Race 4 This Sunday at Takapuna at 3.30pm

Current Series Standings
Open Men SUP

1st    Troy McAsey     168 points*
2nd    Dion McAsey    149 Points*
3rd    JP Tobin            130 Points

Open Women SUP
1st    Penny Strickland    112 points*
2nd    Nicola Hocking        103 points
3rd    Victoria Stuart        34 points

40+ Men SUP
1st    Jason Bird        148 points*
2nd    Russell Benshaw    134 points
3rd    Armie Armstrong    123 points

50+ Men SUP
1st    Simon Osner        124 points*
=2nd    Mark Orams        114 points
=2nd    Bryan Evans        114 points

U19 Men SUP
1st    Daniel Orams        94 points*
2nd    Jack Evans        70 points
3rd    Oliver Haughton    36 points

U19 Women SUP
1st    Brianna Orams        57 points*

Open Men Ski
1st    Travis Mitchell        188 points*
2nd    Jack Wilson        149 points*   
3rd    Brendaon Davey    138 points*

Open Womens Ski
1st    Dene Simpson        72 points*
2nd    Rachel Clark        38 points
3rd    Victoria Clark        30 points

40+ Mens Ski
1st    Garth Spencer        154 points*
2nd    Osker Stileau        138 points
3rd     Andrew Czar        102 points

50 + Men Ski
1st    Grant Heim        125 points*   
2nd    Rob Askew        83 points
3rd    Dave Chambers        74 points

U19 Men Ski
1st    James Scott        101 points*
2nd    Ashton Rieser        65 points
3rd    Jonothan Rashef    30 points

U19 Women Ski
1st    Kayla McKenzie        83 points*
2nd    Libby Bell        76 points
3rd    Stefanie Crncevic    19 points

*This category winner/place getter is eligible for a cash (or a exceptionally good product prize) based on the numbers in their category.

So that is how is looking ahead of Sundays show down.

Race 3 of the Pita Pit Winter Race Series

Mairangi Bay hosted race three of the Pita Pit Winter Race Series yesterday in very brisk conditions.  The Westerly wind made for a very flat course which ended up being a 5km loop from Mairangi Bay Beach to Kennedy Point and Back.  45 paddlers lined up for the start at 3.30 and both the SUP and surf ski field enjoyed a good hard race, with many rosy checks across the finish line.

The Category Winners were

SUP Open Men
1^st           JP Tobin
2^nd          Troy McAsey
3^rd           Bruce Page

SUP Open Women
1^st           Penny Strickland
2^nd          Nicola Hocking
3^rd           Angela McKee

SUP 40+
1^st           Armie Armstrong
2^nd          Jason Bird
3^rd           Russell Benshaw

SUP 50+
1^st           Simon Osner
2^nd          Gavin Haughton
3^rd           Bryan Evans

SUP U19 Men
1^st           Jack Evans
2^nd          Oliver Haughton
3^rd           Daniel Orams

SUP U19 Women
1^st           Brianna Oram

Surf Ski Open Men
1^st           Zach Franich
2^nd          Travis Mitchell
3^rd           Jack Wilson

Surf Ski Open Women
1^st           Victoria Clark

Surf Ski 40+
1^st           Oskar Stilau
2^nd          Garth Spencer
3^rd           Andrew Czar

Surf Ski 50+
1^st           Grant Heim
2^nd          Rob Askew
3^rd           Dave Chambers

Surf Ski U19 Men
1^st           Ashton Reiser
2^nd          James Scott

Surf Ski U19 Women
1^st           Kayla McKenzie
2^nd          Libby Bell

Full race results and series results are on the Race Results page.

Race 2 of the Pita Pit Winter Race Series, Orakei, Sunday August 11th.

SUP Open Men

1^st           Marcus Hansen
2^nd          Troy       McAsey
3^rd           Jeremy Stephenson

SUP Open Women

1^st           Penny Strickland

2^nd          Victoria Stuart

3^rd           Nicola Hocking

SUP 40+

1^st           Armie Armstrong

2^nd          Jason Bird

3^rd           Russell Benshaw

SUP 50+

1^st           Mark Orams

2^nd          Simon Osner

3^rd           Rob Brawn

SUP U19 Men
1^st Daniel Orams

Surf Ski Open Men

1^st           Travis Mitchell

2^nd          Brendon Davey

3^rd           Jack Wilson

Surf Ski Open Women

1^st           Danielle McKenzie

2^nd          Dene Simpson

3^rd           Laura Josephson

Surf Ski 40+

1^st           Garth Spencer

2^nd          Tim Grammer

3^rd           Oskar Stielau

Surf ski 50+

1^st           Grant Heim

2^nd          Rob Askew

3^rd           Dave Chambers

Surf Ski U19 Men

1^st           James Scott

Surf Ski U19 Women

1^st           Kayla McKenzie

2^nd          Libby Bell

Full Results on the Race Results tab

The Nitty Gritty of the Pita Pit Winter Race Series

Just before the online entries close for race 2 we thought we would touch base with everyone and explain the series points, so that everyone is clear about how it works. 

As we have said from the beginning the more races you do the more points you get but we have given greater weighting on points as the series progresses - we believe that this rewards people who train over winter as well as all of our favorite paddlers  who consistently line up and race!

Essentially we give people points based on where the cross the line across the whole field at an individual race and then we compare the points score in the series competition by your category.   The point score system is at the bottom of this post

In terms of the category points we are going to award cash prizes as follows

If there are more than 15 entrants in a category we will give prizes out for 1,2,3 (at this stage in the series this would cover the OM Ski)

If there are between 10-15 we will give prizes for 1,2

If there are less than 10 we will only give prizes for 1^st (at this stage in he series this would cover the OW ski, 40+ ski and 50+ ski as well as ALL the SUP categories, however all of the SUP categories are close to the 10 – 15 threshold and I would expect most of them to grow considerably as the season progresses)

We have also been super stoked with all the U19 paddlers in both SUP and ski fields as well as across the genders.  We are really excited about this and very keen to developed these categories so we have organised quality product prizes for the series winners in both U19 SUP in both men and women and the U19 ski for both men and women.

We also want to acknowledge our top 12’6 SUP paddler and our best club ski paddler in the series with a prize of some description.

Obviously we want to reward all of our place getters in individual categories – but because we are a small series we are limited with prizes and cash we can give out, we are constantly striving for the rite balance rewards depth in our competitive categories and encourages numbers in our emerging categories, hopefully we’ve nailed it!  On that note if anyone is in a position to help out with product prizes please email Katie back – we are happy to negotiate contras!)

So that is the guts of it team, just thought we would put it out there so you could periodize your training appropriately!!   

R1 R2 R3 R4
1 60 65 70 80
2 55 60 63 71
3 52 56 57 65
4 50 53 52 60
5 48 51 48 56
6 46 49 45 53
7 44 47 43 51
8 42 45 41 49
9 40 43 39 47
10 39 41 43 46
11 38 40 42 45
12 37 39 41 44
13 36 38 40 43
14 35 37 39 42
15 34 36 38 41
16 33 35 37 40
17 32 34 36 39
18 31 33 35 38
19 30 32 34 37
20 29 31 33 36
21 28 30 32 35
22 27 29 31 34
23 26 28 30 33
24 25 27 29 32
25 24 26 28 31
26 23 25 27 30
27 22 24 26 29
28 21 23 25 28
29 20 22 24 27
30 19 21 23 26
31 18 20 22 25
32 17 19 21 24
33 16 18 20 23
34 15 17 19 22
35 14 16 18 21
36 13 15 17 20
37 12 14 16 19
38 11 13 15 18
39 10 12 14 17
40 9 11 13 16
41 8 10 12 15
42 7 9 11 14
43 6 8 10 13
44 5 7 9 12
45 4 6 8 11
46 3 5 7 10
47 2 4 6 9
48 1 3 5 8
49 1 2 4 7
50+ 1 1 3 6

Results from Race 1 of the Pita Pit Winter Race Series at Red Beach

5km Surf Ski Race
Place	Points	Time	First Name	Surname
1	60	43.00	Michael	Famularo

10km Surf Ski Results
Place	Points	Time	First Name	Surname
1	60	53.01	Travis	Mitchell
2	55	53.12	Jack	Wilson
3	52	53.17	Danny	Morrison
4	50	53.18	Jeremy	Kuggeleijn
5	48	53.36	Tim	Grammar
6	46	54.11	Garth	Spencer
7	44	54.12	Mosole	Olson marama
8	42	54.32	Brendon	Davey
9	40	54.34	Oskar	Stielau
10	39	55.35	Grant	Heim
11	38	57.31	Rachel	Clark
12	37	57.33	Vaughan	Reed
13	36	58.07	Cody	Richard
14	35	58.10	Dene	Simpson
15	34	59.20	Rodney	Russell
16	33	1.00.57	Mike	Smith
17	32	1.01.04	James	Scott
18	31	1.01.25	Andrew	Czar
19	30	1.01.54	Jonathan	Reshef
20	29	1.02.24	Ashton	Reiser
21	28	1.02.40	Jono	Spurdle
22	27	1.02.45	James	Slessor-White
23	26	1.02.59	Alan	Williscroft
24	25	1.03.10	Alan	Davey
25	24	1.04.52	Christopher	Smith
26	23	1.05.59	John	Sanderson
27	22	1.06.42	Kayla	McKenzie
28	21	1.06.44	Neil	Wackenier
29	20	1.06.45	Hamish	West
30	19	1.06.46	Stefanie	Crncevic
31	18	1.13.40	Libby	Bell
32	DNF		Sam	Mayhew

5km SUP Results
Place	Points	Time	First Name	Surname
1	60	0:35:16	JP	Tobin
2	55	0:36:28	Troy	McAsey
3	52	0:36:38	Dion	McAsey
4	50	0:36:52	Jason	Bird
5	48	0:36:56	Mike	Pirrit
6	46	0:37:07	Russel	Benshaw
7	44	0:37:59	Felipe	Dos Santos
8	42	0:39:04	Simon	Osner
9	40	0:39:22	Gavin	Houghton
10	39	0:39:36	Phillip	Russell
11	38	0:39:48	Dave	Hale
12	37	0:41:30	Bryan	Evans
13	36	0:41:57	Rob	Brawn
14	35	0:42:05	Penelope	Strickland
15	34	00:42.2	Mark	Orams
16	33	0:43:16	Mike	Hayward
17	32	0:44:41	Nicola	Hocking
18	31	0:45:12	Jack	Evans
19	30	0:45:27	Daniel	Orams
20	29	0:46:43	David	Irwin
21	28	0:46:58	Douglas	Robertson
22	27	0:46:59	Phil	Ash
23	26	0:49:31	Brianna	Orams
24	25	DNF	Andrew	Brownie