Hey big day out on the upside down river today.
A number of Wellingtonians and Welly Paddlers race supporters turned out to Support the 4 bridges event. I think I tallied up paddlers from Aniuwaru, Nga Waka, Kokiri and Tai Tonga 41 Waka Ama Clubs the guys from Levin Mike, John and Andrew from http://www.genoese.co.nz/ who donated some chilly bags of pesto which I was lucky enough to win as a spot prize (which put a smile on Sharlenes' dial) Terry and Doug were there on the w1 singles as well, also "Kayak Les" and Sandy Winterton who's supported so many races in Wellington over the last year or so and is usually travelling further a feild to so many other events.
It was a pretty good day out nice and sunny with a light southerly sneaking in as the race went on, heaps of spot prizes, an eventthat many should continue to support as the years go on.
When Aaron Cox sends me the results I'll e-mail them out on the Welly Paddlers e-mail list and I'm also waiting for Matt Warren to send the results from the Aeroplane Island race last weekend..............hopefully I'll get them on the same e-mail out early next week.
Kaiteriteri has the Waka Ama Race on this weekend then the week later a week of Vaka Eiva in Rarotonga so best wishes to the crews travelling to race over in the Islands.
Sunday November 21 is the Foxton to Foxton Beach race (10 km) for those not lucky enough to be over in Raro. It's a test run to rejuvvenate the old Foxton Craft Race previously run by the Foxton Surf Life Saving Club. Next year we'll be able to better schedule this event back into the S.L.S. calendar and their pre Season LD race schedule.
It starts at 11 am from behind the shops in Foxton and finishes in the estuary by the boatramp at the Manawatu Boating Club..................we'll be at the start, in Foxton, from 10 am to take registrations, the briefing will be at 10.40 am...................and there may be multiple start times if there are a large number of entries and especially if there are multiple crew boats.
For further info:
chester.burt at gmail dot com or
04 976 1795 or
022 6455 820
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