Scouts: Napier Roundup

Guys

What a great regatta!!! 

Up-front, huge thanks:

·         To all the parents, Leaders and supporters that helped organize, drive, tow, feed, coral, fix and cheer on the kids. Was fantastic support. I hope you all had as much fun as the kids and I did. Hope you all got a shoulder massage in the spa as well (kids did,  I didn’t). 

·         To Lynette, Janet, Kate and anyone else that helped with the catering – fantastic meals. And huge thanks to the Scouts who cooked breakfast both days. Taste-testing the bacon was a treat!!

·         To Diane – hope your foot is getting better.

·         To Janet and Joanne – thanks for looking after Diane. I had fun driving a grunty truck back. Suspect I got a few holiday snaps along the way.

·         To Ross for the firewood and the Navy for the Scout Coffee.

To you Scouts – wow, what a performance. Not just skills, but the comraderie, friendship, teamwork, support of each other, respect for all (most of the time) and what looked like to be smiles 100% of the time. Back to the skills;

·         1^st Venturer and 1^st Scout rowing, with the other NTSS crews looking fantastic even when sandwiched between wayward boats. The future looks great.

·         1^st Venturer and 1^st Scout cutter sailing, with our other crews pushing the top, older, crews.

·         2^nd Venturer and 2^nd Scout Sunburst, victories overshadowed by flagrant rule infringements and collisions by other competitors and a weird disqualification after a solid two wins.  Take home message #1 – know the rules, remember the other boats don’t know the rules, avoid trouble!!  Take home message #2 – remember how good you were, remember that our boats finished top four in most races. Be proud!

·         1^st Venturer and 1^st Scout kayaking, nothing more to say there.

·         2^nd Venturer and 1^st Scout ironman, Tarapunga defending their crown by two metres. Fantastic battle!!!

·         Seamanship, hmmm, with both teams perfect on land, with rowing skills and style, with patient transfer from boat to shore and patient first aid. BUT … what happened during recovery from the water … ?

·         1^st centipede race, with Janet the wettest supporter.

Again, be proud of yourself, of your fellow Scouts and of your supporters!!!

Next year – lets do it again. Iron faster in the iron-man (practice on shirts), no disqualifications in the sailing (hmmm), no dunk (venturers) and pickup on the first round (scouts) in the man-overboard.  Easy!!!

Cheers

Roger