Kaihoe o Ngati Rehia Trust

Pearl of the North

W1/W2 & Junior/Novice W6,12km at Tapuawaetahi (9am start)

W6 Seniors Tapuawaetahi to Te Tii – around the Purerua Peninsula, 32km (12 noon start)

Festival at Te Tii all day

32km and 12km Race Distances

http://wakaama.co.nz/racecalendar/lookup/1141

It's an unpredictable and often treacherous 41 mile (65.9km) journey from Molokai to Oahu across the Kaiwi Channel.  The event is considered by many competitive paddlers to be their sport's ultimate challenge.

The Moloka‘i Hoe has become one of the longest running annual team sporting events in Hawai‘i, second only to football. The Moloka‘i Hoe perpetuates one of Hawaii’s and Polynesia’s most important and historic cultural traditions, while honoring outrigger canoe paddlers around the world. The Moloka‘i Hoe tests the limits of physical and mental strength and endurance, courage determination and teamwork, and paddlers must also battle nature’s most extreme elements.

Each year over 1000+ paddlers from around the world compete in the Moloka‘i Hoe, the men’s world championship in outrigger canoe racing. 

http://www.molokaihoe.com/index.html

Nga Tai Whakarongo Hoe Waka (NTW) is an outrigger canoe club based in Hamilton.  This club was formed in 1989 and is one of the oldest clubs in the country.  NTW has always had a close affiliation to the Waikato River, which has been our principal training ground since the clubs inception. 

A small team of life members have kept the club in operation with over 120 members ranging in age from 6 through to 60 registered in the 2013/2014 year.  Current members revived this race in 2011 and this is now our 4th Annual Event.

This gives participants who would like the opportunity to paddle on the Mighty Waikato, the ability to do so.

18 and 30km distances.

Ruamata Waka Ama Club warmly invites you to attend our Rotohoe Series - five events on four of our beautiful local lakes.

22km Paddle Distance.

http://www.wakaama.co.nz/racecalendar/lookup/1114

Individual outrigger canoe races featuring the top hundred paddlers qualified from the Aito Va'a race.

The Round the Rock Alcatraz Challenge will offer two exciting and competitive courses on central San Francisco Bay between the Golden Gate and Bay Bridges. All courses are designed to provide: great racing, participant safety, spectacular views of dynamic San Francisco Bay, and to take advantage of the winds and currents on race day.

Approximately 16km Distance.

http://www.alcatrazchallenge.com/acrace.html

Ruamata Waka Ama Club warmly invites you to attend our Rotohoe Series - five events on four of our beautiful local lakes.

20km Paddle Distance.

http://www.wakaama.co.nz/racecalendar/lookup/1113

The annual Parihaka Regatta to celebrate He Matariki (the Māori New Year) will take place at Whangarei Cruising Club Parua Bay Clubhouse, Whangarei Heads Road.

7km Singles and 18km W6 Race Distances.

http://wakaama.co.nz/content/files/55498944274a6/Hoe%20Matariki%20Regatta%20Panui%202015.pdf

The Liberty Challenge hosted by New York Outrigger is the largest outrigger regatta on the East Coast.  Since 1997, the Liberty Challenge has grown to become one of the most prestigious outrigger canoe races in the world.  The race is unique among world outrigger regattas as it takes place in a bustling urban harbor.

Detailed information about the Liberty Challenge can be found on the race website: www.libertychallenge.org.

24km Race Distance.

The outrigger canoes launch, start and finish at Hudson River Park’s Pier 26. Upon the start at Pier 26, crews paddle south along The Battery. Men’s and women’s crews continue along the Manhattan shoreline into the complex currents of the East River past the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges before crossing the East River to Brooklyn. The crews continue along the Brooklyn shoreline to Buttermilk Channel located between Governors Island and Brooklyn. Mixed Crews race from the Battery towards Buttermilk Channel. After rounding the southern end of Governors Island, crews paddle directly across New York Harbor towards the face of the Statue of Liberty before turning north past Ellis Island and Jersey City. The race continues north up the Hudson River along the New Jersey shoreline past Hoboken before crossing back to the Manhattan shoreline and heading back down the river along Hudson River Park towards the finish at Pier 26.

GBROC is a part of the 2015 ‘Cairns Airport Adventure Festival’ commencing on Sunday, 7 June, culminating on Sunday 14 June with the Cairns Airport Ironman Cairns triathlon. This is an action packed sporting festival featuring some of the world’s elite sportsmen and women. Be part of the action as Tropical North Queensland provides the ultimate location for grueling distance and fantastic surf action.

This is an Iron OC6/OC1/OC2, surfski and SUP Event.

Race Distance: 45km

Nominations must be lodged with payment by Friday 15th May 2014 online at www.aocra.com.au

Clubs must lodge a CLUB NOMINATION

Ruamata Waka Ama Club warmly invites you to attend our Rotohoe Series - five events on four of our beautiful local lakes.

18km Paddle Distance.

All races will be held in open water from Mooloolaba Beach (near the rock wall at the spit.) If conditions do not allow for open water paddling, all races will be held in the Mooloolah River, north of the Coast Guard station on Parkyn Parade.

Distances range from 2km for Under 12s to 24km for Senior Men.

For more details follow this link.

https://aocra.com.au/new/eventdetails.php?eventid=24

This is a sanctioned event.  

Refer to your club coach if you wish to trial.  Unless you have previously qualified, you will need to trial to be able to compete in a W1 races at the 2015 Sprint Nationals.

Waitakere hosts its "Round the Island" series every season.  This race is a Club fun paddle race.

Names will be drawn out of a hat to make up W6 teams who will race around the island to be first across the line.

We will then hold a BBQ brunch and prizegiving at the end of this race and series.