From the 19th June to the 22nd June the Herberts on Tour competed in the Hamilton Island Cup, which is held in the Whitsunday Islands in Australia.
The team consisted of:
* Conan Herbert
* Mario Mausio
* Tyrin Thomas
* Bryce Irving
* Maui Kjeldsen
* Woogie Marsh
* Maika Scott
And for the 40km 2 Australian paddlers joined us – Greg and Roddy from Cronulla
Our Results for the week were
* 1st Place 500m Sprint
* 2nd Place 1000m Sprint
* 2nd Place 16km
* 3rd Place Overall 40km
This year was the 25th year that this race was held. It attracted paddlers from Hawai’i, Tahiti, Hong Kong, Singapore and Papua New Guinea.
In our races we faced tough competition from Outrigger Australia and Northcliff.
Because of bad weather an alternate course was used in the big race, (usually it is raced around Pentecost) this year we headed in the opposite direction and it was shortened 2km. The first half of the race was downwind with .5 to 1m swell and 25 knot winds. We trailed just behind Northcliff during this leg but they managed to drop us when we turned around into the Wind.
Comments
Anon - Good work Herberts
05-Jul-2008
ROCK - ALSOME BOYS THOSE HAF TO BE THE BEST N.Z OPEN MENS RESULTS 2 DATE IN HAMMO A VERY HARD RACE SUCH A GREAT RESULT GREAT GOING BOYS.
06-Jul-2008
Hawaii 1 - Well done Kiwi's
07-Jul-2008