Takia OCC Fiji

Season Results Tally updated 2010 (Awards Night)

Wed, 01 Dec 2010 04:24:00 +0000

Official FO Awards Night Results.

Posted on this page

Congradulations to all that who medaled!

45KM end of year final race

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 03:27:00 +0000

This years Uprising Cup Challenge has a slightly different format. Teams must have a female on the canoe at all times and must make a final buoy turn at the pac harbour bay reef peak unlike before where teams were given a choice to navigate the through the reefs shortcut passage.

Junior races will be held in and aorund Pacific Harbour as well.

Good Luck to all teams preparing for the race this saturday.

Race Division Check Calculator

Sun, 16 May 2010 03:59:00 +0000

Found this neat tool on the Wakaama site.

Great for newbies to race format. http://www.wakaama.co.nz/nkoa/category_check.php

Note Fiji Outrigger currently does not host all race divisions due to low entry submission.

Denise Rosenblatt appointed as Interim Treasurer

Mon, 10 May 2010 21:03:00 +0000

Denise has agreed to take on the role as club treasurer as Jeff Robertson's scheduled departure from country comes closer.

I am sure there will be a huge farewell party to follow :)

Day 1 WTFOI updates

Fri, 02 Apr 2010 10:07:00 +0000

Our lone U16 girls entrant Xiomara Rosenblatt progresses to tommorrows V1 500m finals.

JOshua Autar heads to the finals for the U19 V1 sprints.

Takia Fiji Gas exploded at the finish to claim first place in the Semi Final 1 for V6 500m.

Both Fiji Gas and Pesos Ligeros advance to Finals tomorrow.

Pesos Ligeros boys rallyed in the 1500m turns to place 2nd in their heat 5 seconds behind NBCC with better times then the first semi's.

Both Pesos and Team Fiji Gas move onto the finals.

MIn Kim and Johnny Chung earned a spot in the Open Mens V1 500m Finals.

Our UA ladies team advance to both V6 sprints finals.

To date in these FO International meets the ladies in the past have come out with jewellery.

Last year although the Open Men managed to take bronze the 25km marathon race, Takia Mens have been relatively medaless in Wai Tui Int.

This year offers a good chance as 2 teams with strong contention have made it to the final round!

Go Takia go!!!

Fiji Outrigger press release

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 21:39:00 +0000

Wailoaloa Beach in Nadi will be the battleground this Easter weekend for the 2010 Wai Tui International Outrigger Championship , the biggest local event for outrigger canoeing. Nearly 150 canoe paddlers from as far offshore as Guam and Hong Kong will converge at Wailoaloa to battle local teams from Suva, Savusavu, Nadi and Vuda.

240 medals are up for grabs at this year’s event, with 42 different races organized over the three days of competition. “We see the Wai Tui International as a great build up for the upcoming Outrigger World Sprints,” said Fiji Outrigger President, David Eyre. “It gives our local paddlers a chance to test their skills against overseas teams and raise the level of their own performance.” This year’s Outrigger World Sprints will be held in Noumea, New Caledonia in May.

Seasoned paddlers as well as Under 19 boys and girls will all be competing at this year’s Wai Tui International. Events include the sprint races, 500 and 1500 meter races, as well as marathons for both the six person canoe (V6) and the single person canoes (V1).

“The short races are exciting for spectators to watch,” said Eyre. “The race course is so close to shore you just sit on the beach and cheer for the team of your choice.” This is the fourth Wai Tui International to be held in Fiji, with each year contributing to the development of current and upcoming paddlers.

Races kick off at 9:00 a.m. on Friday morning, with both the V6 (six person) and V1(one person) sprint events. This is capped off with a Fire Dance Show put on at Traveller’s Beach Resort at 6:00pm and then a buffet dinner where spectators can mingle with the paddlers for some fun and food.

Camaraderie, fun and competition are the hallmarks of the Wai Tui International every year, where grueling races like the marathon are followed by a series of fun events. As one of the only truly Pacific sports, outrigger canoe racing also has cultural aspects that one can only appreciate down at the race site. There will also be Polynesian Dance Group performances on the last night (Sunday) right on the beach.

The final night will feature the closing ceremony and medals presentation as well as Traveller’s Beach Resorts famous BBQ dinner and entertainment until the wee hours of the morning. “If you want to see what outrigger canoe paddling is all about, then the Wai Tui International is really the place to see it first hand,” said Fiji Outrigger President Eyre. “I don’t think anyone will be disappointed.”

For more information on the event, log onto the website www.fijioutrigger.com, or contact Sheena Hughes at secretary@fijioutrigger.com.

Wai Tui Update

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:50:00 +0000

Hi everyone,

As you know, the infamous Waitui International is going to be held in nadi this weekend. Fiji Outrigger has an amazing event planned and we'd like to wish you all the best of luck and speed over the wailoaloa waters.

Please find attached the Race Schedule, Registration Database and Event programme for distribution to all your club participants.

Also attached are a few things to note, plus a logo board of sponsors for this event.

Also a reminder to local clubs:

* Clubs are reminded to ensure your confirmed tents are sent down to nadi by thursday afternoon and are properly set up by 8am friday morning. Confirmed tents are as follows:

Takia - 4 tents

Kaiwai - 1 tent

Punjas - 2 tents

Fiji Water - 2 tents

Waitui - 2 tents

Taf'aga - 1 tent

Please ensure that ALL tents are set up by 8am friday morning.

* For those clubs travelling down to nadi on thursday afternoon or early friday morning, please contact NBCC as they need all the help they can get with setting up the event area.

* Clubs are asked to set up their duty areas by 8am friday morning and no later.

Vinaka and FO looks forward to seeing you all out on the water this weekend.

Sheena

Race Schedule

Event Programme

Back to Normal Daylight

Sun, 28 Mar 2010 02:58:00 +0000

Like it or hate it, Fiji is back to regular +12 GMT. Only when you need to synchronize time change that you realize that there are way too many time keeping devices in and around the house.

No more Daylight savings would be good news to paddlers who feel the bite of the morning chill and not having to paddle blind in the dark hours eagerly awaiting a glimpse of sunrise.

Starting from today it will be a whole lot easier to tear away from the comforts of bed and push on for the new day.

A lot of comments i hear welcome the return of the earlier then scheduled return to regular hours by cabinet ministers. Can't help but wonder when or if this will come around once again.

I for one enjoyed the DST period as I would have extra hours in the afternoon to train and meet up with other paddlers whom i would otherwise not see at 5.30am. I'd gladly sacrifice the earlier wake as lets face it whether it be 5, 6 or 8am rise, it will still be difficult regardless. Takes a bit getting used to but after that I'm sweet. I actually made a point to make full use of the avfternoon's this week as the new shorter days dictates a dash to canoe center after work for a few minutes of water time. Envy the tertiary students flexible schedule now.

Everyones clocks will be readjusted by now so don't go to work early lolz ... like anyone would :)

Bula International Visitors

Fri, 26 Mar 2010 11:38:00 +0000

Bula Vinaka to our WTFOI overseas competitors from Guam and Hong Kong.

Open Mens and Womens teams will be taking part in this 3 day event.

Shout out to them and wishing them the best in preperations as they arrive next week.

Looking forward to an exciting meet.

Johnny

V6 Oceanic Marathon Season Name Change

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 10:42:00 +0000

* The 2010 V6 marathon season will now be known as the 'V6 Oceanic Marathon Season'. Please make amendments to your 2010 FO calendar or just download the amended calendar off our website (www.fijioutrigger.com)

Fiji Outrigger - Sheena Hughes

WTFOI Announcements from FO!

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 10:37:00 +0000

Hi everyone,

As you know the Waitui International will be held in nadi within the next 2 weeks. Preparations are well under way and FO is looking forward to hosting another successful event.

Confirmed Race days are as follows, at Wailoaloa Beach:

Friday - Opening ceremony & Sprints

Saturday - Sprint finals & V1 marathons

Sunday - V6 marathon - Closing ceremony

A more detailed race schedule will be sent out in due time, along with an event itenarary.

Below are a few important announcements: And please be mindful of the deadlines:

Urgent Matters

*Waitui International fee's are well overdue. Please contact Rowena (FO Treasurer) to discuss payments. All Waitui Int'l fee's are DUE ON THURSDAY 25TH OF MARCH. Failure to pay before deadline will result in your club entries being taken off the participants list. No late fee's will be excepted. Please keep in mind that we need to do this so that we can have a final number for the Waitui event, enabling us to prepare a race schedule and race draws. Also, some clubs havent given in their confirmation on thenumbers they put down previously for participation. As i've mentioned above, those who dont pay by Thursday 25th, we'll assume they have not been confirmed.

* Each club will be required to perform race duties at the Waitui international event. Clubs are required to have at least 10 volunteers to help with these duties if their clubs are participating on race day. These assigned duties will extend over the 3 days of this event.

Club duties are as follows:

Kaiwai - Timekeeping - responsible for all timekeeping records

Taf'aga - Beach Marshalling - set up canoes every morning and stack them after every day

NBCC - Race course setup and starts - Set up and take down course. Begin races.

Takia - Results tent - Tallies results for everyday ready for the medal ceremonies.

Nakama Bay & NBCC - Overall tent watch - secure tents after every race day and set up tents at the beginning of every race day.

Eachclub will be responsible of setting up your duty areas at the beginning of each day and securing them at the end of each day. Each club is also asked to nominate a duty leader for their duty area that the Waitui Committee can liase with. These names need to be sent in byend of day tomorrow please.

* There will be no OC1 races at this years Waitui International event due to lack of canoes

* More information will be sent out regarding the Waitui Int'l over the next few days.

Other matters:

*The 2010 V6 marathon season will now be known as the 'V6 OceanicMarathon Season'. Please make amendments to your 2010 FO calendar orjust download the amended calendar off our website (www.fijioutrigger.com)

*Locks have been changed at the NCC site. Only 2 keys per club have beenissued, please ensure that you take care of it as they cannot beduplicated.

Sheena Hughes

Secretary

Fiji Outrigger

www.fijioutrigger.com

Suva Fun Races (NOCC)

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:06:00 +0000

Bula Everyone,

The impromptu regatta held in fairly flat waters was a quiet success for the organisers.

The 4 lane race course saw paddlers from 3 respective clubs battle it out on the waters to claim victories in V1 races, 250 metres and the 1500 metres races.

The regatta gave paddlers a chance to showcase their skills and track their own progress for race times. With the Fiji International to be held in 2 weeks time, this was exactly what all the paddlers needed; to gauge how they are tracking and to see what they need to do better to improve.

Races started on time and V1's were first on the agenda to be tackled!

Womens and mens quailfying rounds were quickly followed by V1 finals which saw Natalya from Kaiwai taking the womens 1st place.

The mens race saw Johnny from Takia power away from behind to take 1st.

Now the fun part of this regatta was the 500 metre race reduced to a 250 dash.

This saw quick races being held and the mens and womens rounds fly through pretty quickly.

1500 metre races were interesting as it was held on a 250 m course. This results in a 5 turn race! This forced the crews to push themselves harder to achieve good race times and results.

After lunch, the marathons were held in sweltering heat and slightly choppy conditions. The race course saw the teams push past the sandbank beacons and to turn at the Nukulau beacon. The only thing more important than water on your canoe was to have sunblock on your face this afternoon! Those that didn't, walked away after the race looking like a sun drenched tourist "kaicolo"ing the local beaches! Red lobster anyone?

Takia and Tafaga would like to send big shout outs to everyone that rocked up today!

We'd also like to send big vinaka's to the time keepers, flag starters and anyone that helped out. Also a huge shout out to the men that was at the site at 6 am diving and setting up the race flags and buoys!

Vinaka all! Hope you enjoyed the races as much as we enjoyed running it!

Suva Fun Races (NOCC): 20th March

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:36:00 +0000

Bula paddlers, Takia and Tafaga will host a "Suva Fun Race (NOCC Regatta)" tomorrow: Saturday 20th March.

Races will be coordinated out from the NOCC Site from 8 AM onwards. (For those that don't know, this is the National Canoe Centre sitting between USP Marine and Maritime school.) The regatta will host only OPEN division races for 500 m, 1500 m, 13 KM marathon and V1 500m races. Tafaga and Takia would like to extend the invitation to all other clubs that can make it tomorrow. We understand that this is short notice BUT if you've got a crew that can make it to Suva, then come on down!Even if you've got a crew of 4 ppl that's willing to race it out, come on down. Registration will be done at NOCC from 7.30 AM - 8.15 AM.

Registrations:However, If you would like to register your team in advance, please email me today before 4 PM using following format: Club Name: Race Category: (You may put marathon, 500m or 1500m here)

V1 Registrations:If you would like to register your team for V1 races, please email me using following format: Club Name:Paddlers Name: Race Schedule:

Races will be carried out in following order:

V1 races1500 m 500 m

Marathon*Marathon will be to the Nukulau beacon and back. I think that's about it from Tafaga and Takia. Let's get some regatta training under our belts before the Fiji International in 2 weeks time. Hope to see a good turn out tomorrow. If you have any questions. You know what to do, email mai.

Vinaka,

Adrian on behalf of Takia and Tafaga.

New Race tops available

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:03:00 +0000

New Race tops available for order

Vests available and Butterfly vests for girls

20th of March Regatta-Nadi CANCELED

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:54:00 +0000

Subject: Re: 20th of March Regatta-Nadi

Hi everyone,

This weekends regatta has been CANCELLED. Yesterday i sent out an email with the race draws attached. I had asked clubs to confirm their club entries. The only club that responded to that email was Takia Canoe Club. I must say that FO is very disappointed with this sort of feedback. And as a result we have lost out on having one more regatta before the upcoming 'Waitui International!'

In future it would be appreciated if FO club reps responded to emails. It isant fair on your club members or other clubs if they have to suffer because those 'responsible' forgot to reply/confirm or respond. It dosent set us on the right path for the rest of the year.

With that said, goodluck with your build up towards the 'Waitui Int'l' next month. We hope to see some great competition come April.

Vinaka.

Sheena Hughes

Secretary

Fiji Outrigger

www.fijioutrigger.com

On 17/03/2010, at 5:08 PM, Sheena Hughes wrote:

Hi everyone,

Last weekends regatta has now been moved to this weekend (19th march). There have been some interests expressed in holding this final regatta as its the last one before the waitui international. However, with that said, FO needs confirmation of your clubs participation this weekend.

Attached is the race draws. Please confirm your clubs entries. Please approve with your club members and send me back changes in red. These changes must be sent through by 5pm tomorrow afternoon and no later. Please make sure that if your paddlers are registered that they turn up on race day, if not, highlight them in red so that i can take them out of the race.

Also, just to inform those who occupy the NCC site. New locks will be put on the gate and container this afternoon. Each club will be issued 2 copies of these keys. They are non-duplicable so please do not lose it as the expense will be yours should you require another copy.

Thanx.

Sheena Hughes

Secretary

Fiji Outrigger

www.fijioutrigger.com

No Holiday on Monday

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:45:00 +0000

The previously scheduled holiday National Youth Day for next Monday has been cancelled by the ministry to make up for lost productivity during the Hurricane TOMAS's visit

20th of March Regatta-Nadi

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:50:00 +0000

Hi everyone,

Also, just to inform those who occupy the NCC site.

New locks will be put on the gate and container this afternoon. Each club will be issued 2 copies of these keys. They are non-duplicable so please do not lose it as the expense will be yours should you require another copy.

Thanx.

Sheena Hughes

FO Secretary

Curfew lifted temporarily

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:28:00 +0000

The curfew imposed from midnight last night has been lifted temporarily this morning to allow for shopping and stocking up according to Gold FM

Hurricane Tomas close to Category 4

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:03:00 +0000

Publish date/time: 15/03/2010 [07:16]

Hurricane Tomas is expected to pass over the eastern part of Vanua Levu later this evening.

Nadi Weather Office Director Rajendra Prasad said Hurricane Tomas had intensified overnight and is now close to a Category 4 hurricane.

Prasad said at the moment damaging gale force winds still expected in the eastern parts of Viti Levu including Suva, Nausori, Navua, Rakiraki and other small islands.

Prasad confirmed that a hurricane warning is now in force for Cikobia, Eastern half of Vanua Levu, Taveuni, Rabi, Kioa and nearby smaller islands.

The Nadi Weather Office said a storm warning is in force for the rest of Vanua Levu, Yacata, Koro and nearby smaller islands, while a galewarning is now in force for the rest of the Fiji group.

Hurricane Tomas centre was located near 14 decimal 9 south 179 decimal 8 west or about 200km North Northeast of Labasa or 405km North Northeast of Suva at 5am today.

Close to its centre the hurricane is estimated to have average winds of 150 km/hr increasing to 170km/hr with momentary gusts up to 230 km/hr in the next 12 to 24 hours.

The hurricane is intensifying and moving South Southwest at 13 km/hr.

On this track the hurricane centre is expected to be located about 90km northeast of Labasa or 295 km North Northeast of Suva at 5pm today andabout 60 km southeast of Labasa or 195 northeast of Suva at 5am tomorrow morning.

Excerpt from FM96

http://www.fm96.com.fj/?mod=story&id=15031041333a08dc2bdabe4ea717a0

Curfew imposed to control movement

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:18:00 +0000

The public is advised that a curfew is in place and to adhere to the warnings given out by authorities.The curfew was imposed at mid-night yesterday due to the impending hurricane. Police spokesperson Sgt Atunaisa Sokomuri says they imposed the curfew to ensure the safety of the public. “Themain reason behind imposing the curfew from midnight is to control themovement of the people and also to ensure the safety of the public. As we have noticed in the past whenever there is a situation like thispeople are still moving around unnecessarily and they lose their livesor property.” He adds only approved vehicles from the National Emergency Operation Centre will be allowed to move around.All vehicles will have to be registered and approved at National Emergency Operation Command Centre. The list of registered and approved vehicle will then be compiled and given to police command center Registered vehicle would be issued a pass, labeled DISMAC, with official stamp. For EOC at Divisional and District, divisional commissioners and districtofficers are empowered to grant pass for their vehicles that would beengaged in Hurricane Tomas operation.

Excerpt from FBC

http://www.radiofiji.com.fj/fullstory.php?id=26417