Dec 6, 2009
Team events were the order of the day, strongly favouring the clubs with the luxury of large numbers of competitors. As expected, the Muriwai team put together teams as best they could, with some very good outcomes.
It was great to see such a great showing from the guys. It has been a while since Muriwai has fielded stong teams in both U19 and Open Mens Taplin, with the guys coming 2nd and 3rd respectively.
On the sand, wins were gained in the Open and U19 womens beach relays, with the U16's girls coming a very close 2nd. Chris Butt managed a good turn of speed to bring home the U19 guys into 3rd.
The board relays were well contested, with the best result being a win by the U19 women, 2nd's by the Open Women and U19 Men and 3rd in the U16 women.
Waves of the Day
1. Anaru Clarke - Swimmer, U19 Mens Taplin Relay
2. Emma Wilson - Swimmer, U19 Womens Taplin Relay
3. Nivana Johnson - U16 Womens Surf Teams
Full Results : HERE
Boaties
Fantastic Results for both the Mens and Womens Crews. With the Mens crew coming second overall for the day.
A result of the flash, new, go-fast paint job?
NZ Kayak Championships - Rotorua
While our team missed Rishan Poching's hard working presense on the beach, she had an extremely sucessful weekend at the NZ Kayak Champs at Rotorua, coming 3rd in the U17 K1 500m.
For many this will be no surprise, as Rishan has been making the most of the opportunities offered by the Waitamata Canoe and Kayak Club.
She has not been alone getting paddling time on the water over winter, with David Butt being heard to pronounce that he was extremely surprised at how much he learnt about ski paddling from these people and in an very short space of time.