Hank and Pippa McGregor turned the first husband and spouse to win the Breede River Canoe Marathon in the identical yr on Sunday 4 September 2022.
The couple wrapped up their respective titles on Sunday afternoon.
Hank McGregor romped to victory with Jasper Mocké total and Pippa McGregor and Jenna Nisbet received the ladies’s title convincingly.
History is made
Hank McGregor and Jasper Mocké added an additional minute to their 4 minute in a single day result in full the 34km ultimate stage from Riggton Farm outdoors Bonnievale to Kam’Bati Resort close to Swellendam on a technical low and dropping Breede River.
“It was a super tricky day because the water was so low – I don’t think we could have paddled on it any lower – but we didn’t have to get out anywhere,” stated Mocké.
“We found a good rhythm once again and I think we were very happy to be on our own because the end section was very tricky with all the little channels and trees, so it was a luxury to be coming through there on our own as opposed to racing in a bunch,” stated Mocké.
“We sliced the boat open so we were leaking quite a bit of water,” added McGregor. “Jasper was pumping water out of the boat rather a lot, however we managed to get to the end in the lead.
“It was a great weekend in the Breede valley. Now we can look forward to the world champs in a couple of weeks’ time,” he stated.
It was a fourth Breede title for McGregor, who received it twice with Len Jenkins, and as soon as with Jasper Mocké’s older brother Dawid, whereas it was Jasper Mocké’s third Breede title following his wins with Tom Schilperoort and Stu MacLaren.
Clint Cook and Tom Lovemore had been as soon as once more the quickest of the chasing bunch and wrapped up second place total, whereas Graeme Solomon and Anders Hart leap-frogged onto the podium from their in a single day fifth place.
In the ladies’s race the irrepressible Durbanites Jenna Nisbett and Pippa McGregor made the most of the race as a part of their coaching for the ICF Marathon World Championships, pulling away to win from the spectacular juniors Holly Smith and Neriyah Dill in second.
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“It was a very tough day for us because we started on our own with a crew one minute head of us and another crew two minutes behind us,” stated Nisbet.
“We were stuck in no-mans-land but we just went out and focused on our own race,” she added.
They had been glad to be caught by the charging crew of Melanie van Niekerk and Sheepers Schoeman, with whom they shared the workload on the flatwater sections in the center of the ultimate stage.
Van Niekerk and Schoeman took the blended doubles title, and the topical a race-within-a-race as they managed to get residence simply forward of the main all-women’s crew.
Mark Keeling had a a lot better second stage and wrapped up the K1 division honours from Heinrich Schloms.
The race was held in tribute to iconic native paddler Giel Van Deventer who handed away in a tragedy on the ultimate pre-Breede Marathon race. Each paddler wore a commemorative cap on the ultimate stage and the finishers medals all celebrated the life and contribution of Van Deventer.
SUMMARY OF RESULTS- BREEDE RIVER CANOE MARATHON – DAY TWO
1 Hank McGregor/Jasper Mocké 1:59:50.08 2:22:59.27 4:22:49.35
2 Clinton Cook/Thomas Lovemore 2:04:04.71 2:23:44.81 4:27:49.53
3 Graeme Solomon/Anders Hart 2:04:07.70 2:23:45.79 4:27:53.49
4 Daniel Jacobs/Murray Starr 2:04:06.24 2:23:59.10 4:28:05.35
5 Kenneth Rice/Ulvard Hart 2:04:05.57 2:26:23.39 4:30:28.96
6 David Evans/Robert Pike 2:06:40.97 2:32:10.30 4:38:51.27
7 Riccardo Talevi/Michael Arthur 2:11:13.88 2:28:37.55 4:39:51.44
8 Mark Keeling 2:13:06.85 2:33:46.39 4:46:53.24
9 Dyllan Farrell/Luke Jean Le Roux 2:11:37.13 2:36:25.05 4:48:02.18
10 John De Villiers/Jermaine Pietersen 2:12:18.91 2:35:44.68 4:48:03.59
WOMEN
1 Jenna Nisbet/Pippa McGregor 2:13:08.14 2:38:05.25 4:51:13.39
2 Holly Smith/Neriyah Dill 2:18:31.67 2:40:00.91 4:58:32.58
3 Candice Murray/Kira Bester 2:18:33.14 2:43:55.07 5:02:28.21
4 Jordan Peek/Christy Shrimpton 2:28:38.68 2:50:30.57 5:19:09.25
5 Waris Mills/Iwona Gancarz 2:48:36.37 3:07:24.60 5:56:00.97
