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Kelowna paddlers make waves on Skaha Lake

Local paddlers won three events Saturday at Duel in the Desert
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Kelowna Paddle Centresa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½™s ultralight mensa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½™s boat team of Jim Bates, Randy Brooks, Kelly Cairns, Dennis Silvestrone, Hugh Culver and Joey Hertz. -Image: Mark Brett/Capital News

Members of the made their presence felt at the 20th edition of the Duel in the Desert.

Local paddlers won three events and finished second in two other races Saturday on Pentictonsa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½™s Skaha Lake.

In the womensa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½™s ultralight event, Team Canada Elite took top spot in 41:37.

In mixed ultralight, KPC Mixed Open took first with a time of 44:04, while KPCsa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½™s Rockets crew was second with a time of 47:45.

In the mensa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½™s ultralight boats division, KPC Prune Pickers took top spot in a time of one hours 19 minutes nine seconds, while KPC Jimsa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½™s Paying was second in the two-lap, 18 km race in 1:20:42.

In womensa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½™s ultralight boats, the Kelowna Paddle Centresa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½™s Tahiti Women showed the way in 1:21:05.

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