Kayakers
descended on the tiny town of Shannon over the weekend to compete in the New Zealand Open. It was the first ICF race
of the year and top international paddlers had came to chase valuable points towards the ICF World Ranking.
Will Forsythe of Australia continued his sizzling form last weeks selection races to take the honours in the Mens K1 event.
Forsythe
laid down the gauntlet in his first run with a clean 88.77, which proved to be
the best result of the day. Raphael Reveche of France
0.8 seconds behind with Czech, Vavrinec Hradilek in 3rd. Top
New Zealander Mike Dawson
in 5th just 2.09 seconds from Forsythe.
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The C1Mens event was a trifecta for France with Nicolas Peschier 95.14 followed by Edern Le Ruyet 95.95 and in third Pierre Tillard. Top of the kiwis was Shaun Travers in 4th The women's K1 saw the Lawrence sisters of Australia take the top two positions, with NZ junior Jane Nicholas in third. (Kate Lawrence 102.99, Ros Lawrence 108.05 and Nicholas 108.36). |
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As expected the C1 women's event was won by world no 1, Rosalyn Lawrence, with a good performance by kiwi Louise Jull in second and Jane Nicholas 3rd.
The event doubled as the final selection for the NZ Senior, Under 23 and Junior teams and many of the places went to the wire in the last race. Teams will be confirmed within the next couple of days but there were many notable performances especially from members of the 2009 junior team who are biting at the heels of the seniors. The Senior Team will compete at the World Championships held later this year in Slovenia. The Junior team will compete at the Junior World Championships held in France in July.
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2010 New Zealand Teams |
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Senior |
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K1 Men Mike Dawson, Aaron Osborne, Johann Roozenburg |
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K1 Women Luuka Jones, Louise Jull, Jane Nicholas |
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C1 Men Mike Dawson, Brent Bastin, Shaun Travers |
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C1 Women Louise Jull |
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C2 Ben Gibb/Bradyn Church, Bryden Nicholas/Andrew Robinson |
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U23- to be confirmed once selection places finalised in other teams. |
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C1 Shaun Higgins, Ben Gibb, Bryden Nicholas |
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K1 Women Nikki Whitehead |
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Junior |
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K1 Men Callum Gibb, Carl Whitehead, Malcolm Gibson |
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K1 Women Jane Nicholas, Kelly Travers, Alana Wood |
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C1 Haven Bellamy |
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C1Women Jane Nicholas |