McGregor maintains his winning ways
At the kick off of the winter surfski series, Hank McGregor once again snapped up a deserved top spot.
HOT on the heels of his double win at the national championships, Hank McGregor maintained his winning ways by posting a runaway victory at the Thule Season Starter that kicked off the popular winter surfski series on Sunday morning.
IN tip-top form, the 43-year-old paddler was under little pressure as he raced away in the big swell in Durban bay to win the two-lap, 12km race.
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“There wasn’t too much wind out there but there was a big swell running,” said McGregor. “It was a lot of fun as Matt Bouman pushed me all the way to the finish line. Obviously racing SA Champs last weekend made it easy to get into a ski and I am happy to get the first race of the winter series under the belt, and to take the win is a bonus. It is great training for me and really enjoyable on a Sunday morning with so many paddlers out on the Durban beachfront.”
The women’s race produced some notable results, as U18 Saskia Hockly won the women’s single ski honours outright and the double ski race saw a return to the water for former world champion, Hayley Nixon.
Nixon, who has been away from her paddles since the birth of her daughter, Emma, last year, found a willing ally in Hilary Bruss and they took the overall line honours in the women’s racing.
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