Following my Tour with the Junior Team I came straight home to coach at another camp held in Kawerau. There was a fantastic turn out with lots of young paddlers learning heaps. I was also stoked to see many of our U23 paddlers helping out which is great to see! The camp was the perfect lead into last weekends race which was the first weekend of the selection for our National teams. The top 3 juniors/u23/seniors will be selected to represent NZ at various World Championships etc. I also raced and went ok on day one and then was a bit off the pace on day two. However I was still able to finish 2nd kiwi. With the amount (lack) of training and coaching I have been doing I was pretty happy with the weekend. For full results check out www.slalomnz.org.nz
Following the Kawerau race I headed straight home to Napier to check up with some friends and family. We are now back in Palmerston North preparing for the NZ Open and the final race for NZ team trials. There a still a few internationals here so it should be an exciting race.
There is also the Tour De Manawatu cycle tour going on around Palmerston North over the next few days so there is plenty of cyclists cruising around. Yesterday was the time trial which was around Massey University. I had a couple of things to do up at the Uni so popped up for a look and got a couple of photos… 
Steve Stannard smashing himself towards the finish line!
