races/NaishColumbiaGorgePaddleChallenge A little further east, the SUP 11-City Tour starts in the Netherlands next weekend.

The paddleguru website displays a list of all the starters, and is a good way to check final times and placings. Big name event with plenty of big name paddlers competing: US$18,000 total prize purse. The Gorge Paddle Challenge is on this weekend in Hood River, Oregon. A worthy cause - all funds raised go to the National Breast Cancer Foundation. And if you happen to be in SEQ that weekend but not striving for state championship glory, I noticed that the Paddle in Pink event will be held in Noosa. A few days left for last-minute training. Winners are grinners! Before they fly out though, they'll be racing at the Queensland marathon and technical championships that are being held in Brisvegas on August 29 and 30. Walkerdene and Cyprien will get their first taste of international racing at the Japan World cup race in four weeks' time. Oliver Murphy-Kurth and Dylan Constable rounded out the men's podium while Sue Dorries and Kate Baker completed the women's. This was a long drag - 18km, and both posted sub 2 hour times (Walkerdene on the right side of the mark by 55 seconds). This week's number: 55 seconds Plenty of talent coming through the younger ranks, as evidenced by Chloe Walkerdene and Tim Cyprien taking out the top spots at the Maroochydore River Race on Sunday.

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