Matariki Marathon 2011: Waka on the waterfront …

Thanks so much to all the paddlers, volunteers and race committee who participated in our 4th Matariki Marathon held in Wellington. A fantastic day was had by all 139 competitors. Race results are now available on the following link: Results 2011 Matariki Marathon Photos are now available at this link  http://www.flickr.com/photos/hoetonga/show/

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Some sun and light winds made for great race conditions, with a little bit of a bump and some groundswell coming back from Pa Point. The distance was 9.7km (Mana to Pa Point and back). Again an excellent turn-out and it’s good to see two junior crews battling it out, a close finish.

Note that the third race of the series will be on Saturday 2 July instead of the Sunday 3 July as originally posted. See you at the next event, rain or shine.

W1

• Jörn Scherzer, Open Men, 54:23 (Pegasus), 2pts as at least three in division
• Paul Jackson, Open Men, 54:44 (Surfrigger), 1pt
• Turi Hodges, Master Men, 56:06 (Wainui), 2pts as at least three in lower/higher division
• Neil, Master Men, 56:42, 1pt (Hurricane), 1pt
• James Sadler, Master Men, 57:05 (Pegasus), 1pt
• Rob Taggart, Master Men, 58:34 (Surfrigger), 1pt
• Piki Emery, SNR Master Men, 59:05 (Tomahawk), 2pts as at least three in lower/higher division
• Mereana Hodges, Master Woman, 59:56, 2pts as at least three in lower/higher division
• Fahina Tulepu, Open Men, 1:01:32 (Surfrigger), 1pt
• Bob Thomas, Master Men, 1:03:53 (Fusion), 1pt
• Chris Fox, Master Woman, DNF (Hurricane), 1pt

Surfski

• Matt Archer, 48:31 (time adjusted due to wrong turn), 2pts
• Mike Tate, 48:30 (time adjusted due to wrong turn), 1pt
• Sandy Winterton, 53:44, 1pt
• Dave Ryde, 54:00, 1pt
• John Taylor, 58:56, 1pt

W6

• Aniuwaru (Open Mixed), 44:46, 1pt each
• Turama White (Junior), 51:14, 1pt each
• Turama Red (Junior), 51:30, 1pt each

An aweseome turnout and lots of sun and a light Nor-easterly at the first race of the W1 Harbour Series in 2011. The race started at Mana, around the reef and back to the channel, around the buoy and then to do it all again. The total distance was 9.5km. Well done everyone.

Below some race photos, if you go into the actual photo stream on flickr, you can download the photos in their original size.

http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649

For those wanting some training sessions under the week, Team MAKAIRA is training every Thursday nights ánd Sunday mornings in the W6, please contact Joern, or just come along with your team for some competition. On other days, come along to Mana in the single, the more the merrier. Yes, its dark and cold but we go out every day unless conditions are very rough and unsafe. We normally do between 10 and 14km around the inletw and meet at just before 6pm at Mana every Mon, Tue, Wed, and at around 4.30pm on Fridays.

W1

• Jörn Scherzer, Open, 54:32, Pegasus – 2 pts as at least three in same/lower division
• Grant Barribal, Master, 56:20, Hurricane – 2 pts as at least three in same/lower division
• Paddy Rimene, Open, 58:20, Reva – 1pt
• George Faalogo, Master, 59:48, Hurricane – 1pt
• Rob Taggart, Master, 1:00:19, Hurricane – 1pt
• Piki Emery, SNR Master, 1:00:50, Tomahawk – 2 pts as at least three in same/lower division
• James Sadler, Master, 1:00:51, Pegasus – 1pt
• Ricky Kopa, Open, 1:08:32, XTSea – 1pt
• Sarah Snow, SNR Master W, 1:10:27 – 1pt

• Marty McDowall, 51:46, 2 pts as at least three in same/lower division
• Matt Archer, 51:49. 1pt
• Mike, 51:51, 1pt
• Andrew, 53:04, 1pt
• Sandy Winterton, 54:30, 1pt
• John, 1:01:07, 1pt
• Patrick, 1:06:19, 1pt

W2 (Hawaikinui), 1:12:55, 1pt

W6 (Aniwaru), 59:31, 1pt each