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and Nigel makes 4.

The standings with the final round to go have Malcolm in front with a handy lead.

Name NZMPBA WMPBC Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Total
Malcolm Belworthy 77 y 140 142 159 441
Peter Collier 23 y 132 101 157 390
Pieter Lokum 83 y 101 125 151 377
Terry Riddiford 32 y 121 42 175 338
Leigh Marsden 131 y 94 133 93 320
Tony Rutledge 43 y 112 134 - 246
Darrell Hansen 31 y 100 105 35 240
Birmy Korving 286 y 97 - 122 219
Nigel Wong 261 y 111 - 108 219
Bruce Clarke (SCR) 12 y 151 60 211
Brad Thompson 36 126 81 - 207
Murray Smithson 69 y 125 77 202
Mark Graham 102 y 17 34 138 189
Trevor Emerson 78 54 95 - 149
John Belworthy 76 y 17 28 71 116
Keith Ewing 27 78 36 - 114
Wayne Thompson 29 16 87 - 103
Jeremy White 126 y - 96 - 96
Tony Christiansen 106 - 84 - 84
Bob Gutsell 197 83 83
Brian Hely 22 60 60
Brian Anderson 122 22 22
Rudy van V 204 - - - 0

Yep you have them now Pete.

Hi Boaters

After considering the spate of bad weather we have had in the last week and checking over the boating site on the Hutt river tonight, a decision has been made to postpone Sundays (20th) Offshore regatta.

The reasoning is thus:

• The river flow is still very high at about 5 times normal and is unlikely to drop sufficiently in time for Sunday, given that there is still some rain to fall between now and then, and even if it does drop some more it is still likely to be carrying some floating debris enough to kick up rudders and give us a generally miserable time. This higher flow is also likely to be hazardous for the rescue boat drivers.

• The ground is very sodden and unlikely to dry much by Sunday, if more expected rain falls intermittently. So the ground will churn up to a quagmire.

• To give an idea how high the river has been 3 pieces of driftwood have been lodged in the rubbish bin by the flow lol. Peak was 1036 cumecs, it is now 104 cumecs and steady, last club day it was 10 cumecs, 10 to 20 is a good flow for boating.

• The good news is the steps are still there.

So where does this leave us, we had 17 entries as below.

John Belworthy 76
Malcolm Belworthy 77
Nigel Wong 261
Pieter Lokum 83
Peter Collier 23
Bruce Clarke 12
Birmy Korving 286
Leigh Marsden 131
Murray Smithson 69
Mark Graham 102
Darrell Hansen 31
Trevor Emerson 78
Tony Rutledge 43
Rudy van V 204
Graham Alywyn 59
Keith Ewing 27
Terry Riddiford 32

We are happy to carry these entries over to a future date, at this stage proposed as 10 December a Saturday (not Sunday). Reasoning for this is that the tide is ideal with high water at 1:59pm, and some of us organising it have commitments on the Sunday. The week earlier, Sunday 4th would not have worked as high tide is 9:19 am and we would run out of water by 2-3 pm.

So we are asking for a 2/3rds re-confirmation from the above entrants (12 to make it happen) to help us decide whether we do race on the 10th Dec, and indications earlier rather than later would be good, say by 28 Nov. Similarly those that could not enter for the 20th Nov for whatever reason, but now can make it you are welcome to put an entry in for this new date.
Apologies for this but really out of our control.

Regards Peter

Hi Peter
That's OK for me
Cheers Terry

Hi Boaters

Entries or should I re-entries are now closed and the original 17 has increased to 20 with the odd dropout and a few new ones.

So check yours is there and correct and will see you Sat 10, gates open 8:30.

We are trying to organise good weather, looked like it was sorted yesterday but now not so sure says Gale N'westers wow, could change again.

Name NZMPBA# Group# Eng Class Hull Cat S
John Belworthy 76 1 P3 DV
Malcolm Belworthy 77 2 P3 DV
Nigel Wong 261 3 P3 DV Y
Pieter Lokum 83 1 P1 DV
Peter Collier 23 2 P3 DV
Bruce Clarke 12 3 P3 DV Y
Rudy van V 204 1 P2 DV Y
Leigh Marsden 131 2 P1 DV Y
Murray Smithson 69 3 P3 DV Y
Mark Graham 102 1 P1 DV
Darrell Hansen 31 2 P2 DV
Trevor Emerson 78 3 P3 DV Y
Terry Riddiford 32 1 P2 DV Y
Brian Hely 22 2 PX DV Y
Tony Christiansen 106 3 P3 DV
Steve Knudson 8 1 P3 Cat Y
Brent Mills 98 2 P3 DV Y
Wayne McNaught 5 3 P3 DV
Murray Gallen 193 1 P2 DV
Birmy Korving 286 2 P2 DV