Hikoikoi Waka ama invite paddlers and teams to challenge others (8-10) at our major fundraiser for 2014. To enter teams contact: hikoikoiwakaama@gmail.com Tickets $10pp Food and drinks available for purchase. Spot prizes and auctions
Come on and register your team today
Without volunteers and support personnel successful waka ama events can not be held. On Saturday 8 March the Regional Secondary School waka ama sprints were held at Onepoto, Porirua. This year, 47 teams were registered. A record. A BIG THANK YOU to all the volunteers who gave so much of their time and effort to enable this to be the best Secondary School Sprints yet.
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.
Final Lane Draw 2014 RSS
Race Schedule RSS 2014
The lane draw and race schedule is now available for our Regional Secondary Schools Waka ama Sprint Championships being held on Saturday 8 March 2014.
The weather looks favourable however should this event not go ahead due to weather notices will be posted on this site by 7am Saturday 8 March.
We have a record number of teams entered this year and look forward to an exciting days racing.
Welly Paddlers – check out dates and events
www.wellypaddlers.blogspot.co.nz/2014/02/stand-out-in-crowd.html
Event information pack & panui is now available.
2014 Wellington Secondary Schools – Waka ama
RSS Panui 2014
Hoe Tonga is once again gearing up for another spectacular event at Porirua showcasing waka ama and the potential this sport offers our youth to not only participate but gain life skills. Leadership, teamwork, commitment and confidence through individual performance is what we are looking to install in the next generation of paddlers.
Date: Saturday 8 March 2014
Postponement Date: Saturday 15 March 2014
250m & 500m Sprint Races
Time: Registration 8.30 (racing @9am – 5pm)
Email: hoetonga@gmail.com
Race Director: Pania Tahau-Hodges
Organising Committee: Gaylene Sciascia, Chris Fox, Kiri Smith, Pania Tahau-Hodges
Entries are made by all Sport Coordinators at the respective Colleges and High Schools. If you need clarification on entry please contact:
Dave Mackenzie | Sport Manager
College Sport Wellington – proudly sponsored by The Dominion Post
( 04 939 1106 | 021 380 849 | * dave@collegesport.org.nz
– PO Box 26 042, Wellington 6442 | Level 2, 113 Adelaide Road, Newtown, Wellington
Well, what a race: six leagues, six-mans, ocean racing, iron-man, downwind. Following a night of rain and almost no wind, by the time the race got under way, paddlers experienced fantastic surf race conditions, with a 15-20 knot Southerly/Southeasterly making it a great ride from Mana to Paraparaumu. It was not for the inexperienced though, the conditions were challenging, and unfortunately one team was unable to finish.
http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=140556
The full course distance was 37km. It included going around Mana Island (with teams pumping into the Southerly for a 5km section, but some teams were joined by a pod of dolphins on the way, so it was worth it), but once they had moved around the Southern tip of Mana Island (with one team getting all cuddly with a submerged rock), it was a straight line 30km downwind all the way to Kapiti.
In the women’s division it was a tight battle nearly all the way, with all three teams finishing within 10min of each other, with the local Team Mura Va’ine from Porirua Canoe Kayak Club taking the honours just ahead of Team Malolo from Motueka Waka Ama Club.
In the men’s division, it was a hard battle for most of the way between Team Bhutty Bros from Hei Matau Paddlers (taking an inside line) and Team Jäger from Wairarapa Waka Ama (taking and outside line), with Team Bhutty Bros coming out on top and winning the inaugural event.
Missed the action? Check out the photos above (all can be downloaded in full size via flickr), and you can also replay the race at http://www.yacht-bot.com/races/5038. We tracked 6 of the 8 teams (the women started 15min before the men), and you will notice the different lines that teams took between Mana Island and Kapiti. Whereas the teams that hung out further would have got a bit more of a push through the Cook Straight tidal stream, they also had to battle more choppy Southeasterly conditions, so there were some tradeoffs.
A big thank you to our boaties, the Mana Coast Guard, and all the other numerous helpers and shuttle drivers!
If you have any feedback on the event, please let us know at mana.ocean.challenge@gmail.com. We hope to see you all back here next year.
Results
| Bhutty Bros | Hei Matau Paddlers | Premier M | 02:58:13 |
| Jäger | Wairarapa Waka Ama | Premier M | 03:01:30 |
| le Ko Ko! | Porirua Canoe Kayak Club | Premier M | 03:24.24 |
| Little Bit Tipi | Toa Waka Ama | Master M | 03:26:39 |
| Te Rangihaeata | Toa Waka Ama | Premier M | DNF |
| Mura Va’ine | Porirua Canoe Kayak Club | Premier W | 03:59:41 |
| Malolo | Motueka Waka Ama Club | Master W | 04:01:38 |
| Taimania | Porirua Canoe Kayak Club | Master W | 04:10:14 |
A big thank you to all our sponsors, we had some fantastic spot prizes at the after-function.
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Questions? Email mana.ocean.challenge@gmail.com or call 021-1250997.
Check out our sponsors’ websites!
Volunteers are needed to assist with this event.
Regional Secondary Schools Waka Ama regatta
Saturday 8 March ( postponement date 15 March)
Onepoto, , Porirua.
If you are able to assist at this event please email
hoetonga@gmail.com
thank you.
This programme will teach you skills around Waka Ama, including paddling, coaching and team work. You will also complete the Day skippers and VHF certificate. The programme encourages lifelong learning and development which is taught in a supportive safe and positive environment. You will complete a Level 1 coaching unit which you can use across other sporting arenas.
Information evenings will be held at TWOA Campus Porirua 6pm – 7.30pm
Wed 29 January
Wed 5 February
Wed 12 February
Wed 19 February.
For more information please contact;Ivy-Lee Topia on 04 237 7166- 027 5699963 or email ivy-lee.topia@twoa.ac.nz
Hoe Tonga Pacifica Waka Ama Association 