Monday, 25 November 2019

Petone Regatta

This years Petone Regatta was challenging.  The highlight for me was the brave young juniors who, in the face of strong gusty winds, decided to give it a try anyway and went out and sailed.  One of the two sunburst crews actually finished quite well, while the others failed to start due to an equipment failure.  Unfortunately I got no photos of the event, but below are the results of the races that did run.

Date: 2019-11-24
Location: Petone foreshore
Status: Terminated - weather
Water temp: 18.00C
Average wind: 18.00kt
Predominant wind direction: NNW

Attendance

Age GroupNumber
Junior28
Intermediate20
Senior20
Adult16

Group Points

GroupPoints
Britannia16
Eastern Bays0
St James36
Ngati Toa16
Paraparaumu Beach0
Kotuku0
Westshore0

SAILING

SUNBURST 1st 2nd 3rd
Junior St James NTSS Britannia
Intermediate
Senior
Open

CUTTER 1st 2nd 3rd
Junior
Intermediate
Senior St James Britannia NTSS
Open


ROWING

1st 2nd 3rd
Junior St James NTSS Britannia
Intermediate St James Britannia NTSS
Senior St James Britannia
Open St James NTSS


Friday, 8 November 2019

Painting banana boxes for jamboree

This week the Scouts painted their banana boxes for Jamboree.  Every Scout and leader will take have two boxes.  We use the boxes because they fit well into the (really tight) space in the truck taking our gear to Jamboree and then they fit easily under the camp stretchers to keep tents tidy and everyone's gear easy to find.

The Scouts not going to Jamboree helpfully painted boxes for Leaders (including one for Derrick which says in bright orange letters "I am a girl".)

















Monday, 4 November 2019

2019 Pauahatanui Inlet Cleanup

Every year the Guardians of the Inlet organise a cleanup of the Pauahatanui Inlet.  This year we have a fantastic turn out of scouts to help out with cleaning up our environment.  We found all sorts of wonderful rubbish that pollutes our waterways, from tyres found and labouriously rolled back by Alfie and Gabi, to old drain pipes found by Ruby and Ciara. Lots of bits of plastic and old bottles and glass were retrieved and sent off to the landfill where they can be better dealt with.


We split into two groups, so that with the incoming tide, the younger Scouts and Cubs were kept in Ivy Bay to clean the surrounds, while the older scouts trekked to the end of Golden Point to clean up from there all the way back to Ivy Bay.  Both sets of Scouts (and Cubs) worked really well and between us we filled 6 bags of rubbish and a tyre!

The younger Scouts looking through the high tide rubbish for plastics and other bits of rubbish

Will, Hamish, Harry, Alfie and Rosie completing the last bit of the Golden Point to Ivy Bay beach

Gathering the rubbish bags (and tyre) to return to Browns Bay.
As a resident of the area that directly benefits from these efforts, I applaud and thank the scouts for their efforts and look forward to doing it with you again.


Friday, 1 November 2019

Onepoto Regatta 2019

This labour weekend we kicked off the Regatta season with the usual style.  The Onepoto regatta is a full weekend of all the Sea Scout major activities: Sailing, Rowing, Kayaking, Iron Scout and Seamanship.  We also did our usual camp on the domain over night.  This year a change in dinner providers also saw a change in menu, with the Ngati Toa parents excelling themselves in producing what looked to me like 100+ pizzas.

Unfortunately not many photographs were taken of the events, but those that we do have are here

Ngati Toa Juniors, winning the rowing
Results look like this:

SAILING


SUNBURST 1st 2nd 3rd
Junior NTSS St James Britannia
Intermediate Britannia NTSS St James
Senior St James NTSS Paraparaumu Beach
Open St James Paraparaumu Beach NTSS

CUTTER 1st 2nd 3rd
Junior St James Britannia NTSS
Intermediate NTSS Britannia Westshore
Senior St James Britannia NTSS
Open St James Paraparaumu Beach NTSS

ROWING


1st 2nd 3rd
Junior NTSS St James Britannia
Intermediate St James Westshore Britannia
Senior St James Britannia NTSS
Open St James Britannia NTSS

KAYAKING


1st 2nd 3rd
Junior NTSS Westshore St James
Intermediate Britannia NTSS Westshore
Senior St James NTSS Britannia

IRON SCOUT


1st 2nd 3rd
Junior NTSS Westshore St James
Intermediate NTSS Britannia Westshore
Senior St James Britannia NTSS
Open - - -

SEAMANSHIP


1st 2nd 3rd
Junior/Int St James Britannia Westshore
Senior St James NTSS Britannia