2XS/Shore Surf Club Witterings Charity paddle race
01/09/2009
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competitors turned up to the Annual Charity Paddlerace on Saturday 15th
August – the race was held between Shore Road, East Wittering and West
Wittering Beach.
We had entries from Kayakers, surfers, paddlesurfers and prone
paddleboarders. The weather conditions on the day made it much harder,
with a 20knot southwesterly wind, two foot chop and overcast skies; but
this didn’t deter the competitors.
At the start of the event the competitors held a minutes
silence, for local waterman, Colin McCulloch, who had lost his fight
with cancer at the age of 36 a week before the event.
This year was in aid of St Wilfrid’s Hospice and each
competitor had to raise money for the charity – although the event
wasn’t a race as such, it always ends up that way and a local guy,
Keith Rathbone, stormed the day on his surf kayak.
First prone surfer, was West Wittering Estate lifeguard, James
Randall; first paddlesurfer – Paul Metcalfe from East Wittering; first
surfer was local shaper, Pete Sims; first lady surfer – Mary Roterman;
first Junior Surfer – George Low.
