TopSport Classic
December 11, 2004
It was a perfect day for this year's Top Sport Classic river race. The weather was sunny, with light winds and the river was running at an ideal level. There were 133 competitors.The $500 cash prizes were won by Dave Hunter (fastest man) and Mary Fitzpatrick (fastest woman). At the prizegiving, over $12,000 worth of spot prizes were handed out.
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| Results | |||||
| Open Female | |||||
| ID | Name | Event | Category | ||
| Place | Time | Place | |||
| 6 | Mary Fitzpatrick | 10 | 3:58:50 | 1 | |
| 9 | Jennie Bell | 33 | 4:10:02 | 2 | |
| 10 | Rachel Robertson | 36 | 4:11:38 | 3 | |
| 143 | Liz Blazey | 45 | 4:17:51 | 4 | |
| 16 | Lisa Finnerty | 49 | 4:18:31 | 5 | |
| 18 | Emily Miazga | 50 | 4:19:57 | 6 | |
| 15 | Clare Garthwaith | 54 | 4:20:55 | 7 | |
| 144 | Sarah Mc Cormick | 64 | 4:27:58 | 8 | |
| 11 | Sara Walleen | 71 | 4:32:05 | 9 | |
| 5 | Bridget Leonard | 81 | 4:35:50 | 10 | |
| 13 | Lucy Hewlett | 90 | 4:39:57 | 11 | |
| 140 | Nicole France | 92 | 4:40:25 | 12 | |
| 7 | Cath Weir | 99 | 4:47:18 | 13 | |
| 8 | Miranda De Gow | 100 | 4:47:33 | 14 | |
| 19 | Genevieve Murrell | 115 | 5:10:55 | 15 | |
| 4 | Mary McBride | 123 | 9:59:59 | 16 | |
| 12 | Linda Wright | - | DNF | ||
| Vet Female | |||||
| ID | Name | Event | Category | ||
| Place | Time | Place | |||
| 14 | Sharon English | 55 | 4:21:22 | 1 | |
| 17 | Sue Suckling | 69 | 4:30:22 | 2 | |
| 141 | Fiona De Jongh | 76 | 4:34:12 | 3 | |
| 2 | Diane Talanoa | 86 | 4:36:45 | 4 | |
| 1 | Sarah Blair | 91 | 4:40:14 | 5 | |
| 142 | Debbie Johns | 112 | 5:02:53 | 6 | |
| 3 | Rose Chambers | 120 | 5:25:33 | 7 | |
| Junior Men | |||||
| ID | Name | Event | Category | ||
| Place | Time | Place | |||
| 36 | Cameron Carter | 13 | 4:00:39 | 1 | |
| 37 | Mark Thrupp | 32 | 4:09:49 | 2 | |
| 35 | Matty Graham | 68 | 4:30:12 | 3 | |
| Open Men | |||||
| ID | Name | Event | Category | ||
| Place | Time | Place | |||
| 77 | Dave Hunter | 1 | 3:39:24 | 1 | |
| 90 | Rob Wilson | 3 | 3:40:33 | 2 | |
| 79 | Ian Huntsman | 4 | 3:41:07 | 3 | |
| 171 | Scott Williams | 6 | 3:52:43 | 4 | |
| 72 | Wayne Speakman | 7 | 3:52:55 | 5 | |
| 170 | Shaun Fahey | 9 | 3:57:36 | 6 | |
| 161 | Doug Paterson | 11 | 3:59:08 | 7 | |
| 172 | Steve Bennett | 12 | 4:00:38 | 8 | |
| 80 | Andy Beale | 14 | 4:00:47 | 9 | |
| 91 | Scott Donaldson | 17 | 4:01:53 | 10 | |
| 160 | Ben Hoy | 18 | 4:02:11 | 11 | |
| 94 | Scott Chapman | 19= | 4:03:19 | 12= | |
| 59 | Gordon Watson | 19= | 4:03:19 | 12= | |
| 92 | Gary Glasson | 22 | 4:04:20 | 14 | |
| 82 | Matt Keir | 24 | 4:05:09 | 15 | |
| 47 | Craig Shakespeare | 27 | 4:07:18 | 16 | |
| 168 | Kieran Fitzgerald | 28 | 4:07:32 | 17 | |
| 74 | Greg Collins | 30 | 4:09:40 | 18 | |
| 96 | Dean Ashby | 34 | 4:11:12 | 19 | |
| 75 | Graham Patterson | 37 | 4:11:52 | 20 | |
| 162 | Brent Chatterton | 39 | 4:12:33 | 21 | |
| 50 | Simon Mackle | 41 | 4:13:55 | 22 | |
| 89 | Tom Ferguson | 42 | 4:16:33 | 23 | |
| 83 | Jason Davidson | 43 | 4:17:18 | 24 | |
| 67 | Aaron Scott | 44 | 4:17:39 | 25 | |
| 165 | Glen Russell | 46 | 4:18:07 | 26 | |
| 177 | Jay Gordon | 48 | 4:18:20 | 27 | |
| 81 | Ryan Kiesanawski | 51 | 4:20:09 | 28 | |
| 99 | Daniel Shaw | 52 | 4:20:15 | 29 | |
| 86 | Bruce Clulow | 53 | 4:20:19 | 30 | |
| 41 | Daniel Anstiss | 56 | 4:22:07 | 31 | |
| 175 | Kieron Byrne | 57 | 4:22:44 | 32 | |
| 68 | Mike Peters | 58 | 4:23:00 | 33 | |
| 176 | Lee Morton | 59 | 4:24:12 | 34 | |
| 73 | Paul Bourgeois | 60 | 4:24:30 | 35 | |
| 63 | Robin Oakley | 62 | 4:26:59 | 36 | |
| 52 | Craig Nieper | 63 | 4:27:38 | 37 | |
| 88 | James Hartshorne | 66 | 4:29:50 | 38 | |
| 53 | Gerry Whitehouse | 67 | 4:30:06 | 39 | |
| 64 | Laughan Boyle | 72 | 4:32:36 | 40 | |
| 56 | Chris Elliott | 74 | 4:33:06 | 41 | |
| 48 | Mike Maclennon | 75 | 4:33:50 | 42 | |
| 87 | Geoff McElrea | 77 | 4:34:25 | 43 | |
| 173 | Graham O Niell | 78 | 4:34:47 | 44 | |
| 93 | Graeme King | 79 | 4:35:23 | 45 | |
| 84 | Ralph Maddison | 80 | 4:35:42 | 46 | |
| 40 | Andrew Shaw | 82 | 4:36:03 | 47 | |
| 167 | Stuart Clark | 84 | 4:36:18 | 48 | |
| 42 | Shaun Portegys | 88 | 4:38:09 | 49 | |
| 61 | Nathan Hay | 89 | 4:38:27 | 50 | |
| 55 | Scott Noakes | 93 | 4:40:50 | 51 | |
| 178 | Gerald Carter | 95 | 4:41:00 | 52 | |
| 76 | David Le Lievre | 96 | 4:43:54 | 53 | |
| 65 | Chris Haslett | 97 | 4:44:11 | 54 | |
| 70 | Roger Grant | 101 | 4:48:22 | 55 | |
| 166 | Rob Acutt | 102 | 4:50:26 | 56 | |
| 54 | Doug Milton | 103 | 4:50:34 | 57 | |
| 174 | Greg Meadows | 105 | 4:51:15 | 58 | |
| 169 | Paul Scales | 106 | 4:51:31 | 59 | |
| 45 | Derek Alston | 107 | 4:51:50 | 60 | |
| 43 | Jonathan Elsmore | 108 | 4:52:24 | 61 | |
| 49 | Matt Lawlor | 109 | 4:53:22 | 62 | |
| 69 | Matthew Mark | 111 | 5:00:27 | 63 | |
| 57 | Craig Thomas | 114 | 5:08:06 | 64 | |
| 46 | Andrew Wright | 116 | 5:11:09 | 65 | |
| 44 | Bruce McGregor | 117 | 5:11:17 | 66 | |
| 58 | Shane Thomas | 118 | 5:11:58 | 67 | |
| 60 | Gareth Holebrook | 121 | 5:53:54 | 68 | |
| 163 | Dean Ryan | 122 | 9:54:59 | 69 | |
| 85 | Mike Nooney | - | DNF | ||
| 164 | Paul Massie | - | DNF | ||
| 78 | Dick Brunton | - | DNF | ||
| 95 | Tony Bateup | - | DNF | ||
| 62 | Mark Bennett | - | DNF | ||
| 71 | Peter Sinclair | - | DNF | ||
| 51 | Andrew Evans | - | DNF | ||
| Vet Men | |||||
| ID | Name | Event | Category | ||
| Place | Time | Place | |||
| 120 | Steve Gurney | 2 | 3:39:33 | 1 | |
| 114 | Steve Crackel | 8 | 3:53:30 | 2 | |
| 116 | Neill Williams | 15 | 4:01:40 | 3 | |
| 117 | Len Smyth | 16 | 4:01:50 | 4 | |
| 115 | Philip Evans | 23 | 4:04:28 | 5 | |
| 121 | Mike Parsons | 25 | 4:06:30 | 6 | |
| 119 | Steve Redden | 26 | 4:07:09 | 7 | |
| 110 | Bruce McKay | 29 | 4:09:00 | 8 | |
| 118 | Bruce Leslie | 31 | 4:09:45 | 9 | |
| 123 | Peter Blair | 35 | 4:11:23 | 10 | |
| 113 | Steve Francis | 40 | 4:12:42 | 11 | |
| 125 | Jeff Staniland | 47 | 4:18:16 | 12 | |
| 105 | Mike De Jongh | 65 | 4:29:10 | 13 | |
| 111 | Tim Smith | 70 | 4:31:41 | 14 | |
| 112 | Mike Wright | 73 | 4:32:56 | 15 | |
| 101 | Brian Frederic | 85 | 4:36:33 | 16 | |
| 104 | Andrew Hamer | 87 | 4:37:33 | 17 | |
| 124 | Andrew Wagg | 104 | 4:50:37 | 18 | |
| 103 | Nigel Bratten | 110 | 4:58:19 | 19 | |
| 102 | Ian Graham | 113 | 5:03:01 | 20 | |
| 100 | Danny Sheehy | 119 | 5:14:51 | 21 | |
| Classic Men | |||||
| ID | Name | Event | Category | ||
| Place | Time | Place | |||
| 27 | Keith Alderson | 5 | 3:49:02 | 1 | |
| 24 | Eric Ross | 21 | 4:03:22 | 2 | |
| 23 | Mike Robertson | 38 | 4:12:02 | 3 | |
| 25 | Graham Ewing | 61 | 4:24:53 | 4 | |
| 22 | Merv Honeybone | 83 | 4:36:11 | 5 | |
| 20 | Robin Hughes | 94 | 4:40:54 | 6 | |
| 26 | John Mill | 98 | 4:46:12 | 7 | |
| 21 | Endel Lust | - | DNF | ||
| Arawa Classic 2004 |
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