Menai Challenge Cruise

Menai Challenge - 2016 Results

The Menai Challenge is a self-timed time-trial where paddlers can challenge skills, fitness and planning over a course within the Menai Straits.

The MC is an Unsupervised Standing Challenge

Read the Menai Challenge Info Page

There are two courses:
Legacy course is a loop run from Menai Bridge, with turn points at Brittania Bridge and Bangor Pier Buoy, involving two runs through the Swellies.
The Challenge Course is shorter but more technical. It loops around Brittania Bridge and Gored Goch island - 4 runs through the Swellies!


Results

2016 Legacy Course:


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Pos. K1W Name Cat Club Time Date Boat Tide
1 John Willacy K1M Surf-Lines 00:54:15 19-Dec-16 Rockpool Taran 8.8m
2 John Willacy K1M Surf-Lines 00:55:01 29-Aug-16 Rockpool Taran 8.6m
3 John Willacy K1M Rockpool Kayaks 00:55:38 28-Jul-16 Rockpool Taran 8.0m
4 John Willacy K1M Surf-Lines 00:56:39 19-May-16 Rockpool Taran 8.6m
5 John Willacy K1M Surf-Lines 00:57:24 26-Nov-16 Rockpool Taran 8.4m
6 Dan McGonigle K1M Surf Lines 00:57:44 07-Apr-16 Rockpool Taran 16 9.9m
7 John Willacy K1M Rockpool Kayaks 00:57:57 05-May-16 Rockpool Taran 9.4m
8 John Willacy K1M Rockpool Kayaks 00:58:02 07-Apr-16 Rockpool Taran 9.9m
9 David Horkan K1M Rockpool Kayaks 00:58:20 22-Mar-16 Rockpool Taran 9.0m
10 John Willacy K1M Surf-Lines 00:59:25 17-Feb-16 Rockpool Taran 7.8m
11(1) Pascale Eichenmuller K1W Rockpool Kayaks 00:59:31 16-Aug-16 Rockpool Taran 8.8m
12 John Willacy K1M Surf-Lines 01:02:34 18-Apr-16 Rockpool Taran 8.1m
13 David Horkan K1M Rockpool Kayaks 01:02:36 18-Feb-16 Rockpool Taran 7.8m
14 Bryan Dickinson K1M Snowdonia C.C. 01:02:44 11-Feb-16 Rockpool Tarantella 10.0m
15 Steve Miles K1M Steve Miles Sea-Kayaking 01:03:00 07-Apr-16 Rockpool Taran 9.9m
16 Joe Leach K1M Rockpool Kayaks 01:03:24 18-Feb-16 Rockpool Taran 7.8m
17(2) Pascale Eichenmuller K1W Rockpool Kayaks 01:03:43 19-Dec-16 Rockpool Taran 8.8m
18 John Willacy K1M Rockpool Kayaks 01:04:02 19-Jan-16 Rockpool Taran 7.9m
19 Bryan Dickinson K1M Snowdonia C.C. 01:04:12 16-Jan-16 Rockpool Tarantella 8.9m
20 Richard Peevor K1M Snowdonia C.C. 01:04:46 13-Mar-16 Rockpool Taran 9.5m
21 Norbert Ziober K1M 01:05:38 26-Nov-16 Rockpool Taran 8.4m
22 Norbert Ziober K1M 01:05:52 10-Jun-16 Rockpool Taran 8.4m
23 James Wingfield K1M DC Paddlers 01:05:56 26-Nov-16 Nigel Foster Vyneck 8.4m
24(3) Pascale Eichenmuller K1W Rockpool Kayaks 01:05:57 19-May-16 Rockpool Taran 8.6m
25(4) Pascale Eichenmuller K1W Rockpool Kayaks 01:06:02 07-Apr-16 Rockpool Taran 9.9m
26(5) Pascale Eichenmuller K1W Rockpool Kayaks 01:06:09 28-Jul-16 Rockpool Taran 8.0m
27 Richard Peevor K1M Snowdonia C.C. 01:06:19 26-Nov-16 Rockpool Taran 8.4m
28 Jonny Eldridge K1M J.E. Coaching 01:06:55 19-Jan-16 Rockpool GT 7.9m
29(6) Pascale Eichenmuller K1W Rockpool Kayaks 01:06:57 26-Nov-16 Rockpool Taran 8.4m
30 Richard Peevor K1M Snowdonia C.C. 01:09:22 07-Apr-16 SKUK Explorer HV 9.9m
31 John Willacy K1M Surf-Lines 01:09:44 09-Dec-16 Rockpool Taran 8.3m
32 Richard Griffiths Hughes K1M Môn Active 01:10:47 26-May-16 Rockpool GT 8.4m
33 Norbert Ziober K1M 01:12:42 02-Apr-16 Rockpool Taran 7.7m
34 Dan McGonigle K1M Surf Lines 01:15:59? 28-Jan-16 SKUK Explorer 9.0m
35 Mark_'Baggy' Richards K1M Summit to Sea 01:17:30 12-Mar-16 North_Shore Atlantic RPM 10.2m
36(7) Jenny Wong K1W Snowdonia C.C. 01:17:41 16-Jan-16 SKUK Explorer LV 8.9m
37 Steve Miles K1M Steve Miles Sea-Kayaking 01:17:59 28-Jan-16 Rockpool Taran 9.0m
38 Richard Griffiths Hughes K1M Môn Active 01:20:59 28-Jan-16 Rockpool GT 9.0m
39 Dave Cutts K1M Snowdonia C.C. 01:25:59 05-Sep-16 P+H Cetus MV 8.9m
40(8) Kathy Webb K1W Snowdonia C.C. 01:29:59 05-Sep-16 Valley Avocet 8.9m
41 New_Year .Paddle 01:37:28 01-Jan-16
41 Dave Cutts K1M Snowdonia C.C. 01:37:28 01-Jan-16 P+H Cetus MV 8.0m
41 Bryan Dickinson K1M Snowdonia C.C. 01:37:28 01-Jan-16 Rockpool Alaw Bach 8.0m
41(9) Pascale Eichenmuller K1W Rockpool Kayaks 01:37:28 01-Jan-16 Rockpool Taran 8.0m
41 Huw Jones K1M Plas Menai 01:37:28 01-Jan-16 SKUK Pilgrim 8.0m
41 Mark_'Baggy' Richards K1M Summit to Sea 01:37:28 01-Jan-16 North_Shore Atlantic 8.0m
41(9) Kathy Webb K1W Snowdonia C.C. 01:37:28 01-Jan-16 Valley Avocet 8.0m
41(9) Jenny Wong K1W Snowdonia C.C. 01:37:28 01-Jan-16 Rockpool Tarantella 8.0m
49 John Willacy K1M Surf-Lines 01:37:29 01-Jan-16 Rockpool Taran 8.0m
50 Chris Thorne SUP M Llyn Adventures 01:45:00 30-Nov-16 Red Sport 11' Inflatable 9.1m

Number of Runs: 50
2016 Legacy Course

2016 Challenge Course:


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Pos. K1W Name Cat Club Time Date Boat Tide
1 John Willacy K1M Surf-Lines 00:46:07 18-Jun-16 Rockpool Taran 8.3m
2 John Willacy K1M Surf Lines 00:46:21 04-Oct-16 Rockpool Taran 9.0m
3 John Willacy K1M Rockpool Kayaks 00:48:07 04-Aug-16 Rockpool Taran 9.2m
4 John Willacy K1M Surf-Lines 00:51:19 24-Jan-16 Rockpool Taran 9.3m
5 Aled Williams K1M Tiderace Kayaks 00:52:27 15-Jun-16 Tiderace Pace 18 7.6m
6 John Willacy K1M Rockpool Kayaks 00:52:49 09-Feb-16 Rockpool Taran 9.7m
7(1) Pascale Eichenmuller K1W Rockpool Kayaks 00:53:22 04-Oct-16 Rockpool Taran 9.0m
8(2) Pascale Eichenmuller K1W Rockpool Kayaks 00:53:58 04-Aug-16 Rockpool Taran 9.2m
9 Richard Peevor K1M Snowdonia C.C. 00:54:17 04-Oct-16 Rockpool Taran 9.0m
10 Bryan Dickinson K1M Snowdonia C.C. 00:54:50 03-Apr-16 Rockpool Tarantella 7.7m
11(3) Pascale Eichenmuller K1W Rockpool Kayaks 00:55:10 18-Jun-16 Rockpool Taran 8.3m
12 Bryan Dickinson K1M Snowdonia C.C. 00:55:25 22-Mar-16 Rockpool Tarantella 9.0m
13 Richard Peevor K1M Snowdonia C.C. 01:03:54 24-Jan-16 SKUK Explorer HV 9.3m
14(4) Anita Daimond K1W 01:06:37 03-Apr-16 Rockpool Isel 7.7m
15 Chris Thorne SUP M Llyn Adventures 01:15:20 25-Nov-16 Red Sport 11' Inflatable 8.1m

Number of Runs: 15
2016 Challenge Course

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