2019 Fastest Overall Team with a time of 6:09:43 - Michelle Laprade and Ryan Stepka (centre). Presented by Brian Tayler, CEO NBMCA and Nipissing District, MPP Vic Fedeli.
(North Bay, ON, July 27, 2019) Sixty-six teams from three provinces and two countries participated in North Bay-Mattawa Conservation Authority’s 43rd Annual Mattawa River Canoe Race. Paddlers launched from Olmsted Beach, North Bay and made their way through the 64 km trek, five mandatory portages and low water levels and high winds to Mattawa Island, competing for the top spot in the North Bay-Mattawa Conservation Authority’s race.
Michelle Laprade and Ryan Stepka of Gatineau Quebec captured the Fastest Overall Time trophy, finishing with a time of 6:09:43, ahead of second place finishers Derek and Robert Reed from Sudbury with a time of 6:13:30.
Bonnie Pankiw from Chelsea, QC and Ellen Padzdior from Ottawa broke the record in the C2 Stock Women’s Class with a time of 7:47:37 from the old record of 9:00:12.
An additional 3 teams took part in the 13 km family race and junior races, launched from Samuel de Champlain Provincial Park.
Top three finishers in each race divisions are:
Pro C2 Men’s:
1st Place: Derek and Robert Reed from Sudbury with a time of 6:13:30
2nd Place: Paul and Nolan Adams from Whitby with a time of 9:57:12
Pro C2 Women’s:
1st Place: Karen Simpson and Liz Loek from Mississauga with a time of 7:01:46
Pro C2 Mixed:
1st Place: Michelle Laprade and Ryan Stepka from Gatineau with a time of 6:09:43
2nd Place: Joanna Faloon from Ottawa and Christoph Weber from Chelsea, QC with a time of 6:25:10
3rd Place: Jen Nicholson from Huntsville and Don Stoneman from Cambridge with a time of 7:08:52
USCA C1 Open:
1st Place: Stan Anusiewicz from Brights Grove with a time of 7:14:35
2nd Place: Mark Clout from Port Colborne with a time of 7:45:05
C2 Stock Women’s:
1st Place: Bonnie Pankiw from Chelsea, QC and Ellen Pazdzior from Ottawa with a time of 7:47:37 –NEW RECORD
C2 Stock Mixed:
1st Place: Jennifer and Sebastien Courville from Golden Lake with a time of 6:52:01
2nd Place: Susan and Isaac Adams from Whitby with a time of 9:16:10
C2 Stock Men’s:
1st Place: Pat Turner from Prince George, BC & Tim Turner from Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire with a time of 6:32:07
2nd Place: Gaetan Plourde from Ottawa and Jeff Brainard from Hastings County with a time of 6:41:48
3rd Place: Harold and Stephen Walker from Ottawa with a time of 7:08:07
C1 Stock Open:
1st Place: Craig Creighton from Lindsay with a time of 8:11:28
2nd Place: Mackenzie Buis from Ingersoll 9:05:47
RECREATIONAL MEN’S A:
1st Place: Rob Gregoris from Sudbury and Shawn Bruins from Hong Kong with a time of 6:50:06
2nd Place: John Larmer and Colin Pollard from Sudbury with a time of 7:33:07
3rd Place: Erik Petersen from Rockland and Claude Roux from Vaudreuil-Dorion with a time of 7:50:03
RECREATIONAL MEN’S B:
1st Place: Phil Van-Lane and Tony Huynh from Toronto with a time of 8:11:30
2nd Place: Jamie Farquar from North Bay and Dustin Demille from Harcourt with a time of 8:11:53
3rd Place: James & Dan Kuehl from North Bay with a time of 8:19:05
RECREATIONAL MIXED A:
1st Place: Carol Zimbalatti and Mark Swain from Corbeil with a time of 7:25:35
2nd Place: Audra Nicholson and Mitchell Jordan with a time of 8:06:46
3rd Place: Susan Weiskopf from Callander and Wilfred Weiskopf from Astorville with a time of 8:08:25
RECREATIONAL MIXED B:
1st Place: Jenny Galt and Buck Miller from Mattawa with a time of 8:29:15
2nd Place: Andrea Davis McNeil and Michael McNeil from Georgina with a time of 9:32:26
3rd Place: Matt McFarlane and Emily Still with a time of 9:38:37
RECREATIONAL WOMEN’S:
1st Place: Monique Cormier and Katherine Zappala from North Bay with a time of 9:36:34
OPEN KAYAK
1st Place: Daniel Mallett from Chelsea, QC with a time of 7:00:09
2nd Place: Shawn Urban from Sarnia with a time of 7:08:26
3rd Place: Roburt Tranter from London with a time of 7:11:15
SUP
1st Place: Casey Smith from Brantford with a time of 9:13:16
RECREATIONAL FAMILY A:
1st Place: Paul and Sedona Terry from Stirling with a time of 1:45:58
2nd Place: Susan and Maeve Stemp from North Bay with a time of 2:02:02
RECREATIONAL FAMILY B:
1st Place: Ron Zimbalatti from Ottawa and Sarah Park from Corbeil with a time of 1:43:17