Lake Scugog Historical Society Historic Digital Newspaper Collection

Port Perry Star, 4 Jun 1991, p. 35

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Scugog's second annual Nonquon Triathlon took place last Saturday afternoon under bright sunny skies. A field of almost 60 men and women of all ages took part in the event, which also attracted a lot of spectators. The Nonquon Triathlon comprises of three segments; a 4 km canoe race, 10 - km bicycle race and finishes with a 4 km. run. About 30 canoes lined up at the start in front of Palmer Park at 12"30 and when the starters pistol sounded, took off towards the south end of Lake Scugog. The canoes made their way across the lake, then north and finally back to the lakefront beach. The team of Robert Baird and Mike Freeman showed their superiority during the canoe portion of the race, pulling far wl of their nearest competitor. s the canoes beached at the lakefront, racers ran to the bicycle compound, where they pulled on helmets and headed up through town along Queen Street on the next leg of the race. The 10 km. bicycle race took the competitors to west Man-chester, and north to Regional Rd. 8, where they turned east. Back in Port Perry, they turned south along Lilla St. to Queen and then returned to the lakefront. The final leg of the competition saw the runners heading back through town on the 4 km. run. There route took them along Queen St. to the top of the hill, then north along Old Simcoe St. to Reg. Rd. 8, east to Lilla St. and then along Lilla back to the lakefront. First to complete the grueling course was last years winner Robert Baird who was able to par 30 seconds off his 1990 time. Following are the results in the various classes: 16-20 OPEN CLASS 1st, Lachary Vero - 1:12:59; 2nd, Erin O'Toole; 3rd, Scott Rankin; 4th, Owen Brett; 5th, Mark Schwan; Robert Morris and Tyler Gibson. 21-39 OPEN CLASS 1st, Robert Baird, 1:01:52; 2nd, Mike Freeman; 3rd, Rob Huggins; 4th, Bryan Davies; 5th, Dan Rivers; 6th, Dwight Bronson, Steve McMenening, Malcolm Suddons, Michael Sacco, Mike Passmore, Al Rowsell, Jim Geer, Bob Watson, John Sacco, Vivian VandenHazel, Marshall Nicholishen, Brian Anderson, Vince Palermo, Nancy Bo a PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, June 4, 1991 -- 35 ~ Baird, Freeman tops again in Triathlon Cyr, Steve Mankinson, Brian Barr, Bob Grieve, Steve Strachan, Corinne Obedkoff, Jason Fallaise, Brian Geer, Paul Gallagher, Val Freeman, Terri Baird, Henry DeJong, Larry Reurekas, Ken DeJong and Dan Obedkoff. Note: there were 33 entries in this class, up nine from 1990. 40 & OVER CLASS 1st, Bryon Taylor - 1:10:53, 2nd, Richard Attwool - 1:18:18; 3rd Bob Seiler - 1:13:43; 4th, Don Kirby; 65th, Marvin Doran; Dave Nicholishon; Rita Kolkmian, Bert Stulen, John Hiley, Ken Coulter, Tessy Dempster, Ron This Is what the start of the Nonquon Triathlon looked like from the starters boat Saturday afternoon as 33 Dempster, Bruce Patterson, Barry Page. KIDS OF STEEL 1st, Jim Kelly - 1:13:47; 2nd Sandy Mark - 1:17:00. Kids race consisted of 4 km canoe, 4 km cycle and 4 km run. COMBINED SCORE 1st, Baird/Freeman - 2:04:37; 2nd, Davies/Seiler - 2:22:38; 3rd, Taylor/Vero - 2:23:52; 4th, Attwool/Suddons - 2:28:43 6th place, Kirby/McMerining - 2:28:58. Winners of the Courage to Complete Award were Larry Reurakas and Ken DeJong who raised over $300. in pledges for their efforts. fT -- ry on 7 MER ged "ne canoes head off on the first leg of the Triathlon. The race consisted of a 4 km canoe race, 10 km on bicycle and a final 4 km running. Fifty eight men and women, of all ages, took part in this exciting event. Triathlon competitor Jim Geer passes by the checkpoint at Durham Rd. #8 and Simcoe Street (Lilla) on the last leg of the 10 km cycle segment of the Nonquon Triathlon. First woman to finish the Nonquon Triathlon was Vivian vandenhazel who completed the course in 1:18:41. First to cross the finish line after a grueling hour under the hot sun was Robert Baird, who completed the three legs of the Triathlon in 1:01:52. A RF Ar A. a aa TR a = rr

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