Race Results
1st Annual Dam to Town Canoe and Kayak Race
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Thanks to all the competitors and volunteers that made the first Dam to Town Canoe and Kayak Race a great success. Sunny and 75 degrees did not hurt either.
Competitors gathered at the Hwy 705 Bridge Canoe Access in Robbins on Saturday March the 20th to register, then run shuttle to the start of the race at the Bear Creek Trail Water Plant access.
A big thanks to William McDuffie for organizing this event.
Town Manager George Hayfield had the shuttle road in top shape for the race. Cynthia Reeves, Sara Lansdown, Ken Wilkinson and Lynne McDuffie started the competitors who raced through class I rapids to the finish line. Daltina Peele and Tom Blue recorded the finish times. Mark Garner and Darrel Cockman made sure everyone ran “Gunworks Rapid” safely. Thirty two competitors lined up with their race faces on and were sent off at one minute intervals to receive their bragging rights and hand-made medallions. The majority of participants were from Moore County, but we also had several from the Raleigh area, and as far away as Virginia.
Glenn Gilchrist, Mayor Theron Bell, and Preacher Mike Weber took pictures that say way more than a thousand words. Special thanks go to Dalton Cheek for providing our canoe access at Hwy 705 and our shuttle drivers Bill and Sue McDuffie, along with Dalton and Linda Davis.
Thanks to Lynne McDuffie for making all the medals and River McDuffie who made countless trips with William to “check the creek.”
I hope everyone will make plans to be on Bear Creek next March for the 2nd Annual Dam to Town Canoe and Kayak Race. You’ve got a year to train. The time to beat is Ryan Avery’s 13 minutes and 25 seconds!
To view photos by Glenn go to PhotoBucket at:
http://s921.photobucket.com/albums/ad59/bearcreekkayak/Dam%20To%20Town%20Kayak%20Race%202010/
