All the way

second in 101:00, while two surprise runners in the field took up third and fourth positions – Hanneke Potgieter and Svenga Gliem, who ran 103:28 and 103:50 respectively.

The first surfer home was Neil Henderson in 104:20.

Father and son combo of Brendon and Tayne Thompson led the paddlers home on a double ski in 79:14, while the man entrusted with the logistics of the paddlers race, Andrew Carter, was first on a single ski. He finished just 46 seconds behind the Thompsons in 80:00 on the nose.

Hot on Carter’s tail was the second doubles combination of Dave Schaefer and Chris Batting who landed in 80:10.

Luke Johnson was second on a single ski in 81:00.

The first woman to finish the singles race was Nikki Russell in 86:24, while the first mixed doubles combination was André and Helen Wood. They were followed home by Joy and Shane Roach.

The Surfers 10 run from Gonubie featured the surprise of the day when in the woman’s race, twin sisters from Pretoria, Michelle and Nicole Redlinghuys, arrived at the start.

The overwhelming local favourite Caryn Lategan picked them out and it was obvious a race was on.

It took a yeomen effort, but finally hitting the Nahoon River first, gave Michelle the momentum she needed to hold off the charge of Lategan. The winning time was 48:12. Lategan was comfortably second in 49:00 while the other twin was third in 51:53.

In the men’s equivalent there was no such drama with an easy 41:58 victory for Vusumzi Zondo over Chuma Giqo and Sibonqokuhle Mnyaka, who respectively returned times of 43:27 and 47:51.

The Junior Surfers, not for the first time, provided a girl in second place behind the leading male, Nathan Gallaher who ran 19:02. Kiera Herman was next in with a 21:15, followed by the next two boys, Asha Hoare in 21:37 and Sherwin Bayer in 21:53.

The second and third girls were Amber Herman in 23:47 and Jenna Tarr in 24:05