Looking forward to an awesome race this weekend. Could be a bit wet this weekend so reminder to have the appropriate attire/gear. Love a race in those conditions. 🙂

click Race pānui

Let us know at @ hoetonga@gmail.com if you have any questions

Get ready for this year’s Hoe Tonga Paddler Series 2023, designed to attract new paddlers to our sport, and to enable paddlers and teams to race during the winter season. The Series is overseen by Hoe Tonga, but each individual race is hosted and organised by member clubs or event organisers. 

Please note that race details are subject to change. Please keep an eye on updates regarding any of the races.

Race 1 (Host: Hawaikinui):  20 May (Sat), Ngati Toa Domain

• Contact: Mike Oxnam; 021 031 8072; hawaikinui2@gmail.com
• Waiver Form
• Safety Checklist
• Entries by Event
• Entries by Club

Other Paddler series races will be uploaded very shortly

What a beautiful day it was. The water was glistering, the ducks were singing and the waka were flying. Officially our biggest secondary schools event ever!! Wooohoooo!!! That is Massive!! Well done everyone

We want to take this time to thank David Fa’atafa at College Sport Wellington for working with all the College’s in our Hoe Tonga region. Also to Te Wānanga o Aotearoa and Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Wairarapa for the usage of your waka. To all of the whānau that volunteered your time out on the loading bay or anywhere else, thank you so much. Lastly Wairarapa Waka Ama club, thank you very much for hosting us and to our Hoe Tonga Board team for putting on an awesome event as always.

Congratulations goes out to Cullinane College for winning the Hoe Tonga Spirit Award and Manukura winning our school Excellence award. Kei runga noa atu koutou.

All the best for Nationals!!

• Results
• Medalists

One more sleep e te whānau. Awesome to see so many of our schools racing this year. Rawe tātou. Attached are the updated Lane Draw, Race Schedule, a Pānui and also the team waiver form, if you haven’t filled one out already.

Hoe Tonga ki te hoe!!!

• Lane Draw
• Pānui – must read
• Race Schedule
• Waiver form

Summary

• Host: Hoe Tonga Pacifica Waka Ama Association
• Venue: Henley Lake, Masterton
• When: Saturday, 11 March 2023 (reserve day is 12 March)
• Divisions: J19, J16, Year 7/8
• Entries closed on Thursday 2 March 2023

Key information

• 2023 Information Pack
• Enter Now Entries

Note!

• There are no refunds for entries after the entry cut-off date where paddlers choose not to race or show up on race day (even if invoices have not yet been received, or schools have not yet settled relevant entry fees).
• Entries are to be done via each school (for secondary schools through the school sports coordinators; for intermediate schools directly with Hoe Tonga)
• We invite all teams to arrive at the venue no later than 8am. A race briefing is scheduled for 8.45am, and racing is scheduled to commence at 9am.
• W1 racing will commence before the W6 races. Note: Minimum W1 weight is now 14kg (previously 16kg)
• There will be a late fee if an entry is not completed by the deadline, or if the roster has not been completed on time ($15 per entry).
• There are no refunds or fee reductions for entries that withdraw after the entry deadline.
• Lane Draw and Race Schedule will be posted up closer to Race day.

Questions? Email hoetonga@gmail.com.

This event is brought to you by Hoe Tonga, College Sport Wellington & Te Wānaga o Aotearoa

And that’s it for another year at Henley Lake. A big thank you to all the volunteers that assisted in the delivery of the event in some shape or form, and Wairarapa Waka Ama Canoe Club for hosting the event. All results are available at https://hoetonga.wordpress.com/2022/09/25/hoe-tonga-sprint-regionals-2022/.

The selection for the Regional W12 at Nationals 2023 will be announced soon.

Congratulations to Ratana Paa Kahoi Trust, winners of this year’s Club Excellence Award AND the James Hapeta Club Spirit Award.

Well done to all our winners and participants and good luck for the Waka Ama Nationals 2023.

A revised draft schedule and draw for Regionals 2022 is now available at https://hoetonga.wordpress.com/2022/09/25/hoe-tonga-sprint-regionals-2022/.

Please check this carefully for your paddlers, as a number of divisions had to be combined. Relevant entries are marked with the division after the paddler’s name. 

Note that any withdrawals received since the entry close-off (Sunday 11 December) still incurs the full entry fee, as per the race information provided.

Ngā mihi o te wā ki ngā kaihoe o te takiwa nei 

INFORMATION ABOUT W1 QUOTA!!!! 

Compared with other years, Hoe Tonga have seen a reduced number of entries for the upcoming W1 Sprints Champs on Saturday 17 December. We want to encourage paddlers to fill each division’s W1 quota.

We want to ensure our clubs and paddlers are aware of the W1 Hoe Tonga policy and selection process for the National Waka Ama Sprint Championships. We encourage paddlers interested in attending Nationals, to read the selection process. 

Secondly – We have reopened the online entries until 11.59pm Sunday 11/12/22, to try encourage more of our clubs to enter more W1 paddlers. Kia kaha mai tātou

Heoi if you withdraw your entry after the closing time then you will be charge your entry fee

If there are any questions, please let us know.

Under the Resources tab, you will find the W1 Policy for the selection and qualification criteria for National Sprint Champs. PLEASE HAVE A READ!!

We can’t wait to see everyone smash it out on the race course in their W1’s heoi just a reminder that the registrations close tonight at 10pm.

Get in and register!!!

Any late entries will receive a late fee!!

Ngā mihi

What an awesome day of racing, well done to all our participating teams. Go to https://hoetonga.wordpress.com/2022/09/25/hoe-tonga-sprint-regionals-2022/ to view the results for today’s racing.