Jeremy Woodhouse off a handicap of 6 minutes was 1st with a net time of 30 minutes 26 seconds, a PB. Woodhouse was last on the podium in August 2019.

John Keenan flew across the finish line, and it took several minutes before he could speak coherently.

Running from a 11 minute 15 second handicap his net time of 25 minutes and 39 seconds for the 5.4km long course was a PB.

Keenan was last on the long course podium in May 2019.

In 3rd place was Gary Signor, net time 30 minute 28 seconds from a handicap of 6 minutes 45 seconds.

Signor's last glory days were back in 2018 when he won the first six races of the surfer competition. Congratulations to each of you.

Records show 1st place, and 40 points was awarded to the above three in the first race of the Surfer on the 29th of June 2019, but that does not count.

Something went wrong that week and everyone long and short course was awarded 1st place and 40 points.

Rodney Savage with 93 points still leads the long course point score, however his increased handicap resulted in him dropping from 3rd place to 19th.

Lena Sergi remains in 2nd place, but she too has been handicapped into lower placings.

This competition has five more races to go, and the long course is wide open with a different three on the podium each week.

Ruby Kenny's net time 16 minutes 47 seconds (PB) resulted in 1st place ahead of Cooper Savage's 15 minutes 50 seconds (PB) on the 3.3km short course.

Lynsey Pasin's PB of 17 minutes 49 seconds placed her 3rd and was enough to keep her on top of the short course points score (140) ahead of Cooper Savage (131) followed by Nate Mingay (127).

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Mingay holds the record for the fastest time on the short course and surprisingly has claimed a net time of 13 minutes and 28 seconds in the last three races.

26 week awards this week went to Rodney Savage, Rita Fascianelli, Janelle Toole and Nate Mingay.

Tom Mackerras posted 32 minutes and 56 seconds for the second week in a row, Bob Barker's walk was a tad under 5 minutes improved from last week.

What happened to Lachlan? He dropped from 4th last week to 66th and was about 10 minutes below his best? Has parenting taken a toll or did he enjoy the end of the third school term Date style.

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