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After missing last season’s Singapore Canoe Marathon, Republic Canoeing was all set to take part in this year’s most arduous and highly competitive long distance canoeing race!
It was a sunny Sunday morning on the 17th of January at the newly renovated Marina Reservoir with over 300 participants waiting for the signal to be off on their respective distances. Republic Canoeing (RPC) sent a total of 42 canoeists down to the marathon to battle it out with the other institutions and clubs.
All seniors were to take part in the senior category: 36km for men and 27km for women. RPC’s junior crew took part in the novice category of 14km, where most of the marathon’s participants were in, which made it even more challenging for them to secure a place at the top.
But nonetheless team RP’s determination and might was seen in the waters as the senior category were sent off to their 8 rounds with 7 portages for men’s and 6 rounds with 5 portages for women’s. The novice category was sent off shortly on their 3 rounds with 2 portages and 3 rounds only for T-boat participants. (Portaging is where participants have to dismount from their boat and shoulder it for a distance of 150m along a beach and get back into their craft again to continue their marathon)
Here are the standings for the distances and class of boats:
T1 Novice Men’s (14km):
21st position: Goh Koon Zhe (SEG, Year 1)
22nd position: Muhammad Radi Bin Aziz (SHL, Year 1)
52nd position: Tan Peng Siang (SIT, Year 1)
54th Position: Esmond Chan Kar Hwang (SEG, Year 1)
T1 Novice Women’s (14km):
22nd position: Li Jia Jia (SAS, Year 1)
24th position: Clarice Chew Ya Ting (SOH, Year 1)
K1 Novice Men’s (14km):
25th position: Eric Lo Jun Liang (SIT, Year 2)
35th position: Poh Chee Kiat (SAS, Year 2)
44th position: Lai Yipeng (SHL, Year 1)
45th position: Winson Tan Bing An (SHL, Year 1)
K1 Novice Women’s (14km):
6th position: Yip Qiao Lin (SHL, Year 1)
8th position: Lim Jia Yi Joey (SHL, Year 1)
17th position: Lim Zi Xin (SAS, Year 1)
18th position: Jasmine Tan Yee Sheng (SHL, Year 1)
K2 Novice Men’s (14km):
20th position: Thomas Lim Ji Xiang (SOH, Year 1) / Yeo Wen Da (SIT, Year 1)
29th position: Ting Yi Kee (SHL, Year 1) / Lim Hong Shan (SEG, Year 2)
K2 Novice Women’s (14km):
19th position: Eileen Goh Yi Lin (SAS, Year 1) / Eileen Tan Hui Yi (SHL, Year 1)
20th position: Lydia Muslim (SIT, Year 1) /Wong Zi Jian (SIT, Year 1)
22th position: Chan Su Mei (SOH, Year 1) / Chong Ee Wern (SHL, Year 1)
23rd position: Toh Cheng Sian (SOH, Year 1) / Donna Ng Jo Yi (SHL, Year 1)
K1 Senior Men’s (36km):
9th position: Ng Yong Ann (SIT, Year 3)
12th position: Muhammad Hairul Bin Yahya (SEG, Year 3)
15th position: Chong Kai Ming Nicholas (SIT, Year 2)
20th position: Yusri B Mahfuz (SHL, Year 2)
23rd position: Teo Choun Meng (SIT, Year 3)
K1 Senior Women’s (27km):
3rd position: Catherine Teo En We (SHL, Year 2)
4th position: Angeline Tan Pei Geok (SEG, Year 2)
K2 Senior Men’s (36km):
10th position: Tan Xu Yao Tomi (SIT, Year 2) / Jaffar Ibne Mohamed (SAS, Year 2)
K2 Senior Women’s (27km):
7th position: Kelroy Wee Yu Ting (SHL, Year 2) / Gan Sheau Jun (SHL, Year 2)
Team RPC will strive for better results in next year’s Marathon. Till then we will train hard to perform and bring home medals in our upcoming sprint races which
we believe will also be more heated and competitive!
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