	2006 Broadkill River Canoe & Kayak Race - Finishing Times
	Youngest Paddler
	BOAT #		NAME	ADDRESS	AGE
	75		Sarah Rambo	Lewes, DE	7 yrs

	Most Seasoned Paddler
	BOAT #		NAME	ADDRESS	AGE
	10		William Hahn	Arnold, MD	83 yrs

	SINGLE KAYAK
	BOAT #	TIME	NAME	ADDRESS
1	63	1:16:00	Joe Warren	Delmar, MD
2	43	1:19:49	Ron Clore	Elkton, MD
3	34	1:20:36	Cliff Roach	Collegeville, PA
4	27	1:23:14	Brian Blankinship	West River, MD
5	107	1:23:26	Claude Lavallee	Lewes, DE
6	70	1:25:08	Don McConaghy	Oaklyn, NJ
7	58	1:25:09	Michael Todd	Annapolis, MD
8	116	1:27:57	Jeff Lusk	Lewes, DE
9	26	1:29:56	Cyndi Janetzko	Falls Church, VA	#1 Women's Division
10	17	1:30:09	Brian Holochwost	Milford, DE
11	61	1:32:35	Pete Buzy	Brookeville, MD
12	4	1:34:10	Susan Lewonski	Secane, PA	# 2 Women's Division
13	33	1:34:15	Susan Hicks	Takoma Park, MD	#3 Women's Division
14	22	1:38:25	John J. Jacobs	Milton, DE
15	79	1:38:50	Kent Gaffey	Millsboro, DE
16	25	1:38:59	Mike Morris	Lewes, DE
17	62	1:39:01	George Mallet	Palmyra, NJ
18	5	1:39:36	Vincent Lewonski	Secane, PA
19	44	1:40:58	Jeff Evans	Claymont, DE
20	2	1:42:23	Tom Kinsella	Ocean View, DE
21	39	1:43:00	Kathy Kenley	Green Bank, NJ	#4 Women's Division
22	80	1:44:07	Jesse Fortner	Harrington, DE
23	28	1:44:21	Chris B	Rehoboth Beach, DE
24	54	1:44:31	Jordan Bailowitz	Baltimore, MD
25	103	1:44:35	Jeff Pringle	Springfield, PA
26	109	1:45:03	Richard Greger	Petersburg, NJ
27	12	1:45:12	Eric Korpon	Rehoboth Beach, DE
28	36	1:47:11	Raymond Dixon	Felton, DE
29	13	Tied-1:47:39	Lee Canby	Brookeville, MD	#5 Women's Division
29	18	Tied-1:47:39	Tony Varrato	Georgetown, DE
31	19	1:47:50	Claudia J. Halstead	Lewes, DE	#6 Women's Division
32	31	1:47:56	Tyler Chaney	Rehoboth Beach, DE
33	73	1:48:34	Wilson Choy	Rehoboth Beach, DE
34	15	1:49:00	Frank Mobilio	Washington, DC
35	92	1:49:08	Rodney L. Calahan	Georgetown, DE
36	114	1:49:17	Reese Rigby	Wilmington, DE
37	45	1:49:48	Connor Jardeleza	Dagsboro, DE
38	46	1:50:36	Walter Berry	Burtonsville, MD
39	113	1:55:15	Morgan Rigby	Wilmington, DE
40	37	1:55:25	Keith Kendzierski	Milford, DE
41	96	1:55:29	Kathy Ditlow	Lewes, DE	# 7 Women's Division
42	6	1:57:34	Bill Doan	Cape May Ct. House, NJ
43	9	1:57:56	Neal R. Sereboff	Alexandria, VA
44	110	1:5917	Ramekrishna Tatimeni (Sp.?)	Lewes, DE
45	108	2:00:48	Steve Quillen	Milford, DE
46	47	2:02:11	Patti Rukstela	Goldsboro, MD
47	60	2:02:12	Theodore S. “Pete” Cormier	Bernville, PA
48	86	2:03:16	Becky Beauchamp	?	#8 Women’s Division
49	3	2:04:07	Terri VanDyck	Clayton, DE	#9 Women’s Division
50	100	2:04:11	Tina Nigh-Johnson	Lewes, DE	#10 Women’s Division
51	64	2:04:26	Christa Fookes	Silver Spring, MD	#11 Women’s Division
52	74	2:05:07	Tom Wood	Silver Spring, MD
53	40	2:05:40	James Walsh	Salt Pt., NY
54	106	2:07:16	John Mock	Lewes, DE
55	122	2:07:54	Alexas Zink	Bethesda, MD	#12 Women’s Division
56	97	2:08:26	Len Leshem	Lewes, DE
57	119	2:09:29	Lynda delCastillo	Bethesda, MD	#13 Women’s Division
58	112	2:10:22	Stanley Brown	Lewes, DE
59	115	2:12:37	Dickie Messick	Georgetown, DE
60	11	2:13:44	Martin Folan	Gambrills, MD
61	68	2:14:15	Susan Love	Middletown, DE	#14 Women’s Division
62	30	2:14:44	Thomas A. Greenwood	Bloomington, IN
63	84	2:16:05	Katie Close	New Castle, DE	#15 Women’s Division
64	82	2:16:41	Mike Lemon	Wilmington, DE
65	53	2:17:51	Ken Stoller	Baltimore, MD
66	123	2:20:34	Mackenzie Zink	Bethesda, MD	#16 Women’s Division
67	120	2:20:37	Conrad Zink	Bethesda, MD
68	104	2:2129	Chelsey Leffet	Wilmington, DE
69	105	2:21:32	Brian Leffet	Wilmington, DE
70	83	2:21:54	Jason Close	New Castle, DE
71	21	2:22:29	Mary Killen Hall	Prime Hook Beach, DE
72	102	2:27:44	Sangduk, Choi	Lewes, DE
73	56	2:28:41	Robert Prettyman (age 11)	Milton, DE
74	118	2:29:05	Woo, Chot	Lewes, DE
75	111	2:32:49	Sammie Melvin	Milford, DE	#17 Women’s Division
76	78	2:35:18	Alan Johnson, III	Potomac, MD
77	121	2:35:25	Kenneth Garner	Earleville, MD
78	90	2:36:29	Anthony DiSabatino	Milton, DE
79	95	2:45:03	Julie DeVeau	Rehoboth Beach, DE	#18 Women’s Division
80	99	2:45:04	Marylou Sheaffer	Milford, DE	#19 Women’s Division
81	93	2:45:37	Randy Holland	Milford, DE
82	94	2:45:39	Don Fisher	Rehoboth Beach, DE
83	71	2:48:00	Jann Holstein	Georgetown, DE	#20 Women’s Division
84	88	2:52:41	Roberta Kiver	Burke, VA	#21 Women’s Division
85	77	2:52:56	Marta Johnson	Potomac, MD	#22 Women’s Division
86	89	DNF	Richard Roth	Burke, VA
87	32	DNF	Robert R. Decker, Jr.	Purcellville, VA


	SINGLE CANOE
	BOAT #	TIME	NAME	ADDRESS
1	35	1:25:52	Steve Corbett	New Market, MD
2	85	1:26:33	Dave Impens	Toms River, NJ
3	49	1:33:12	Ron Bomberger	Manheim, PA
4	50	2:35:08	Mel Allison	Swarthmore, PA



	DUAL KAYAK*
	BOAT #	TIME	NAME	NAME	ADDRESS
1	24	1:35:06	Michelle Calilhanna	Robert Lombardo	Milton, DE
2	75	1:40:08	Chris Rambo	Sarah Rambo (age 7)	Lewes, DE
3	24	1:41:23	Tony Demeno	Judy Demeno	Lewes, DE
4	101	1:50:42	Michael Salvatore	Judy Salvatore	Milton, DE
5	16	1:53:15	Jim Robinson	Dave Robinson	Medford, NJ
6	14	1:54:26	Cathy Tessein	Ed Tessein	New Castle, DE
7	42	1:55:23	Tim Willard	Alan Davis	Lewes, DE/Milton, DE
8	59	1:56:04	Marc Lopez	Margaux Lopez	Lewes, DE
9	57	2:02:02	Dylan Andrei Vansant	Joseph A. Vansant	Rehoboth Beach, DE
10	65	2:06:25	James Spellman	Emma Spellman	Milton, DE
11	66	2:09:34	Lenna Pritchett	Wendy Harrington	Haiku, HI
12	81	2:10:26	Dennis Young	Cynde Eakin	Milford, DE
13	23	2:11:40	George L. Bissey	Donna Bissey	Milton, DE
14	38	2:15:48	Allan Karron	Pablo Garcia	Milton, DE
15	87	2:18:55	Philip Fields	Elizabeth Grove	Lewes, DE
16	104	2:23:01	Raymond Penyak, III	Ray Penyak, II	Lansdale, PA
17	52	2:25:47	Sharon Mews	Caitlyn Mews	Georgetown, DE
18	7	2:32:18	Larry Sharp	Brenda Sharp	Rehoboth Beach, DE
19	76	2:33:35	Sergei Johnson (11yrs)	Val Johnson (12 yrs)	Potomac, MD

	DUAL CANOE*
	BOAT #	TIME	NAME	NAME	ADDRESS
1	20	1:20:11	Judy Jeanes	Dale Krapf	West Chester, PA
2	51	1:29:59	John L. Koenig	William B. Koenig	Lancaster, PA
3	91	1:43:44	Vic Oliveira	Victor Oliviera	Arlington, VA
4	1	1:47:42	Frank Payton	Frank Payton III	Milton, DE
5	98	1:47:56	C.J. Reed III	Tim Clark	Milton, DE
6	8	1:50:06	Gary D. Crowl	Doug White	Rehoboth Beach, DE
7	41	1:50:32	Jonathan Offen	Andrea Offen	Georgetown, DE
8	55	1:52:14	Allen Riblett	Ben Riblett	Ardentown, DE
9	10	1:52:57	William Hahn (age 83)	William Thornton (age 82)	Arnold/Fruitland, MD
10	69	1:55:00	Keith Brock	Jonathan Hastings	Milton, DE
11	67	1:58:06	Michael A. Wheatley	Stephen Roff	Lewes, DE
12	117	2:06:14	Karl Katz	Nolan Katz	Milford, DE
13	29	2:10:59	Gary Rust	Don Adams	Dagsboro, DE

Marc Cleary Photos are now available at www.printroom.com/pro/marcclery

Great turn out: 123 registered boats, 123 in the water, 121 finished under own paddle

* For those who competed in the Duel Categories and checked their times immediately after the race, you may wonder how you have since shaved 5 minutes off those times…Well, we had not yet calculated the 5 minute difference in the starts, at that point. (Times quoted at the trophy ceremony, however, should have been correct.)

Milton Development Corporation

Broadkill River Canoe & Kayak Race

CONTACT: Karen Duffield

September 5 (302) 684-3400

Champions of Race Deserve Thanks

If you ventured to the banks of the Broadkill River in Milton’s Memorial Park on the evening of Saturday, August 26, it would have been impossible to tell that only a few hours before, those historic waters had been awash with some 123 boats participating in the 7^th Annual Broadkill River Canoe and Kayak Race. The drama of the paddling competition was over, the cheers from hundreds of spectators had died away, all awards had been presented, and the finish line banner had been taken down to be stored for next year. But if you were lucky enough to have participated in some way in the event earlier that day, as they say, “you are lucky enough!” Actually, luck has very little to do with this annual event, which serves as the Milton Theatre’s biggest fundraiser of the year. Hard work and dedication, mixed with a huge dose of generosity and adventure has been the winning recipe for the success of the Broadkill River Race. The following is all too brief recognition of the real champions of the race.

First, Heritage Creek, an exciting new homes community coming soon to Milton, took the lead when it agreed to be the premier sponsor of this year’s event. We are tremendously grateful for their generosity, their support of the Milton Theatre, and their commitment to the Town of Milton. Ryan Homes’ Summerwalk at Cannery Village in Milton also rose to the challenge and was this year’s presenting sponsor. We cheer them both as winning representatives of the race, and fine examples of the high quality of residential development that Milton seeks.

Other generous sponsorships from Sen. Thurman Adams, Jr., Bayhealth Medical Center, Comcast, County Bank, Federal Street Financial Services, Frank Robino Companies, Happy Harry’s, Irish Eyes Pub & Restaurant and Short Funeral Services provided every registered racer with an official 2006 T-shirt, which was handed-out by our “official” T-shirt ladies, Connie Fisher and Leah Betts. It should be noted here that Leah & Connie double as our “official” ad sales team also, and months before a single paddle even skims the water, they have pounded the proverbial pavement and solicited nearly every advertiser featured in the official race booklet. And we thank every single one of those advertisers who agreed to their “demands.”

The race itself could not start or finish without the help of some other very cheerful and sturdy volunteers. Ches Warrener and Chris B deserve the first round of applause for their tireless efforts to promote the race by distributing race booklets and posters throughout Sussex County, and sending race information into canoe & kayaking cyberspace. Veteran organizer, Christine Davis performed in her usual Herculean fashion throughout race day and I cannot imagine the event without her, while newcomers, Mike & Denise Boswell and John & Helgard Legg were quick studies and proved invaluable. Bill Fisher, as always, helped out wherever and whenever it was needed, as did Chuck and Patt Wagner.

Every year I pray that Quest Fitness will agree to assist us again in promoting the race, providing boat rentals, and orchestrating the shuttle service for racers---they have never let us down and didn’t this year either. Under the cool direction of Alan Jackson, Milton’s Fire & Water Safety team and other area rescue units patrolled the waters and made sure all racers were accounted for. Once again, Kevin & Nancy Burdette provided our sponsor and comfort boats, while Jack Hudson captained a crew to make sure the racers stayed a steady course. These people are all winners.

While most event organizers and volunteers spent their morning at Oyster Rocks Road, busy with registration, etc., Bill Baughman, Esther Friend, Holly Smith and Ches Warrener made sure tables were set at the finish line in Milton’s Memorial Park for sales merchandise and award trophies, which this year were sponsored by Delmarva Power, Irish Eyes Pub & Restaurant and Dr. & Mrs. James C. White. And not to be overlooked, the Milton Theatre, as the event’s beneficiary, demonstrated one of its multi-use capabilities and under the experienced management of Bob Blayney and Suzette Chambers, screened free movies all day long.

But ultimately, the Broadkill River Race depends on the participants in the race. Registration has steadily improved since the first race in 2000 when only seven boats vied in the challenge of the Broadkill. Last year we registered 97 and we were hoping for 107 at this year’s 7^th annual; so we were far from disappointed when a recording-breaking 123 boats were launched--filled with the most enthusiastic paddlers ever.

Although this popular race now attracts some very accomplished competitors, it has remained an ideal opportunity for the less skilled, recreational paddler to simply enjoy a day full of fun, family and friendly competition. If it were not for these champions who are filled with a spirit of adventure, there would be no need to offer these words of sincere thanks to everyone who makes the Broadkill River Canoe & Kayak Race an annual winner.

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