Nipper News

Dates over the summer break 

Below are the dates for the last few training sessions and events we have for 2024, along with the dates we will come back in the new year. 

Nippers (7-14 year olds)

17 Dec – Last Tuesday board training for 2024

19 Dec – Last pool session at Coastland Aquatic Centre for 2024  

22 Dec – Last Nippers beach session at Paekākāriki for the year

10-11 Jan – Central Champs Carnival at Waimarama Beach (U11-U14 only)

14 Jan – Board training restarts

19 Jan – Riversdale Carnival (U8-U14)

23 Jan – Pool sessions restart

26 Jan – Start date for nippers beach session at Paekākāriki in 2025

2 Feb – Capital Coast Junior Champs Carnival

Little Nippers (4-6 year olds)

22 Dec – Last Little Nippers beach session for 2024 at Paekākāriki 

26 Jan – Little Nippers restart at Paekākāriki

Upcoming Carnivals 

Below are the junior surf competitions we have coming up and the dates entries are due for these. If you have any questions about Carnivals, please feel free to get in contact with me. 

Central Champs 2025

Entries for Central Champs (U11 & up only) are due 30 December.

This year Central Region Junior Champs will run over two days, Friday 10 January – Saturday 11 January. Individual events will be held on the Friday, with team events to be held on the Saturday.

If you’re heading to Centrals and are looking for a fun weekend away, you could stay to watch the seniors race individual events on Sunday. 

Centrals can be enteredvia this link. No need to resubmit if you have already provided an entry.

Riversdale Carnival

Riversdale Carnival is also coming up in January. If you are planning on coming to Oceans and can’t make it to Centrals, it is highly recommended you get along to Riversdale. Please get entries to us here by 10 January. I’ll send out a reminder for Riversdale entries in the new year too. 

Oceans 25 

If you’re thinking of coming to Oceans (U11 & up), or are just keen to know more, please register your interest via this link. I will send out more detailed information on Oceans before Christmas, including information about extra training and what to expect from the event itself.