{"id":3908,"date":"2021-04-11T16:13:48","date_gmt":"2021-04-11T22:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.canoeracing.org.nz\/?p=3908"},"modified":"2021-04-11T16:19:18","modified_gmt":"2021-04-11T22:19:18","slug":"liam-lace-edges-marathon-thriller-in-tauranga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uptest.co.nz\/canoeracing\/liam-lace-edges-marathon-thriller-in-tauranga\/","title":{"rendered":"Liam Lace edges marathon thriller in Tauranga"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Liam Lace successfully battled the stormy weather and the gruelling 26km distance to claim a thrilling victory at the 2021 New Zealand Kayak Marathon Championships in Tauranga at the weekend.<\/p>

With wind battering the competitors on the first day of the event, the 21-year-old Whanganui paddler rose to the challenge to outsprint Sam Newland (Bay of Plenty) and claim a narrow two-second victory on the Wairoa River in a time of 2:03:49.<\/p>

Ben McCallum (Waitara) completed the podium in bronze, recording 2:04:57.<\/p>

Facing dire conditions on the Saturday, it was Lace, Newlands, McCallum and K1 novice and national surfski champion Tupuria King who were grouped together leading into the first portage at the end of the first 6.5km lap.<\/p>

King, who was previously better known as a waka ama specialist, has been hugely impressive in his recent conversion to surf ski but the 27-year-old all-round paddler was of the lead quartet to drop off the pace. However, once again he impressed battling on to take fourth (2:06:47) in his first serious K1 competitive outing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

McCallum was the next to crack struggling at one of the portages, which left Lace and Newlands in a straight shoot out to the finish. In the final drag race Lace \u2013 who trains at Lake Karapiro \u2013 just shaded the battle to take out national honours.<\/p>

\u201cI didn\u2019t have too many expectations going in, it was just a case of going out there and having fun.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

\u201cIt was pretty tough out there because of the wind, there was a lot of flow and debris on the course \u2013 a lot of weed kept getting caught on the rudder.<\/p>

\u201cI was in a tough group of paddlers with Sam, Ben and Tupu. At the first portage I took a bit of a gamble and backpedalled to get rid of some weed \u2013 and I think this helped me conserve a bit of energy.<\/p>

\u201cAt the end I managed to pip Sam by a nose. It was awesome for it to come down to a nose length after 26km of paddling.<\/p>

\u201cTo win the title feels pretty surreal. It is not something I expected, but it is an awesome feeling for sure.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Multisport athletes Lizzie Bunckenburg (Mana) was a decisive winner of the open women\u2019s title \u2013 stopping the clock in 2:38:32. Defending champion Kim Thompson (Poverty Bay) failed to finish the race, which allowed Bunckenburg to profit. Silver was awarded to local Bay of Plenty paddler Christine Berben (2:42:58).<\/p>

In a highly competitive K1 masters 45-54 battle, Ant Rowan (BoP) prevailed by eight seconds from Vaughan Reed (North Shore) completing the three-lap 19.5km distance in a time of 1:35:59. Brendon Metcalfe (Waitara) took out the final spot on the dais in bronze (1:39:58).<\/p>

In the men\u2019s masters 55-64 age group, Simon McLarin led home a Waitemata clean sweep of the podium in 1:42:52.<\/p>

In the younger age groups, Daniel Brown of Hawkes Bay was an impressive winner of the junior men\u2019s 19.5km race in 1:36:30.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Meanwhile, Genna Robertson of Poverty Bay (1:53:12) took out the women\u2019s U18 event.<\/p>

Another noteworthy performance was delivered by Caitlyn Esterhuizen, who edged her Eastern Bay team-mate Jessica Cleghorn by 11 seconds to take a highly competitive two-lap 13km battle in the women\u2019s U16 division.<\/p>

The K2 events took place in vastly improved conditions on Sunday with World Masters K2 champion Garth Spencer and Vaughan Reed illustrating their class to secure an emphatic victory in the open men\u2019s division.<\/p>

Spencer and Reed (North Shore) covered the three-lap 19.5km distance in 1:28:24 to finish comfortably clear of silver medallists Chris Emmett (the race organiser) and Ant Rowan, who recorded 1:31:21.<\/p>

Genna Robertson (Poverty Bay) added the open women\u2019s K2 crown – paddling alongside Emma Brown – to the U18 gold she secured on day one in a time of 1:45:20.<\/p>

Daniel Brown completed the U18 double with victory in the K2 event alongside Hawke\u2019s Bay club-mate Damien da Silva (1:37:49).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Top spot in the men\u2019s K2 masters division went to Andy Logue and Oscar Stielau (North Shore) in 1:31:55.<\/p>

Event organiser Chris Emmett identified Liam Lace\u2019s victory in the open men\u2019s K1 event as one of his highlights of the weekend and was delighted at how the event was run despite the challenging conditions the paddlers faced on Saturday.<\/p>

\u201cThe wind and the rain made things a little bit unpleasant but the feedback we received is everyone liked the venue,\u201d adds Emmett.<\/p>

\u201cWe were trialling the course for the first time and although we will make some modifications for next time we are really happy with how it worked out.<\/p>

\u201cOur goal in future would be to improve the portages but we expect this winter a 20x4m pontoon will be added which will give us really nice access to the water.\u201d<\/p>

For the full K1 results go here<\/a><\/p>

For the full K2 results go here<\/a><\/p>

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