2002 Results

Here is the list of last summer results. Note: that several of our members participated in other competitions.
 

• Benoit Gauthier took part in several canoe and white water kayak competitions. He is now the current Canadian Champion in slalom – category C2
• Benoit Letourneau participated in several orienteering races.
• Tanya Martin a participated in a « cross-country » of the series “Five Peaks AGC” where she finished in second place.
• Erik and Sophie Brisebois took part in a orienteering race in the Laurentiens, race in which they placed 3td.

Brief report on each races we've done

Raid the North: Bark Lake Ontario, 4th to 5th of May 2002

That was our very first adventure race: We took the start not knowing what to expect. We had trained all winter for that moment and we were very nervous… So nervous that we lost 1h30 in our way to the first checkpoint. The lead teams had done that leg in 50 minutes. This was the opening of a pretty disastrous first night, multiple navigational errors, and stops of all sorts. It's only at the beginning of the second night that we started to get things going. From the 27th place at CP1 we manage to make a comeback to a 2sd place finish. Wow! A second place finishing at our very first experience in such an event, we were excited and looking forward to the next race!

Raid the North: Mont-Tremblant, 1 - 2 of June 2002

We arrived at Tremblant with a lot of confidence. We wanted nothing less then a first place finish. However the field was much stronger then the one we had seen at Bark Lake 3 weeks before. The best teams were there namely Continuum, Star Choice, Advair and TNT. We took the lead early in the race somewhere between CP1 and CP2... Great did we think!! Unfortunately, we made a navigational mistake and lost the lead to team Continuum. We were very disappointed but we didn't give up. We thought that we could regain the lead when we arrived at CP 12 at the same time the lead team was leaving. It meant that we were only 30 minutes behind. With still a long way to go, everything was possible. We decided to do the advanced section which meant that we were assured a second place finish (only two teams managed to do that section) unfortunately, the advance section was closing a two o'clock in the morning and because of some misunderstanding between us and the organizers we entered the advance section at 2h05... The section was closed. The result? We ended up doing an extra loop of 5 hours which didn't count. When we got back to the regular course we were in 5th place. What a deception it was! 

Even though we finished in 7th place there were some consolation prizes for us. We ended up having the fastest time on the canoe section, and the fastest trekking. The race was still a positive experience for us and also for the image of our sponsors.
 

Raid the North: Bay de Fundy, 20 - 21 of July 2002

An extraordinary race! Sea kayaking in one meter high waves, trails that followed incredible cliffs... The course was great! On top of that, we had a great result. We started the race in first place and manage to keep the lead all the way to the end getting our first win of the season. Oh yeah! We also had the fastest time in the trekking section.
 

Raid the North Championship: Elliot Lake, 20 to 23 of September 2002

The highlight of our season was, without a doubt, the Raid the North Championship. That race in fact the "Grande finale" of the season and all the best team were there hoping to claim that the are the best. That's were we though we could confirm that the results we have had all summer long were not fluke. We started the race with a whole bunch of ambitions. We manage to finish in 3td place and getting the price for the fastest canoe section. An excellent performance!
 

Raid Pulse: Arundel, 25 of August 2002

Arundel is a little village in the Laurentians near Mont-Tremblant. We participated in a little Adventure Raid called Raid Pulse. There were 25 teams. The course designer add us run in trail and river, he add us canoe and mountain bike allover the area. The expected winning time was 5 hours. We did it in 4! The organizer was a bit disappointed "You have burned my course" did he say to us. The second team arrived 1 hour later... In five hour just like expected.