The MacKenzie Cup Challenge

On Saturday, July 16th the 3rd annual MacKenzie Cup Challenge was held at MacKenzie Marina. Each participant was assigned to a team, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Mean Green Machine or Moody Blues and participated in two races each and an obstacle course race. The times for all three races were combined to determine the winner. Congratulations to The Mean Green Machine for their first place finish.

1st Place - The Mean Green Machine 9:43
2nd Place - Red Hot Chili Peppers 10:35
3rd Place - Moody Blues 10:81

Thank you to the Sunshine Dragon Abreast team who raised $350 for the Run for the Cure from the bake sale, which included homemade jam supplied by Jeanne Hage and a wine raffle donated by Darlene Kerfoot.

Thank you to Don MacKenzie for his ongoing support of the Sunshine Coast Dragon Boat Club. Don hosted the event and arranged for a hot dog sale with all proceeds to the local food bank.

The event could not have been held without the help of many volunteers including Allan and the dock crew, Dennis with his boat, the timers who sat in the rain all day, Linda Van Egdom for taking some great video, the Pender paddlers, Darlene and the rest of the committee, the steers people, all the coaches, Sally, Gill and Marla for setting up the teams and going out with them, Max for showing us how to tie up the boats safely, John for playing the bagpipes and most of all the paddlers for braving the weather. Thank you everyone for making this such a fun event.