Trip CaLeNDAR
Find out where we will paddle next*.
Under alert level 1 we can run kayaking trips almost as we did before COVID 19. However, please do not come on trips if you have respiratory disease symptoms. Also please let the trip organizer know if you develop respiratory disease symptoms within 4 days after the trip, and make sure that the trip organizer can contact you after the trip - just in case.
June 2020
Sunday 14 June: A Grade 2 trip on the lovely Waiohine river. Have a look on OUR RIVERS at what the river is like. This is a great beginners' trip and we hope to take along some beginners (you need to have done at least one river trip with us before). If you want to participate, please sign up by 11 June by contacting Jan (021 262 5607/ jan73af@gmail.com). You will need to provide an address, a phone number and an email address at which you can be reached before and after the trip. The overall group size is no longer restricted. BUT we need to make sure that we have a good ratio beginners to experienced kayakers; the numbers of beginners we can take will depend on how many experienced people sign up. More details on organization by email after the 11th of June to those who have signed up.
Monday 15 June: Committee meeting. Venue to be announced.
Sunday 21 June: Mid-Winter on the Rangitikei! A short easy Grade 2 trip (Mangaweka Campground to Mangaweka Cemetery) to celebrate the shortest day on the best river! Excellent learning trip for keen beginners to improve their skills so they can tackle more rivers with confidence. Don't worry, there will be no planned rolling or wet exits! We will cover the basics so you can learn how to paddle with style :-) You must have done at least one trip with us before. If you'd like to come along, please sign up by 18 June with Ruth (027 717 8449, ruthyflee@yahoo.co.nz). Trip number limited to 10 beginners + teachers. Sorry, no walk-ins.
Saturday 27 June: Hutt Gorge (Grade 3). Have a look on OUR RIVERS at what the river is like.
Contact: Greg 021 212 1551
Monday 15 June: Committee meeting. Venue to be announced.
Sunday 21 June: Mid-Winter on the Rangitikei! A short easy Grade 2 trip (Mangaweka Campground to Mangaweka Cemetery) to celebrate the shortest day on the best river! Excellent learning trip for keen beginners to improve their skills so they can tackle more rivers with confidence. Don't worry, there will be no planned rolling or wet exits! We will cover the basics so you can learn how to paddle with style :-) You must have done at least one trip with us before. If you'd like to come along, please sign up by 18 June with Ruth (027 717 8449, ruthyflee@yahoo.co.nz). Trip number limited to 10 beginners + teachers. Sorry, no walk-ins.
Saturday 27 June: Hutt Gorge (Grade 3). Have a look on OUR RIVERS at what the river is like.
Contact: Greg 021 212 1551
July 2020
Sunday 5 July: Whangaehu (Collier’s Bridge to Polson Rd section; Grade 2-3). This section has not been done for a number of years and so we are not sure what this will be like. It use to be mostly fun grade 2+ and a few 3's - thus not suitable for beginners. A definite plus: This section has a far easier get in/get out than the upper sections.
Contact: Wayne 027 244 7108 or waynegedye@gmail.com
Saturday 11 July and Sunday 12 July: Tongariro Releases. Access 10 (Grade 3; have a look on OUR RIVERS at what the river is like) on Saturday. Access 14 (Grade 4) and Access 13 (Grade 3) on Sunday. RWWC paddlers will be there, as will our club raft to give less experienced paddlers a chance to experience these rivers. Some of us are driving up from Palmy on the Saturday. If you want to come along, please contact Greg (021 212 1551).
Saturday 18 July: If you missed out last time or want to go again: another Grade 2 trip on the lovely Waiohine river. Have a look on OUR RIVERS at what the river is like. This is a great beginners' trip and we hope to take along some beginners (you need to have done at least one river trip with us before). If you want to participate, please sign up by 16 July by contacting Jan (021 262 5607/ jan73af@gmail.com). More details on organization by email after the 16th of July to those who have signed up.
Saturday 25 July: Otaki (Grade 2). Have a look on OUR RIVERS at what the river is like.
Contact: Mel 027 332 8182
Monday 27 July: Committee meeting at Iain's at 7:30.
Contact: Wayne 027 244 7108 or waynegedye@gmail.com
Saturday 11 July and Sunday 12 July: Tongariro Releases. Access 10 (Grade 3; have a look on OUR RIVERS at what the river is like) on Saturday. Access 14 (Grade 4) and Access 13 (Grade 3) on Sunday. RWWC paddlers will be there, as will our club raft to give less experienced paddlers a chance to experience these rivers. Some of us are driving up from Palmy on the Saturday. If you want to come along, please contact Greg (021 212 1551).
Saturday 18 July: If you missed out last time or want to go again: another Grade 2 trip on the lovely Waiohine river. Have a look on OUR RIVERS at what the river is like. This is a great beginners' trip and we hope to take along some beginners (you need to have done at least one river trip with us before). If you want to participate, please sign up by 16 July by contacting Jan (021 262 5607/ jan73af@gmail.com). More details on organization by email after the 16th of July to those who have signed up.
Saturday 25 July: Otaki (Grade 2). Have a look on OUR RIVERS at what the river is like.
Contact: Mel 027 332 8182
Monday 27 July: Committee meeting at Iain's at 7:30.
August 2020
Sunday 9 August: Oroura (Grade 2) trip
Contact Max 027 239 7096
Sunday 9 August: Club AGM at 6pm. Venue to be announced.
Wednesday 26 August: Whitewater NZ AGM
Contact Max 027 239 7096
Sunday 9 August: Club AGM at 6pm. Venue to be announced.
Wednesday 26 August: Whitewater NZ AGM
*See also our Facebook page for additional information (who's going, additional details, last minute changes). Contacts are provided for trips organised by our club. We carbon-offset kayaking trip-related emissions.
