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Thanks so much to our outgoing president, Gaylene MacFarlane, who stepped up last year and has worked hard to ensure the club's committee has been more involved and more supportive of each other. In her own words, Gaylene said the year has been about 'empowerment and she has been a driving force behind our new affiliation membership option. Gaylene 'is remaining on the committee as Vice President, which is very much welcomed by new president Darryl Hyne. Congratulations to Darryl and all of our other new committee members and office holders. Our club continues to grow, with much credit going to Kath and Ian for bringing on the new paddlers. The challenge for all of us is to make sure there is something for these new paddlers to continue on with and there are a number of new development squads and social teams. Your committee members are all here to support you and make our club the best it can be so please don't hesitate to approach any of us if you have any thoughts or suggestions about the club. Our outgoing committee members are: President - Gaylene MacFarlane Vice President: - Liz Webster Secretary - Lesley Quirke & Tracy Phillips Committee - Robyn Richards, Maureen Verstegen Welcome to our incoming members: President - Darryl Hyne Vice President: - Gaylene MacFarlane Treasurer - Kath Mildon & Alex Ryder Secretary - Sefulu Calvert Committee - Karen Thomas, Steve Hill, Dave Robertson, Julie Sargisson, Ian Hemmingsen, Theo Vale, Liz Webster, Diana Bomford, Cameron (Juniors), Ora Pihema The South Island Masters Games are happening from 4-8 October in sunny Nelson this year and we are looking to spread the word to any one who would like to come down and join in the fun! The Games are open to anyone aged 30+ years from all over New Zealand and overseas. There’s no need to qualify or belong to a club, anyone can participate, even if they’ve never paddled a waka before. We have two Waka Ama classes this year (beginner and experienced) and we can provide all the equipment here so there is no need to paddle your Waka down! A full team is also not required - we can put anyone interested into a team with other individuals. You can find out more information about Waka Ama and the other 40 sports on the Games website at www.simasters.com  Once again we seemed to pick the best day of winter. Congratulations to all those that won awards. A special thank you from all of us to Roka Woka who organised the whole day, from organising the teams, sorting out transport, sourcing some great spot prizes from local firms Top Catch, Steves Marine and Burnsco, organising the food lay out and the all important clear up in the kitchen. You made today that much more special and it certainly wouldn't have been what is was without your hard work. Top Team 2016 - Wave Warriors Top Junior Paddler 2016 - Braden Smith Top Senior Male Paddler 2016 - Theo Vale Top Male Paddler 2016 - Napolen Eketone Top Female Paddler 2016 - Rebekka Still Top Junior Paddler 2016 - Braden Smith Most Improved 2016 - Taina Maddigan-Ould Most Dedicated 2016 - Ian Hemmingsen Coach of the Year 2016 - Lawrence Smith Personality of the Year 2016 - Dave Lynn Dave Lynn Memorial Trophy 2016 - Braden Smith In Memoriam 2016 - Dave Lynn 2016 - Simati "Marty" Toomalatai Club Members that were at the World Sprints 2016 (if we have missed your name, please email me and I will fix it up, its hard to pick names out of a list of over 500 people)
Another busy year with the Yellow Pages deliveries, we picked up 13,000 phone books, and most of the clubs and whanau made it down to the packing night. Just to spice things up this year, we decided to bless one of our canoes while we waited for the pizza's to arrive. Welcome to the newest member of our club. Atawhai, Cheers to Chris for doing the blessing for us. This would have to be a first for us, to do a night blessing, but hey, everyone was there, so why not. Congrats to all the clubies that made it over to Raglan. It looks like the biggest turn out ever. After a short delay due to fog racing got underway. Novice race Something about Mary – 7th – 44:40 The Pig Tail Gf’s – 11th – 45:02 Mixed race Open – It’s in the mix – 4th – 1:56.00 Master – Mixed Drinks – 5th – 2:06:39 Snr Master Mixed – Tmoccasins – 3rd – 2:08:30 Mens race Tornado – 7th – 1:46:49 We recently completed our 2nd Takapuna Beach Cup and really enjoyed it, if you are thinking about giving it go, read on. I was just in the throes of putting together a little post-race report to share with the rest of our club members, and I thought that there might be other people interested in reading it too, so here it is. Where is it? Takapuna Beach Auckland, New Zealand What is it? There are 3 days of racing, with the main focus being the 42km changes race and the 35km iron race around Rangitoto Island. The W1 relay race on the Sunday is also becoming very popular. How much does it cost? We always try to get by as cheap as possible (but I think we may have cut the accommodation too fine this year). Once we include Entry Fees, Support Boat Hire, Canoe Hire (we bring our own), Transport Costs (Tauranga-Auckland), Accommodation, Boat Supplies it worked out about $210 – $230 each. We did the 42km race only; it may cost more/less depending on your choices, obviously if you stay in the Hilton then the cost will be north of that. How do you know if your team is ready for it? The race times this year ranged between 3-5 hours. At a minimum be prepared to be paddling for 4 hours. You will also need to have a practice at doing water changes unless you are doing the iron race. We practiced our water changes by doing loops in front of a jetty; you can also use two canoes offshore and anchor one to use it as a platform. You will need to think about things like food and hydration during the race, they are really important factors. When is it? 19-21st Feb 2016, plenty of time to train for it, see you there… http://www.takapunabeachcup.com/ |
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