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Canoe Racing Committee Chairs

Outrigger formed its first Canoe Racing Committee in 1951, just after the Hawaiian Canoe Racing and Surfing Association was established to oversee canoe racing in the islands.  The Canoe Racing Committee is a subcommittee of the OCC Athletic Committee which is chaired by the Club Captain.  The Club Captain reports to the Coordinating Director who is a member of the Club’s Board of Directors.

The chair of the CRC has the responsibility for over-seeing the Club’s canoe racing program, including naming coaches, overseeing the equipment, managing the budget, registering the 400-plus paddlers, selecting Club representatives for the Oahu Hawaiian Canoe Racing Association, and putting on the Walter J. Macfarlane 4th of July Regatta and the Dad Center Memorial Long Distance Race.

For nearly the first 50 years of the Club’s existence, the job of Club Captain and overseeing all athletics went to George “Dad” Center.  Since there weren’t very many canoe races in those years, “Dad” and his team of Bob Fischer, Bill Capp, Duke Kahanamoku and others put on all the races, coaching, officiating, timing and keeping the canoes in good shape.  After the HCRSA was founded, canoe racing evolved to a different level, and more organization was needed at the Club level. At first the existing Canoe Committee oversaw the equipment and worked with the Head Coach to run the program. After the Club moved to its Diamond Head site in 1964 a Canoe Racing Committee was created with responsibility for equipment, coaches and all other aspects of the canoe racing program.

Members who have served as chairs of the Canoe Racing Committee over the years are:


CANOE COMMITTEE

1951 Bill Morris
1952 William Prange
1953 Jack Cross
1954 Jack Cross
1955 Jack Cross
1956 Jack Cross
1957 William Prange & Charles Schrader
1958 Kenneth Pratt
1959 Neal Ifversen
1960 Charles Martin
1961 Charles Martin
1962 Charles Martin
1963 Charles Martin

CANOE RACING COMMITTEE

1964 Nick Beck
1965 Nick Beck
1966 Mark Buck & Mike Holmes
1967 Mark Buck
1968 Gerald Ober
1969 Mark Buck
1970 Tim Guard
1971 Tim Guard
1972 Mark Buck
1976 Barry Hall
1973 Henry Ayau
1974 Tuck Siegfried
1975 Tuck Siegfried
1977 Jeff Kissel
1978 Jeff Kissel
1979 Bill Cook
1980 Stew Brissette
1981 Tom Conner
1982 Donny Mailer
1983 Jeff Kissel
1984 Kim Woolaway
1985 Darcy Ames
1986 Darcy Ames
1987 Marc Haine & Bonnie Judd
1988 Bonnie Judd
1989 Bonnie Judd
1990 Chris Kincaid
1991 Chris Kincaid & Steve Brown
1992 Terri Pynchon
1993 Jon Sutherland
1994 Todd Bradley
1995 Todd Bradley
1996 Tay Perry

1997 Paula Crabb
1998 David Buck
1999 Courtney Seto
2000 Courtney Seto
2001 Paula Crabb & Janna Arakaki
2002 Bret Chuckovich & Jennifer Thayer
2003 Courtney Seto
2004 Courtney Seto
2005 Jenifer Bossert & Byron Ho
2006 Jenifer Bossert & Byron Ho
2007 Jenifer Bossert
2008 Jenifer Bossert
2009 Stewart Kawakami
2010 Stewart Kawakami
2011 Stewart Kawakami
2012 Kulani Jones
2013 Alice Lunt & Michele St. John
2014 Keahi Pelayo
2015 Tom McTigue
2016 Tom McTigue
2017 Tom McTigue
2018 Tom McTigue
2019 Walter Guild
2020 Walter Guild
2021 Walter Guild
2022 Walter Guild

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