Crane Lake Association

 Regatta Results 2008

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2007 Crane Lake Regatta Results

By Joan Debrie

The annual Crane Lake Regatta took place on August 4, 2007. It was a perfect day and the regatta was well attended. There were 58 participants in the swimming and canoeing races and 15 teams of 3 demonstrated their skills using the fire pump. Congratulations to all participants. Many thanks to Crane Lake Resort for the use of the beach. Thanks also go to Pat Monkman and Pam Monkman for their assistance in making the regatta a success. Thanks also to the fire committee for organizing the fire pump relay.

Medal Winners

Boys 7 and under - Marco Difazio(1^st), Cody Bricknell (2^nd), Alex Corano(2^nd), Ryerson Neugebauer(2^nd), Parry Luetke (3^rd), Carson Slater (3^rd)

Boys 8-10 - Jarret Kunc(1^st), Brandon Slater(2^nd), Kaleb Hellreich(3^rd)

Boys 11-13 - Kyle Monkman(1^st), Tyler Graper(2^nd), Jake Graper(3^rd)

Boys 14-17 - Evan Higgens(1^st), Paul Spagnuolo(2^nd), Luke Hochradl(3^rd)

Boys 18-2 - Drew Debrie(1^st), Adam Robertson(2^nd)

Men over 25 - Todd Brandwood(1^st), Steve Neugebauer(2^nd), Trevor Monkman(2^nd), Peter Vician(3^rd)

Girls 7 and under - Jenna Huys(1^st), Myra Luetke(2^nd), Melia Difazio(3^rd)

Girls 8-10 - Valerie Luetke(1^st), Georgia McClure-Kunc(2^nd)

Girls 11-13 - Josie Luetke(1^st), Chelsea Brandwood(2^nd), Sheyenne Kettle(3^rd)

Girls 14-17 - Jordan Brandwood(1^st), Kaitlyn Vician(1^st), Rachael Brandwood(2^nd), Lindsay Vician(2^nd)

Girls 18-25 – Kristin Vician(1^st)

Ladies over 25 – Pam Monkman(1^st), Blair Kettle(2^nd), Sandy Neugebauer(3^rd)

Fire Pump Relay

First place: Jeff Graper, Tyler, Evan Time: 41.31 seconds

Second place: Jenna, Jeff, Emilia Time: 50 seconds

Third place: Steve, Sandy, Tony Time: 52.78 seconds

Fourth place: John Kunc, Jarret, Rosemary Time: 53.40 seconds

Fifth place: Peter Vician, Kaitlyn, Kristin Time: 58 seconds

(My apologies for any incorrect spellings of names.)

We look forward to seeing you next year with some new fun events including kayak and noodle races!

2008 Sailing Race Results

This year’s sailing race took place on the Sunday of the August long weekend and had 5 vessels vying for the trophy.  It was a close race with Klaus Faisst’s windsurfer beating out the Kunc Laser with a time of 1: 15.  John and Jarret Kunc crossed the finish line a minute behind at 1:16 and third place went to Chuck Erion in his Tanzer with a time of 1:18.  This was an exciting race with 4^th place going to Gary Mueller with a time of 1:23.  After the race the sailors met at Rob and Peg Rook’s cottage for the awards presentation.  Many thanks to our commodore Steven Neugebauer and Rob Rooks for organizing this event.

As you may be aware this was the first year that we invited Blackstone Lake sailors to join our annual sailing race.  Unfortunately the date of the race conflicted with the Blackstone Annual General Meeting so Blackstone sailors couldn’t make it through the river for the 2:30 p.m. start time - too bad as Gary Mueller had created a beautiful new trophy to commemorate the event.  The president of the Blackstone Lake Association, Colin McFadyen, did stop in as the race was finishing to apologize for their meeting running late and even offered to change the date of their next AGM so that they can join in on the fun next year.  We look forward to it! 

The day started off with a strong S to SE wind though by race time at 2 p.m. it had died down somewhat. We fielded the strongest showing in some years – 7 boats including 3 CL-16’s (the Lake’s, Fenwick’s and Rooks’), 1 Albacore (the Robertson’s), 2 Lasers (the Muellers’ & Kunc’s) and 1 Windsurfer (the Faisst’s). We were especially pleased to welcome the Robertson’s in their Albacore – they just moved onto Crane Lake this summer and are obviously enthusiastic about taking part in our various events.

Many thanks to the officials for the race - Chuck Kunc, our Commodore for the event, and Steve Neugebauer. Due to the drop in wind the Commodore decided to shorten the course from 7 legs to 4. The winning boat, a CL 16 crewed by Rob Rooks and Sheila Grange, came in with a time of 41:44 with Klaus Faisst on his Windsurfer just over a minute behind at 42:53. Third place went to Walter Mueller in his Laser with a time of 44:03. Awards were presented after the race at Piirto’s cottage.

Next year the race will be held in the South end and we will be inviting Blackstone sailors to join us. We look forward to seeing you there!