MaxAdventure Paddle
The Wonny
Steve Cooper SleepMonsters Australia / 21.03.2010
The day turned out perfect, high tide greeted the competitors and clear skies, the start was located at Burnum Burnum reserve under the Woronora bridge and was situated mid course with 340points north and 280points south of the start. Competitors had to chose carefully, as they weren’t required to go to the giveout at Prince Edward Park 1500m upstream they could opt for the northern route strait away, heading upstream first would mean an outgoing tide to battle against coming home. The majority chose the latter and then opted for a short run up into Woronora Heights and CP 11 and 12, this little detour added about 25mins to the course and meant less paddling time, Matt Acheson eventual overall winner and only person to clear the course stuck with Pete Tedesco and Paul Dreghorn and went via 13 and then up to the needles picking up 11 and 12 on the way home, which unfortunately brought the doubles team unstuck, these crews then headed out into the Georges River for the other end of the course, thankfully the mud that had plagued course setter was deep below the tide and never became and issue, thick mangroves did prove hard to negotiate when 1 crew decided they could possibly pick up a couple of CPs by walking along the shore. This task certainly wasn’t for the fainthearted. In the supplied craft the majority opted for the upstream checkpoints full credit has to go to 2 particular teams for their pure tenacity in giving it a go, girls team Maniacal and mixed team First Timers, both crews went the value for money option and put in everything they had, and then losing most of what they had 1 team mate included.
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