Hoe Tonga congratulates and wishes all of our Hoe Tonga Paddlers representing Aotearoa, New Zealand, good luck, good paddling and good results in the first World Distance Va’a Championships later this month.
Marama Elkington J19 Women W1, W6
Marianna Hodges Open Women W1, W6
Marianne Archer Open Women W6
Ducati Walford J19 Men W6
Joern Scherzer Open Men W6
Paddy Harding-Rimene Master Men W6
Turi Hodges Master Women Coach
What a kick off to this year’s Hoe Tonga Paddla Series. 24 teams competed on the day, in excellent racing conditions.
Click here to see the results for Race 1, including points collected so far.
Photos will be shared on facebook as soon as they are made available.
The squad will be staying at Mana College Marae – the Elkington Whanau will be hosting and catering for the squad.
If clubs, teams, or paddlers are interested to participate and attend can contact:
What a great day for all with a record number of entries for both W6 and W1 events. Congratulations to all place-getters, and thanks again for the great support. Click here to download the full results.
Photos are available on Hoe Tonga’s facebook page at www.facebook.com/hoetonga.
For the first time in 16 years we have over 100 secondary schools entered for the 2017 Te Wānanga o Aotearoa National Secondary School Waka Ama!! With still a few schools left to enter this year is set to be the biggest and best yet!! #secondarieswakaama2017
http://wakaama.co.nz/racecalendar/lookup/1247
for further information.
It is with disappointment that Hoe Tonga has to announce the cancellation of the Mana Super 6 Ocean Challenge 2017 (including a Cook Strait Crossing race course option as previously successfully tested).
We could have worked with as little as 6 teams, just as the Molokai Hoe once started with a handful of teams. But we had a smaller than expected number of formal intents to race from teams by the due date, coupled with the unexpected withdrawal of teams that had previously committed to racing, thereby leaving us no choice but to cancel.
We would like to thank those sponsors and supporters that stuck with us to get this event format to the start line, including but not limited to Goodmanns, NZCT, Trust House, support boaties, key clubs such as PCKC and Hikoikoi agreeing to make their canoes available to teams, and those putting in the planning yards.
Hoe Tonga
Check out this flyer to find out about a workshop run by Turi Hodges to build your skills around ocean paddling:
Click here to find out more: https://hoetonga.wordpress.com/2016/04/19/mana-super-6-ocean-challenge-2017/
Hoe Tonga Pacifica Waka Ama Association 