Three-peat: ORSM Racing won the unlimited inboard social class for the third year running. Photo: Aidan Briggs
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A plethora of teams had their efforts rewarded with class victories in the social classes on Saturday, run over the shorter course from Five Mile Boat Ramp to Victoria Park.
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Unlimited inboard social was won by ORSM Racing and the team of Jason Dingli, Jack Heather, Blake Dingli and Matthew Arnall, with all but Heather returning from last year’s winning squad to record a time of seven minutes and 41.78 seconds.
The unlimited outboard social class was taken out by Speed Lab, with team members Darren Hitchcock, Russell Hitchcock, Brandan McGlynn and Kye Fraser logging a record-breaking time of 8:37.49.
Stuart Evans, Greg Norton, Joshua Reid and Owen Dyball took Synthetic to a win in the 5.2 and 6-litre social in a time of 9:20.26.
White water: Synthetic kicks up spray as it rounds a corner. Photo: Steve Huntley
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Raptor scored victory in SMOC social, with Andrew Donehue, Frazer Donehue and Ashley Caruana skiing a repeat victory, while skier Ray Cole joined the team as it went back-to-back in a time of 9:08.98.
The open women social/Dawn Rowbottom memorial was won by the team of Sixteen 48 Racing, with Adam Tuddenham, Sam Perry, Emma Tuddenham and Holly-Jade Praszczalek completing the course in 9:27.51, beating out last year’s winner HiJact to take the class.
Under-16 social saw The Dragon claim victory, with Ben Casey, Claire Lee, Jack Casey and Cooper Stephenson recording a time of 9:35.35 to secure class honours.
Under-14 social was won by Trim Lab, with Henry Arnall and Tom Casey recording their second straight victory in the class after last year being part of Cyclone Warning, while Aaron Sheath and Ben Gardiner made up the team that logged a time of 9:32.27.
Under-12 social saw Smoke N Mirrors F2 score a win, with the team of Ashley Cox, David Davkovski, Beau Glynn and Lucas Dvkovski making a winning run in a time of 12:07.29.
Disabled was won by The Joker and its team of Trinton Smith, Paul Tannenberg and Tyler Tannenberg, who took out the class in 9:22.22.
The Under-10s boys and girls was won by Alabama, which recorded a time of 12:22.71 to take out the class thanks to the efforts of Jamie Oliver, Shontelle Armstrong and Maddison Oliver.
Victory in the veterans class went to Superman for the second year in a row, with its team of Darren McGuire, Steven Robertson, Daniel Cotton and Daniel Graziano remaining unchanged from last year as it logged a time of 7:28.41.
Top of the class: Superman took out the veterans class, while later missing out on Bakers Blitz honours to Sapphire by just two seconds. Photo: Aidan Briggs
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Masters was taken out by Top Gun Maverick in a time of 8:29.63, thanks to team members Angelo Mezzomo, Mark Johnston, Darren Isaacs and Daniel Watt.
Finally, senior social 30-39 was won in 9:16.93 by the team of Venom featuring Blair Thomson, Brodie Peel, Ryan Peel and Troy Jeffries.
Fast start: Venom is launched upwards as its engine fires at the start of its run. Venom won the senior social 30-39 class. Photo: Aidan Briggs
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