Rowing in Pauatahanui Inlet

Petone Regatta

SAILING

SUNBURST	1st	2nd	3rd
Junior	Paraparaumu	Ngati Toa	St James
Intermediate	Ngati Toa	Britannia	St James
Senior	St James	Britannia	Ngati Toa
Open	Britannia	Ngati Toa	Paraparaumu

CUTTER	1st	2nd	3rd
Junior	St James	Ngati Toa	Paraparaumu
Intermediate	St James	Ngati Toa	Paraparaumu
Senior	St James	Britannia	Ngati Toa
Open	St James	Paraparaumu	Ngati Toa

ROWING

	1st	2nd	3rd
Junior	St James	Britannia	Ngati Toa
Intermediate	St James	Britannia	Paraparaumu
Senior	St James	Ngati Toa	Britannia
Open	St James	Ngati Toa	Paraparaumu

Overall results

Points	Group
41	St James
31	Ngati Toa
26	Britannia
22	Paraparaumu Beach
	Bounty Rovers

Spinnakers in flight

For the first time in many years, we have some Venturers who are keen on getting the spinnakers out on the Sunbursts and learning how to use them.  The venturer leaders and Grant assisted them on Wednesday night to get it all rigged up and sailing.  Mother nature recognized this auspicious occasion by colour matching the sky. A great evening of mucking about in boats

Below are a couple of beautiful pictures:

Onepoto Regatta

Fantastic weather and a fantastic attitude brought us an unexpected result.  Victory at our home regatta!

There were some superb individuals in all age groups. Some for their ability to do the competition stuff really well, and some who were just there to be involved and have fun.  Smiles were witnessed all around.  

Some special mentions (and these are certainly not all as I am only one person and can't be everywhere)

• The venturers for just getting on and doing it, whenever they were asked, whatever they were asked.
• Ruan and Rosie producing a photo finish in the Intermediate Sunburst race, which gave the group the win, whichever way it went.
• Our Juniors in the rowing, pouring out heart and soul over the long course and even getting the technique right
• Hannah and Bronson for bringing home Kayaking victories.
• Zoe and Maddy for helping the Leaders claim a Cutter sailing victory

I said this last year and I will repeat it this year.  Ngati Toa as a group really pull together at these events and just get everything done.

A few more pictures are here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/MP5UY2qrsAjStZbJ9

SAILING

SUNBURST	1st	2nd	3rd
Junior	Paraparaumu	St James	Ngati Toa
Intermediate	Ngati Toa	St James	Paraparaumu
Senior	St James	Ngati Toa	Britannia
Open	St James	Ngati Toa	Britannia

CUTTER	1st	2nd	3rd
Junior	St James	Paraparaumu	Ngati Toa
Intermediate	St James	Ngati Toa	Britannia
Senior	St James	Ngati Toa	Britannia
Open	Ngati Toa	St James	Paraparaumu

ROWING

	1st	2nd	3rd
Junior	St James	Britannia	Ngati Toa
Intermediate	St James	Britannia	Ngati Toa
Senior	Ngati Toa	Britannia	St James
Open	St James	Ngati Toa	Paraparaumu

KAYAKING

	1st	2nd	3rd
Junior	Ngati Toa	St James	Britannia
Intermediate	Ngati Toa	St James	Britannia
Senior	Britannia	Ngati Toa

IRON SCOUT

	1st	2nd	3rd
Junior	Ngati Toa	Britannia	St James
Intermediate	Britannia	Ngati Toa	St James
Senior	Britannia	Ngati Toa	St James / Paraparaumu
Open	Ngati Toa	Paraparaumu	Britannia

SEAMANSHIP

	1st	2nd	3rd
Junior	Britannia	Ngati Toa	St James
Senior	Britannia	Ngati Toa	St James

Overall results

Points	Group
66	Ngati Toa
58	St James
52	Britannia
30	Paraparaumu Beach
0	Bounty Rovers

Rowing Commands and Investitures

 Another week at scouts, this one memorable because of the fun had dry rowing chairs in the den!

We also invested Tara and Milly into Scouts

Cubs Award Night

This last Monday night the cubs had a special award evening, where several cubs were given their "New Programme" Bronze and Silver badges.  Some newer cubs also got invested.

Cubs Silver and Bronze awards.mp4 from Ngati Toa Cubs on Vimeo.

2021 - Online Scouting - Week 2 (Weather Rocks)

From last weeks online scouting I got two pictures of peoples Weather Rocks.  Both of them very impressive:

Ellie sent in this picture of her Rock on her post box

Alex and his Rock on his Post Box

Well Done guys and keep up the good work!

2021 Kapiti Coast Cossgrove course (NTSS edition)

By Ruby:

"Last weekend a few of our scouts went on Cosgrove - A course designed to help scouts become practical scouts. We participated in lots of challenges, such as building A frames, axe and knife skills, orienteering, learning how to set up tents and care for them, and cooking. We stayed at the Pukerua Bay scout den, and spent the first night in the den and the second night in tents. One of my favourite activities was the  campfire. We sung heaps of songs, performed skits, listened to good old campfire stories and most of a had so much fun! On the second night Grant had a great idea, to make everyone run around the block to warm us up before we hopped into our sleeping bags, and sure enough it did make getting into our cold sleeping bags much easier. 

Everyone learnt so much and had heaps of fun!"

Ruby & her watch on the walk

Ellie has fun on the swing

All of us at the Pukera Bay lookout

Rose, Ellie, Ruby, Quinn and Sam having dinner they cooked on a fire

The tents for Saturday night

Ben, our Zone Scout Leader, supervising Alex on the swings

More pictures here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/daDBA7zzPqunLJKA8

2021 Learning new Vertical Skills

Some fun was had last night at the Leaders lead evening and some parts of the "Vertical Skills" badge were learned.  We had a cargo net up to climb and scouts we learning how to make harnesses, belay and what risks and equipment are needed for climbing.  Some pictures below:

 

2021 Season Results and Prizegiving

Second Place

With great attendance numbers this year we celebrated a year of on the water events and fun.

Hard to believe that in a year with 24 events at 7 regattas, we ran SECOND in 19 of them!  Notable victories this year were from the Scouts who put in a couple of good results in both Cutter and Sunburst events.  Most notable of the year is the Open rowing victory won by Grant and his team at the Hickson Regatta at Evans bay!

Video courtesy of Matt Short

This years results are recorded in the certificates below.  Event results grouped by regatta:

Overall results by event type:

However, this is what we are aiming for next year:

2021 - Tramp to Atiwhakatu

Cheerful exhaustion

What a great weekend full of food and chatter and learning.  We challenged the scouts to each write a paragraph about the tramp and the experience that sticks most clearly in their mind.  Below are some of them:

From Connor:

"Atiwhakatu Tramp. A tramp. My first tramp with a big bag on my back. And sure was it a difference. Instead of carrying a light day bag, you are carrying all of your stuff. At first, I thought it would be hard. But it was surprisingly easy. My favorite part of the tramp was the cooking. I love cooking with the gas stoves. Although we made an explosive out of one of the gas cookers, I still enjoyed it. For dinner, we made macaroni and cheese. For breakfast the next morning, we made yummy porridge. Our group's porridge was the best of course. Nick made some sloppy watery porridge for his breakfast, because we are so amazing and kind we gave him some of our lovely porridge. There is even a photo of me feeding him it."

From Ella: 

"It was really cool. I enjoyed the walk and really really liked the sleeping quarters. I learnt that u can go without a lot about stuff e.g., a pillow.

When I came to the scout hall, I realized why you needed a lot of space left in the top of your bag because you had to carry your own food in your pack. I then had to switch from my tiny little bag to a decently sized tramping pack. Then (after I had put all my clothes into the other pack) we were called to sit on the floor to be sorted into our car groups. When we got to the car park, we had lunch there. Then we set out on the tramp to Atiwhakatu hut. My favourite bridge was the bridge that had the wired floor, The one that swayed really hard. I got a shock when I saw Derrick throw Rosie’s group’s gas cooker out the window. I marvelled at the gas cooker on fire outside.

The weekend was really fun. I hope we do something like it again."

From Amelia:

"Atiwhakatu tramp was so much fun. I think my favorite part was  the actual  walk. The views were amazing and the weather was nice. I loved the bridges and the scenery. It was a pretty easy track with a few hills but mostly flattish. I'm very happy I got to do the tramp, I might not have been able to do it as  I hurt my ankle. Overall it was tons of fun and I'm grateful to Nick for organizing it and the rest of the leaders for helping us with the cooking and stuff."

From Trinaya:

"The lengthy car drive to Halesworth Carpark was to be honest, pretty monotonous. But since I had never been on an overnight tramp before, I guess the excitement for me started when I reached the hut. My favourite part of the tramp was probably the swing bridges. The first swing bridge from the carpark swung so much that my hands were gripping the railing super tightly! Once we reached the huts, the first thing we did was collect firewood. After that we got to choose our bunkrooms and start unpacking! By the time everyone was sorted and unpacked, We were told to start making dinner. We did this in our watch groups. Basically everyone was making Mac' n' cheese the first night! 🍲 After dinner, we had this tramping quiz that Nick had put together for us. It was really fun!!! In the morning we walked back. Surprisingly to me it felt like half the distance of walking to the hut! It was a really fun tramp and I can't wait until the next one!!!!"

From Hannah:

"My favourite part about the Atiwhakatu tramp was the actual walk. The scenery was gorgeous and the swing bridges were so cool.  At the start of the walk, I was excited because I hadn't been on an overnight tramp before. When we were on the last boardwalk we saw the white roof of the hut, and we started running. Everybody was so happy and relieved when we got there. The bunk beds were so cool cause you got to be around all your friends. It was an amazing tramp! Thank you Nick for organizing it!"

Some more pictures here.

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