South Island Canoe Polo Championships

Latest pics from the 2021 champs. All images Marty Anderson | Outside the Square Creative. Larger images for download, here, https://outsidethesquare.client-gallery.com/gallery/south-island-canoe-polo-2021

A few more photos from the weekend from some of our other photographers

South Island Champsionships 2020 - Google Drive

BIG Shout Out! Firstly To all the teams, coaches and supporters that travelled to attend the Tournament, thank you for taking the time and making the commitment to travel we trust that you enjoyed your time with us.
Secondly to all the local players, coaches and supporters, again thanks to you too, for helping to make the event a success.
To everyone that pitched in on both days for the setups and pack downs thank you.
Bruce Nuttall thanks for manning the gate yesterday.
Luke Anderson for all the work you did on the draw and keeping Tourney running and being Chief Official
Lydia Nuttall for making sure the teams were informed an up to date with info.
Phil Hart for organising the caps for the winners.
Lucia Anderson, for running around collecting and organising the prizes and trophies.
Andrew McFadzean, head referee, for your help and support with the refs.
Dr Andy Given and Marty Anderson for your photographic prowess we look forward to seeing your shots.
Justin Randall for collecting and dropping off the loos.
Andi Fear-Ross for assisting the refs and undertaking some ref tests and mentoring.
Brad Adamson as a new ref you must get the prize for the most games reffed! You are a legend.
Apologies if I’ve missed anyone off this list but again thank you to all as it’s each of our little parts of what we do as we join together to make it all work.

Apologies that we didn’t get the weather order right....🌩🌦🌧🌦🌥⛅️

The latest is that Tourney has been updated, the first games will start at 6.42am, with no games being lost.

🚘🚘🚘If you want to have you car in the polo area tomorrow then you must be there early and your vehicle must stay in the area until the end of the tournament and the gate will be locked for the rest of the day.

If you intend to come and go throughout the day then you must park at the top again as the gate will not be opened.

For those that want to help with setup please be there at 6:00am

*** IMPORTANT PLEASE READ CAREFULLY ***
Due to roading and carpark construction work that is currently underway at Lake Roto Kohatu - there will be no vehicle access beyond the top gate from this Friday evening onwards to the canoe polo area!.

This is due to health & safety requirements that both the CCC and the Contractor are having to abide with which are being imposed upon them by other parties. Starting this Saturday there will be a number of heavy vehicle movements on the road and their concern is for everyones safety.

What does this mean for SI Champs?
All players and spectators will have to park their vehicle at the top carpark and any gear that you require will have to be carried down to the polo pitches. There will be no exceptions.
We know this is not ideal and we have been working hard along with the Rangers to try and resolve the situation, looking for alternative access, traffic management startegies etc. but due to other users of the lake and security issues etc. these have not been feasible.

The Rangers are not happy about the situation as are we, another major event that was also scheduled has now been cancelled because of this.

What can you do to help?

Get there early and assist those with setup and help during the day carry gear to and from the pitches. We will have a couple of 'service vehicles' that will have access to the area as they will have the main gear for setup, gazebos, generators, scoreboards, toilets etc. but they must remain parked once setup is complete.

Again, it's not an ideal situation at all but if we all pull together we will make this tournament work and it will be one where we can be proud and say we all did this together. 2020 won't get us down!

Due to low demand and substantial organistion needed we are cancelling the Saturday night Fundraising BBQ this year.

Air New Zealand have flights on sale from $49 for the weekend of South Island Champs 2020. This includes flights from Palmerston North and Hawkes Bay!!! Get booking everyone!

Here are some unedited photos taken over the weekend from some of our budding photographers.

Thanks Cynthia Guo and her team Susie ward Ward, Tara Carranceja and Mathew Boag

South Island Champs 2019 701 new photos added to shared album