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2017 World Masters Games - 10 quick tips for masters’ success

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Are you involved in a team sport and searching for ways to improve your team’s chances of success in masters tournaments?
Interview with sprint star Lisa Carrington

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We caught up for a chat with Lisa Carrington a week before the 2015 World Canoe Sprint Championships. She was spending her final training camp along with the rest of the New Zealand team in Training in Paradise – paddling on lakes Bled and Bohinj (Slovenia).
World Master Games 2017 prepares to welcome 13000 International competitors

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As World Masters Games 2017 marks two years to go until the event kicks off on 21 April 2017, individual sports are upping preparations to welcome 13,000 international competitors to Auckland, New Zealand.
New Zealand canoe polo teams Dominate at Oceania Championships

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Six out of seven of the New Zealand representative canoe polo teams took away gold last weekend at the Oceania Championships, held at Nagambie Lakes, Victoria, Australia.
Teneale Hatton Takes One Giant Leap Toward Olympic Dream

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World Champion and Olympic kayaker Teneale Hatton is gearing up for another record breaking year on the water, with one of the busiest event calendars of any athlete in the sport and the backing of One Giant Leap, the New Zealand based developers of a power meter for kayakers.
Brigden-Jones and Flood impress at the Blue Lakes Regatta in New Zealand

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Jo Brigden-Jones and Naomi Flood reaped the benefits of a three week training block by recording some impressive results at the Blue Lakes Regatta in Rotorua, New Zealand on Saturday.
NZ Extreme Race Series finale – Bullerfest Boater X

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On Friday 28th of February a large swarm of paddlers once again descended on the small town of Murchison, located on the banks of the Buller River in the central upper South Island, ready for New Zealand’s largest kayaking festival – Bullerfest to kick off.
GB Youth Raft team: Awe-inspiring journey to double World Silver and a Bronze

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An incredible tale of determination and overcoming personal obstacles behind the GB Youth Raft team's New Zealand success.
Brazil wins Men’s Open, but New Zealand shines on final day

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The spectacular Down River climax to the World Rafting Championships in Rotorua today (Sunday) saw Brazil confirmed as the best men's rafting crew in the world, but local river expertise saw New Zealand crews excel to lock out the overall gold medals in the Women's Open and Men's and Women's Masters categories.
White water genius on show in Rotorua, New Zealand

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The world’s greatest exponents of white water rafting have been fine tuning their skills this week in and around Rotorua ahead of the elite and masters World White Water Rafting Championships which blast off tomorrow (Thursday) at Okere Falls near Rotorua.
Final day of the IRF World Championships Rafting for U19/U23

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The first overall winners of the 2013 World Rafting Championships have been decided with the victors in the Under-23 and Under-19 men's and women's classes being decided after an epic 45 minute down river race along the Rangitaiki River this morning.
Kiwis take gold on first day of Rafting World Championships

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It was a good day on the white water for Kiwi crews at the 2013 IRF White Water World Rafting Championships, which kicked off today on the Tarawera River at Kawerau with the Sprint and Head to Head legs for both the Under-23 and Under-19 classes.
The U23 World Rafting Champs from Brazil to defend their title in New Zealand

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The team will be at the 2013 WRC [World Rafting Championship] to defend their title, which they earned in 2011.
Two months to go to whitewater heaven

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The countdown is on to the 2013 World Rafting Championships with just two months to go before 70 plus teams from more than 30 countries come to New Zealand and the Bay of Plenty to go for gold.
ICF explains marathon rules issue

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The chairman of the International Canoe Federation Marathon Racing Committee, Jorn Cronberg, has responded to comments by paddlers that rule changes, including a raft of penalties for aggressive behaviour, are somehow detrimental to the sport.
Martina Wegman; the Dutch girl who had to travel to paddle

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Hat-trick! Sportscene completes the 2012 White Water Grand Prix trio; we first interviewed Katrina, then Nouria and now its time for 2nd place overall Martina Wegman. Over an 8am breakfast chat on Skype, I meet the Dutch Triple Sickline Champion extreme and freestyle paddler who has won more competitions than most of the women's field and she is still only 23.
Kiwis seek top canoe slalom coach

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Two of New Zealand’s top canoe slalom athletes are looking for a high performance coach in Europe to help them with their quest for success in 2016.
Camphill Surf Park - New Zealand’s First Recreational River Project

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Camphill Surf Park was made possible through unprecedented levels of cooperation between one of New Zelands’s largest utility companies, Contact Energy, the Central Otago Whitewater Association (COWA), regional & local town councils, government agencies & landowners.
Aussies take top canoe slalom crowns in New Zealand

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Lucien Delfour continued his canoe slalom rise as Australians dominated the Oceania championships on the Mangahao River near Shannon today.
Silver stars come out for canoe slalom champs this weekend

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Jess Fox cuts a relatively anonymous figure in Sydney, while Vavra Hradlilek is something of a rock star in his native Czech Republic. Two threads link the unlikely K1 pair together, however - both are Olympic silver medalists in canoe slalom
Luuka Jones; advice from a slalom Olympian how to become a team

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Only recently, Sportscene talked over the challenges of being an individual extreme athlete and a competitive rafter with Sam Sutton. Slalom Olympian and fellow New Zealander Luuka Jones further expands on this issue many multi-event athletes face.
Extreme kayaker and professional rafter; Sam Sutton’s rival mindsets

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In a gig-venue and shop named The Store near Okere Falls, Rotorua, New Zealand, Sportscene Director Rob has a morning coffee with extreme paddling poster-boy Sam Sutton.
New Zealand’s Darryl Fitzgerald sets sights on K1

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Top Kiwi paddler Darryl Fitzgerald is targeting the K1 in next year’s sprint season.
Whitewater fun in Kawerau, New Zealand this weekend

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With warmer weather and summer fast approaching, paddlers and rafters from across the Bay of Plenty are expected to take on the Tarawera river this weekend ahead of the World Rafting Champs in 2013.
Lifesaving: Surf comeback for Lisa Carrington

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New Zealand Olympic kayaking champion Lisa Carrington is getting back into lifesaving next month. The 23-year old gold medalist from London will be competing in Adelaide, Australia – her first competitive outing since she won the 200m K1 event at the Games.
Sprint and Head to Head at Okere Falls on the Kaituna

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It was a fine Spring day for the opening event of the White Water Rafting 2012 National Championships in the Bay of Plenty on Friday. The first day was on the Kaituna at Okere Falls just north of Rotorua and featured the short, sharp and spectacular Sprint and Head 2 Head races.
Interview with Race Director Tim Marshall - Pre Worlds Rafting

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On the eve of the rafting Pre-World Championships, Race Director Tim Marshall is ticking off a list of prerequisites to make sure all is right for the beginning of competition tomorrow.
About Rotorua, New Zealand

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Rotorua sits on the shores of Lake Rotorua of New Zealand. There are several other lakes nearby. Along with the geothermal wonders, there are also the more usual water activities such as fishing, boating and white water rafting.
Pre Worlds Rafting: Kiwi paddlers taking it to the world

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It’s a very big holiday weekend for local white rafters as they compete at the New Zealand Championships on rivers round the region – the Kaituna, Tarawera and Rangitaiki.
2012 Pre World R6 Rafting Championships - Rotorua New Zealand

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Rotorua is excited about its selection to host the 2012 Pre Worlds and the 2013 World Rafting Championships in November next year as it will be the first time the international event has been staged in New Zealand.
Whitewater timing system for Kawerau

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Kawerau District Council is presently working on the installation of a specialist whitewater timing system to be used during future whitewater sports held in Kawerau. This will provide top international quality timing results for future slalom and whitewater races to be held on the Tarawera River.
2012 Olympian Luuka Jones about training alone. With a smile…

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Luuka Jones has really white teeth. I know this because she’s usually smiling. Some would say she has plenty of reasons to smile, not least because she already has her Olympic entry confirmed.
New Zealand Open slalom titles decided

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Swiss kayaker Michael Kurt has won the New Zealand Open canoe slalom K1 title for the second consecutive year, beating a star-studded field of international paddlers on the Mangahao River near Palmerston North last Sunday.
This weekend the 2012 Canoe Slalom New Zealand Open

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A star-studded international field is competing but it's the Kiwi canoe slalom contingent that's fired up for this weekend's New Zealand Open in the Manawatu. Rotorua-based paddlers Luuka Jones and Mike Dawson have already qualified for the London Olympics, as well as Tauranga-raised Cook Island competitor Ella Nicholas.
Interview with 200 meter World Champion Lisa Carrington

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Lisa Carrington from New Zealand became World Champion last year in Szeged, Hungary in the K1 200 metre event. Lisa hails from Auckland on the North shore, which is only 5 minutes from where she trains most of the year, although she also spends a few months in Europe each year.
Wild Wild West!

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The West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand is a well known kayaking mecca! A few weeks ago I decided it was time to step it up and get some solid boating in and I knew the West Coast would provide.
Day 3 Oceania Championships Canoe Polo

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Day 3 of the Oceania Championships Canoe Polo with the day three results and the overall final placings.
Day 2 Oceania Championships Canoe Polo

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Today the women have had plenty of action on Court 1. NZ Women came out fighting after a loss to the Australian women last night and beat the Australian Women’s B team 16-0.
Day 1 Oceania Championships Canoe Polo

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Today was the first day of competition in the Oceania Canoe Polo Championships at the Hokowhitu Lagoon in Palmerston North. It has been a day of fierce competition between the New Zealand and Australian teams in all categories.