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Results for Race 6 of the Winter Series 2013 – 8 Sep

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Another great turn out, and a big thanks to all supporters, volunteers and of course paddlers. The series was brought to you by Tanya and Jörn Scherzer, Turi and Pania Hodges, Chris Fox, Sharlene and Chester Burt. The forecast was patchy but the weather turned out to be a stunner. Lots of sun, with a stiff breeze, but a very strong tide.

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The course today started at Mana, to Browns Bay, back to Mana and around a turn buoy, on to Onepoto and around a marker there, and back to Mana for an on-the-beach finish run to the flag. The distance was about 10km. Our SUP brothers and sisters did the first half of the course to Browns Bay and back.

Photos are available for free download at http://wellypaddlers.blogspot.co.nz/. Click to enlarge the embedded photo above.

A big thank you to Dave Annear from Fergs Kayaks for again supporting the series. Contrary to some urban myths, Fergs Kayaks caters for all paddling needs, including surfski, kayaking, outrigging and SUP, so check them out next time you are in town (Queens Wharf). We had a great selection of spot prizes, and it turns out that every one of the paddlers present at the prizegiving got a prize. The total value of the prizes exceeded $2000.

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Below the results for today’s race.

Race # Name Type Time Placing
1 Jörn Scherzer W1 00:58:20 1
29 Lawrence Hynes W1 01:00:56 2
21 Neil O’Bryan W1 01:03:47 3
25 James Sadler W1 01:04:17 4
32 Chris Mike W1 01:04:18 5
15 Karl Timu W1 01:06:05 6
35 Pa Taikato W1 01:06:17 7
2 Sefo Misky W1 01:06:33 8
30 Riki Rupapere W1 01:06:53 9
23 Piki Emery W1 01:09:28 10
34 Terry Gardner W1 01:10:38 11
31 Richard Robbins W1 01:11:17 12
37 Royce Gray W1 01:15:08 14
20 Raewyn O’Bryan W1 01:15:30 13
33 Chris Maika W1 DNF 15
11 PCKC W6 00:58:42 1
14 Hikoikoi W6 00:59:40 2
16 Hawaikinui W6 01:04:01 3
18 Mike Taite Surfski/Kayak 00:54:01 1
36 Chester Burt Surfski/Kayak 00:54:12 2
22 Andrew Cary Surfski/Kayak 00:58:11 3
10 Brian Grace Surfski/Kayak 00:58:12 4
12 David McKnight Surfski/Kayak 01:01:09 5
26 Eric Barber Surfski/Kayak 01:01:56 6
17 Sandy Winterton Surfski/Kayak 01:03:47 7
19 Pete Notman Surfski/Kayak 01:06:51 8
7 Jeremy Stephenson SUP 00:38:28 1
8 Felipe Dos Santos SUP 00:38:49 2
6 Hans Wannemacher SUP 00:40:01 3
3 Rob Collins SUP 00:40:19 4
5 Brodie MacGregor SUP 00:43:22 5
27 John Ryles SUP 00:43:37 6
9 John Toomath SUP 00:44:36 7
13 Karl Lequesne SUP 00:45:23 8
24 Chase Quinn SUP 00:45:32 9
4 Stu Hiddleston SUP 00:46:29 9
28 Chris Brown SUP 00:46:58 10

Race 4 – Onepoto – Results WP Winter Series

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Big Thanks to the PCKC team for hosting the event today Pania, Turi and John Hodges. The 10 km course was a relatively straight forward course for the sit down paddlers and headed under the bridges into the Pauatahanui Inlet to the Browns Bay buoy and back.

The SUP course headed along the relative shelter of the Whitireia Park Hillside before the SUP paddlers were challenged by both wind and tide heading out the channel to the last green marker post where the Men did 6 km with the women turning earlier to complete a distance of 4 km.

Event FIVE is on August 18 and will be hosted by Chris Fox and the Hikoikoi Club at Petone. 
W6 Mens 10km
44:30 PCKC Men

Surf ski/kayak 10km
 49:07 Mike Tate
49:19 Chester Burt
51:21 Andrew Carey
53:05 Paddy Urlich
53:08 Dave Ryde
56:36 Dave McKnight
56:41 Sandy Winterton
57:10 Iain Gillies
58:43 Pete Notman
60:07 Graham Daniel
DNF Harry Wingar

W1 Men 10km
 51:50 Paddy Rimene
55:50 Neil O’Brien
56:20 Piki Emery
57:11 Chris Mike
57:25 Rick Ruparere
58:28 Sefo Misky
58:57 George Fa’alogo
62:11 Terry Gardiner
70:30 Willie Kappely

W1 Women 10km
 56:16 Marianna Hodges
63:27 Chris Fox
64:04 Deb Blake
64:37 Raewyn Anderson
65:37 Selena Katene
66:52 Paula Napier
75:48 Alana Joe

W6 Junior Girls 10 km
 66:16 PCKC Junior Girls

SUP Men 6 km
48:49 Rob Collins
48:49 Hans Wannemacher
50:15 John Toomath
54:44 Chris Brown
54:55 Brodie McGregor
56:07 Karl LeQuesne
61:12 Joe Konlechner
66:30 Aaron Boslem
78:04 Alex Dean
83:27 Karl Wannemacher

 SUP Women 4 km
 56:44 Lei Faletolu
56:47 Sharlene Winiata

Results for Winter Series Race 2, 16 June at Ngati Toa domain

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One of the biggest ones yet! A great crowd today with over 50 entries: 19 W1, 12 Skis/Kayaks, 17 SUP and 1 W6. A big thank you to everyone that supported this event.

We experienced some interesting and somewhat rare conditions today, with little wind but a decent groundswell resulting in some breaking surf at the bar in Plimmerton.

Today’s race saw a course set from Mana to Tokaapapa Reef and back, with one lap for the SUP and two laps for all others.The expectation was that the surf would settle down relatively quickly given that the tide turned 1.5 hrs before the race start. However, as the crowd made its a way out of the Mana channel, the surf was still up by quite a bit (with the odd set rolling through), which made it challenging for less experienced paddlers and those with less suitable craft (despite there being almost no wind). A number of people retired early.  (In the results DNF also indicates those that assisted in rescues – a big thank you.)

Many will have loved today’s condition, but we acknowledge some concerns from less experienced paddlers and those with craft less suitable for surf conditions. We acknowledge your feedback. In the future, where conditions require it, we may set two courses to suit different craft and abilities.

At the same time we would like to remind people of their responsibilities also. This includes carrying a life jacket (and other relevant equipment such as bailers for outriggers) and having the ability to self-rescue or to be able to roll. Moreover, each person needs to assess his/her own ability. In some cases this may mean pulling out in light of the conditions.

Note also that everyone must have a life jacket! Click here for more details.

Click here to download the results.

Note that we also tested a race tracking system at today’s race. This turned out to be a little challenging with an unreliable internet connection at HQ. Out of 5 people that wanted to take part, we were able to track 3 (the others may have had their apps turned off but we will work on sorting this out for the next race). Click here to check out the race.

If you like to take part next time, follow the following instructions: How-to-share-my-tracker-with-my-club: boat-owner-instructions

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The next series event will be on 7 July, to be held either in Wellington or Petone, to be confirmed. The location of the race means that the course is unlikely to include any surf, although there is unlikely to be a shortage of wind.

See you on the water…

Hoe Tonga paddlers with fantastic results at the Aotearoa Aito, 16 March

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A number of Hoe Tonga paddlers achieved fantastic results at the 5th Air Tahiti Nui Aotearoa Aito Race in Auckland last weekend!
Please follow the link to the results and photos on the Aito website: http://www.aotearoaaito.com/.
Some photos are available on facebook, click here.
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The division winners will be travelling to Tahiti to compete in Te Aito on 19/20 July, compliments of Air Tahiti Nui.

A monster swell to remember: Photos and results for Bo Herbert race

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This year’s Bo Herbert Race at Tutukaka (Whangarei) was an absolute cracker, with a monster swell and broken canoes, click here to get an impression and check out some photos.

Results and a short write-up are available at http://www.wakaama.co.nz/stories/read/1003230.

Congratulations to Mereana Hodges (3rd in Open Woman) and Jörn Scherzer (3rd in Open Men) from the Hoe Tonga region, who travelled all the way from Wellington to Whangarei to attend this first class event.

Results Regional Secondary Schools Waka ama Sprint Champs

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Kia ora koutou

Official Results – 2013 RSS Waka ama Sprint Champs
Link to photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hoetonga/show/

A fantastic weekend for our Secondary School students, teachers, coaches, managers and supporters. Weather delayed the start of racing by an hour and the strong southerly continued throughout the day making conditions extremely challenging for teams. W1 races were cancelled due to weather however the day went well with some 50 races to give the students plenty of practice and a chance to put in place and refine their race strategies.

A few new schools participated this year showing a growth in waka ama and our novice steerers got to experience some waka surfing which will certainly add to their kete of knowledge.

Thanks to all the volunteers who helped out this weekend in particular the waka ama clubs who provided waka (W6) and paddled them over to the venue. Along with key volunteers who regularly give their support to run events, parents and spectators supporting their schools provided some relief. To fully understand this sport getting involved on race day really gives you an insight and provides a connection to the waka ama experience.

Best wishes and safe travels to all those representing their schools at National Waka ama Sprints in  Rotorua 19-22 March 2013!

Nga mihi nui
Chris Fox on behalf of RSS Organising Committee