2012 Yukon River Quest Awards

Jul 4, 2012 | News

(teams finishing under 55 hours received prize money)

Solo Classes 

(Recipients of necklace from Gold Trail Jewellery as well as prize money)

Open C1:

  1. #29 Voyageur Buckaroo – Mark Fletcher, Haines Jct., Yukon (57:41)
  2. #53 Team Hellbender – David Hasenbeck, Missouri (62:14)
  3. #68 Boy in a Boat– Brandan May, Ontario (64:20)

Women K1

  1.  #21 Powered by Chocolate – Janice Mason, British Columbia (52:57)
  2.  #63 Asleep at the Paddle – Avery Burke, Ontario (57:50)
  3.  no award

Men K1

  1. #17 Passing Wind – Chris Spoor, British Columbia (45:06)
  2. #67 Numbnuts – Shaun Thrower, Great Britain (46:25)
  3. #25 Paddling Forward – Shawn Corrigan, Austria (47:23)

 Overall Solo

  1. #17 Passing Wind – Chris Spoor, British Columbia (45:06)
  2. #67 Numbnuts – Shaun Thrower, Great Britain (46:25)
  3. #25 Paddling Forward – Shawn Corrigan, Austria (47:23)

Tandem Canoe

Women C2

  1. #62 Atlantic Express – Abby Lewis / Bev Lewis, BC/Nova Scotia (50:19)
  2. #39 MIAPAT – Pat McKenna / Mia Lee, Whitehorse, Yukon (50:29)
  3. #51 Yahndawa’ Tzun – Monique Levesque / Pauline Frost, Whitehorse (52:19)

Mixed C2

  1. #35 6364 – Terry Wescott / Ander Thebaud, Maine (49:24)
  2. #56 Boydes of a Feather – Jim Boyde / Pam Boyde, Whitehorse (50:05)
  3. #43 15 X 0 – Larry Seethaler / Brenda Forsythe, Alaska (52:24)

Men C2

  1. #20 Round Side Down – Tim Lynch / Dave Lewis, Faro/ Nova Scotia (43:18)
  2. #57 Crazy Heart – Connor Landick / Steven Landick, Michigan (45:01)
  3. #44 Kelowna Kanoers – Dylan Switzer / David Mcinerney, BC (47:12)

Overall C2

  1. #20 Round Side Down – Tim Lynch / Dave Lewis, Faro/ Nova Scotia (43:18)
  2. #57 Crazy Heart – Connor Landick / Steven Landick, Michigan (45:01)
  3. #44 Kelowna Kanoers – Dylan Switzer / David Mcinerney, BC (47:12)

Tandem Kayak

Women K2

  1. #36 The Fascinators – Martha Taylor / Al Morham, Whitehorse (47:04, new record)
  2. #7 Cedar Strippers – Lyndsey Haak / Diane Haak, Ontario (51:59)
  3. #59 This Ain’t No Mirror Pond – Pam Stevenson / Karen Holm, Oregon (54:33)

Mixed K2

  1. #23 Black Berta – Ilze Plakane / Ugis Gutmanis, Latvia (47:22)
  2. no award
  3. no award

Men K2

  1. #42 beatsworkin – Reuhl Iombard / Bertus Rinke, South Africa / Arizona (46:54)
  2. no award
  3. no award

Overall K2

  1. #42 beatsworkin – Reuhl Iombard / Bertus Rinke, South Africa / Arizona (46:54)
  2. #36 The Fascinators – Martha Taylor / Al Morham, Whitehorse (47:04)
  3. #23 Black Berta – Ilze Plakane / Ugis Gutmanis, Latvia (47:22)

Voyageur Canoes

Women Voyageur

  1. #50 Skirting Disaster, Yukon/United Kingdom/Texas/Wash. (42:50 new record)
  2. #3 Outward Bound Canada, Ontario/British Columbia (47:28)
  3. #49 Paddlers Abreast, Yukon (55:59)

Mixed Voyageur

  1. #31 Skaha ha ha ha, British Columbia (46:34)
  2. #22 River City Pirates, Alberta (54:03)
  3. #28 Crazy Gulls & Boys, Ontario (62:20)

 Open Voyageur

  1. # 18 Down Under Dogs, Australia (41:51)
  2. #55 Such A Blast, California (42:45)
  3. #26 Interserve London Irish 1, Great Britain (54:31)

Overall Voyageur

  1. # 18 Down Under Dogs, Australia (41:51)
  2. #55 Such A Blast, California (42:45)
  3. #50 Skirting Disaster, Yukon/United Kingdom/Texas/Wash. (42:50)

Special Awards (Cash)

 

Top All Yukon Canoe – #56 Boydes of a Feather – Jim and Pam Boyde (cash)

Top All Yukon Kayak – #36 The Fascinators – Martha Taylor and Ali Morham (cash)

Top First Nation Team – #64 Men of the Midnight Sun – Kendall McDonald and Tim Gordon of Inuvik, NWT (cash)

 

Special Awards (Sponsors)

 

Top Yukoners – from #50 Skirting Disaster – Verena Koenig, Kam Davies and Joanie Pelletier (Yukon Brewing)

Top Women – #36 The Fascinators – Martha Taylor and Ali Morham  (Coast Mountain Sports)

Fastest Senior 55+ – from #57 Crazy Heart: Steven Landick (Skaguay News Depot & Books)

Most Improved – Team # 54 Tramp Again:  Seppo Kivioja, Finland improved time by 10 hours, 54 minutes over 2011 (Klondike Visitors Association)

Red Stove – #11 Fast Trax: John Louis Heudes, Alberta (Haywire Industries / Harry Kern Photography). Given to winner of the back of the pack, the next to last team to cross the finish line. He finished one second ahead of #68 Black Sheep at 8:38 p.m. Saturday.

 

Spirit of the Yukon – #24 Yukon Project: Francis Soenen and Danny Veys, Belgium (Raven Ink), and #52 Dawson or Bust: David Little and Shane Carritt, Alberta (walking sticks donated by John Huedes). Given to the two canoe teams that went to aid of Team 66 whose kayak had gone into a log jam below White River. The two teams rescued and carried the paddler on to 60 Mile CP where he was able to warm up and later join a safety boat crew in going upriver to retrieve his kayak.

 

Top Overall Team – #18 Down Under Dogs (free entry for captain and team members in 2013 YRQ and name on permanent trophy) first to finish at 1:51 p.m. Friday.

 

RACE NOTES

• 68 teams started the race (69 were registered, 1 team withdrew a week before the start)

• 54 finished; 14 scratches (1 end of lake, 4 at Little Salmon, 6 at Carmacks, 1 at Minto,  1 at Ft. Selkirk, 1 at 60 Mile)

• Lake Laberge was quite calm (unusual) and river was high and fast, especially from the Teslin confluence down. These two factors combined for faster times overall.

• Four teams overturned in the rapids, including the overall champion (who also dumped after running into a large boil near Big Salmon); all carried on after getting to shore.