Day Two of NZ selections is over and we are at the half way point with two races to go… Racing for me on Sunday was ok again.. Nothing great but loosing time in a couple of places. All good though. Will F (Australia) was in good form again winning the race in front of Ciaran Heurteau from Ireland, followed by myself.  There has been some super tight racing in other classes, the junior team selections is going to go down to the last race.

After racing on Sunday Will and I decided to pop into the Red Woods in Rotorua for a bit of a mountain bike. It was a wicked way to end the day. We thrashed out a good hour and then drove to Napier arriving late last night. Tomorrow morning we will depart for Palmerston North where we will train it up for the next week in preparation for the 2010 NZ Open!

Results can be found at slalomnz.org.nz

Well today started off pretty early driving across from Rotorua to sunny Kawerau…. well sort of sunny. It was a great day with a good turn out of NZ and International paddlers.  The venue is looking as good as ever and the designers set a pretty good course. It was pretty easy with no ‘big move’ just places where you can loose time. Racing for me went average.. I had 2 pretty ok runs with a few key places where I lost time and a touch, but on a whole it was ok. Will F from Australia took out todays race..

From Wednesday I was over in Kawerau training on the Tawawera River.. It was pretty cool as we were coaching a big group of young kayakers. There were quite a few new paddlers to slalom and even ones that haven’t even paddled before. It was great to see the improvement throughout the camp and it showed on the last day with everyone minting a few ups and downs in our race…. The food, weather, training, company and time was awesome! There will be another camp in Kawerau leading into the first selection race in January. Im not sure on the dates but if you are keen email me and ill pass on some details..

Straight after the camp I drove straight to Napier for Stephs sisters wedding! It was held at Church Road Winery and a really cool wedding. Im looking forward to seeing the photos! I also brought down Marcel and Monica and we spent the day cruising around our local sights… Palmy tomorrow for the Mangahao booked flow.. then back for xmas then to aus. busy times…