Regatta Regalia

 What a great day at the 89th Annual Anglican Church Regatta, held this summer at Port Cunnington Lodge (and what a great place that is!!!) on \Lake of Bays.

Local residents, and guests from Port Cunnington, Lumina Resort, Foxwood Inn and Bondi Village all congregated for a fun filled day, starting with the Bishop's Cup Marathon Canoe Race at 10.30.  Moving on the Bake Sale (an event in its own right!) Silent Auction, and Door Prizes... Then to the swim races.  Shallow water meant this year the 11 and under swimmers had a beach start, running into the water and swimming a short distance to line up with the edge of the dock. Plenty of folk were on hand to supervise and assist where needed! 

Older swimmers swam from the dock -- that's our Steph showing fine form coming off the blocks!

 With low water levels, Port Cunnington, like ourselves, was enjoying a fabulous beachfront this year. Lots of room for all the canoes and participants.

 Brian, Mike and Charles paddled hard to a second place finish in Ted's 3 Generation Race -- one under 11, one over 55, one in between. Great job! Held in honour of Ted Hungerford, this is a hotly contested race every year, so good paddling, team

 Laura did a humdinger of a job, along with Renee, of organizing and crafting Bondi t-shirts! What a great look.

 There's always action as the boats return from one race and get sorted out for the next.

 Team Biggar, on the beach

 The BMD, Brian, Mike and David, confer about tactics in the shade. The tactic of choice is to try to keep the canoe upright, to be honest.

 Mike and Shannon did a great job in the mixed doubles

 Steph and Jeff paddled beautifully

 It's always fun to watch and take part in the action -- some fun events such as inverted paddles or crab race, some more conventional. Good to have a go!

Our shining stars of the day were Stacey and Elizabeth, who won the Girl's Double Canoe race, their first time racing a canoe! Congratulations gals!!!