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Cold Kiwi Series 2015

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18 days and counting till Event ONE of the Series.

Just a quick brief.
There are 6 events.
Distances 8 km or 4 km.
Open to kayaks, surf skis, waka ama and stand ups
This is a winter series so we are keeping all the events based in sheltered areas (to keep as warm as possible) with courses running around the shorelines.
We always aim to share the series evenly across the greater Wellington Area.
The first event will be held out in the Porirua Area. 
 
Please check www.wellypaddlers.blogspot.co.nz 24 hours before each event to see the venue announcement.
We will post updates on our site 6 days out from each event and update every 2 days so you’ll see what the weather and likely venue we’re aiming for.
You can also view a range of quick snip its on the Welly Paddlers Facebook page….it’s an open page so you don’t have to be a log on user to view it.
Venues:
Porirua City
Onepoto, Dolly Vardon Park
Petone / Hutt City
The Giant Oars or Sladden Park
Days Bay
Wellington  City
Hataitai Beach or Oriental Bay
Shelly Bay
Everyone entering must read the event flyer attached
 
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If you’re over in the Wairarapa Paddy Rimene is also running a Winter Series on Henley Lake  dates are:
May 10 – June 7 – July 5 – Aug 9 – Aug 30
027 237 9696
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Mana Kayak Racing Club are also holding one of the CRNZ 10 km Series events on…… July 19
Matt Warren is the Organiser 0274 757 323 manakayakracing@gmail.com
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regards,
Chester 022 6455 820 or  04 976 1795
Sharlene 0274 581 005

 

 

Cold Kiwi Series 2015 flyer (1)

OC1 Outrigger/Waka – Hurricane – $2500 ono – SOLD

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Very good condition, the odd scuff mark here and there.

Have owned for 4 years but it’s not had a lot of use. Selling for that very reason. Purchased from paddling friend, who’s the only other owner. The canoe is roughly a 2008 model.

Great waka, still one of the most popular race canoes. Catches bumps easy. Light weight – approx 13 kgs.

 

Contact:  Shane Brooking – 0275 310 138

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PCKC ‘S PLANNING TOOLS

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Tēnā koutou e ngā pou herenga waka o Hoe Tonga

It was wonderful to attend the coaching clinic run by Corrina Gage on the weekend with so many of our Hoe Tonga clubs. Corrina was awesome and very giving with her knowledge and we definitely got lots out of it. We appreciated the great networking opportunity it provided for our local Hoe Tonga clubs, and were rapt to see that there is a definite interest in our clubs having more opportunities to share ideas and tools with each other to support one another.

So as promised at the coaching clinic, here are some of the planning tools we’ve developed at PCKC that we thought some clubs may be interested in having a look at:

  • our 4xCOMMS planning template that we mentioned at the hui
  • our crew selection policy (just because it’s mentioned in the 4xCOMMS template); and
  • our novice programme plan 2015 (please note: this was a document presented to our PCKC Committee for endorsement of our novice programme this year). I’ve attached this because we have been asked by a couple of local clubs about our approach to getting a novice programme off the ground, and this paper pretty much sums up our learning from the last three years of running a novice programme (i.e. stuff that we’ve learnt through making mistakes!).

We hope that these may be of use to other clubs in our region. We’re not saying that these are particularly awesome or anything like that. These are just what we have used and have found helpful for us in the last couple of years. We’re happy for other clubs to use these templates as they wish and change them as required to suit their own purposes. We are always keen to learn from other clubs too, so if any other clubs would like to share any tools or resources that they developed or found useful, we would love to know about them.

Wishing you all well out on the water.

Ngā mihi,

Pania Tahau-Hodges

Porirua Canoe Kayak Club (PCKC)

PCKC 4 X COMMS Hui template

Novice Programme Plan 2015_27Feb15

PCKC Selection Policy Revised sept14

Waka Ama NZ Coaching Course – Hoe Tonga

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For the past 12 months Waka Ama NZ has been developing a national coaching accreditation.
The national coach framework is made up of four coaching levels
  • Foundation coach
  • Development coach
  • Performance coach
  • and High performance coach
These four coach levels will aid the development of all paddlers and coaches from novice through to elite. Please click here to view the Waka Ama NZ Development Plan and Coaching Framework
We are very excited to be rolling out the first of our Foundation coach modules on the 18th April in the Hoe Tonga region
Venue: Hikoikoi Waka ama Club
24 Marine Parade
Petone
Delivered by: Corrina Gage
Time: 8.30am – 5pm
Need to bring: BYO lunch – Coffee and tea provided.
Cost:
$35 (affiliated member of Waka Ama NZ)
$60 (non affiliated)

Contact Details

Name: Conan Herbert
Online Entries: Registration

Attachments

  1. Waka Ama NZ Coaching Course.pdf
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For further information

 

Porirua Grand Traverse Event

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Welly Paddlers is running the “Water Management” for the PGT.
We’ve had to make a call not to include W6 in this years event due to the extremely low tide we have for this years event, with so many big craft against smaller kayaks in the narrow channels on the out and back course, it simply won’t work as well as we’d like.
W1’s and W2’s will be catered for….and some clubs may be able to loan or hire W2 craft if they are not using them.
It may provide an opportunity for an experienced paddler to paddle with a novice paddlers around the 10 km course in a W2 ?
Next year the event will likely be on a full high tide and we’ll have full inclusion of the big W6 Waka or even W 12 and will also include a shorter across the harbour dash from Onepoto to Whitreia……..for novice paddlers or even those in for a quick sprint.
Thank you to everyone who’s expressed enthusiasm to enter a W6 this year……we’ll be much better positioned next year, to give everyone the course and experience they will appreciate and enjoy being a part of.
See you all at the Tai Tonga 41 Marathon in Evans Bay on April 26.
Chester
Welly Paddlers