A huge thank you to everyone who attended our Secondary School Regional Waka Ama event this weekend. There was plenty of quality racing on display and we were pleased with the really positive vibe across the race site.

As our biggest Secondary event so far, there were some complications that happened during the day and I, Andy Hanara would like to sincerely apologise to those that were affected, we aim to do our very best we can for our paddlers and their schools. We appreciated the patience and understanding from everyone though.

We are very grateful to all the race day volunteers who gave their time and energy supporting the running of this event, without you all the day wouldn’t have been possible. It is not an easy job and we would love more help from our clubs in the future. We will do a better job to ask for assistance earlier next time.

Huge gratitude goes out to all the parents, coaches, teachers, managers and schools for your support of waka ama with your young people. We know it isn’t always easy getting the trainings, equipment and travel arranged and we really do appreciate your efforts.

Lastly, well done to all the competitors. We hope that you enjoyed the competition and look forward to seeing many of you again next year.

Congratulations to Manukura, third year in a row, winning the Excellence Award!!! and a huge well done to Wellington High School for taking home the School Sport Spirit Award.

All the best at the 2024 Secondary School Nationals.

Also please we would love to hear your feedback on the event, we can only learn and grow from it.

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