Eastern Bay Canoe Racing Club

08/09/2026

🌟 AIMS GAMES – WHAT A DAY! 🌟

A huge well done to all of our Eastern Bay Canoe Racing Club athletes who competed at the AIMS Games today!

For some of our paddlers, this was their very first competition, and we couldn’t be prouder of how everyone performed. Not only did they paddle incredibly well, but they showed an amazing attitude, supported one another and demonstrated fantastic sportsmanship throughout the day. 💙

There were some outstanding results:

🥈 Angus – 2nd, Year 7 Boys
Representing WIS

🥉 Kieran – 3rd, Year 7 Boys
Representing WIS

🥇 Angus, Kieran & Wyatt – GOLD, Year 7 Boys Relay
Representing WIS

🥈 Emily, Pippa & Noah – SILVER, Year 8 Boys Relay
Representing Thornton School

🥇 Freya – GOLD, Year 7 Girls Mixed-School Relay 🏆

An incredible effort from everyone! Whether you came home with a medal or not, every paddler should be extremely proud of what they achieved today. Seeing you out there giving it your all, encouraging your teammates and representing your schools and our club so well was fantastic.

And this is just the beginning! 🚣‍♀️💨 There are plenty more events coming up on the paddling calendar, so if you enjoyed today, keep coming along to training, keep building your skills and keep working towards the next competition.

Congratulations team – what an awesome day for our paddlers! 👏🥇🥈🥉

29/04/2026

AGM is on Thursday June 11th at the Yacht club at 6.30pm.
All welcome and hope to see you there.
Please bring a plate.

29/04/2026

Goodluck to Jess, Hannah and Dom all competing in the Asia Pacific Sprint Cup this week. The club will be cheering you on!

11/04/2026

Nationals what a ride that was! Incoming cyclone creating havoc with the draw. But what an epic team we had representing us! The teamwork amongst you all was next level! Proud to be Eastern Bay!
Lots of races abandoned due to the weather but some results below from what we did get through:

🥉U12 100m for Emily Benner
5th U12 500m for Emily Benner

5th U14 K4 500m for Piper, Noah, Henry and Pippa
7th U14 K2 500m for Henry and Noah

🥉U16 K1 500m for Dom Rowland

6th U18 K1 1000m for Holly Rowland
5th U18 K1 500m for Holly Rowland
🥇U18 K4 200m for Holly racing with a Poverty Bay team
🥇U18 K2 500m for Holly racing with a Poverty Bay team

7th Open Women K1 200m for Jess Cleghorn
8th Open Women K1 200m for Hannah Baxter
5th Open Women K1 500m for Jess Cleghorn
🥇Open Women K2 500 for Dame Lisa Carrington and crew
7th Open Women K2 500 for Jess & Hannah
🥉Open Women K2 200 for Jess and Hannah
🥉Open Women K4 200 for Jess, Hannah and crew
🥇Open Women K4 500 for Dame Lisa Carrington and crew
5th Open Women K4 500 for Hannah, Jess and crew
🥇Junior Men unlimited 500m for Ryley White
🥇Junior Men unlimited 200m for Ryley White

08/04/2026

‼️Important Event Update - 2026 NZCT New Zealand Canoe Sprint Championships‼️

We are looking forward to the Sprint National Championships set to start on Friday but like most of you are tracking the progress and likely impact of Tropical Cyclone Vaianu. The cyclone is currently forecast to make landfall late Saturday or early Sunday and, unlike the usual pattern, it appears to be intensifying rather than weakening.

As a result, the event team is currently confirming plans to compress the racing to a 2-day programme (Friday and Saturday) in anticipation that racing will not occur on Sunday due to the weather and water state. This may also give people the chance to drive home Saturday evening, especially those towing large trailers.
The intention is to try complete 1000m/500m events on Friday and 200m, 12&U 100m, relays and 2.5/5km on Saturday.

There will be a Powhiri with local iwi, Ngāti Koroki Kahukura on the boat ramp at 6am on Friday. Racing will begin at 7am each day and finish later than originally scheduled, with no lunch breaks.
A new schedule and draw will be published and shared this afternoon, and we recognise there will likely be changes and withdrawals as a result of the schedule change. Please contact your team manager with any required changes.

We know this will put pressure on the athletes and potentially affect travel plans but this approach is intended to keep the programme as tight and resilient as possible while prioritising safety and delivery. We will continue to update team managers and participants as required. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation.

07/04/2026

U14 K4 looking good

03/04/2026

The countdown is on. One week until nationals!

24/03/2026

24/03/2026

21/03/2026

Goodluck today team!