Schloms snatches victory
2011-09-08
PAARL paddler Heinrich Schloms and Lance King (Milnerton) snatched victory in the Hansa Breede Marathon with a rather controversial tactical move just a few hundred metres from the finish. They used a sneak channel they had discovered the day before to outsmart the other three crews in the tussle for the crown. The win is significant for both paddlers. It is a first major title for Schloms, who for eight years has been the bridesmaid of the Breede with a string of second placings. “At last! A big one to my name,” he said at the finish. Ant Stott and Graham Solomon and the duo of Pierre-Andre Rabie and Andy Birkett had been the dominant forces in the four-boat vanguard that hurtled down the Breede, swollen by the arrival of the water that had teased the bear record field with its late arrival. As the lead headed into the final turn to the finish at the Kambati resort, King and Schloms swung into the small channel that spirited them into the lead and allowed them to pin back their ears and claim the title from Edgar Boehm and Ali Glass who had seen King and Schloms veer into the channel and followed. Pre-race favourites, Stott and Solomon, had to reluctantly settle for the minor placings after being outsmarted by the homework King and Schloms had done after they had completed the first stage. Other Paarl paddlers also finished in the first three places in the different categories were: Top 10: 1. Lance King, Heinrich Schloms, Milnerton/Paarl, 4 hours 11 minutes 15 seconds. Juniors u.18: 2. Luke Stowman/Diviono Pieterson, Prl/Prl, 4:38:01. Juniors u.16: 1. Michael Farringer/Daniel-Louis Buys, Prl/Prl, 4:44:45. Siblings: 2.Kevin Hill/Jonathan Hill, Prl/UCT, 5:03:09. Veterans: 1. Herbert Conradie/Gary Cromie, Prl/SOS, 4:38:21. Sub-grandmasters: 2. JT Basson/Hubby Sandberg, Prl/Kny, 5:12:00. Grandmasters: 2. Giel van Deventer/Clyde Mountford, Prl/Bor, 4:59:32.
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