Mana Kayak Club

16/04/2025

Mana Kayak Club in collaboration with are excited to bring you a long distance race in the Sunny Hawkes Bay.
More info & entry links coming soon

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!!

11/04/2025

Racing & celebrating! Happy 18th Max!

10/04/2025

We are looking forward to the NZCT NZ & Oceania Canoe Sprint Championships tomorrow 🚣‍♀️

09/02/2025

Bringing their best at Tikitapu 2 this weekend 💛💛💛

08/02/2025

💥Finalists for 2024 Male Canoe Sprint Athlete of the Year💥

It was an historic year for New Zealand men's canoe racing in many ways.
The finalists for male canoe sprint athlete of 2024are:

✨Kurtis Imrie - At his 2nd olympic games, Kurtis was part of the NZ men's K4 who made an olympic A final for the first time in 40 years and finished 8th. Kurtis also raced in the men's K2 500m and advanced through to the semi-final.

✨Max Brown- Max was in seat 1 in the NZ men's K4 team, which finished 8th at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. In Paris, he also raced in the C2 500m, the first time NZ has competed in C-boats at an Olympics.

✨Peter Cowan - Peter made history winning NZ's first paracanoe Paralympic medal when he won Bronze in the VL3 200m at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. This added to the world championship silver medal Pete won earlier in 2024.

The annual CRNZ Sport and Recognition awards are an opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate of the outstanding achievements and the valuable contributions made by Canoe Racing NZ club members, both domestically and internationally.
We look forward to celebrating these and all the other finalists and winners on Saturday.

08/02/2025

💥Finalists for 2024 Marathon Athlete of the Year💥

Celebrating our endurance machines! Finalists for Marathon Athlete of 2024 are:

✨Emma Kemp – in her first year in the Open women’s division, Emma finished 14th in the long course and 11th in the short course at the 2024 ICF Marathon World Championships.

✨Garth Spencer - Garth won a bronze medal in the Men’s K1 Masters 50-54 age grade and a silver medal in the K2 with Vaughan Reed in the Masters Men 50-54 at the 2024 ICF World Marathon Championships in Croatia.

✨Quaid Thompson – Quaid won both the long course and short course open men’s titles at the 2024 NZ Marathon National Championships, as well as an impressive 17th place in the long course at the World Marathon Championships.

The annual CRNZ Sport and Recognition awards are an opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate of the outstanding achievements and the valuable contributions made by Canoe Racing NZ club members, both domestically and internationally.
We look forward to celebrating these and all the other finalists and winners on Saturday.

22/01/2025

Summer paddling 🌞

01/12/2024

Mana has made a splash at Tikitapu 1. So cool to see the success each has had as they progress their development in the sport. We're looking forward to getting back to training to put our learnings into action. Thanks to our great group of parents, so thankful for all you do in supporting your children and our club.

29/11/2024

First regatta of the season. Go Mana!

08/11/2024

The K1 squad at this mornings training

07/10/2024

Nominations are open for the 2024 Canoe Racing New Zealand Sport & Recognition Awards.

Nominations close on 1st Nov

All the details & form can be found at https://www.canoeracing.org.nz/crnz/crnz_awards/

04/10/2024

Lovely Saturday morning, down at Porirua harbour. All welcome at 9:30 on Saturday mornings to join in!

20/09/2024

Awesome Emma!! 💛💛

26/08/2024

Fantastic result for Emma overnight at the Canoe Sprint World Championships as she finished in 5th place in the Open Womens 5km race.

In what were very tricky conditions all the work Emma put in over the winter practicing portaging came to the fore as she navigated the 5 portages and the side on chop in real style.

We're so proud of you Emma!!

Emma is now off to England to train with the Wey Kayak Club in Guildford to prepare for the World Marathon Championships. Big thanks to the team at Wey Kayak Club for all your support.

At the World Marathon's in Croatia, Emma with be competing in the Open Womens K1 marathon and 3.5km short course events.

The photo is of Emma crossing the finish line racing in a blistering 35deg heat.

24/08/2024

It was a tough first day on the water for Emma as she didn't get the result she was after in trying to qualify for the A final in the K1 1000m. Finishing in 7th place in her semi final.

Although the result on the scoreboard didn't reflect what she was wanting in terms of an performance outcome, the result on her internal scoreboard (self learning) was massive and in many ways her most important victory as she continues her journey on a pathway of mastery.

She is back on the water on Sunday where she is competing in the K1 5km with all the excitement and skill of lap racing and portages.

This will be exciting along with the mens race where Pimenta and Pedersen go head to head again.

Check out the racing here

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