Hi there
Well what a great day on the beach yesterday! For some of
us it was the second day in a row at Surf Carnivals and I'm very
happy to report I have no sunburn. Hope everyone else was so
lucky/clever J I'm sure some of the kids shoulders will
be a bit red. Sorry I got some kids ages wrong, if that was you can
you please flick me a reply so I can rectify, ta.
Thanks to everyone who helped with tent going up and down,
boards being packed and unpacked and all the team management
roles.
It was great seeing all the kids competing and getting involved
and really fantastic to see new kids taking part in events they
hadn't done before especially the swim, boards and diamond
races. For the older kids it was awesome finishing off with
board relays and getting so many involved. Thanks to those
who hung around for the those, whilst a pain they are scheduled at
the end of the day competing in a team event is always a highlight
and the kids did so well.
Special thanks as always to James for his trailer transporting
and Lynnie for running the Junior programme. We are always
lucky to have Paekakariki officials on the beach so more thanks to
Teri, Nat, Yolande and Ron for their efforts to ensure we could
have the carnival. Please try and get your kids to say thanks
to the officials, especially at the end of the day.
When competing kids get points for top 5 places, these points
carry forward from each carnival to determine the overall winners
in the region for each gender/age. Points also add up for the
top club for the year. We have 5 carnivals during the year
but only points from 4 of the carnivals count, so you can miss one
carnival if you wish for the season without it impacting on the
points for the season.
The rash vests didn't turn out to be too much of an
issue on Sunday (yay) but I'm very happy to report our
ones arrived today. We will get them printed with our
Paekakariki logo and they will be available for sale on
Sunday. After our printing costs the vest will be $20 each.
It will be compulsory for everyone at future carnivals to
wear them plus we want our kids on a Sunday to also be
safe, be seen and wear them as well. These are an important
safety feature which everyone at every surf event in Australasia
must now wear.
A note about vests, we have ordered size 8 and size 10 vests.
(kids sizes). These are meant to be a snug and tight fit so
as not to be an impediment to any kids when in the water,
especially when swimming. Whilst the rash vest look small the
stretch nicely and my 15 and 18 year olds both fit the size 10 kids
vest and would use them to compete in, the tighter the better for
our Seniors J so kids may find the vests a bit tight at
first, they will however get used to the fit and I don't think they
will be too small for any of our Nippers. Please explain this
to your kids when getting their vests.
We also have for sale Paekakariki towels ($25) which we think
will make great Christmas pressies, also peak caps for $18 and our
swim caps, $10. You can buy these on Sunday when
our "shop" is opening during nippers.
Don't forget we have board training on Tuesday at
Paremata Bridge, swimming at the pool on Thursday and we
are back at Paekakarikion Sunday, 1:45 pm.
Regards
Sandra Bednarek
