Thanks Spark10. It was my pleasure helping you or any teams out. However, just to clarify, I will never ditch the team I coach. They knew I was steering in the same race and I gave them the encourgement and support they need and deserve. They are a good group of begginers who have been lead by a great group of veteran paddlers. Even through adversity of being knocked out of the championship round by fractions of second, they rallied back in the consolation round and raced an awesome race.
So for all teams - at then end of the day, a coach can only coach up to a point. The rest is up to the team to execute. The team who best executes their plan - will win.
Congratulations to everyone

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