Well Race 5 wasn't a happening thing today with Myself, Sharlene, James Sadler, Rob Taggart and joined by Graham Finch, we adjourned to Babylon (Oriental Parade) for coffee...............as you do (o.k. I had my regular tea)
(Sorry forgot to take some photos of us all relaxing drinking our coffee and tea)
Many of our people were either racing at Kaiteriteri in the weekend or heading over to Vaka Eiva in Rarotonga. It must be said that though it is important to partake in a local Series it is just as important that people race outside of our area or if not doing that just getting out and training or paddling for fitness is just as important.
After our pit stop this morning I went out to pull the buoys back in and Sharlene had the opportunity to have her first spin on the Fenn XT surf ski...................she went great guns on it.
The Fenn XT like the Epic V10 sport are a little wider and have a flatter rounder hull and offer more stablity than the skinnier Mako 6 and Epic V10's.
I better watchout as I may be on the sidelines more often and Sharlene out on the water at the races!
Hey on the regular news paper reads recently, I came across the Wellington College Sports awards (Dompost) nominations and reps for Waka Ama were:
Tapita Elkington Mana
Marika McDonald Otaki
Tekira Crystal Porirua
Katie Teau-Ropata Wgtn High
the above were all noted for there paddling achievements.
Daniel Albert Aotea
Cereace Wallace Wgtn East
Katie Teau-Ropata Wgtn High
the above were all mentioned as NZ Reps
With so much young talent there, we welcome those above and all other students to get involved in the Series and I'm sure they will be competitive with the older ones and we will all watch out for each other and mentor them.
Well the next race is about 3 weeks away now, and will be at Ngatioa Domain, Mana on December 7.
We had the best support ever out at Ngatitoa Domain last time, so look forward to racing out there again, and hopefully the weather is kind to us again..................not that today was that bad really...................hey we live in Wellington!
To the Mana Pasifika and Kokiri club members racing over at Vaka Eiva in Raro, have a good one over there.
If anyone would like some extra paddling either competively or leisurely with a whole bunch of paddlers the better than t.v. twlight kayak Series is on every Tuesday and starts at 6.30 pm sharp.
If it is a......................... Southerly it will be on Oriental Parade.......................Northerly it will be from Hataitai beach.
The distance is normally around 7 kms click on the link on the right hand side of the page for further details.
If you want to see some girls clean up over a whole field of guys come down for a look and watch Maryanne Archer and Jill Westenra paddle (If some of the guys got off there butts and did as much training as Maryanne does they may stay in front of her)
In our next Post we'll detail a good list of Surf ski and Waka Ama Races that are well worth travelling to up North to.
cheers,
Chester and Sharlene
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