boats need to be ready to start at 7:45am. Lap change overs is from a standing start.
This months theme is Christmas of course. Please enter by sending an email to lcrkers@gmail.com and give your team name a Christmas theme.
Handicaps will be issued late Saturday afternoon before the relay on Sunday via email.
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Please email your entry to lcrkers@gmail.com by noon on Sat 18th Nov to allow time for us to calculate the handicaps. The first team paddler should aim to be ready to start from 7:30am.
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Please email your entry to lcrkers@gmail.com by noon on Sat 18th Nov to allow time for us to calculate the handicaps. This months theme for team name is to be based on Dreamtime! The first team paddler should aim to be ready to start from 7:30am.
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!!LCRK 2x2 Relay - Sun 19th Nov 2023 (Event Organisers: Caroline and Wade)
This is a fun handicapped team event starting at around 7:45am (depending on your handicap) and finishing within 2 hours, followed by a post race gathering and debrief. Enter as a team of 2 boats or enter as a single and we will try to match with someone.
It starts and finishes at the pontoon, with changeovers at the pontoon as well. It is a great social event too. All standard of paddlers are welcome.
The event is currently focusing on 4x 2000m sprint bouts for each paddler of a team of two. This is a very valuable exercise when leading wash ride packs and to practise managing physical and mental exhaustion. It is a mental exercise just as much as a physical one as 2000m (estimated 10 minutes) is a long distance when paddling at 80 - 100% effort.
The plan is to have teams of 2 boats again, alternating between 2000m sprint efforts from the pontoon to the 6km marker and return. Deep water changeover is at the pontoon. The team member not sprinting will keep paddling at 50-70% effort upstream of pontoon to recover and to stay warm. The relay is completed when each team has completed 2x 4x 2000m (16 000m of sprint total). We also encourage parent/child teams to enter (children under 16 years of age in double kayak with parent).
Please email your entry to lcrkers@gmail.com by noon on Sat 18th Nov to allow time for us to calculate the handicaps. The first team paddler should aim to be ready to start from 7:30am.
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!!LCRK 2x2 Relay - Next Event Sun 13 Aug 2023 - 8am approx start depending on your team handicap.
This is a fun handicap event for teams of two that we endeavour to hold monthly. It is very social as we start, changeover and finish at the pontoon so everyone stays involved. The date changes each month to fit around the marathon calendar. Start times are around 8am depending on handicaps. Kids welcome accompanied by parents in a double. We also allocate a theme for the day to guide you on your team name.
Actually for winter we have changed the relay to 4x2x2 i.e. 4 laps each of 2km for 2 paddlers/boats. A 2km lap will take between 9 to 13 mins depending on the paddler/s and craft so the other team member can stay in the boat and paddle around to keep warm.
Please pre-enter so that we have time to allocate handicaps. If you cannot find a team mate then enter individually and we will match you with someone (hopefully).
RSVP to lcrkers@gmail.com by 11 Aug.
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!!Clean Up Australia Day - 5 Mar 2023 by Caroline Marschner
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Arriving at the shed at 7:30 am I saw some not so keen eyes looking at me waiting for the call to go to the next coffee shop for bacon and eggs… now!
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Arriving at the shed at 7:30 am I saw some not so keen eyes looking at me and waiting for the call to go to the next coffee shop for bacon and eggs… now!
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The Rocket man, John D., gave us all a heads-up to take a wide turn behind Fullers Bridge, but thanks to my ignorance I did not take that serious and I almost hit the concrete. Tim B. took the turn even more extravagant than me and went sideways through the pylons! I trust there was no damage to his boat, but it
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The Rocket man, John D., gave us all a heads-up to take a wide turn behind Fullers Bridge, but thanks to my ignorance I did not take that serious and I almost hit the concrete. Tim B. took the turn even more extravagant than me and went sideways between the pylons! Luckily there was no damage to his boat, but it
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Above: Team WheelieBinns (Esther and Tim) edge out The Rocketmen (John D. an Jeff H.) in a flying finish. Photo: Kevin M.
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Above: Team "WheelieBinns" (Esther and Tim) edge out "The Rocket men" (John D. an Jeff H.) in a flying finish. Photo: Kevin M.
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was a fun paddle at least for my fun-barometer. Some more feedback from our paddlers:
My first 2X2 and I loved it. I thought it was great fun once I woke up and got on the
water. An atmospheric immersion experience…
My first 2X2 and I loved it. I thought it was great fun once I woke up and got on the
water. An atmospheric immersion experience…
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was a fun paddle at least for my fun-barometer. Some more feedback from other paddlers:
My first 2X2 and I loved it. I thought it was great fun once I woke up and got on the water. An atmospheric immersion experience…
My first 2X2 and I loved it. I thought it was great fun once I woke up and got on the water. An atmospheric immersion experience…
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Thank you! I' am happy we didn't call it off.
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Thank you! I am happy we didn't call it off.
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Above: Esther rips by the pontoon while Caroline prepares for changeover with teammate. Photo: Kevin
Above: Esther rips by the pontoon while Caroline prepares for changeover with teammate. Photo: Kevin
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Above: Team WheelieBinns (Esther and Tim) edge out The Rocketmen (John D an Jeff H) in a flying finish.
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Above: Team WheelieBinns (Esther and Tim) edge out The Rocketmen (John D an Jeff H) in a flying finish. Photo: Kevin
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Above: Team Wheeliebins (Esther and Tim) edge out The Rocketmen (John D an Jeff H) in a big finish.
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Above: Team WheelieBinns (Esther and Tim) edge out The Rocketmen (John D an Jeff H) in a flying finish.
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Above: Team Wheeliebins (Esther and Tim) edge out The Rocketmen (John D an Jeff H) in a big finish.
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!!LCRK 2x2 Relay - 02 Apr 2023
* %newwin%[[https://www.flickr.com/photos/lcrk/albums/72177720306004048|Flickr photos - thanks Kevin]]
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!!LCRK 2x2 Relay - 02 Apr 2023 by Caroline Marschner
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!!LCRK 2x2 Relay - 02 Apr 2023
* %newwin%[[https://www.flickr.com/photos/lcrk/albums/72177720306004048|Flickr photos - thanks Kevin]]
It wasn’t a normal Sunday morning, definitely not one of those normal people would wake up
for and those who did secretly wished they did not! It was dark, it was wet and it was pouring
down. I expected a few more text messages to arrive before 7am to tell me: “…it’s not on
Caroline!”, but only a few people cancelled for good reason.
Arriving at the shed at 7:30 am I saw some not so keen eyes looking at me waiting for the call
to go to the next coffee shop for bacon and eggs… now!
But no, wait! We did better than that! As a team, we came up with a strategy to keep everyone safe and sound during the 2x2 relay and changed the approach slightly. Our hard-boiled paddlers went for a full time trial in one go to stay warm and our hard-boiled spectators (the second half of the team) got all the
umbrellas and rain jackets out to cheer everyone up from the pontoon before teams changed
after 12km.
After the first lap Kevin, a Blackbird, paddled past the pontoon and shouted out loud
something that sounded like a warning but we did not understand what he said and just
smiled back at him and shouted back “Go Kevin”! After the third paddler gave us a heads up
while paddling past, we got the message that there was more than what we could see from the
pontoon.
The wind wasn’t very strong but the rain was and the flow of the river. I was the second
starter of my team Blackbirds and the rain did not ease. My boat filled up with water quite a
bit, the eddies changed my race-line on literally every corner and I was very confused when
the water moved sideways under my boat.
The Rocketmen, John Duffy, gave us all a heads-up to take a wide turn behind Fullers Bridge, but thanks to my ignorance I did not take that serious and I almost hit the concrete. Tim Binns took the turn even more extravagant than me and went sideways through the pylons! I trust there was no damage to his boat, but it
certainly looked cool!
Everyone was awake by now, dragging more or less driftwood around the course. The enthusiasm did not slow down from our spectators on the pontoon either. Wade and Chris J. managed to paddle a full 20km on their own in preparation for up-coming events. Well done!
Everyone generously stayed back for a group photo and to celebrate the pre-birthday of our Mr.
President, Duncan Johnstone, who had his 70th Birthday on Monday, 3rd of April. We all had a
birthday carrot cake at the shed and even the sun came out for a while.
How did we make a morning like that so enjoyable? The elements did and a good attitude! It
was a fun paddle at least for my fun-barometer. Some more feedback from our paddlers:
My first 2X2 and I loved it. I thought it was great fun once I woke up and got on the
water. An atmospheric immersion experience…
Derek, on behalf of the Optimists
I had a great time, again! And thanks for the cake Caroline. Worth getting soaked for!
Esther Wheeler, on behalf of the Wheelie-Binns
Thank you! I' am happy we didn't call it off.
Kevin Mulally, on behalf of the Blackbirds
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Next 2x2 Relay will be on Sunday 12 Feb. Why not join in the fun and get a good workout at the same time. Check the TT report for details in the week before. Here are the results.
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What is more tiring? Paddling a 12km lap at TT pace with occasional wash ride (hopefully) or 2 x 6km laps at greater than TT pace with wash riding unlikely?
Well as it turned out 8 teams entered the inaugural Sunday morning 2x2 team relay last Sunday and had a lot of fun finding out. I am pretty sure most of us went home feeling like we had done a regular TT plus more.
Starting on fixed team handicaps, most teams started 10 mins each side of 8am. The chase was on. Mike Thom got the front markers team 'Secret Trainers' off to a great start. The back markers team 'The Budha Brothers' had a lot of work to do attempting to plough down the field. Harry Janecek from 'The Locals' team attempted an early start but was pulled back by the starter.
The first relay change overs for all teams went perfectly, as if they had been doing it for years. The subsequent laps saw some changes in team positions as faster and slower team members paddled through their laps.
This event is run from the pontoon so there is lots of encouragement called out as paddlers go by. Turns out it is a good social event.
As the race went on the field came closer together. Esther Wheeler paddled strongly in club K1 Darth, well under her 12km Cup handicap (which may have been set some time ago in canoe) and has been duly noted by by the handicapper. Caroline Marschner paddled well with beautiful technique after a long break from paddling.
In the end there was just 10 mins between the first finishing team and the last in. Great effort by all teams. On finishing each lap it was clear each paddler was giving it their maximum effort. Special mention to the fast finishing 'Budha Brothers', Roddy Matamala & John Burkett who made their way through the field for second place.
Next 2x2 Relay will be on Sunday 12 Feb. Why not join in the fun and get a good workout at the same time. Check the TT report for details in the week before. Here are the results.
