Porirua City is certainly busy with paddlers out and about through the winter and it was great to have 43 paddling in Event THREE.....of SIX....of the "Cold Kiwi Series" today at Dolly Vardon Park, Mana.
Though we announced it was a 7 km and 3.5 km course....I generally look at a good buoy dropping point and today after checking the drop points post event...each lap was actually 400 metres longer. This is o.k as the original intention is that long courses are between 7 km and 8 km.
One thing that's picked up on at every event is that paddlers aim to follow or wash hang off someone of a similar speed...whether it's a kayak, waka ama, surf ski or stand up paddle board on the water....it's all about keeping good company and pushing each other along. It's also great that all the paddling sports mingle together we get an appreciation of how each persons craft's maneuvering skills and how fast the waka ama and also stand up paddle boards can go.
Of course the events are not all about going uber fast.....they're a good excuse to get out and get a good paddling session in with a great bunch of people.
Sharlene was her usual dynamo self clocking everyone in at the finish with some good close groupings and you'll see in the photos on the Welly Paddlers Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/WellyPaddlers?ref=hl ...to see how close everyone really is. Big thanks to our guest photographer this week Shayne Garret.
Shayne's an awesome supporter of paddling you would have seen with at "The Motorway Classic" and "The Matariki Harbour Challenge" in a support craft with Pete Humphris they are a great team assisting at paddling events....when they are not out diving and fishing together.
Spot prizes today went to:
Piki Emery - Adrenalin pants
Pete Notman - Adrenalin top
Les Morris - Adrenalin top
Derek Cox - Think Kayak PFD
You can find all this gear at
Paddling events coming up next weekend:
Jul 18 Ruamahanga River event 12 km run by Brian Sanders
Jul 19 Mana Kayak Racing Clubs 10 km event which is part of the CRNZ National 10 km series.
short course 3.9 km
22:43 Rob Futter SS
27:13 Sharon Henderson SS
29:18 Lei Faletolu W1
33:20 Liz Ruatoto W1
long course 7.8 km
43:15 Danial Bremner SS
43:16 Chester Burt SS
43:28 Les Morris MK
44:43 David McKnight SS
45:03 Derek Cox MK
45:16 Dave Dellabarca MK
45:44 Adam Van Opzeeland SS
46:20 Pa Taikato W1
46:21 Tom Bowen SS
46:38 Lizzy Bunckenburg MK
46:59 Barton Fletcher SS
47:05 Lawrence Hynes W1
47:14 Rueben Hill SS
47:25 Marianna Hodges W1
47:37 George Faalogo W1
47:44 John Toomath SS
47:47 Raewyn Anderson / Neil O'Brien W2
49:09 Graham Daniel SS
49:33 Piki Emery W1
51:01 Kathryn Bunckenburg MK
51:17 Rodney Collier W1
52:13 Sandy Winterton SK
57:16 Glen Warner MK
52:28 Pete Notman MK
52:30 Nicole Ranger SS
53:12 Ducati Walford-Collier W1
53:58 Michelle Warren / Sarah Snow W2
55:12 Anita Taggart W1
55:28 Paula Napier W1
55:57 Donna Walford-Collier W1
56:04 Trevor MacDonald SK
57:32 Hans Wannemacher SUP
58:19 Karl LeQuesne SUP
58:58 Brodie MacGregor SUP
61:18 Stu Hiddleston SUP
67:29 Phil Weeks SUP
70:02 Karl Wannemacher SUP
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