SPECIAL AWARDS
Spirit of the Yukon Award (sponsored by Raven Ink):
The awesome women of voyageur Team #50, Messengers of Hope, who not only were the happiest and most musical team in the race, they raised $35,000 for the women of Nunavut!
Top Yukoners (sponsored by Chilkoot Brewery):
Men: Ryan Martin and Dan Girouard of #20 Kissynew Skookum Asphalt (voyageur)
Women: Pauline Frost-Hanberg of #66 Bold Rush Determinators and Pat Boyde of #53 CANU-2 (both in mixed canoes)
Top Senior Award – oldest team to finish: (sponsored by Inanda Images):
Urs Mader, #53, Down Under 2 from Australia (solo kayak)
Top Women’s Team (sponsored by Sportees):
Liz Bosely and Pat McKenna, #25 Yukon Water Women 2 (canoe)
Red Stove Award (sponsored by Haywire Industries):
Joe Evans, #63 Team Bumbazer (solo canoe), finished at 3:53:56 Sunday morning.
Fastest Team (free entry in 2008 YRQ):
Voyageur Team #5 Coureur De Bayou, Richard Ameen – captain (new voyageur record of 41 hours, 15 minutes)
Solo Kayak Women
1st. Team 82 Girl from Oz, Liz Winn, 55:56:03 – $1600
2nd Team 21 Grandma Bun Bun, Linda Bourassa, 57:23:36 – $600
3rd. Team 17 Lubbock Flower Power, Ingrid Wilcox, 57:40:49 – $300
Solo Kayak Men
1st. Team 18 Tractor Boy, Andrew Jillings, 47:37:02 – $1600
2nd. Team 35 Down Under 2, Urs Mader, 47:43:55 – $600
3rd. Team 39 Down Under 1, Tom Simmat, 48:12:38 – $300
Solo Canoe
No award – only one in category (congrats Joe Evans on finishing!)
Tandem Canoe Men
1st. Team 64 Desnedhe Dene, Norbert Wolverine and Lionel Campbell, 51:32:20 – $1600
2nd. Team 70 River Bandits, Tony Arcand and Kevin Mellis, 52:15:20 – $600
3rd. Team 38 Gerties Waiting, Larry Seethaler and Jan Nyboer, 57:54:25 – $300
Tandem Canoe Mixed
1st. Team 51 V&E’s Express, Veronica Wisniewski and Thom Prichard, 50:13:09 – $1600
2nd. Team 66 Bold Rush Determinators, Pauline Frost-Hanberg and Derek Crook, 50:49:57 – $600
3rd. Team 53 CANU-2, Jim and Pam Boyde, 51:31:29 – $300
Tandem Canoe Women
1st. Team 25 Yukon Water Women 2, Patricia McKenna and Elizabeth Bosely, 52:42:17 – $1600
2nd & 3rd (no awards – team 85 finished over 65 hours, and other team scratched)
Tandem Kayak Men
1st. Team 32 Evil Geezers, Phillipe Blouin and Richard Steppe, 47:23:40 – $1600
2nd. Team 31 Wobbly Wallabees, Peter Anderson and Steve Pizzey, 47:45:08 – $600
3rd. Team 26 Rowers Revenge, Simon Huntley and Johnathan Mills, 51:12:11 – $300
Tandem Mixed Kayak
1st. Team 3 Alberta Rivver Runners, Darrell Wiebe and Jennifer Allen, 53:18:39 – $1600
2nd. Team 87 Pole Pole, Jamie and Allison Furniss, 60:28:00, $600
3rd. Team 52 Team Kamloopsy, Kam Davies and Jason Doucet, 60:31:35, $300
Tandem Women’s Kayak
(no awards – no entries)
Voyageur Class
1st. Team 5 Coureur des Bayou, (Richard Ameen, George Melder, John Hoffart, Edoh Y. Amiran, John Qualls, Liam Price, Wade Binion, Pete Binion) 41:15:00 (new record) – $2500
2nd. Team 14 Kissynew, (Martin Bernardin, Paul Hayne , Derek Eftoda, Zenon Kucheran, Gordon Moise, Ken Wallis), 42:16:47 – $1000
3rd. Team 20 Kissynew Skookum Asphalt (Michael Bernardin, Ryan Martin, Brad Stone, Dan Girouard, Jimmy Peter MacDonald, Dennis Fosseneuve), 45:08:11 – $500