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TEAM_NAME .........................................................CATEGORY AES Holes ..................................................Military Open Men Buffalo Soliders V4.0 ...............................Military Open Men Jimmy Rum Runners ...............................Military Open Men Legends of 407 ..........................................Military Open Men Prairie Flyers .............................................Military Open Men ROTORHEADS...........................................Military Open Men Ladies of the 80s................................. Military Open Women 442 Trunk-monkeys .............................Military Masters Men What’s that smell?................................................... Open Men AFC............................................................................. Open Men April Nie .................................................................... Open Men Patrol Sweep ........................................................... Open Men Strathcona Domination.......................................... Open Men Systematic Chaos ................................................... Open Men Team Cona Hostel ................................................... Open Men The Lahar.................................................................. Open Men TruamaKazees ......................................................... Open Men Airport Tequila ......................................................... Open Men Barking Geckos ....................................................... Open Men

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Big Guts No Glory ................................................... Open Men Burning Beauties .................................................... Open Men Cape Stache............................................................. Open Men Centre for Sport & Exercise Education .............. Open Men Comox Fire Dawgs .................................................. Open Men Courtenay Ash Runners......................................... Open Men CSEE Students ......................................................... Open Men Flying Canoe Comox Valley Nissan ..................... Open Men French Toast Mafia................................................. Open Men Gateway Academy Arrows................................... Open Men Island Timberlands Lucky Loggers ...................... Open Men Kuppa Troopa........................................................... Open Men London Drugs........................................................... Open Men Lucky Lovers Meet the Funky Green Mota........ Open Men Madness ................................................................... Open Men Obliterate the Muffins!........................................... Open Men RCSU Beavers ......................................................... Open Men Smoking Gun ............................................................ Open Men So good we must have been juicin’ .................... Open Men Suited and Booted .................................................. Open Men Team JEDI................................................................. Open Men The Good, The Bad and The Ugly ........................ Open Men The Inflamed Joint .................................................. Open Men North Island Tanks .................................................. Open Men

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The Stantec Maniacs............................................. Open Men Trotters ...................................................................... Open Men Victori-ahhh ............................................................. Open Men Wacky waving inflatable arm flailing tube men .... Open Men Chateau Cona Babes ....................................... Open Women Crooked Cats...................................................... Open Women Daring Divas....................................................... Open Women Drop and Give Me 20! ...................................... Open Women Gold Gun Girls .................................................... Open Women Hill Killin’ Black Creek Bettys ......................... Open Women Leafy Green Cupcake....................................... Open Women Lunachicks ......................................................... Open Women Phantastic Phanny Pakk.................................. Open Women Riding Fool Hostel Beauties ............................ Open Women Strategic Lassies............................................... Open Women The Has Beens .................................................. Open Women Trolls .................................................................... Open Women Vic-Sins ............................................................... Open Women Waters Edge ...................................................... Open Women Well Endowed.................................................... Open Women Blue Toque Sports............................................. Open Women DiggitVictoria.com ............................................... Open Mixed Race Rats .............................................................. Open Mixed Rattan Plus: Sofa King Fast ................................ Open Mixed

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The Sloppy Seconds............................................ Open Mixed Waterline Surge ................................................... Open Mixed Waverley Warriors .............................................. Open Mixed Bad Batch.............................................................. Open Mixed Balls and Dolls ...................................................... Open Mixed BreatheLiveBe...................................................... Open Mixed CV Sport and Social Club ................................... Open Mixed Fat Kids Win At Teetor Totter ............................. Open Mixed Fit To Be Tied ......................................................... Open Mixed Fruitbooters ........................................................... Open Mixed Galactic Stantec Rambos................................... Open Mixed Gold River Grinders ............................................. Open Mixed Honey Badgers..................................................... Open Mixed IPF’n A-Team......................................................... Open Mixed Island Timberlands Spartans............................. Open Mixed Jaunty Jeggings................................................... Open Mixed Just for Fauna ....................................................... Open Mixed Justine Bieber and the stumbling Cumberlanders...Open Mixed Mainstream Canada............................................ Open Mixed Marshmallow Marmots ...................................... Open Mixed Mountain Mayhem .............................................. Open Mixed Muchimuck and the shazams ........................... Open Mixed O-Fish-Als .............................................................. Open Mixed Powell River T1 ..................................................... Open Mixed

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2013 TEAMS 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 119 120 121 122 123 124

Power Rangers..................................................... Open Mixed ROC ......................................................................... Open Mixed Snow White and the Seven Dwarves ..............Open Mixed Snowmotion .......................................................... Open Mixed Snurfs ..................................................................... Open Mixed Stantec Sidney Survivors ................................... Open Mixed Steady Betty.......................................................... Open Mixed Team Facial ........................................................... Open Mixed Team Fun! .............................................................. Open Mixed Team Sock Soirée ................................................ Open Mixed Team Victoriaous ................................................. Open Mixed The Lonely Welshman......................................... Open Mixed The Misfits............................................................. Open Mixed The Stomach Cramp Mafia ................................ Open Mixed This That and the Others .................................... Open Mixed Treemendous Bartlett ......................................... Open Mixed What’s My Sport Again?..................................... Open Mixed Wii Trained Hard .................................................. Open Mixed Know 2 Surf .........................................................Masters Men Relic ......................................................................Masters Men Saanich Hosers Eh ............................................Masters Men The Inflamed Joint .............................................Masters Men Tsolum Mobile ....................................................Masters Men A Pack of Friends ...............................................Masters Men

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125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 146 147 148 149 150 151

All Over.................................................................Masters Men Comox Bay Marina Gail Force ........................Masters Men KMA ......................................................................Masters Men Pedal Your World ...............................................Masters Men Reliable Autobody 86ers...................................Masters Men Ski Tak Hut Tsunami...........................................Masters Men Strathcona park lodge ......................................Masters Men The Denman Peloton.........................................Masters Men Trail Bicycles.......................................................Masters Men Tri Kinetics ...........................................................Masters Men Eatmore Sprouts & Greens ..............................Masters Men Frontrunners Foxxy Retro ...........................Masters Women Grind Girls ......................................................Masters Women Mean Mammas ............................................Masters Women Sno 2 Slurzzz .................................................Masters Women Team ELM Too! .............................................Masters Women Team ELM!.....................................................Masters Women Team WAVE...................................................Masters Women Agents of Anarchy ..........................................Masters Mixed BAVARIA ...........................................................Masters Mixed Beer Garden or Bust ..................................... Masters Mixed Blood Sweat & Beers .......................................... Masters Mixed Chix n’ Dix .............................................................. Masters Mixed Flotsam and Jetsam............................................. Masters Mixed

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hope we dont die .................................................. Masters Mixed Kick-Ass Log Traders........................................... Masters Mixed Law Sodds ............................................................. Masters Mixed Refried Freinds...................................................... Masters Mixed Saanich Hall Assers............................................. Masters Mixed Saltwater School .................................................. Masters Mixed Skiers Without Boarders .................................... Masters Mixed Substantial Completion ....................................... Masters Mixed Team Giverrrrr! ..................................................... Masters Mixed Trauma Junkies..................................................... Masters Mixed WTFL (Where’s The Finish Line?) ...................... Masters Mixed Yang......................................................................... Masters Mixed Yin ............................................................................ Masters Mixed Snow Problem..............................................Grand Masters Men Ace of Pace ..................................................Grand Masters Men Island Cycle ..................................................Grand Masters Men Island Timberlands Mountain Rats ..........Grand Masters Men P3 Paddlers Peddlers and Piddlers .........Grand Masters Men Raymond James Magnificent Nine .........Grand Masters Men Tombstones ..................................................Grand Masters Men Êtes-vous prêtes ?................................. Grand Masters Women Joy Riders ............................................... Grand Masters Women Ladies of the Valley ............................... Grand Masters Women Pedal Your Worl Optimists ................... Grand Masters Women

178 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 189 190 191 194 195 196 199 200 201 203 210 211

Women of Distinction ........................... Grand Masters Women Black Creakers .........................................Grand Masters Mixed Gold Rush ...................................................Grand Masters Mixed Just Desserts ............................................Grand Masters Mixed Parksville Panters ....................................Grand Masters Mixed RETREADS .................................................Grand Masters Mixed Swingin’ Speedsters................................Grand Masters Mixed Team BC Ferries: Coastal Spirits ...........Grand Masters Mixed Devils Wear Lycra ....................................Grand Masters Mixed CDMC MUTINEERS.......................Great Grand Masters Mixed Just Depends .................................Great Grand Masters Mixed Silverbullets ....................................Great Grand Masters Mixed Canadian Tire SUPERTIREDCANADIANS ..Missing Members Swift Thrifts Somewhat Adrift ......................Missing Members Watt?..................................................................Missing Members Comox Valley Adventurers .............Great Grand Masters Men Great Expectations...........................Great Grand Masters Men Grey Owls...........................................Great Grand Masters Men Formidable Femmes.....................Great Grand Masters Women Lean, mean, young grads of 2013 fighting machines!!! .Juniors Mixed The Casual Drop-Ins ..............................................Juniors Mixed

* Please note: All race numbers are unofficial as of the date of this publication and may change prior to race day.

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Alpine: Skier climbs from top of Whiskey Jack Chair to top of the Eagle Chair and then skis down a marked course to the base of Hawk Chair to the Nordic transition Nordic: Cross Country Skier skis through Paradise Meadow to the Snowshoer on Strathcona Parkway Snowshoe: Follows marked course to runner Runner: Runs mostly a gravel/Trail run to Mountain Bike exchange just off Parkway on Duncan Bay Main

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