to download, please follow the links below:

• Newsletter No.2
• Race Information and entry form

ENDS

Kia ora koutou,

Hoe Tonga Pacifica Waka Ama Association & College Sport Wellington is proud to announce that we will be running the regional secondary school sprints again this year.

All approached coaches will read in the information pack that we have tightened up on requirements this year based on last year’s event.

We would also like to hear from an experienced W6 team of adult paddlers to demonstrate a W6 capsizing drill to be performed before we get racing underway. Please email us, if your crew is interested. This would be a great koha to give our rangatahi by showing how a W6 safety drill is carried out on the water.

Please click here to download the race pack.

Details of race

• Venue: Porirua Harbour
• Date: Saturday 13^th March 2010.
• Postponement date: Sunday 14^th March 2010.
• Time: 8am – 4pm
• Category: W1 & W6
• Distance: Sprints
• Contact: Sub committee – wakainschools@gmail.com
• Hosted: HTPWAA & College Sport Wellington
• Open:   To Schools within HTPWAA’s area (Wellington, Upper & Lower Hutt, Wairarapa, Whanganui)

Raukawa Comerford

Waka In Schools – HTPWAA Sub committee

Notice is given that the annual New Zealand Police Association Waka Ama Champs will be held on 5 and 6 March in Porirua (Onepoto).

The event is opten to non Police crews on Saturday for the sprint racing. The organisers are expecting to cater for juniors although the form does not specify this. Please just mark in the ‘novice’ column if the team has junior status and flag this – in this way, provided there are enough entries, the organisers can run a junior category.

The key contacts are Jackie Mulligan and Mike Oxnam, as per info package.

Please click here to download detailed information and the registration form.

ENDS

Below are the scheduled races for the 2010 Wellington Series:
Jan 10 Hataitai Beach (7 km)
Jan 31 Ngatitoa Domain (7 km)
Feb 21 Petone Foreshore (Tory St) (8 km around Matiu Is)
Mar 14 Shelley Bay (10km Seatoun course)
Apr 4 Petone (Wellington Waterski Club (13km motorway course)
Apr 25 Ngatitoa Domain (15km ) plus short course option

The races are every 3 weeks as you can see and the distances build up to the Matariki race (15km to 20km) which should be at the end of May/early June 2010. Series brought to you by race organisers Chester Burt and Charlene Winiata – see website for more details and other events: http://www.surfski.co.nz/

The Regional W6 Series II will now run on Sunday, 13 December, the weather outlook is not great but in Northerly conditions it should be workable.

Important times on race day:

• 6.30am – Volunteers, officials and race committee meet at Onepoto Reserve (event set-up)
• 7.40am – Volunteer and officials briefing at the registration / information caravan
• 8.00am – Sign-in commences
• 8.30am – Karakia, race and safety briefing
• 8.40am to ~5pm – Racing

Click below to access the following information:

• race schedule
• lane draw

The race format will involve heats and finals . Progression to finals will be based only on times posted in the heats.

Please read the race information package so that you are aware of all relevant information, see relevant W6 (II) event notice on this website.

Please note that due to a large amount of entries, all those teams that want to race in a second division cannot be accomodated (due to a limited number of lanes and W6 available). For instance, a team wanting to race in J16 and J19 will only be allowed to race in J16. We apologise but unless this is done we will be racing until late at night. Moreover, some races have been combined (e.g. Senior Master Women are racing in Masters) to cut down on the number of individual races. Again, this is due to the limited number of lanes and W6.

HT W6 (II) Organising Committee

Due to adverse weather conditions, the event is postponed to Sunday, 13 December.  A further change may occur if the weather conditions do not improve.

The lane draw will now be released on Friday night. Please note that due to a large amount of entries, all those teams that want to race in a second division cannot be accomodated (due to a limited number of lanes and W6 available). For instance, a team wanting to race in J16 and J19 will only be allowed to race in J16. We apologise but unless this is done we will be racing until late at night. Moreover, some races will have to be combined (e.g. Senior Masters racing in Masters) to cut down on the number of individual races. Again, this is due to the limited number of lanes and W6.

Note that we are unable to respond to individual requests or queries at this time.

HT W6 (II) Organising Committee

Event: OC1 Regional Championship 2009 (includes selection for Nationals 2010)

Venue: Onepoto, Porirua Harbour

Date: Sat 5th Dec 2009

Postponement date: Sunday 6th December 2009

Distance: 500m

For detailed race information, please click here. Please ensure you read this information carefully, it has all the information you need to know.

For online entries, click here.

Contact Details
Name: Joern Scherzer (Note: away in Rarotonga between 20-29 Nov)
Email: joern.scherzer@gmail.com
Phone: 04-2359118 or 021-1250997

Alternative Contact Details
Name: Chris Fox
Email: chris.fox@vuw.ac.nz
Phone: 027-6515379

Update 1 (26 Oct): The race distance for midgets is 250m. Please ensure that midgets are reasonably experienced in the OC1.

Update 2 (26 Oct): As a minimum two entries are needed per division for the race to be run.

Update 3 (28 Oct): The event will be run in regatta format, involving heats, semi-finals and finals. The format will be very similar to what is done at Nationals. For clarification, the placings in the final of each division will determine the first 5 or 6 quota places (depending on lane numbers). Further quota places are allocated depending on the time posted in the semi-final (or heat if there is no semi-final).

Update 4 (7 Nov): Note that the race info package was updated on 7 Nov.