• 3pm Saturday 26th September, 2009
• 3pm Saturday 31st October, 2009
• 3pm Saturday 2nd January, 2010
• 10am Sunday 3rd January, 2010 (Additional race - Double & Teams event)

Categories for Fenn Cup 3pm starts (19km-20km)

Open                    

Over 40

Over 50

Doubles

OC1s

Standup (14' and open class)

Categories for 'SKODA' Challenge 1pm Start (8k)

Under 20

Open Class

Plastic Boat

Standup 12'6" and under

Categories for “The Twist” Teams/Doubles Jan 3  10am

Open Team/Double

Mixed Team /Double

Under 20 Team/ Double

Double Competitors

Competitors will either start at Fisherman’s or Palm Beach and will paddle to Mona Vale Basin where one paddler will run up the beach around a flag, back to their craft and continue their journey to either Fishermans Beach or Palm Beach to finish the race.

Team Competitors

Teams will consist of two paddlers and start at the same time and place as the Doubles. Upon arriving at the basin the first paddler will run up the beach around a flag and tag their second paddler who will then hit the ocean and paddle to the finish at either Fishermans Beach or Palm Beach.

Entry Fees

$170 for all 4 events

$145 for 3 x single races

$80 per double ski or $260 for 4 races,

$55 per individual race

$35 per race or $90 for all under 20 competitors and 'Skoda' challenge series.

$35 per race for stand-ups and OC1s

$15 late registration fee for all competitors. 

$80 per team, per race for 8km stand-ups (2 or 4 in team) or $200 for 3 races per team

Category Descriptions

Fenn Cup

Open The whole field is included in this field whoever crosses the line first wins this category.

Over 40 Must be 40 years old by Sep 26 2009.

Over 50 Must be 50 years old by Sep 26 2009

Doubles Any double craft

OC1s Any one man outrigger canoe propelled by single blade.

Standup Any standup paddle board over 12ft in length

Challenge

Under 20 Any competitor that is 20 years old or less on Sep 26 2009-08-10

Open All competitors in the challenge course.

Plastic Any competitor on any type of plastic made paddle craft.

Stand up any stand up paddle board under 12 ft in length.

Series points

How do the points work?

Competitors are scored using their placing for each particular race. All four race count towards overall points with competitors best 3 results counting. For example if you win a race you will get 1 point so the lowest points at the end of the series will be declared the series winner. This is for all categories.

How does the teams/doubles work on Jan 3?

Competitors can race this day either on a double craft or in a two person team relay. Both methods count towards a final placing, so a double and team actually race each other. The teams will do half the course each swapping at a nominated change-over point.  Doubles will do the full course with a portage at the nominated change-over point.

On this particular race points will be   even across all three categories. So first double across the line will score 1 point and first team across the line will score one point. For example. Bill Smith and John Smith race doubles and finish first they will score one point. If Bill Jones and John Jones race the team format and finish first they will score one point. If John and Kate do mixed double and are first across the line they will score 1 point and if Paul and Jill decide to do mixed team and finish first in that category they will score one point. You can see how by finding the right partner either on the double or in a team you could move up the rankings.

How does the under 20 double/team work?

For this category only one member of the team/double needs to be under 20. So a under 20 competitor coming 3^rd may pair up with a  super fast open competitor giving him/her and advantage over their rivals. Both competitors can be under 20.

Examples

Paul is an under 209 competitor. He races in Race 1 (Sep 26) and finishes 5^th, Race 2 (Oct 31) he finishes 3^rd ,Race 3 (Jan2) finishes 4^th ,Race 4 (Jan3) he pairs up with John( is an open competitor) and they are the first across the line in the under 20 category. So Paul over the 4 races has accumulated 5+3+4+1 Points . We drop his worst placing which was a 5^th so he end the series with 8 points.

For the last race of the series John picked up 1 point.

From this you can see the benefit of having the right partner for the last event.