Tupper Lake 9-Miler

The Tupper Lake canoe and kayak races were held Saturday, June 5 at the Tupper Lake Rod and Gun Club. Participants from across New York, Vermont, New Jersey and Quebec paddled a modified course on Simond Pond and the Raquette River in the second of a series of paddle sport events sponsored by Adirondack Watershed Alliance.

All festivities happened at the Tupper Lake Rod and Gun club on Simond Road this year due to the significant construction at the usual start line, the DEC Fishing access site on Routes 3 and 30 East of Tupper Lake. Participants crossed Simond Pond and took the channel to the Raquette River where they turned right and paddled upstream and around the Oxbow before headind downstream and following the river around to the Route 30 bridge before they turned left into Simond Pond and paddled to the finish line at the Tupper Lake Rod and Gun Club. The Adirondack Watershed Alliance handed out awards to the top three finishers in each category.

This year’s event featured 60 boats, including recreation, stock and racing canoes, touring and unlimited kayaks, solo and tandem guideboats and three war canoes.
Alain Bullard of Beaconsfield, Quebec led a large field of racing kayaks. He had the fastest time of the day and was fastest among the male kayakers crossing the finish line at 55:20, one second ahead of Jim Mallory of Rochester. Edit Fried, also of Beaconsfield, and the Pointe Claire Kayak Club, finished first among all female kayakers with a time of 59:50. Joseph and Michael Schlimmer of Cortland had the fastest tandem canoe time of the day at 1:00:20. Tony Mercurio of Tupper Lake rowed his hand crafted guideboat to victory in 1:16: 12. Dave Thomas was the fastest of the solo paddlers crossing the line at 1:05:32. Dog Breath, the Voyageur canoe team from Ballston Spa turned in the fastest big boat time at 58:48. The winner of the Byrne dairy Cash Cow raffle was Harold Stata.

The series is sponsored by: Byrne Dairy, We No Nah Canoe, Franklin County Tourism, The Central Adirondack Association, and MAC’S Canoe Livery in Lake Clear. The organizers would like to thank the members Tupper Lake Rod and Gun Club for the use of their terrific facility on Simond Pond, The Adirondack Amateur Radio Association and the volunteers who turned out to make the event a success.

Other events in the Adirondack Canoe Race Series include: The Sundowner Series of paddling time trials every other Tuesday of the summer; The 90-mile Adirondack Canoe Classic from Old Forge to Saranac Lake on Sept. 10 – 12; and the Long Lake Long Boat Regatta, September 26. For more information about the race series call MAC’S Canoe Race Hotline at 518 – 891 - 2744.

Results of the Tupper Lake Canoe and Kayak Races

June 5, 2010

Bib # Racer's Name (1 and 2) Racer's Town/State TOTAL TIME

SOLO GUIDEBOAT

5 Tony Mercurio Tupper Lake 1:16:12

TANDEM GUIDEBOAT

30 John Homer / Joe Graves Harrisville 1:20:56

15 Chuck Laman / Leslee Boissy Central Square 1:21:37

FOUR PERSON CANOES

58 Naira’s Crew Brooklyn 1:20:17

WAR CANOES

20 Dog Breath Ballston Spa 58:48

151 Team MAC Lake Clear 1:04:36

218 Slenda Glenda All over NY 1:05:10

FAMILY CLASS
13 Bill and Trent Robinson Cazenovia 1:15:48
35 Aris and Walter Goldschmidts Lloyd Harbor 1:26:10

TANDEMRECREATION CANOES Mixed Class

47 John and Cynthia Jackson Queensbury 1:22:55

SOLO RECREATION

Men
161 Ed Mazdzer Saranac Lake 1:16:24

11 Bruce Coon Newcomb 1:19:53

3 Andrew Cloutier Tupper Lake 1:32:32

Women
4 Mary Lynne Feller Tupper Lake 1:31:48

C-1 STOCK CANOES

7 Mike Skivington Scottsville 1:10:09

29 Chip Brieant Paul Smiths 1:13:58

SOLO AMATEUR RACING CANOES

8 David Thomas Watertown 1:05:32

40 Mark Winter Bloomingdale 1:06:33

17 Jim Cunningham Ticonderoga 1:11:40

37 Maurice Sauve Ontario 1:13:57

59 Peter Cain Canton 1:20:26

TOURING KAYAK

Men

10 Michael Finear Rochester 1:03:26

Women

39 Nancy Pinchak Auburn 1:10:18

26 Sandy Waters Saranac Lake 1:13:56

Results of the Tupper Lake Canoe and Kayak Races

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Bib # Racer's Name (1 and 2) Racer's Town/State TOTAL TIME

TANDEM STOCK CANOES

Men
55 Harold Stata/Craig Hadden Waterford/Barnard,VT 1:13:10

Mixed over 50
22 Wendy/Brian Sanders New Hartford 1:06:40

12 Timm/JoAnn DuMoulin White River Junction, Vt. 1:10:48

Mixed under 50
23 Heather /Adam Wheeler Potsdam 1:07:55

38 Randy Young / Trish Wickwire Saranac Lake 1:09:28

54 Mike Collyer / Kaitlyn Gesel SUNY Potsdam 1:10:16

TANDEM AMATEUR RACING CANOES

Men

25 Joseph & Michael Schlimmer Cortland 1:00:20

33 John & Gene Newman Canton 1:04:00

Mixed
56 Janet Findlay/David Hunter Lake Placid 1:00:42

9 Diana & Chas Billingsley Lake Clear 1:04:28

34 Jim Minnie / Katie Tyler Saranac Lake 1:07:58

TWO PERSON KAYAK

42 Marie Godbout / ML Tammaro Dorval & Dollard des Ormeauy, Quebec 1:03:56

41 Nina Sennett/ Kathy Sennett Auburn 1:04:59

UNLIMITED KAYAK

Men under 50

48 Alain Buliard Beaconsfield, Quebec 55:20

2 Doug Roode Pittsford 1:01:13

6 Paul Tomblin Rochester 1:02:01

44 Sam Donato Pointe-Claire, Quebec 1:19:43

Men over 50

21 Jim Mallory Rochester 55:21

24 Dave Wiltey Johnstown 59:17

51 Nick Natchev Dorval, Quebec 1:00:10

18 Kent Omholt-Jensen Chelsea, Quebec 1:00:33

45 Peter Ball Dorval, Quebec 1:00:56

36 Michael Littlejohn King Ferry 1:03:10

28 Bob Ketchell Wilmington 1:03:52

50 John Tomasik Dorval,QC 1:04:35

19 Bill Feeney Webster 1:06:29

53 Arthur Cory Pointe Claire, Quebec 1:20:06

52 George Panciuk Dorval, Quebec 1:36:48

31 Michael Lyon Pointe Claire, Quebec 1:50:55

Women under 50

49 Edit Fried Beaconsfield, Quebec 59:50

16 Cheryl Hanby Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue QC 1:16:37

Women over 50

46 Karen Oljemark Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue QC 1:11:04

43 Elizabeth McMahon Pointe Claire, Quebec 1:16:11

32 Judy Lyon Pointe Claire, QC 1:22:11