Click here to download today’s results.

Thanks to all the paddlers that participated in the second race of the Welly Winter Series 2012 on what was a blustery day on Porirua Harbour. Great to see the standup paddlers out there on the water – look forward to seeing you guys at the next race! A special thanks to those paddlers that generously gave koha to support our PCKC paddlers who have been selected to represent NZ in Canada in August at the World Waka Ama Sprint Championships. Your warm support is greatly appreciated.

The next race in the series will be held on Sunday 24 June here in Porirua at  Onepoto again. Registrations will open at 9.15am with a race start at 10.00am. Hope to see you all there!

A great turnout for the first race. The weather was rather mixed, a bit of everything, sun, rain and plenty of wind.

The course included two laps on a Ngati Toa domain to Browns Bay course, about 10km.

For the full photo show, click here.

Here the results:

SS= Surfski/Multisport/Kayak
OC= Outrigger

For more details on upcoming races of the series, click here.

See you next time, on 3 June at Onepoto.

Fantastic conditions and some tight racing made it an exciting LDN 2012. Only 5 seconds separated the 1st and 2nd place in the W6 Men race. The women had to battle some challenging conditions on Saturday, with a couple of capsizes as well.

In the W1 race on Sunday, the last 500m coming up the channel proved decisive in a number of cases depending on what paddlers took, due to the strong outgoing tide.

Hoe Tonga and Waka Ama NZ would like to thank all paddlers, volunteers, supporters and sponsors who made the LDN 2012 a great success. A special thanks to Chris Fox who led the organisation of the event for Hoe Tonga.

Click here to download the race results.

While we have your attention, Hoe Tonga and Waka Ama NZ are keen to hear your feedback about this event. Click here to fill in a short survey (now closed). If you have any other feedback, please contact us at hoetonga@gmail.com.

We would love to welcome you all again at any of our upcoming events, for details please go to http://www.wakaama.co.nz or www.hoetonga.co.nz.

Photography thanks to Michael Martin. Please note that photos are for personal and non-profit use only (copyright applies). (You can also download the full size quality photos.) There are some more photos to come from the prize giving and the races on Sunday, keep an eye out over the next three weeks.

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What a stunner! Hoe Tonga couldn’t have had a better day for the Wellington Secondary Schools Waka Ama Championships. Please find attached the results of the Championship Finals for all divisions W1 250m/W6 500m and W6 250m.

College Sport Wellington will be in touch with all those Schools whose teams won their respective divisions to arrange medal presentations.  As Race Director and on behalf of our organising committee I wish to thank you for your patience, contribution and participation and wish teams well at the Nationals Secondary School Championships in Rotorua 27-30 March 2012.

A special acknowledgement goes to those coaches, managers and clubs who continue to provide this opportunity for our rangatahi by contributing their time, energy and valuable resources and to our tauira that gave us some fantastic racing.

Thanks to our many volunteers including (apologies if I have missed anyone):
Marinna Millanta-Lowrey
Paula Dixon
Alaena Dixon
Roimata Tauroa – did I mention Recipient Sport Wellington Volunteer of the Month:)
Doug Omeri
Turi & John Hodges
Titahi Bay Boat Club
Laurence Hynes
Chris Parata
Willis Katene – Whitireia Community Polytechnic
Karena Efaraimo/Marama Butler and Kalani Butler-Hare
Daniel and Keith Paenga
Holden Hohaia

Nga mihi nui, Chris Fox

Takapuna Beach Cup 2012 from Ocean Sports Media on Vimeo.

Results are available at www.takapunabeachcup.co.nz.

Click here to see the list of quota places and current rankings, as at 12 Dec

If you have any questions, please first consult the Nationals 2012 qualifying policy, as per this year’s W1 race info package (click here to access).

If you still have questions, contact hoetonga@gmail.com.

Very good conditions today, again a big thank you to all volunteers, and thanks to the New Zealand Police for the use of the caravan, Whitby Estates for the use of the marquee, and Te Wananga Maori for the use of chairs and tables.

Click here to download the full results.

The quota table will be out in the next two days, but you should be able to establish from the race results whether you made the quota or not. Where there are 5 or fewer quota places, the placings in the champ final determine the ranking. Where there are more than 5 quota places, placings in the plate final or times in the heats will be used to determine additional rankings.

Where people withdrew or did not show, these will go on the waiting list if all quota places are filled. Where quota places are available, those on the waiting list will automatically fill any available spots.

If you do not intend to race W1 at Nationals and you are on the quota, please let us know asap at hoetonga@gmail.com

Before you go, we would appreciate approximately 5 min of your time to answer a few questions about the W1 and W6 Sprints 2011.

Click here to take the survey!

Many thanks
Hoe Tonga

Click here to download the full results.

A huge thank you to all those who volunteered at this year’s Regional W6 Sprints. Some new faces helped support those who have supported the region at many of the events over the year.

With the 2012 New Zealand Post National Long Distance Championships to be held in Hoe Tonga in April 2012 it is a good time to start learning what the different roles involve and volunteer time is always appreciated in non-profit organisations such as ours.

Jörn Scherzer – Race Director/ Marinna Millanta-Lowrey – Finish Line/Karmen Wallace – pre load/Selena Katene and Ronnie Thomas – Registration/Matt Archer & John Hodges – support boats/Daniel Haenga on the microphone…. awesome work.

Ron Sederal, Paula Dixon, Chris Manson and the team from Wanganui – thanks for your time and effort. To all the others that helped on the day….. our rangatahi and parents what an awesome effort and fantastic day.

Also a big thank you to the New Zealand Police for the use of their caravan (finish/results) and to Whitby Estates for the use of their large marquee (registration). In addition to this thanks to Te Wananga o Aotearoa for the tables and chairs………awesome.

Please let us know if you are able to help out again at the W1 event on Saturday 10 December by emailing hoetonga@gmail.com

Organising Committee
Chris Fox, Jörn Scherzer and Chris Manson