Mana Kayak Club

22/07/2025

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Congratulations to Emma Kemp from Mana Kayak Club who will be representing New Zealand in Canoe Marathon at the 2025 World Games in Chengdu, China in August.

The World Games, running from the 6th-17th August, is a multi-sport event for sports and disciplines that are not in the programme of the Olympic Games.

Emma secured New Zealand a woman’s quota spot for the World Games Canoe Marathon event at the 2024 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships and locked in her CRNZ selection with a dominant victory at selection event in Hawkes Bay in June. She will be racing in both the K1 Short Course marathon race on Saturday 9th August and the K1 long course marathon event on Sunday 10th August.

The World Games are just the start of a series of international events for Emma this year, as she is also racing at the Sprint World Championships and Canoe Marathon World Championships. Well done and all the best to Emma!
Read more here:
https://www.canoeracing.org.nz/emma-kemp-to-represent-new-zealand-at-2025-world-games/

Dory Kemp Mana Kayak Club

11/07/2025

Congrats to our Emma!!!

Canoe Racing New Zealand are excited to share the athletes selected in the New Zealand Team for the upcoming 2025 ICF Canoe Sprint & Paracanoe World Championships in Italy in August.

Congratulations to the following athletes:

Aimee Fisher, Hawkes Bay Kayak Racing Club inc
Alicia Hoskin, North Shore Canoe Club Inc.
Emma Kemp, Mana Kayak Club
Finn Murphy, North Shore Canoe Club
Grant Clancy, North Shore Canoe Club
James Munro, Otago Kayak Racing Club
Kacey Ngataki, North Shore Canoe Club
Kalani Gilbertson, North Shore Canoe Club
Lucy Matehaere, Otago Kayak Racing Club
Olivia Brett, Arawa Canoe Club
Quaid Thompson, Poverty Bay Kayak Club
Scott Martlew, Arawa Canoe Club
Tara Vaughan, North Shore Canoe Club

Well done to these athletes and their coaches, clubs, family and supporters for the effort and commitment required for this achievement.

The 2025 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships will be held in Milan, Italy from 20-24 August. Stay tuned as we will bring you all the updates and action in the lead up to and during this pinnacle event for our athletes.

Paralympics New Zealand The NZ Team High Performance Sport New Zealand

01/06/2025

K1 long course done Watersports Marathon Challenge

29/05/2025

THE DRAW IS OUT - TIME TO RACE - 2025 Paddlesports Marathon

25/05/2025

2025 WaterSports Marathon Update

The weather forecast is looking very good for the weekend, a barmy 17deg and sunshine :) So bring those racing sunnies and we look forward to seeing you all on the water next Sunday and Monday.

See the provisional draw and start times in the link below for the various races. If you want to re classify yourself now that you see other people that you may know, please get in touch with us.
The final race draw will be finalised on Wednesday after entries close.

20/05/2025

Get in quick before the fees go up. Feeling like a paddle on King Birthday weekend then come and join us up in Hawkes Bay for a weekend of great racing.

11/05/2025

Early Bird Entry Fees close this Wednesday evening for the 2025 Watersports Marathon Challenge. Enter here now

08/05/2025

Mana Kayak Club in collaboration with Hawkes Bay Kayak Racing Club is pleased to run the Watersports Marathon Challenge, a celebration of all things watersports marathon racing, in Hawkes Bay on 1 and 2 June 2025! 
With 3 different races over 2 days and open to any paddling craft, this will be a great weekend of fun distance racing with something for all abilities. 

Entry form links & additional info on MKC facebook event, MKC website & CRNZ events page

27/04/2025

13/04/2025

This weekend, Mana competed at the NZCT 2025 NZ and Oceania Canoe Sprint Championships! They've had a lot of fun, laughs, a couple of medals, chocolate fish, a birthday, and even a baby on board! Shout out to all of our paddlers who gave it their very best, our coaches for helping them get there, and our parents who stepped in to help (and cook!).

12/04/2025

Last morning, warm up ..

11/04/2025

Day 2! Mana is ready to go!!