After last week’s no-winder and non-event, on Wednesday we had another beautiful Cape Town downwinder to complete race #3 of the 2012/2013 PRIMI Naish Downind Dash Series. Winds of 15-23knots, no swell, high tide and very smooth runs once again made for hard paddling and excellent downwinding.

Series leader Dylan Frick was possibly feeling the efforts from the Coreban/Quickblade Battle of the Bay race on Saturday and was not his usual self tonight.

Dylan immediately got hooked off by a very aggressive race pace from the Italian “six-pack” Stallion; Pietro Muscas. Pietro had the two Bertish brothers Chris and Greg in tow and he stuck with them all the way to within 2km of the finish, when a concerted effort from Chris and Greg allowed them both to pass. This despite Pietro having built up a gap of 100m at one stage.

Greg came from behind to pass Chris as well but a late charge from Chris saw him take line honours just seconds ahead of brother Greg, with Pietro in a safe 3rd. The Bertish brothers finished in 51 minutes, which is a mighty fine time with such little wind. Dylan nearly got swallowed up by a hungry pack consisting of Peter Petersen, Colin Heckroodt and Brad Adams, but managed to get on the wave ahead of the pack to secure 4th. Meanwhile Colin and Brad outran the Ballie to the flags with ease, to take 5th and 6th. Note to flag-mounter: Finish line flags must be placed in water next week, please…

There was a welcome return for Gary van Coreban Rooyen in 10th place and big-wave charger James Taylor improved his time dramatically to take 19th.

There was an epic battle in the Juniors between Ethan Koopman and Kimon Dos Santos, both 15 years old and on the same board. It was eventually Ethan who got in about 30 seconds ahead. Our 3rd placed Junior did incredibly well on his maiden downwind race; at only 10 years old, Nathan van Vuuren, son of Coreban founder Ivan van Vuuren, was the highlight of the evening with a classic van Vuuren style already ingrained and executed to perfection. Ivan sacrificed his race to chaperone Nathan safely home – what a pleasure to see the talent coming through at such a tender young age! A legend was born tonight!

Our ladies field was slightly depleted but once again Brigette van Aswegen was miles ahead and in a class of her own, with young Mishka Steyn taking 2nd. Monica Wohlgemuth finished a fine 3rd and it was great to see Brigette nearly clip one hour in the relatively light wind.

In the overall standings, Chris and Dylan now swop places with Chris having a narrow lead going into the last 6 weeks of the Series. Greg Bertish is firmly in 3rd while Pietro cemented his place 4th in the overall standings. Brigette, Mishka and Monica hold onto their positions, while Ethan is holding onto the Juniors lead, while Kimon is closing in on Joshua Robertson, who had to sit out tonight.

There were 45 paddlers tonight and 68 paddlers in total have now taken part in the series – a shortage of rental boards meant a number of paddlers had to watch from the sideline – make sure you get your bookings in early for next week, or better yet, get down to your local shop and place an order for your own waaaaapen. A quick note from race-director: Please make sure that you start in the start that you have indicated at registration! With two starts you can imagine the confusion if you swap it around!

We also urge you to look at your grading in the race results – they indicate your gap to the winner of the race and you can monitor if you are able to close the gap from week to week!

Thanks to all our sponsors, PRIMI, Naish, BulkSMS, SUPHQ, VitaminWater, Swox, Coreban/Xpression, Buchulife and Watersports Warehouse. Also big thumbs up to our Timekeeping Team Lolo and Jen who are now a well-oiled unit!

Next weeks forecast is looking lekker so get a quick warm-up paddle at Brian Kayaks SUPSA sanctioned 7km race at Big Bay on Sunday 4th at 8am. Also don’t forget Intaka Time Trial with braai and SUPSA AGM on Monday the 5th!

– Peter

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PRIMI Naish Downwind Dash Series – Race #3 RESULTS

Date: 31st October, 2012
Wind: SSE 15-23knots
Waves: 0.5m
Course: 10.1km

#	Name	Time	Class	Division	% of 1st	Grade	km/h	min/km	Board
1	Chris Bertish	0:50:59	14'	Open	100.00	Elite	11.89	0:05:03	Naish 14 Glide 2012
2	Greg Bertish	0:51:08	14'	Open	99.71	Elite	11.85	0:05:04	Coreban 14' Dart
3	Pietro Muscas	0:51:49	14'	Masters	98.39	Elite	11.70	0:05:08	Naish 14 Glide 2012
4	Dylan Frick	0:53:39	14'	Open	95.03	Elite	11.30	0:05:19	Starboard 14' Ace Pro
5	Colin Heckroodt	0:53:48	14'	Open	94.76	A	11.26	0:05:20	Starboard 14' OO
6	Brad Adams	0:53:50	14'	Open	94.71	A	11.26	0:05:20	Fanatic 14 Falcon
7	Peter Petersen	0:54:08	14'	Masters	94.18	A	11.19	0:05:22	Naish 14 Glide (2012)
8	Matthew van der Linden	0:55:45	14'	Open	91.45	A	10.87	0:05:31	Naish 14 Glide AST
9	Francois Frick	0:56:17	14'	Open	90.58	A	10.77	0:05:34	Starboard 14' Ace Pro
10	Gary van Rooyen	0:58:43	14'	Masters	90.58	A	10.77	0:05:34	Coreban 14 Dart
11	Nicky Venter	0:58:50	14'	Open	86.66	B	10.30	0:05:50	Starboard 14' OO
12	Ethan Koopman	0:58:51	14'	Junior	86.66	B	10.30	0:05:50	Naish 14 Glide
13	Tom King	0:58:55	14'	Open	86.53	B	10.29	0:05:50	Fanatic 14' Fly
14	Justin Bing	0:59:02	14'	Open	86.36	B	10.27	0:05:51	Coreban 14' Alpha
15	Kimon Dos Santos	0:59:24	14'	Junior	86.36	B	10.27	0:05:53	Naish 14 Glide
16	Dave Maxwell	1:00:33	14'	Masters	85.83	B	10.20	0:05:53	Naish 14 Glide
17	Brigette van Aswegen	1:00:34	14'	Women's	84.18	C	10.01	0:06:00	Starboard 14' Ace Pro
18	Glen Thompson	1:00:39	14'	Open	84.06	C	9.99	0:06:00	Naish 14 Glide AST
19	Tyran Cooper	1:01:18	14'	Open	84.06	C	9.99	0:06:00	Coreban
20	James Taylor	1:01:56	14'	Open	83.17	C	9.89	0:06:04	Naish 14 Glide AST
21	Guy Bubb	1:02:36	14'	Open	82.32	C	9.78	0:06:08	Naish 14 Glide (2012)
22	Rob Munro	1:02:40	14'	Masters	81.36	C	9.67	0:06:12	Fanatic 14 OO
23	Michael Fiet	1:04:10	14'	Open	81.36	C	9.67	0:06:12	Coreban 14' Dart
24	Gavin Dace	1:04:26	14'	Open	79.45	D	9.44	0:06:21	Naish 14 Glide AST
25	Chris Scarpa	1:04:34	14'	Open	79.13	D	9.41	0:06:23
26	Wayne Robertson	1:04:41	14'	Open	78.96	D	9.39	0:06:24	Coreban 14 Dart
27	Lucas Crous	1:06:17	14'	Open	78.82	D	9.37	0:06:24
28	Brad Orkin	1:06:19	14'	Open	76.92	D	9.14	0:06:34	Naish 14 Glide
29	Dawid de Villiers	1:06:21	14'	Open	76.88	D	9.14	0:06:34	Naish 14 Glide
30	Steve Tripney	1:07:32	14'	Masters	76.84	D	9.13	0:06:34	Coreban 14 Dart
31	Mishka Steyn	1:07:51	14'	Women's Jnr	75.49	D	8.97	0:06:41	Starboard 14' OO
32	Nicky Carstens	1:08:22	14'	Open	74.57	D	8.86	0:06:46	Custom 14'
33	Calvin Ginsberg	1:09:07	14'	Junior	75.14	D	8.93	0:06:43	Naish 14 Glide
34	Monika Wohlgemuth	1:09:43	14'	Women's	73.76	D	8.77	0:06:51	Naish 14 Glide (2012)
35	Craig Ginsberg	1:10:07	14'	Masters	73.13	D	8.69	0:06:54	Naish 14 Glide (2012)
36	Tammy Robarts	1:10:43	Unl	Women's	72.71	D	8.64	0:06:57	Naish 17' Glide
37	Nathan van Vuuren	1:12:35	12'6	Kids	72.10	D	8.57	0:07:00	Coreban proto
38	Ivan van Vuuren	1:13:34	14'	Masters	69.30	D	8.24	0:07:17	Coreban 14' Dart
39	John Du Rooy	1:16:23	14'	Open	66.75	D	7.93	0:07:34	Coreban
40	Robert du Rooy	1:16:23	14'	Open	66.75	D	7.93	0:07:34
41	Gavin Kannemeyer	1:18:38	14'	Open	66.75	D	7.93	0:07:34	Naish 14 Glide
42	Neal Esterhuysen	1:19:36	14'	Open	64.84	D	7.71	0:07:47	Coreban
43	Bruce Johnston	1:20:12	14'	Masters	63.57	D	7.56	0:07:56	Naish 14 Glide (2012)
44	Brendon Scharfetter	1:20:59	14'	Open	63.57	D	7.56	0:07:56	Fanatic 14 OO
45	John Henshilwood	1:23:50	14'	Masters	62.96	D	7.48	0:08:01	Coreban 14' Dart

 

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