Fiona and Mike Vincent of Regina captured this year’s Mattawa River Canoe Race.

They edged a Sudbury pair Robert and Derek Reed.

70 teams took part in the 64 km trek while another 6 teams participated in family and junior races.

Top 3 finishers in each race division
Pro C2 Men’s:
1st Place: Derek and Robert Reed from Sudbury with a time of 6:13:20
2nd Place: Gord Cole from Parry Sound and Dragan Olajdzija from Toronto with a time of 6:21:09
3rd Place: Tim and Pat Turner from Prince George, B.C. with a time of 6:21:37

Pro C2 Women’s:
1st Place: Liz Loek and Karen Simpson from Mississauga with a time of 6:42:46

Pro C2 Mixed:
1st Place: Mike and Fiona Vincent from Regina with a time of 6:09:38
2nd Place: Don Stoneman from Cambridge and Gwyn Hayman from London with a time of 7:02:52
3rd Place: Mike DeAbreu and Leslie Davenport from Arnprior with a time of 7:25:42

USCA C1 Open:
1st Place: Stan Anusiewicz from Brights Grove with a time of 6:51:27
2nd Place: Yves Villeneuve from Ottawa with a time of 7:24:34
3rd Place: Tom Phillips from Ottawa with a time of 7:28:28

C1 Stock Open:
1st Place: Max Finkelstein from Ottawa with a time of 8:06:24

C2 Stock Men’s
1st Place: Adam Woolfrey and Scott Reynolds from Tweed with a time of 6:51:53
2nd Place: John Eastmure and Steve Jones from Huntsville from with a time of 6:58:51
3rd Place: Paul Adams and Mike Bender from Whitby of 7:00:26

C2 Stock Women’s:
1st Place: Suzy Pollard from Utterson and Jen Nicholson from Huntsville with a time 9:00:12

C2 Stock Mixed:
1st Place: Sebastien and Jennifer Courville from Golden Lake with a time of 6:50:44
2nd Place: Peter and Megan Scheuring from Conestoga with a time of 7:10:51
3rd Place: Chris Near and Rebecca Francis from Hunstville with a time of 7:42:26

Open Kayak:
1st Place: Michael Stemp from North Bay with a time of 8:13:11
2nd Place: AJ Venter from Kingston with a time of 8:31:23
3rd Place: Patricia Clune from Toronto with a time of 9:00:19

Open SUP:
1st Place: Brent Schmidt from Ottawa with a time of 7:23:57 **NEW RECORD** (old record 8:23:39)
2nd Place: Casey Smith from Waterford with a time of 8:55:09

Recreational Women’s:
1st Place: Jennifer Siren from Hamilton and Katherine Siren from Niagara Falls with a time of 8:33:27
2nd Place: Sara Pihel from Orangeville and Llana Kingsley from L’Amable with a time of 10:11:00

Recreational Mixed A:
1st Place: Ellen Pazdzior and Gunther Krausbar from Ottawa with a time of 7:02:57
2nd Place: Susan Weiskopf from Callander and Wilfred Weiskopf from Astorville with a time of 7:50:16
3rd Place: Vichter and Audrey Hagberg from Newcastle with a time of 9:59:50

Recreational Mixed B:
1st Place: Buck Miller and Jenny Galt from Huntsville with a time of 8:30:41
2nd Place: Katherine Zappala and Ken Anderson from North Bay with a time of 8:42:57
3rd Place: Matthew McFarlane and Brooklyn Rushton with a time of 8:46:42

Recreational Men’s A:
1st Place: Rob Gregoris from Sudbury and Shawn Bruins from Lively with a time of 6:48:39
2nd Place: John Larmer and John Hotta from Sudbury with a time of 7:10:42
3rd Place: Erik Petersen and Luc Frechette from Rockland with a time of 7:39:40

Recreational Men’s B:
1st Place: Cole Merrill and Xander Huggins from Deep River with a time of 8:23:51
2nd Place: Craig and Jeff Leach from Kitchener with a time of 8:37:53
3rd Place: Norm Drolet and Mark Hogben from Midhurst with a time of 9:00:58
Recreational Family A:
1st Place: Carol Zimbalatti and Kathryn Park from Corbeil with a time of 1:54:41
Recreational Family B:
1st Place: James and Emily Parsons from Cache Bay with a time of 1:45:16
2nd Place: Ron Zimbalatti and Sara Park from Corbeil with a time of 1:45:43
3rd Place: Robert and Brayden Kochut from North Bay with a time of 1:48:28

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