Mockés rule the roost at national doubles champs
The Mocke family took three out of four wins at the FNB Mazars Durban Downwind surfski race.
FISH Hoek's renowned Mocké clan won three of the four SA S2 Surfski Championship at Sunday's second day of the inaugural FNB Mazars Durban Downwind surfski race.
With the national singles title already in his possession after a memorable paddle on Saturday, Jasper Mocké teamed up with older brother Dawid and the pair clinched their fourth national title together before Dawid's wife, Nikki Mocké, and Olympic bronze medalist Bridgitte Hartley won the women's race.
“Everything just came together for us today and it is especially nice to win with Daw (Mocké) again. To have won both titles this weekend is pretty special!” said Jasper.
“You might not see me as often these days but there's still a lot of fire power here. It was great to win with Jasper and it was really nice to be able to help him get his double this weekend!” said Dawid.
A switch in the course direction from Saturday's action saw paddlers head south from Marine Surf Lifesaving Club to Amanzimtoti and a solid start by the Mocké brothers put the rest of the field under pressure from the get go.
Trailing their regular rivals and the finish line getting ever closer, McGregor and Van der Walt rolled the dice for the last time as they switched to a deeper line in search of some wind and runs.
Having had victory ripped from his grasp just meters from finish line in Saturday's singles race when he was thrown from his ski by a large wave, McGregor had to deal with his second disappointment of the weekend when the charging Rice brothers Sean and Kenny pipped him and Van der Walt for second spot in the tightly contested doubles clash.
Matthew Bouman and Jean Luc Mauvis finished fourth before Daryl and Brett Bartho became the third brothers pairing to finish inside the top five.
The women's race was one to remember for Nikki Mocké and Hartley. Mocké came home cleanly to clinch the women's title, Hartley's second national title in recent weeks and neither have been in her preferred sprint discipline.
Jenna Ward and Nikki Russell eventually claimed second place while Wilma Deyzel and Maya Opperman clinched third.
The day's doubles action brought down the curtain on the inaugural edition of the FNB Mazars Durban Downwind and organisers and sponsors alike were well pleased with the weekend's action.
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