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Team Fat Paddler – 2009 HCC Landcrew Award Winners

2/3s of Team Fat Paddler with the Teabag Trophy

Last night the Hawkesbury Canoe Classic held their 2009 Presentation Dinner, which Team Fat Paddler and their poor suffering wives attended in the hope of winning something (we certainly weren’t in the running for a “Best Time” award, that’s for sure!). And indeed it wasn’t long until the organisers were reading a long speach regarding nominations for the Landcrew Award and I started to realise by omission that either my Nomination for them had not been received, or they were actually in with a chance to take it out. And sure enough, there were awarded the 2009 Landcrew Award (the perpetual Teabag Trophy) to a standing ovation at the ceremony.

Teabag Trophy and Certificate for Darry (sic), in absentia for the ceremony

The HCC is a massive and gruelling event that would not be at all possible without the sterling efforts of those on the ground in support. To Burnsie, Grummett and Darryl – a huge thanks from me for your awesome efforts to keep me going down that dark, cold river. Cheers – FP

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4 Comments for this entry

Megan
November 22nd, 2009 on 6:49 am
Woohooo!!! That is the most fantastic news!! Well done guys – you all were without a doubt the most incredible landcrew there, and this Tea Bag Award is well deserved!

Megan
Ned
November 22nd, 2009 on 7:34 am
Tea bag? Should be the Rat Bag Award!

Couldn’t go to a nicer bunch of blokes. Hope you had a great night with plenty of cheer and exaggerated stories.
Dazzler
November 22nd, 2009 on 5:39 pm
We came.
We ate.(and had coffee)
We did feck all.
We ate.(and had coffee)
We rested.
We ate.(and had coffee)
We drove.
We ate. (and had coffee)
We pushed the fat bugger back into the river – get paddling fatty.
We ate. (and had coffee)
Grummet snored.
We ate. (and had coffee)

And we kicked arse!
Roll on the land crew!!
Dunks
November 25th, 2009 on 7:29 am
Congrats to the crew. I certainly enjoyed the twitter coverage via iReckon. Much deserved award by all accounts.