Aspiring Amateur Athletes NZ Charitable Trust

Canoe Slalom Czech National Results

2010-08-31T15:17:00.000+12:00

The small, picturesque township of Lipno nestled in southern Czech between soaring mountains and fast -flowing ice melt rivers attracts tourists from all over the world to experience the wild water. Lipno was the setting for the 2010 Czech Nationals, an unseasonal cold and wintry winter snap had temperatures plummeting under 10 degrees during competition. Olympian Vavra Hradilek and current Czech title holder pulled a few strings to allow a few top international paddlers to race at this race normally closed to foreign competitors. Mike Dawson was the only Kiwi on the start list. The Lipno slalom course only flows twice a year and training time on the course is limited to 2 hours leaving little preparation and familiarization for internationals on this, a home course for the CZE team.

The Lipno course is no easy slalom river with tough moves and tougher lines quickly narrowing down the field heading into the semis and finals. In slalom every qualification, semi and final is from scratch a new race and competitors need nerves of steel, technical ability and peak fitness to competitively achieve at this top international level

Day One 28th August

After a stunning qualification race , Dawson (NZL) 113.69s in the semi-finals qualified 2nd for the finals behind Lukas Kubrican (CZE) 110.69s. The course was set with gates repositioned allowing for greater difficulty on this demanding course. Vít Prinidis (CZE) 110.88s took out the finals with Dawson moving to 8th position overall. One of Dawson's training partners Heurteau (IRL) feel foul of the course and moved into 22nd position with a 50s penalty.

Day Two 29th August

Fresh from medaling at the 2010 European canoe slalom championship Olympian Vavřinec Hradilek (CZE) 110.59s took out the title with CZE team mates Michal Buchtel 2nd and Lubos Hilgert (CZE)112.16s 3rd allowing an all Czech podium finish. Ciaran Heurteau (IRL) 5th 113.36s put down solid runs during every round day two of competition. Canadian Paul Manning-Hunter experienced a few difficulties on the course pushing him into 10th position. Michael Dawson (NZL) 4th fastest into the final in 115.61s felt the force of the water causing him to lose precious seconds, collecting penalties and leaving him in 12th. overall.

Dawson relished the opportunity and challenge of another race at top level and now with two solid weekends of racing behind him heads back to Ljubljana joining up with the rest of the Kiwi team readying for final training and preparation before the 2010 Canoe Slalom World Championships begin 7-13th September

Slovak Open ICF World Ranking Race August 20-21st

2010-08-23T20:17:00.005+12:00

The Kiwi slalom team raced the ICF WR Slovak Open over the weekend which served as a pre world competition for the Olympic Qualifier 2011 in Bratislava ahead of slalom world championships in Slovenia

With 121 K1M lining up the competition was fierce with only the top 40 going through to the semifinals. Aaron Osborne was the best of the Kiwis from qualification leading into the K1M semi- finals. Mike DAWSON recovering from injury put down an excellent semi -final run which without an unfortunate touch would have seen him easily in the finals but with the 2s penalty pushed him from 4th to 12th overall 3.34s behind world cup medalist Grzegorz POLACZYK (POL) who put down a clean run . In 26th Aaron OSBORNE was 5.87s behind the winner POLACZYK.
Mike Dawson

Johann ROOZENBURG failed to make the cut leaving him in 58th position 107.52, 9.06 s off the qualification leader.

In C1 M Nicolas PESCHIER (FRA) 102.02s took out the qualification ahead of Matej BEŇUŠ (SVK) 103.86s. Young Kiwi Brent BASTIN the best of the NZL C1M put down a clean run 120.82s leaving him in 37th position and just out of the semi-finals. Other NZL athletes on the course were Shaun HIGGINS 46th 138.69s and Ben GIBB 48th 146.78s.

In K1 W Olympians Štepánka HILGERTOVÁ (CZE) took out the qualifications with a clean run 112.60s with Luuka Jones (NZL) 125.22s in 14th position securing her place in the semi-finals. The semis showed the technical difficulty of the course with Corinna KUHNLE (AUT) 101.93s taking out first spot in the finals ahead of fellow AUT Vio Oblinger. Luuka Jones (NZL) moved into 19th position after encountering some troubles and incurring three penalties on the course with a time of 135.65s Luuka Jones

Following their recent training in Bratislava, many of the senior slalom team members have been training in Tacen, Ljubljana, on the course which will host the World Champs next month in Slovenia.

"We love Tacen" is the verdict of the Kiwis who have made the Slovenian capital home for the past eight weeks

The bad news on the slalom front is the withdrawal of Louise Jull from the Slovak Open through injury, the Kiwi contingency are hoping she will be back on track in time for the World Championships. Louise is the top NZL C1 W paddler, 2nd ranked NZL K1W and a key member of the NZL K1 W team for the world championship where performance goals had been looking promising .

NZL Results
K1M (121 competitors)
Michael Dawson 12th
Aaron Osborne 26th
Johann Roozenburg 58th
K1W (45 competitors)
Luuka Jones 19th
Louise Jull DNS injured
C1M (53 competitors)
Brent Bastin 37th
Shaun Higgins 46th
Ben Gibb 48th

The NZL team now travels to Ljubljana for their final preparation before the World Championships September 7-12th

Medals for the NZL rafting team in Down River

2010-07-23T08:58:00.004+12:00

Congratulations to the NZL Rafting team both Men bronze medal and Women Silver medal

Tauranga rafter makes third for NZL Credit Sunlive . Interview Brent Bastin currently training in Slovenia
21 Jul 2010

Tauranga rafter Brent Bastin and his New Zealand team have placed third in the down river event at the 2010 Teva Rafting World Championships. It was held in the Netherlands on Dutch Water Dreams, an artificial course built in the last five years, with 48 teams from 37 countries competing in four different disciplines; time trial, head to head, slalom and the down river.
Brent Bastin with team mates rafting at the World Championships in the Netherlands.
The event, which occurred over the weekend, did not start too promisingly for the New Zealand team, but it did well to place third."After a slow start on Thursday morning in the time trial we were not looking in the best shape for a swift finish," says Brent."However, as the afternoon rolled in we got our stuff together and had our first head to head down the course with Serbia."We had a good start that allowed us to get a jump on the Serbians to take the win."In the quarter finals we came up against Hungary and took the lead early to win by nine seconds, however, we were accused of intentionally cutting them off acquiring a 10 second penalty to knock us out of the semi-final."The second event was the slalom on Friday."In our first run we got given a 50 second penalty as we missed a gate due to being full of water. "In the second run we smashed it out - did the third fastest time of the day, however, we had a delayed 50 second penalty added due to one of the paddlers just missing the gate."Brent says this was a 50/50 call."Saturday was a day to redeem ourselves in the downriver. The downriver is a 30 minute paddle made up of laps, racing down the course, out around the lake then back down the course with the field split into two pods."It was brutal as we had last lane pickings, but managed to get ahead of the field really early in the game and held our lead to win by a little over a minute. However, in the second pod the Brazilians and the Japanese managed to take first and second with us in third by 20 seconds. "With a podium finish this gave us points to finish ninth overall. Not the place we were hoping for, but with the lack of time in the boat together not a bad result in the end."The kiwi girls which included Louise Jull ( Otaki) also performed well in the slalom with a silver medal to add to the collection. With a close battle for first place the girls were happy with their result."

Louise Jull takes gold Augsburg Head to Head

2010-07-02T09:11:00.001+12:00

Louise Jull kept a cool head and worked hard in the Head to Head race to beat off fellow countrywoman Luuka Jones into third position for the top finish. Racing was tight and brutal on the Olym,pic course and left no room for errors. Congratulations to Louise Jull (Otaki) 1st and Luuka Jones (Tauranga) 3rd

World Cup Three Augsburg- Canoe Slalom Olympic Discipline

2010-07-01T09:24:00.000+12:00

Louise Jull flagbearer for the NZL team at the opening ceremony

2010 Teva Extreme Games Italy- NZ World Champions

2010-06-12T17:52:00.006+12:00

Credit Teva Photos L to R Johann Roozenburg, Mike Dawson, Sam Sutton

The Kiwi contingency of Mike Dawson, Sam Sutton and Johann Roozenburg flew into Munich from recent successes at Vail, Colorado. Leading on from their fine USA performances Dawson wrapped up day one of the racing taking out both events, Ivrea northern Italy.

This morning an outstanding field of international competitors (Olympians, World Champions) lined up on the Chiusella River for the first race of the Teva Extreme Outdoor Games. Despite adverse weather conditions the race was spectacular as the athletes battled it out on this difficult and treacherous stretch of the river demonstrating high technical skills.
Mike Dawson (NZL) won the long race with a time of 6:16:20, with Isaac Levinson (USA) 0:05:10s behind and in third place Eric Deguille (FRA) with 6:23:50. Sam Sutton(NZL) finished a credible 4th position just off the podium with Johann Roozenburg (NZL) 18th in this field of 65 world class international paddlers
The high tensions and competitiveness continued throughout the afternoon with the "King of the Falls, a spectacular race from the top of Chiusella River which saw the top athletes combat it out for the title of" King of the Falls ". Only the top 20 placed athletes from the morning long run were eligible to race the "King of the Falls" An adrenaline test, this race has everyone on the edge competitors and spectators alike with the spectacular waterfalls, gnarly water demanding high levels of technical skills, fitness and endurance sending the crowd wild with excitement
Mike Dawson (NZL) also triumphed in the afternoon and according to 2009 winner and top international slalom paddler Kral Dejan (SLO) 2nd commented ‘Dawson is the King!' in third was well known international Honza Lasko (CZE) and NZL'er Sam Sutton was piped into 4th position
Mike Dawson, spearheading the New Zealand team, is the big winner today. Winner of both this morning's Long Race and winner of the King of the Falls in the afternoon.
In an interview a few months ago, Mike told the organisers that he hoped this year to get a good result..
Working towards the Freeride World Championship title and Team Extreme Kayak World Championship title Dawson faces his opponents with strength and high expectations to reach his goal. With two wins out of four events for the former he is in good standing for the title, the Team Extreme kayak World Championship involves two races slalom and downriver over some treacherous water and will be held over the weekend. Keep an eye out for the next results.
Check out full results http://www.tevaextremeoutdoorgames.it/

Teva Mountain Games -Vail Colerado NZL on the Podium

2010-06-09T09:57:00.004+12:00

With spectator crowds of close to 35,000 and over 3000 competitors this is a massive event testing the mettle of the world’s best. Held over four days the town of Vail USA becomes a Mecca for the worlds’ top extreme athletes. New Zealanders are strong contenders with a strong reputation for being at the fore of the world’s best in kayaking proved again they are at the top internationally. Congratulations to the following athletes for their prowess

Steep Creek Championship
Sam Sutton NZL, a Rotorua local took out the Steep Creek Challenge ahead of Mike Dawson NZL 2009 champion. Sam showed his style all the way winning both runs with a clear margin ahead of the worlds’ top whitewater kayakers. Sam who had been preparing in the States for the last three weeks showed his superb skill, technique and fitness on both his runs. Mike Dawson sitting in 4th place after run one was ready and rearing for his second run knowing he had to put down a blistering time ,he knew he was in trouble when early into the second run his shaft snapped on a rock heading into the Leap of Faith waterfall and left him working hard to make it down this gnarly river in 7th position. Johann Roozenburg (Rotorua) also showed his ability coming in 6th position after two solid runs. In the women’s challenge Nikki Kelly NZL was piped at the post into 3rd position by old time rival and friend Tanya Faux AUS, Leea Samuels NZL came in a credible 6th position just ahead of fellow NZL’er Rachael Curtis of Nelson

Down River Sprints
Mike Dawson NZL had a clear margin winning the sprint 8..36s ahead of fellow NZL Sam Sutton with Tao Berman USA coming in 3rd position. The NZL paddlers were on a roll and well represented on the podium with top world extreme woman kayaker Nikki Kelly NZL (Rotorua) in 3rd position in the women’s sprint closely followed by Louise Jull NZL (Otaki) a new comer to international extreme events in 4th position.
Mike, Sam and Johann now head towards Italy to contest their World Extreme title in the teams division against the world‘s best extreme kayakers from around the globe. With a sound performance behind them they are looking for a podium finish in Ivrea, Northern Italy
Unfortunately he high temperatures, snow melt and extreme river flows caused the cancellation of the final day of kayak racing and the 9th annual Teva Mountain Games Vail, Colorado June 3-6, 2010 came to an end

http://www.tevamountaingames.com/

BOP Times article Kiwis dominate

Welcome to our latest athletes

2010-04-21T22:05:00.008+12:00

Aspiring Amateur Athletes NZ Charitable Trust wishes Mike Dawson all the best in his endeavours as he works towards his Olympic dream and congratulates him on his recent national title and the support SPARC is now offering him after his international successes 2009. A current world champion and silver medallist in extreme kayaking and nominated for international kayaker of the year 2010 this young man at 23 is one to keep an eye on in the future. A truly inspirational athlete and sportsman. Watch this space!

The Trust now welcomes Louise Jull- Otaki as an athlete of the Trust. Louise at 21 continues to work hard at her sport, training, competing nationally and internationally and she is developing a strength in the latest women's discipline C1. Louise whilst training continues to successfully marry it with studies undertaken through Massey University.

The Trust also welcomes Brent Bastin. Brent at 19 is the youngest athlete in the Trust. He has one international campaign under his belt and looks forward to steady rise in the ICF ranks during the 2010 competitive year. Brent is also continuing his studies extramurally while training, working and competing to reach his goals

The Trust is in the process of working towards welcoming non Olympic sports into its fold

Congratulations to the following winners

2010-04-21T21:29:00.008+12:00

Congratulations to the following Corporate Sponsors

Bronze
Viking Distributors

Silver
Omokoroa First National Real Estate

Platinum
Frasers Papamoa
A special thanks goes to the following businesses for their support

Holland Beckett-Lawyers
Fitco 2006 Ltd
Craig Investment Partners
Strea Holdings Ltd
Viking Distributors
Plaster Centre
Fraser Developments
Omokoroa First National Real Estate
LB Dawson & Associates Ltd

Family Duck Race Winners
1st Tania Young 166
2nd Grace Bastin 144
3rd Carol & Gary McAneny 132
4th Robert .......... 125
5th George ............ 63
6th Tim Orr

Aspiring Amateur Athletes NZ Charitable Trust would like to thank all the family, friends and neighbours who have supported the athletes to help them realise their goals.

Prizes-All winners will be notified

Family Ducks must be redeemed by May 30th.

Corporate sponsorship must be redeemed by December 2010

Read all about it:

Bay News, Wednesday, April 21 2010 page 11

'Ducks race to aid of athletes'

The Great Duck Race

2010-04-18T12:48:00.004+12:00

It was a day that could only be dreamed of – still, glassy water set the background with crystal clear sky and a slight sea breeze, just the perfect conditions for all racing rubber ducks.

But Sunday wasn’t just another day for those competitive rubber racing ducks, it was the 2010 Amazing Duck Race held on the infamous Judea (Kopurerua) Stream. This race wasn’t just about the ducks; it was about what they represented. It was a very successful fundraising campaign held by local charitable trust Aspiring Amateur Athletes NZ in a quest to raise some much needed funds for Tauranga athletes heading overseas to compete in their chosen sports at their World Championships.

The race kicked off bang on 10am with supporters lining the banks of the stream cheering on their ducks and they raced for glory and amazing prizes. FitCo Tauranga showed great power off the start line taking an early but dominant lead so convincing it looked as though it was going to be a race for 2nd and 3rd. Fatigue struck the duck on the home stretch, as faltered snagging reeds allowing the race to become a battle between Craig’s Investment Partners and Viking Distributors right down to the line. Craig’s looked good, but a late charge in testing finish conditions saw Viking Distributors kept their composure and take a duck and a half length win showing how important nutrition is on the day.

The family duck race was where ducks represented families battling it out for some Pak’n’Save food vouchers on the stream. Tania Young of Tauranga took first place by a huge margin over Grace Bastin 3rd place went to the Mc Aneny Family.

The athletes supported by this are Mike Dawson, Brent Bastin and Tracey Steens.

Dawson a local canoe slalom athlete just returned home from picking up the NZ national title and is heading off to Europe in 10days to begin his campaign towards the world championships held in Slovenia this September.

Dawson says “ I've had good form recently, and the training I’ve had in Australia this summer I’m looking forward to racing this season, and I’ve got some big goals I want to achieve this season in preparation for London 2012. This money we raised here is going to be a huge help in securing the coaching support we need for this.

Bastin, a Massey university student will join him at the World Champs and has high hopes for his second year in the New Zealand team. After gaining a range of knowledge last year Bastin is excited to perform well in the European season.

Bastin says “ Last year at the world champs was my first year in the senior ranks and everything was pretty new. I’m hoping to use that experience to perform a lot better this season. I’ve had great training environment with our new coach, as well as spending a lot of time on the Kaituna River [just out of Rotorua] in preparation for my trip in a month’s time.

Tracey Steens, a local triathlete involved with the trust will also benefit from the money raised putting it towards here trip to the Age group world championships in Hamburg, Germany this winter.

Results:
1st Tania Young (166)
2ndGrace Bastin (132)
3rdMcAneny Family (125)
4th Robert (125)
5thGeorge (63)
6thTim Orr

Corporate Ducks
Bronze : Viking Distributors
Silver : Omokoroa First National
Platinum : Frasers Papamoa

Aspiring Amateur Athletes NZ Charitable Trust would like to thank following for their support FitCo, Holland Becket, Craig Investment Partners, Viking Distributors, Omokoroa First National, Plaster Center, Frasers Papamoa, LB Dawson & Associates & families for their support

Brent Bastin dominates C1M over the weekend

2010-03-08T17:31:00.002+13:00

Tauranga canoe slalom athlete Brent Bastin is one of the Bay of Plenty kayakers heading into the North Island Championships in Kawerau this weekend.

Tauranga canoe slalom athlete Brent Bastin is confident heading into the North Island Championships in Kawerau this weekend after a competitive workout on the Kaituna River last Saturday.

“The overall race winner then was Johann Roozenburg, who recorded a fast time and cleaned out the field,” says Brent. “He had two clean runs and was pleased with his day’s racing.”In the C1 race Brent paddled two solid runs to win by a “solid margin”. He was pleased with his performance this early in the season and is on track for the world cup in June and the world championships in September.“It is important to have these benchmarks when your peak for racing is set for September – to make sure you are achieving your goals during winter training,” says Brent. Nikki Whitehead put in a strong performance winning the K1 women’s race.The masters was a close race with Chris Wood having two solid runs to take the win.In the juniors, Jane Nicholas and Carl Whitehead won the K1 U18 men and K1 U18 women’s. Haven Bellamy won in the U18 C1 men’s.
By Helen Wilson The Weekend Sun March 5th 2010

Oceania Championships Australia

2010-03-04T08:13:00.007+13:00

Hot and sticky was the only way to describe the conditions as the NZL athletes counted down to the Oceania Championships. Michael Dawson 2009 Oceania Champion felt well prepared and ready for the challenge admidst a top international class field of over 200 athletes from around the world. His times were fast but a 50 second penalty laid waste to a chance at the title 2010. He proved his mettle in the Invitational Race winning it well ahead of top international kayaker Dejan Karijl (SLO) and laying down the gauntlet for the European season starting in May. Mike Dawson commented" my times are fast and I know I am easily within reach, I am disappointed I was slightly off line forcing me to head duck the gate allowing a 50 s penalty. I know what I still need to work on." Mike continues training in Australia until the end of March. Congratulations to Mike on being awarded a 2010 Prime Ministers Athlete Scholarship.

Louise Jull continued her fine form heading into the semi finals of the K1W and C1W. The C1W an up and coming class developed over the past three years is showing the women's ability in this difficult discipline. Congratulations to Louise on her performances in both classes. Watch out for this women in C1 at the World Championships in Slovenia later this year.

Brent Bastin was unable to compete in Australia due to family commitments however he continues to be training hard in NZL and is planning on leaving NZL for his European build- up in late May

The Trust wishes to acknowledge the support of FourWinds for the following athletes as they work and train towards success in Europe at the World Cups and World Championships.

Tracey Steens-Port of Tauranga Half Ironman

2010-02-03T22:31:00.005+13:00

Tracey continues on her winning ways taking 1st place in a credible time of 4 hr 54 min in her latest competition the Port of Tauranga Half Ironman which doubled as the NZL Long Distance National Championships. Tracey had a month's break after her fine results in the World Championships Australia and now is well into her training programme as she prepares for HP competition throughout NZL. Her goal is to work towards a performance bike to help give her an even playing field in the highly competitive NZL and international circuit

Congratulations Tracey

The Great Duck Race Fundraiser

2009-12-14T21:03:00.008+13:00

Aspiring Amateur Athletes NZ Charitable Trust

Great Duck Race Fundraiser

Judea Wetlands Tauranga

Sunday 18th April 2010 10am- new date
Duck Race Kopurerua Stream

organised jointly by

Aspiring Amateur Athletes NZ Charitable Trust
&
Tauranga athletes

Supporting Tauranga athletes achieve their goals

Contact the Trust to offer support. Your support is needed. All donations are tax deductible

Mike Dawson wins BOP sportman of the year

2009-12-01T17:49:00.005+13:00

The extreme world champion team of Sam Sutton, Mike Dawson and Jared Meehan were finalists in the team event at the prestigious BOP Sports Awards on Friday with Mike Dawson taking the Individual sportsman of the year title after his outstanding wins in Europe this year

Mike Dawson’s entry focused on the results in two canoeing disciplines slalom and extreme kayaking. Winning extreme races in USA and Europe with a silver and gold podium finish at the Extreme Worlds teams and individual title only narrowly beaten .68hths by Olympic Gold medallist Alex Grimm GER , Oceania title in slalom combining with his rise through the slalom rankings within top 9% of athletes in the world gave him the Sportsman of the Year title. Among the other finalists in his category were All Black Tanerau Latimer and Black Cap Daniel Flynn his win was a great personal achievement cementing an outstanding year.

BOP Time News article Read more

Dawson Finalist in Sport BOP Awards

2009-10-28T17:15:00.003+13:00

Sport Bay of Plenty in conjunction with the Bay of Plenty Polytechnic is proud to announce the finalists for the Bay of Plenty Polytechnic 2009 Bay of Plenty Sports Awards which is being held on Friday 27th November at Baypark, Mount Maunganui from 6.00 pm.

Over 150 nominations from a wide range of sporting organizations and Secondary Schools were received from throughout the region. The judges found it very challenging to identify the finalists for the awards as they were all of a very high calibre. Congratulations to all those nominated and good luck to the finalists.

Michael Dawson-Finalist Sportsman of the Year

Michael Dawson, Sam Sutton, Jared Meehan-Finalist Team of the Year

Bay of Plenty Times article

Dawson takes Silver at the Extreme World Champs Austria

2009-10-04T15:20:00.009+13:00

By adidas Sickline

In a tight and thrilling final on the legendary Wellerbrücke course German kayaker Alexander Grimm 2008 Olympic Champion in Beijing, adds another gold to his collection today at the adidas Sickline Extreme Kayak World Championship in Austria’s beautiful Ötztal. Grimm finished 68 hundredths of a second ahead of New Zealand’s Mike Dawson and 78 hundredths ahead ofJakobus Stenglein from Germany. Over 100 top kayakers from twenty-two countries, among them Olympic Champions and World Champions in canoe slalom, had travelled to Austria to compete for world championship honours on one of the most difficult whitewater sections on the planet.

Full coverage http://www.adidas-sickline.com/

Tracey Steens finishes 6th AG 20-24

2009-09-28T12:07:00.008+13:00

2009 Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU World Championship

3049 athletes from across the world descended on Australia’s Gold Coast for the 2009 ITU Triathlon World Championships as the top age group competitors went head to head over both the sprint and standard distances alongside their paratriathlon counterparts.

The host nation submitted the largest team with 989 triathletes taking to the course, with Great Britain in second, fielding a massive squad of 408 who made the journey to the other side of the world. The USA took the bronze medal in the participant number, just 16 athletes less than Great Britain with 392. 378 triathletes from neighbouring New Zealand also made the trip.

2009 Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU World Championship Grand Final Gold Coast : 20-24 Female AG : Results

Tracey Steens outstanding work and training ethic and demanding schedule fueled her to 6th place in a field of 69 at the Age World Championships, Gold Coast. Tracey was just 7 mins off the winner Gilfillan AUS. Steens who had a very competitive swim just 33 /100th s off the winner's time also finished well up in the bike times but found the run with the heat more taxing than expected and lost some time in this section. An excellent effort. Well done Tracey

1 Courtney Gilfillan AUS 02:09:13
2 Sarah Bryant NZL 02:13:29
3 Madeleine Oldfield AUS 02:13:41
4 Miranda Tomeson CAN 02:15:28
5 Krista Meares AUS 02:16:02
6 Tracey Steens NZL 02:16:17

Full official results

Some athletes made their way from as far afield as Venezuela, Oman, Norway, Morocco, Liechtenstein, Guatemala, Mauritius and Kazakhstan, ensuring that the strong turnouts from the larger countries were matched with passion and enthusiasm from the smaller triathlon nations.

Australia were the big winners in the standard distance competition taking ten gold medals, ahead of the USA on eight. There were also gold medals heading back to Great Britain, Canada, France and Spain.

Day Three Canoe Slalom World Champs Spain

2009-09-13T07:39:00.006+12:00

Photograph:Balint Vekassy

La Seu D’Urgell, Spain – While Slovakia won two of the four team events at today’s International Canoe Federation Canoe Slalom World Championships, perhaps the happier news here today was Spain winning its first-ever medals in a World Championship.

Gold medalists in today’s team competitions were Slovakia in C2 and C1 men, Great Britain in K1 Women and Czech Republic in K1 men.

Spanish fans erupted in cheers, applause and even tears as Team Spain’s first bronze medalists realized they had earned Spain’s first-ever medal in a World Championship. The C1 team, comprised of Jordi Domenjo, Jon Erguin and Ander Elosegi was mobbed by fans as they took their boats out at the finish line. A similar scene erupted when in K1 team action, top-seeded France incurred a 50 point penalty moving that country into ninth place and Spain up to third. The K1 team was comprised of Joan Crespo, Guillermo Diez Canedo and Carles Juanmarti.

Finals are slated to start at Noon. For up-to-the-minute schedules and results visit http://www.worldseu09.parcolimpic.com/

Day Two Canoe Slalom World Championships

2009-09-12T16:52:00.001+12:00

The kiwi team were all on the course racing, on day two of the World Champs in Seu, with only the C1 women advancing to the semis in their demonstration event. In the 98 strong K1 men's field, Peter Kauser 84.74s SLO, continued his outstanding form and took top honours by 1.99 seconds, showing his consistent form this year.

Top performing New Zealander Mike Dawson, who had spent the week off the water due to a mystery illness needed to be helped from his boat after second runs, finished a disappointing 54th, after a touch on the last gate. The fastest Kiwi with a raw run of 91.51s, the touch blew his semi hopes, while Aaron Osborne's 92.16s clean second run left him in 45th. Team mate Johann Roozenburg 102.58s was 69th. Alex Grimm Olympic Champion Beijing failed to make the semis on this course, which tested the athletes.

Youngster Brent Bastin 112.40s in his first world champs experience finished 52nd in the C1 event, fielding 67 paddlers. Jon Eurguin ESP to the home crowd's delight, took out the heats in 91.74s.

At the top of the table in the women's C1 demonstration event was 16 year old Chinese athlete Qianqian Teng, 120.84 s with NZL'ers Louise Jull 149.26s in 8th, and Luuka Jones 190.99s in 16th, both advancing to semis on Sunday.

The ICF is working towards having C1W in the 2016 Olympics and while the fields are currently small a number of nations are actively preparing their athletes for the 2016 Olympics.
Day three is teams events, with the only NZ team being in K1 mens.

Canoe Slalom World Championships 9-13th September

2009-09-09T15:12:00.003+12:00

Mike Dawson after months of training unfortunately contracted swine flu a week out from the World Championships. A decision will be made as to his fitness to compete after his illness. He is slowly recovering but far from the peak of his goal to make top 10. We wish Mike a speedy recovery and all the best if he is capable of racing.

For full event information Click here

Tri Worlds Australia

2009-09-07T08:48:00.004+12:00

Competing Age World Standard Distance Triathlon Championships, September 2009 Australia

Tracey Steens begins an intense week as the Tri Worlds start Tuesday 8th. All the best to Tracey for her competition.

Follow her competition Event Schedule

Another great performance Pre World Championships Tacen SLO

2009-08-26T08:08:00.004+12:00

Pre World Championships Tacen SLO

Mike Dawson set his sights high after an impressive result in Bratislava the week before. In Tacen qualifications he nailed the course heading into his second run in fourth place out of a field of 114 K1M a sure start for the semi finals the following day. Unfortunately the calibre of the competitors says it all when Dawson missed out on a top 20 semis spot by 100th/s going into 22nd place overall after second runs. With such a strong field the racing is tight and errors are costly. Dawson had the 2nd fastest split time on the course but slightly off line in the second half of the course caused the time lapse which took him out of the semis. Dawson while disappointed not making the semis also realised with the top 15-25 competitors within one second of each other the game is highly competitive.

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Dawson now heads to Seu , Spain in preparation for the World Championships

All the best for the World Championships

Mike Dawson bags a top ten finish ICF Slovak Open

2009-08-17T09:56:00.004+12:00

What a fantastic weekend of racing for Tauranga paddler Michael Dawson in the Slovak Open, an ICF ranking race at Bratislava.
He qualified 2nd (from a field of over 100) - only 1.12 seconds behind Slovenian Peter Kauzer who has just won the World Cup Series '09.
With the field reducing to 20 for semis it was pretty cut throat but he produced a good run to make it through in 6th place. The top 10 go through to the finals, where Mike picked up a touch at the bottom pushing him into 9th overall. A great result!

Mike, 2009 Oceania Champion, World Champion Team Extreme Kayaking and NZL's top ranked international paddler says "I was stoked to put down some solid paddling... clean! "

The New Zealand team heads to Tacen in Slovenia for a pre world champs race next weekend as part of their build up to the World Champs in La Seu D'Urgell, Spain home of the 1992 , Barcelona Olympics early next month.

Slovak Open full results at http://www.mates.sk/

Thanks to Pub Charity for their donation to help purchase this boat

Mike Dawson sends a blistering challenge Slovak Open

2009-08-16T18:37:00.007+12:00

Mike Dawson NZL's top internationally ranked athlete threw down the gauntlet to the slalom world where as the only athletes not coached , supported or funded by their nation raced into the semi finals in second place ( Mike Dawson 98.33) behind world champion and Olympic medalist Peter Kauzer SLO 97.64 and ahead of Olympic Medallist Matausze Palaczyk POL 98.50 . Mike currently ranked 21st in the world and 2009 Oceania Champion and Extreme Kayaking team World Champion was quietly pleased with his qualification result and is looking forward to the racing Sunday.

http://www.mates.sk/

NZL V Argentina Well fought

2009-08-12T12:39:00.003+12:00

Argentina and New Zealand had a heated match that almost matched the temperature on Monday afternoon. Argentina was on the attack right away and in the 10th minute, Captain Victoria Zuloaga scored on a penalty corner. After some great saves by the New Zealand goalkeeper, Argentina got through again when Luciana Soracco scored a field goal. New Zealand retaliated four minutes later when Katie Glynn scored on a penalty corner. Before they had finished celebrating #8, Martina Cavallero had made it down the field and scored right through the goalie’s legs. In the second half both teams were back and forth, but New Zealand’s Katie Glynn scored their second goal with a beautiful tip off her stick into the net. Minutes later, Argentina’s Delfina Merino dribbled down the field and scored again. In the 53rd minute, Captain Victoria Zuloaga scored the final goal of the game off a penalty corner. It was a fast-paced match and New Zealand never made it easy for Argentina.

NZL Junior Blacksticks an awesome effort and for many their first overseas competition. Best of luck for the next round just out of medal contention

Medal Round Results

NZL Junior Blacksticks draw with Germany

2009-08-09T19:41:00.004+12:00

On day five of the BDO Junior Women’s World Cup the junior blacksticks of New Zealand played Germany. In the opening minutes, New Zealand’s #13 Katie Glynn had a breakaway, but Germany’s keeper came through for the save. Soon after in the 5th minute, Glynn was able to get past the keeper to put New Zealand up 1-0. Germany had a series of shot opportunities be stopped by New Zealand’s keeper and defense; but New Zealand also had runs of their own into their attacking circle. The match kept up at a face-pace throughout the first half. Germany had the first penalty corner of the game around the 26th minute, but New Zealand’s defense prevented the score and maintained their lead over Germany to end the half 1-0. The second half continued to be a back and forth battle in the midfield. Germany, however, took control of the attack for a bit and executed a series of penalty corners in a short span of time. Thus, in the 51st minute, Germany tied the game 1-1 off a penalty corner goal by #8 Pia Grambusch. In the final minute, Germany was awarded a penalty corner, but failed to capitalize; with the match between New Zealand and Germany ending in a draw.

Well done to Kate and the Kiwi Junior Black sticks

NZL fight hard against China

2009-08-08T19:45:00.000+12:00

In the second Pool C match on day four, China and New Zealand played a hard fought match. China had attacking opportunities in the beginning of the first half, including a penalty corner in the first minutes, but strong saves by the New Zealand goalie kept the match scoreless. Finally, China broke through in the 22nd minute off a field goal from #10 Yudiao Zhao. New Zealand had some great shots on goal, but could not score. China continued to control the pace of the game to end the half up 1-0 over New Zealand. The second half began where the first half left off with China fast on the attack, and New Zealand goalkeeper staving off China’s shots. Midway through the second half, Zhao broke through again to put China up 2-0 over New Zealand. New Zealand tried to get a goal in the last part of the half but China was too good on the day and went up 3-0 on a field goal by #14 Yang Sun in the 59th minute to pull away for the win.

A hard game but well fought. A fine effort

Junior Black Sticks win against Spain

2009-08-07T07:45:00.004+12:00

New Zealand’s girls were able to take control of the first half of today’s game, keeping the ball mostly in the Spanish end. What appeared to be the first goal of the game was not counted as a point. The ball rolled off the stick of a Spanish player into their own goal, but without touching the stick of a New Zealand player first. New Zealand was able to secure a goal just minutes later when Petrea Webster (#21) scored on a corner.

Early in the second half, Spain’s Carlota Petchame (#7) was awarded a penalty stroke but missed the shot and the opportunity to tie the game. New Zealand continued to keep the ball deep in the Spanish end throughout the second half. In the 30th minute, New Zealand’s Katie Glynn scored to bring the team up 2-0. Shortly after, Glynn maintained her fire and put New Zealand up 3-0. In the final minutes, #1 Gemma Flynn for New Zealand scored off a penalty corner to end the game with her team up 4-0 over Spain.

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Congratulations to Kate and Junior Blacksticks

News Junior Black Sticks

2009-08-05T20:20:00.003+12:00

The Netherlands has been a strong competitor in past Junior Women's World Cups, but the unexpected happened today when New Zealand won the 5th match 3-1. The first half of the game was dominated by the Netherlands women as they made smooth and well paced passes down the field. In the 19th minute, #4, Kitty Van Male of the Netherlands scored the first goal.
The second goal was scored by New Zealand's #6 Cathryn Finlayson in an exciting breakaway. Netherlands came out on top with patience and control in the second half while New Zealand struggled to gain possession. The opportunity was there for the Netherlands but it was New Zealand who scored the next goal on a corner with a smooth flick into the net by #13 Katie Glynn. The frustration in the Netherlands players was apparent as they continued to dominate and make shots with no results. In yet another breakaway for New Zealand, the Netherlands' goalkeeper came forward leaving the goal open for #13 Katie Glynn to dribble in and score again.
Although the Netherlands had possession for the majority of the match, New Zealand's speed and accuracy kept them in the lead. This is only their second time competing in this tournament.

Kate Savory Junior Black Sticks Boston Update

2009-08-04T19:07:00.006+12:00

Success for the JBS first game at the Juniors World Cup winning 3-1 vs Netherlands ( the number one woman's side in the world).

After the win an estastic Kate said "The Netherlands have been strutting around all week so feels amazing to win against them as the hot favourites at the World Cup."

The JBS played South Africa in a warm up game and won 5-1.

The JBS now challenge Spain and China (the next two match games)

With the weather a warm 30 degrees NZL winter seems a long way away

Congratulations to Kate and JBS on their first match win.

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Kate Savory heads to Boston

2009-08-03T16:21:00.003+12:00

After an excellent build up in NZL Kate Savory has winged her way to Boston for the U23 World Championships. The NZL Junior Black Sticks have started well winning their warm-up matches before the competition begins in earnest later this week

All the best to Kate and her Junior Black Stick team

Follow the match schedule

Mike Dawson finishes well up ICF Slalom CZ

2009-08-03T16:13:00.006+12:00

ICF Wave Slalom- Ceske Vrbne, CZ August 2nd 09

In a field of 90+ international paddlers top Kiwi slalom athlete Mike Dawson ranked 21st in the world finished on form with a top ten finish in 6th place and just out of medal contention. With less than 4 seconds separating the top 8 places racing was tight and technical.

Congratualtions to Mike on his top performance

ICF Wave Slalom CZ Results

Triathlon Age World Championships Australia

2009-07-07T19:03:00.004+12:00

All the best to Tracey as she continues to train hard in preparation for the World Championship

Follow Tracey's competition World Championship Triathlon Gold Coast Australia

Kate Savory-Hockey

2009-07-07T09:22:00.004+12:00

Kate Savory has held two successful fundraisers to help get her to Boston for the U23 Hockey World Championships. Her North Harbour team also successfully won the NZL national hockey competition. Congratulations Kate

Boston World Championship Match Schedule

Canoe Slalom World Cup Results

2009-07-07T09:18:00.008+12:00

Thanks to the coaching support of NZCT NZL athletes continue to advance in the world rankings. Mike Dawson finished 0.08 100th/ sec outside of a top twenty finish. Other NZL athletes finished within the anticipated top 30 finish.

Mike Dawson wins Teams Extreme World Championship

2009-06-04T19:53:00.009+12:00

NZ team win World Championships-Italy

Mike Dawson leading Sam Sutton and Jared Meehan to the Extreme World Champion titleMike Dawson races to 2nd individual extreme kayak

Extreme Kayak Team World Championships- Ivrea, Italy 1st
Extreme Kayak Individual-Ivrea, Italy 2nd
Extreme Kayak top 20 athletes-Ivrea, Italy 2nd
Extreme Kayak Boatercross- Vail USA-1st
Extreme Kayak Boatercross-Bovec, Slovenia 1st

BOP Times article

Tracey Steens- Triathlete

2009-05-27T16:21:00.003+12:00

Competing Age World Standard Distance Triathlon Championships, September 2009 Australia

NZ Triathlon Representative

2009 results
1st Women- Erin Baker Award Triathlon Championships
3rd NZ Triathlon Championships 20-24 age group
2008
2nd 18-19 Age group Triathlon World Championships Vancouver

Michael Dawson-Canoe Slalom

2009-05-27T15:56:00.000+12:00

Michael Dawson -Senior World Championships Seu Spain 2009

NZ Canoe Slalom Representative

NZ Freestyle Representative

NZ Rafting Representative

NZ Extreme Kayak Representative

2009 Results

Oceania Championship Canoe Slalom 1st

Bovec Extreme 1st

Slovakian senior selection race 8th

Kate Savory-Junior Women Blacksticks

2009-05-27T15:55:00.010+12:00

Kate Savory competing U 23 Hockey World Championships Boston USA 2009

NZ Hockey Representative

2009 Athletes Supported To Date

2009-04-15T14:35:00.006+12:00

Kate Savory-Hockey Junior World Championships U23 Boston USA
Tracey Steens-Triathlete Age World Standard Championships , Gold Coast Australia
Michael Dawson-Canoe Slalom World Championships Spain

2009 Avepro Holdings Ltd

2009-04-15T14:26:00.002+12:00

Sincere thanks to the directors of Avepro Holding Ltd for their on-going support of local athletes and Aspiring Amateur Athletes NZ Charitable Trust.

2009 Phillips Garage Tauranga

2009-04-15T14:21:00.005+12:00

Sincere thanks to Phillips Garage- Fraser Street, Tauranga especially to Sandra and staff for their support of Aspiring Amateur Athletes NZ Charitable Trust. Once again through their donation the trust will be able to support a local athlete. Pleae support their business where possible so they can continue to support local athletes.

2009 LB Dawson & Associates Ltd

2009-04-15T14:20:00.002+12:00

Long time supporters of Tauranga athletes, Canoe Slalom NZ, NZ Cancer Society and the local breast cancer society. It is with pleasure Aspiring Amateur Athletes NZ Charitable Trust once again acknowledges their financial support 2009

2008 Rotorua Energy Charitable Trust

2009-02-24T16:22:00.001+13:00

Many thanks for the support to upgrade and extend the slalom gates on the Kaituna River. The work is completed and looks fabulous. Already there have been two training camps and daily and evening coaching using the new gates.A number of gates requiring repair have been replaced. With the summer season for training well under away the new gates are very much appreciated.

2008 Phillips Garage Tauranga

2008-05-24T14:26:00.003+12:00

Sincere thanks to Phillips Garage- Fraser Street, Tauranga especially to Sandra and staff for their support of NZ athlete James Dawson who made Olympic country selection in canoe slalom. Your support helped him to travel to Europe and compete to meet NZOC policies