Scouts: Tonight, raft race and Sunburst Regatta

Hi Guys

Great night tonight. Great behaviour, great sessions, hopefully lots of new or reinforced skills.

See info sheet for Onepoto regatta

Have a great week. Raft building next week.

Roger

Scouts: Napier Regatta - good and bad news. More transport needed

Hi Guys

Great news is that we have exact numbers for at least two rowing crews in each section, although not sure if they run a single Scout section or both Junior and Intermediate. Will find out today. N case you missed it, we are staying at the regatta venue den – oh, so easy!!!

Further to the message below to Venturers, bad news is that we are still two car load of seats short to get everyone up and back from Napier. Issue arises because several families are staying over or travelling further for the school holidays.  So if a parent(s) wants a holiday in Napier OR if anyone has a spare car they can lend us OR if a venturer wants to take their car but needs a full license co-driver, we do have Adults/Leaders that could fill those roles.

Please let me know ASAP.

Cheers

Roger

Scouts: Sunburst Regatta

Hi Guys

Good news is that the Sunburst regatta on Sunday 28 March (2 weeks) has been shifted from Worser Bay, Seatoun, to Onepoto, Porirua. That means another hour in bed for all of us.  Yay!!!!

I will be handing out the details for the regatta and also for the previous days raft race at Onepoto this coming Thursday.  As per usual, I will need to know ASAP who wants to attend, towbars, etc.

Cheers

Roger

Scouts: Today's regatta

Well Guys

You kids (and parents) continue to blow me away, taking success, fun, commitment and just plain human kindness and enjoyment to a new level each weekend.

Today’s Lowry Bay Regatta was the best I have been to – everyone having a row, everyone having a sail, most having a kayak, and that includes the Leaders and parents.

The results are below. What caught my eye today was:

·         Not how easily we won the rowing races but how we did it with style – being in the right place, rowing in time, smiling a lot.

·         The top five places in the Intermediate Sunburst showing how small differences in sail settings and how one sits in the boat makes huge differences in speed in these pretty near identical boats.

·         Emergence of Daniel M and Callum in the Intermediate ranks

·         Emergence of Nicky/Daniel A, Liam/Dain and Rowan/Will in the “watch the future” stakes.

Huge thanks to all the parent towies and chauffeurs, to Phil and Dianne in the patrol boat all day, to Randall for running the kayak racing, to Richard for volunteering to helm the parents in the open cutter race, and to all the parents that worked hard getting boats and kids into and out of the water.

Next regatta – two weeks time at Worser bay. Just Sunburst racing. Usually a select few. However, after todays sailing, I think that it will be more like the great hoards.

Cheers

Roger

Rowing

Senior                                                   1^st

Intermediate                                     1^st

Junior                                                    1^st

Open                                                     1^st

Sunburst sailing

Senior                                                   1^st (Michael & Willy)

Intermediate                                     1^st (Callum & Nopera; Josh/Hannah 2^nd, Amberlee/Bridget 3^rd, Daniel /Beth 4^th & Aleysha/Jill 5^th)

Junior                                                    1^st (Nicky & Daniel A; Ryan/Tom finished  )

Open                                                     1^st (Daniel M & Callum; Josh/Nopera 2^nd ; Amberlee/Hannah 3^rd)

Cutter sailing

Senior                                                   1^st  (Michael, Harriet, Willy)

Intermediate                                     1^st  (Josh, Amberlee, Hannah, Bridget, Chris P; Callum, Daniel M, Aleysha, Beth, Nopera 2^nd)

Junior                                                    1^st  (Liam, Finn, Daniel A, Rowan, Will, Marcus; Nicky, Tom, Dain, Ryan, Chris P 2^nd)

Open                                                     1^st  (Daniel M, Callum, Nicky, Chris P, Marcus; Richard, Jill, Rachel, Neil, Grant, Terry – finished in

                                                                        another Universe, having travelled through time.)

Kayaking

Senior                                                   1^st

Intermediate                                     2nd to Britannia’s 1^st

Junior                                                    1^st

Napier again - Sorry

Guys

Just been informed by Roger Kerswill that Thursday night at the end of Scouts is the final deadline for registrations for the Napier regatta so please let me know beforehand or come to Scouts with your decision for attendance at Napier regatta.

Roger