Team Manger

Well day 2 is upon us, the C2 and K1 men are up early at 6:30am for an early breakfast and off to the course. The ladies K1 and Mens C1 had a sleep in and came to the course later in the morning.

We were off to the course at 7:15am to walk the course and warm up before the first runs at 9:00 am. The C2 boats were first off the rank, some great crews competed in this class. After run 1 we were placed in 20th and 24th, the first 20 qualify in C2 for the semi-final.

K1 men followed the C2's, Ben hit a few gates, Phil G had a put down a great clean run. Phil M powered down the course with a clean run, position at the end of first runs were; Phil M 27th, Phil G - 31st and Ben - 55th .

Some nerves are in the camp between 1st and 2nd runs. Second runs for C2 was hotly contested with Tom & Talis going through to the semi-finals in 20th position. Karl and Chris came 22nd just missing the cut for semi-finals.

The second runs for Mens K1 was played out at a fierce pace, this class was contested by over 80 athletes. At the end of 2nd runs we had tow of our mens K1 make the cut to the semi finals with Phil M placed 29th and Phil Gibbins at 38th. Ben was disappointed with his run scoring a 50 on his second run, being placed 78th.

The afternoon was set aside for Teams runs, the three K1 men contested this competition. Two runs down the course for this event, after first run Australia was ranked 14th. After the second run we were placed 19th.

Tomorrow is the Semi Finals and Finals for all classes. All the K1 Women; Rosalyn Lawrence, Emmie Barratt and Kate Mollison will race in the Semi Final. Talis Svarcs and Tom Greaves will compete in the C2 Semi Final and Philip Mingerulli and Philip Gibbins will contest the K1 mens semi final.

Semi finals commence at 10am, with the classes contested in the following order: C2, K1W, C1, K1 Men.

The Finals will be contested in the afternoon to decide the medals for the championship.

All the best to our athletes who will be competing tomorrow.

Geoff