Hank McGregor won the seventh race of the Varsity College Marine Surfski Series – the Dion Wired Surfski Challenge – at Addington Beach on Friday.
With McGregor and many others returning to action after a week or two off due to The Unlimited Dusi, it was action of the highest caliber at the front end of the men’s field as all the top contenders looked to earn vital series log points.
Team Best 4 Kayak Centre captain McGregor and regular top rival Matt Bouman were neck and neck after the first lap, neither willing to give an inch, however it was McGregor who rounded the final turning buoy first and crucially hopped onto the first available run to the beach leaving Bouman to settle for second.
Team Best 4 Kayak Centre athlete and Varsity College student Grant van der Walt claimed third place with his younger brother Brandon van der Walt (Team Jeep) and Nic Burden rounding out the top five.
Team Jeep’s Michelle Burn outclassed the rest of the women’s field.
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