The results for the Namur SUP Race just dropped, and there was definitely a surprise. The 11km longdistance brought in racers from all over Europe and even one from over seas. Thanks to Deloitte who sponsored the event racers got an even better pay check as the winners took home € 1000.- in price money.
Starting with the surprise in the ladies category: Kimberly Barnes from the US. She beat one of Europe’s favorite, Duna Gordillo by 2 seconds which equate to roughly half a board length. This is particularly impressive as Kimberly is paddling in the master class and we do not remember when we saw a master winning over paddlers in the elite class last. In third we had the Italian Elite Junior Claudia Postiglione. In fourth place we had defending champion Petronalla van Malsen with a time of 1:11:18 which is actually 26 seconds faster than here 2023 time. In this sense it was quite a mixed podium of ages and for once it was Master Class paddler who took the gold. (It sure would have been interesting if we had Esperanze Barrers and some other top ladies in the mix there.)
| Place | Name | Time | Nat. | Type |
| 1 | Kimberly Barnes | 1:08:23 | USA | Elite Master |
| 2 | Duna Gordillo | 1:08:25 | ESP | Elite W |
| 3 | Claudia Postiglione | 1:09:18 | ITA | Elite Junior |
| 4 | Petronella Van Malsen | 1:11:18 | NED | Elite Master |
| 5 | Sveva sabato | 1:11:42 | ITA | U14 |
| 6 | Emma Freja Pedersen | 1:12:14 | DEN | Elite W |
| 7 | Lola Pelletier | 1:12:34 | ITA | Elite W |
| 8 | Andrea Forrer | 1:13:18 | SUI | Elite Kahuna |
| 9 | Diane Koornstra | 1:13:43 | NED | Elite Master |
| 10 | Loranne Vlemicx | 1:13:48 | BEL | U14 |
| 11 | Nathalie Van Olmen | 1:17:21 | BEL | Elite W |
| 12 | Preziosa Chiarelli | 1:21:33 | ITA | U14 |
| 13 | Liene Karale | 1:22:11 | BAL | Elite Master |
| 14 | Elin van der Sar | 1:23:11 | NED | U14 |
| 15 | Francesca Montanaro | 1:25:12 | ITA | U12 |
| 16 | Nicky Dowson | 1:30:32 | GBR | Elite Kahuna |
| 17 | Anne-Sophie Quennrsson | 1:31:23 | FRA | Elite W |
On the men side, Donato Freens defended his title with 3 seconds in the lead over Ethan Bry. Aaron Sanchez was in the mix as well as he was very close to Ethan missing silver only by one second. Two seconds behind that was Fernando Perez missing the podium. The last in the pack of 5 was Joep Van Bakel with a time of 1:01:21 than the gap grew significantly to over 10 minutes.
| Place | Name | Time | Nat | Type |
| 1 | Donato Freens | 1:01:12 | NED | Elite M |
| 2 | Ethan Bry | 1:01:15 | FRA | Elite M |
| 3 | Aaron Sanchez | 1:01:16 | ESP | Elite M |
| 4 | Fernando Perez | 1:01:18 | ESP | Elite M |
| 5 | Joep Van Bakel | 1:01:21 | NED | Elite M |
| 6 | Ole Schwarz | 1:11:45 | BRD | Elite M |
| 7 | Kjell De Bruyn | 1:12:45 | BRD | Elite M |
| 8 | Thomas Dusart | 1:12:54 | FRA | U16 |
| 9 | Ricardo Haverschmidt | 1:13:11 | FRA | Elite M |
| 10 | Benyam Bossack | 1:13:49 | BRD | U16 |
| 11 | Maximus Sijrier | 1:14:04 | NED | U16 |
| 12 | Greg Limelette | 1:14:24 | FRA | Elite M |
| 13 | Tomas Lelovits | 1:14:29 | SLO | Elite Master |
| 14 | Riccardo Postiglione | 1:16:11 | ITA | U16 |
| 15 | Cedric Fahlbusch | 1:16:18 | BRD | U18 |
| 16 | Serse Sabato | 1:17:18 | ISA | U14 |
| 17 | Linus Karlsson | 1:17:25 | SWE | Elite M |
| 18 | Reinder Ijmker | 1:17:32 | FRA | Elite Master |
| 19 | Peter MĂĽlhauser | 1:17:41 | SUI | Elite Kahuna |
| 20 | Ector Garcia Vargas | 1:25:03 | MEX | Elite M |
| 21 | Mattia Lubrano | 1:28:03 | ITA | U14 |
| 21 | Selwyn Pritchard | 1:28:23 | GBR | U14 |
| 22 | Paul Dowson | 1:28:25 | GBR | Elite Kahuna |
| 23 | Maxime Abrassart | 1:28:43 | FRA | Elite M |
| 24 | Edoardo Fineo | 1:32:11 | ITA | U16 |
| 25 | Louis Pierre | 1:33:13 | BEL | U16 |
| 26 | Mylo Van Bakel | 1:34:14 | NED | U12 |
| 26 | Steven Pierre | 1:34:18 | BRD | Elite Kahuna |
| 27 | Antonio Buonfrate | 1:35:17 | ITA | U14 |
| 28 | Olivier Decroly | 1:36:05 | FRA | Elite Kahuna |
| 29 | Yann Limelette | 1:37:05 | FRA | Amateur |
The Namur SUP Race has a rich history in the SUP Sport and for all of you who are interested we have the links here to some of the past races:
Results 2023 – Winners: Petronella van Malsen | Donato Freens
Results 2021 – Winners: Cecilia Pampinella | Bruno Hasulyo
Results 2019 – Winners: Petronella van Malsen | Claudio Nika
Results 2018 – Winners: Susak Molinero | Paul Ganse
Results 2017 – Winners: Petronella van Malsen | Bruno Hasulyo
Results 2014 – Winners: Angie Jackson | Jake Jensen