Thank you for your patience while we work through the W1 entries for our region. These are now available to view on the WANZ event page – 2026 Sprint Nationals – Waka Ama NZ.

The final results from all W6 & W1 races of the 2025 Hoe Tonga Regional Sprint Championships are linked below

2025 Regional Sprints Results – All Days

To view all Hoe Tonga W1 500m & 250m Dash Quota rankings for the 2026 Sprint Nationals (this includes ALL divisions ranging from Intermediate right through to M80), see the link below:

W1 Quota Rankings – 2026 Sprint Nationals

If your club members have made the Quota but are unable to attend the 2026 Sprint Nationals, please inform us asap at hoetonga@gmail.com so we can offer this place to those on the waitlist. 

The following quota spots were unfilled at the recent Hoe Tonga Regionals due to no entries being received or ineligible paddlers. Therefore, we are requesting nominations from clubs to fill these spots. The age divisions available are:

• J19 Men 
• J19 Women
• Open 23 Men 
• Open 23 Women
• Premier Men 
• Premier Women 
• Senior Master Women
• Golden Master Men  
• Master Men 70
• Master Women 70
• Master Men 75
• Master Women 75 
• Master Men 80
• Master Women 80  

All nominations must be received by midnight, Monday 15th December for the Board to consider selection.

Further to this, we have not received any Adaptive paddler entries for Nationals. If your club has any Adaptive paddlers who would like to compete, please send us their name and intended race/s so we can add them to the region’s entries. 

If you have any pātai, tēnā whakamōhio mai.

Ngā mihi nui