Fantastic effort in Calgary, I am sure you will all bring back many stories and experiences.
Special mention to Marama Elkington for her efforts in V1 500m, Mereana Hodges MW 500m V1.

It has been great catching up with results and live streaming so to all those participating in V6 500 & 1500m and paddlers who travelled and performed so well from Wellington, Porirua & Whanganui you are all winners.

Its going to be a great summer of paddling!

Invitation for schools and sports club to be part of the Porirua Student Sport Transition Project read more here..Letter PCC Student Transition Project

Background: A large number of school children between the ages of eleven (11) years old to eighteen (18) years old become inactive when moving from primary and intermediate schools to secondary school and onwards.  Unfortunately, there is no known data in Porirua to support this but national and regional data from national and regional sporting bodies, as well as the Ministry of Education suggests that many young people become less-active in sport or recreation when they reach these ages in their lives.

The Porirua Student Sport Transitions Project aims to increase sport and recreation participation by students at Primary,IntermediateSchoolsand Secondary School and including school leavers. This is new ground for Porirua City and it will need working closely with other stakeholders who’ll benefit from this project like Hoe Tonga’s Porirua based waka ama clubs and the regional body.

For further information please contact: Faalogo Vaai, Sports Development Officer, Porirua City Council fvaai@pcc.govt.nz, (04) 237 3833

kia ora waka ama whanau, it gives me great pleasure to introduce to you the “Paddle Pops”. The Paddle Pops are a new team of Senior Master Men paddlers whose goal it is to be competitive within their age bracket or at least work hard and have fun to get there. 

Congratulations and best wishes to all those representing Aotearoa and waka ama from Whanganui.

Well done and we look forward to viewing results and hearing about your experiences. Fantastic effort and support given for waka ama from W.E.H.E Trust who have facilitated coaching and supported this campaign.

To all those paddlers, volunteers and supporters from Hoe Tonga preparing to board their flights this week to the World Waka ama Sprint Championships in Calgary, we wish you all the best. May you enjoy this experience you have all worked and saved so hard for, good luck, safe travels. We look forward to updates on http://www.wakaama.co.nz over the next couple of weeks.

Hoe Tonga Pacifica Waka ama Association

PORIRUA SPORTS AWARDS 2012
CALLING FOR NOMINATIONS

The Porirua Community Trust are pleased to be hosting the Porirua Sports Awards on Thursday, 18 October 2012 at Te Rauparaha Arena

We note that you had club/organisation member/s who represented New Zealand during the period 1 September 2011 to 31 August 2012 who you may like to nominate for one of the awards listed below.

1. Young Sportsperson of the Year
(Open to a nominee under the age of 19 years at 31 August 2012)

2. Individual Sportsperson of the Year
(Open to a nominee who is 19 years or over at 31 August 2012)

3. Team of the Year
(A team means two or more persons)

4. Coach of the Year

5. Service to Sport in Porirua

NOTE: A nominee may not be nominated for both Categories 1 & 2

Nominations may be made by any Sporting Club/Organisation.

Nominees must be a playing member of a Club/Organisation or actively involved as a participant in a recognised sport while regularly residing at an address within the boundaries of the Porirua City Council during the period of the Awards, with the following exceptions.

o Team of the Year – a majority of its members must have resided regularly at an address within the specified boundaries mentioned during the period of the Awards;
o Coach of the Year – must coach a team based within the designated boundaries, but it is not necessary that the nominee reside within these boundaries; or
o be commonly acknowledged as a Porirua citizen although not regularly resident in the region due to the demands of their international career.

Two good quality photographs of the nominee/s are to be emailed to admin@mcgf.co.nz for use in publicity about the event.

Nominations must be on the standard nomination form attached 2012 Sports Awards Nomination Form

More forms are available from the offices of Porirua Community Trust, Unit 2, Bridgepoint Complex, 15 Marina View, Paremata; by phoning Lee Purcell (233 6230); or emailing Lee at admin@mcgf.co.nz

Closing date for nominations is 5.00pm on Friday, 14 September 2012

Lee Purcell
Secretary
Porirua Community Trust

Tel: 042336230

PO Box 50 779
PORIRUA 5240