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Race results :

-Short distance (9 km) :
1st SS1 and overall : Guido Westhoff
2nd SS1 : Noémie Thibault
1st SUP : Alex Vlieg

-Long distance (21km) :
1st SS1 and overall : Markus Perrevoort
2nd SS1 : Thomas Zachert
1st SS2 : Romi Boden & Wim Nuyens
1st OC1 : Ronnie den Boer
2nd OC1 : Rolph Overvliet
1st SUP : Rico Leroy
1st PB : Thibaut Francois
2nd PB : Aurélie Goffin

-Special girl prize : Noémie Thibault for her great disguise and her flowered SS1 (15 min bonus points).

-Special boy prize : The Security Team (TST) dixit (”La Sécu“) for their help and boys band attitude…

-Youngest girl : Yasmin Liverpool

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-Youngest boy : Francois Juprelle

-Best sponsor : Thomas Zachert (Wetiz)

Statistics :

43 competitors
13 girls, 30 boys
17 SUP
3 OC1, 0 OC2
4 PB
17 SS1, 1 SS2

Best time (short distance): 01:22:16 (Guido Westhoff - SS1)
Best time (long distance): 02:05:04 (Markus Perrevoort - SS1)

Last time (short distance): 03:01:42 (Yasmin Liverpool - SUP)
Last time (long distance): 04:19:11 (Richard Flinterman - PB)

Average time (short distance - all categories): 02:30:13
Average time (long distance - all categories): 03:01:27

Summary of the day :

8.20 - Arrival of the TTT and some competitors.

8.30 - 9.30 - Greetings and crafts preparation. The schedule was a bit delayed by the time taken for organizing but also by a few late competitors.

9.30 - Registration and map.

10.00 - Briefing (routes, security, starting/time rules) and questions.

10.35-10.55 - Start of all category - against the clock (”contre la montre”).

11.30 - Arrival of the first competitors at point “C” for food/beverage.

12.00-12.30 - Arrival of the first competitors.

14.00 - Start of the barbecue.

15.15 - Last arrival.

16.00 - Preparation of the prize ceremony.

16.15 - Speech. Thanks to the competitors, to my main sponsor Thomas Zachert from Wetiz; without him the challenge would have been too difficult and expensive to organize with the same quality. Thanks also to the surf shop Hartbeach for some prizes.

16.20-16.35 - Prizes.

16.40 - Take off of several competitors to go home.

18.00 - SUP demo for 2 indian tourists

18.30 - End of the barbecue and cleaning.

19.00 - TTT took off the spot (parking of the camping Sollasi).

YOUR Feedback:

Positive :

• spirit, atmosphere, enthousiasm ;
• lake spot, nice frame ;
• weather ;
• relaxing, funny ;
• very good barbecue ;
• general organisation ;

Negative :

• chocolate missing as sort of food for the beverage/food point ;
• website not clear for getting some information ;
• overstepping a bridge (point IR) ;
• water not deep enough at some point ;

OUR Feedback:

Positive :

• happy people for all the positive points cited above ;
• good ratio channel space/views/tulip fields/smell ;
• news faces and more people for 2010 ;

Negative :

• negative overdrawn budget this year again. This is this time partially due to too much non-racing people having eaten without having paid. Our mistake: we should have been more clear on the fact that partners/friends/family expected should participate to the barbecue costs… ;
• 12 competitors stucked in France because of the air traffic control (volcano) ;
• still need of sponsors to provide a good quality (prizes, t-shirts,…) ;
• the excel registration sheet was not properly formated and it took time to determine the winners and give the prize ceremony ;