RHKYC Crews Leave Their Mark on VRC South Side Challenge Race

WORDS: BILL CHALMERS | IMAGES: ERIN JUHL AND YVERAIN OLIVARES

HKYC entered nine OC6 crews in the 2021 VRC South Side Challenge held on 21 August and delivered some dominating performances across multiple classes. 54 paddlers participated making up the RHKYC contingent of nine crews; the largest of any of the clubs involved.

The Unlimited Women’s crews finished first (Erin Juhl, Emma Gould, Marti Raedelli, Steph Tovoli, Sarah Wilson, Rae Strachan) and second (Amy De Vera, Jill Carroll, Elena Kucherenko, Claire Ollivier, Maud Duquesne, Yan Yan Li), both crews comfortably ahead of the HKOCC and Stormy’s boats. The YC’s men’s Unlimited Open boat (John McLennan, Inigo Sanchez, Ryan Lopes, Julien Stump, Dani Ferrareto, Doug Woodring), still seeking revenge for the Chesterman Challenge loss was unable to outmuscle the VRC crew crossing the line two minutes behind for second place.

In the Standard Open boats, YC crews collected first place hardware (Steve Taylor, Yverain Oliveres, Zach Tuckwell, Brian Bigos, Brian Henderson, Hamish Nicoll) and placed fourth (Jon Lim, Phil Chou, Stephen Alley, Adam Fan, Chris Ibbotson, Stuart Carroll) and sixth (Victor Zhang, Christ Tickle, Duncan Smith, Geoff McVey, Arvind Rajan, Jed Patron) in a field of eight boats.

The YC Standard Mixed crew (Christina Park, Nicky De Lacy-Lopes, Alex de Miranda, Florian Zeto, Julie Miller, Bill Chalmers) crushed the competition by a six-minute margin (and five minutes ahead of VRC’s Unlimited Mixed entry), and slotted the others in at third (Karen Surgenor, Cissa McVey, Jeff Faiola, Ken Wong, Stephen To, Clare Baldwin), and eighth (Katrina Leung, Tatiana Filippova, Peter Wei, Adrian Chiu, Bo Leung, Antony Wood) in a field of nine boats.

The depth and strength of the RHKYC paddlers on display on the weekend bodes well for the upcoming OC6 races this fall. Keep an eye on these paddlers – they are on the move! Hut!

Paddler with winning medal Parky and Nicky

CONTACTS

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