This year's Paddlefest brings the PLK Paddlers to unchartered waters of Sengkang, beside the majestic Anchorvale Community Club!
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| Credit source: Sengkang Properties |
HEATS
The first category - GRO Mixed 12
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| Our first warriors to set the momentum for the day! |
The GRO mixed crew had certainly lifted the morale of the paddlers, as they exchanged information on the water condition, lanes, and the overall water sense. Such exchange of information allow the fostering of teamwork and camaraderie, and it allows our paddlers to focus onto our common goal, to do the best we can.
Next category, our next 12 paddlers compete in the CSC Mixed!
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| As part of tradition, we will always hold a briefing prior to race. Once everyone is on the same page and affirmed on what to do and what not to do, we took our place in the boat and give it all we have! |
CSC Mixed was a indeed a difficult battle. As Sam Lau and the other PLK paddlers described, "all boats were side by side at the initial starts but PLK paddlers managed to pull away from the rest during maintenance and sustained that efficiency and stroke rate, securing a first in the heats."
CSC Mixed Heats
And finally, the last category for heats, our next 12 paddlers took their positions to battle out in the highly contended GRO Opens. This heats is not easy, as formidable teams (Trident, Reach and Punggol North CSC) took their lanes down with ease.
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| Our handsome GRO Opens paddlers posing for a picture, before going down to give their best. |
GRO Opens Heats
As our Paddlers take a well-deserved break, some interesting encounters we had!
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| Our boys felt that these two pretty ladies giving out Redbull deserved a photo moment! |
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| Our beloved Coach listening to the perks of consuming the Austrian Redbull |
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| PLK Paddlers would like to thank Team IRONWILL for the freebies! |
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| Paddlers resting up and conserving energy for the semi-finals. |
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| PLK ambassadors accepting media interview. Keep our flag up high! |
A very well-disciplined and coordinated warmup.
SEMI-FINALS!
The table below summarizes the semi-events. Unfortunately, while our CSC Mixed gave out their all for the event, stronger foes took us down.
Events
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Current Position in Semi Heats
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Remarks
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GRO Mixed
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1
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Finals
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GRO Opens
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1
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Finals
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CSC Mixed
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2
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Knock-out
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Videos will be uploaded for semi-finals, so keep checking this page!
FINALS.
The moment we have been waiting for. Our GRO Opens and GRO Mixed are all battle-ready and ready to paddle for their lives. And the results? Both categories bagged 2nd overall! Well done PLK! You have certainly proved to others that a lean but efficient crew is all it takes to win a race!
GRO Mixed Grand Finals
GRO Opens Grand Finals
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| Podium finish for our GRO Opens. Congratulations Paddlers |
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| Congratulations to our GRO Mixed! |
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| A team photo with the Paddlers and supporters! Once a PLK Paddler, always a PLK Paddler. |
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| Our GRO Mixed paddlers and their shiny cookies! |
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| Our GRO Opens paddlers and their shiny cookies! |
Well done, PLK Paddlers!
SPECIAL THANKS
This blog space is dedicated to thank the following paddlers who had gone the extra mile to assist the captains in ensuring the race proper
Maggie, Hong Tan, Jeremy Wong, Victor, Coach - for the drinks and the meals.
Evelyn, Steven, Khairul, Yangfei, Samsudin, Mark Daniel and James Lim - for coming down to support PLK! We miss you deeply!
Team Ironwill- for the freebies soft-gels!
And all the other handphone warriors who had helped to capture precious moments of the race!
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