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THE BEST kayakers in the province battled Capilano River
waters in the B.C. Whitewater Championships held over the

weekend. Le

One of three races that will

‘eventually determine B.C.’s

whitewater. team, the weekend
championships attracted a field of
approximately 70 competitors.

In’ Saturday's downriver com-
petition, Vancouver’s Stan Woods,
27, finished first overall in the
men’s elite division. Paul Hardy,
- 22, from Chilliwack was second.
“In the women’s elite downriver,
Richmond’s Joanne Draganiuk
finished ahead of Jennie Goldberg
from Washington State. The two
26- year-olds were the only com-
petitors in the event.

The two-man C-2 class, Alber-
ta’s: 33-year-old O’Brien brothers,
Darrell and Dale, beat fellow
Albertans,, Mike Allan, 32, and
Brock Wilson, 20.

On Sunday, 20-year-old Peter

Koci from Vancouver finished first
in the Men’s Elite K-1 slalom event
with a 200:4 second total.

Vancouver's Dan Woods was
second with 202:3, and 14-year-old
Scott Shipley from Seattle was
third, 10 seconds behind.

In the Women's Elite slalom,
White Rock's Mary-Anne Charles,
26, was first overall with a 231:8
second total.

Draganiuk finished second,
ahead of Susan’ Russell of West
Vancouver.

Bob Burton, 28, from Kamloops
won the Men's open class slalom.

In the C-1 class, Seattle’s 18-
year-old Paul Shipley, was first
with 223:07, followed by North
Vancouver’s Dave Freeze at 239.
The 25-year-old was 20 seconds
faster than Alberta's Mike Allen

The Men's C-2 slalom went to
Dick and Paul Shipley from Seat-
tle.

Presented by the Whitewater
Canoeing Association of B.C., the
championships began Saturday
and ran all day Sunday in river
waters adjacent to the Capilano
fish hatchery.

In the downriver races, kayakers
ran the length of the river; in the
slalom competition, racers were
required to negotiate 25 gates
suspended from overhead cables.
Penalty points in whitewater
canoeing competitions are assessed
for missed or touched gates. The
racer with the fastest time, after
penalty points, is the winner.

Next big race for the kayakers
will be Sunday on the Chilliwack’
River.

The Canadian National
Whitewater Championships will be
held on the Cheakamus River from
July 22 to 27,