2011 GREAT BARRIER REEF OCEAN CHALLENGE INAUGURAL MEDAL WINNERS WERE :

OC6 CREWS
Open Men 1 Coconuts (3:20:59) 2 Cairns Beaches (3:25:51) 3 Cairns Beaches (3:28:19)
Open Women 1 Hekili (3:46:05) 2 Port Douglas (3:47:53) 3 Hekili (4:23:40)
Open Mixed 1 Coconuts (3:43:22) 2 Five Islands (3:54:19)  


OC2 CREWS
Master Men 1 Keith Vis/Ralph Seed, Hekili (3:20:26)
Open Men 1 Dave Norton/Michael Heritage, Mission Beach (3:47:36)
Master Women 1 Ingrid Juchem/Sheralyn Bush, Port Douglas (4:30:59)
Mixed Master 1 Samantha Peck/Mark McPherson, Coral Sea (3:31:59)
2 Katrina Cox/William Jarvis, Hervey Bay (3:36:23)


OC1 CREWS
Senior Master Men 1 Steve Johnson, Hekili (3:42:11) 2 Rod Spinks (4:58:55)  
Master Men 1 Brian Medhurst, Townsville (3:42:49) 2 Phil Holywell, Hekili (3:45:49) 3 Justin Whyte (3:55:58)
Open Men 1 Peter Dorries, Northcliffe (3:08:01) 2 Darryl Thoroughgood, Malanuka (3:21:21) 3 Lee Senet, Coral Sea (3:22:12)
Master Women 1 Maria Pokia, Cairns Beaches (3:47:45) 2 Linda Davis, Coral Sea (3:53:26)  
Open Women 1 Sonja Adams, Canoe Point (3:46:19)    


SURF SKIS
Master Men 1 Dean Gardiner, Paddle NSW (2:41:26) 2 Mick De Rooy, Coral Sea (2:41:52) 3 Peter Hynes, Mackay (3:17:50)
Open Men 1 Mark Anderson, Paddle NSW (2:48:58) 2 Matt Sinclair, Cairns (3:10:11) 3 Bill Murray, Coral Sea (3:12:30)
Master Women 1 Belinda Nissen, Cairns (4:34:17) 2 Sharmen Parr, Cairns (5:43)  



Outrigger canoeing has been around for about 30,000 years. Once it was used for migration and transportation purposes by our Polynesian ancestors; today the sport of outrigging represents the ultimate in physical challenge and recreational pleasure.

Respect for the ocean and its elements as well as for our fellow paddlers (crew members and competitors) is what sets outrigging aside from all other sports. Preserving the spirit, or mana, of outrigging is very important to members of the Hekili Cairns Outrigger Canoe Club.