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Club, regional glory for crack Kaiarahi crew

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A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.

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Another waka ama sprint nationals.

Another Kaiarahi Toa crew.

Another gold medal.

Horouta Waka Hoe’s crack premier women’s Kaiarahi Toa crew added to its illustrious history on the penultimate day of the 2019 champs on Lake Karapiro.

Kaiarahi Toa, featuring the cream of Horouta’s female crop led by 2018 Aotearoa Maori coach of the year Kiwi Campbell, won the W12 500 in emphatic style.

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Most of the crew were also in the Te Uranga o te Ra crew who won the premier regional W12 500 final later in the afternoon.

Horouta charged towards another overall top club trophy with more top-three finishes.

Kaiarahi Toa led the way, winning their final in 2 minutes 2.73 seconds — nearly 5secs ahead of second-placed Pas Dormir of Otahuhu club Te Paerangi.

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Campbell and many of her crewmates swapped uniforms towards the end of the day and joined forces with the likes of Olympic Games kayaker Aimee Fisher, of Hawke’s Bay, for the regional race.

They won it in 2.04.18, a second clear of Te Puku o te Ika.

The premier men’s W12 500 final was arguably the race of the day.

Horouta’s Woolley Kumaras earned the No.1 lane for the fastest time in the heats but missed out on a medal in a frenetic final.

The crews from first to fifth were separated by a mere 1.58 seconds, with the Kumaras placing fourth.

A number of the Kumaras got the chance for redemption in the premier men’s regional final, which was also a thriller, with Te Puku o te Ika winning by just 0.06 from Te Uranga o te Ra.

Horouta also collected gold in the master men’s W12 500 final. Paikea Masters won the final by just 0.34secs from a Turangawaewae crew, with Mareikura Tairawhiti fourth.

In other W12 finals, a combined Te Uranga o te Ra crew named The Boss’s On Whaea were third in the golden master women’s age group, Horouta’s Nga Kopara Toa were third in the master women, YMP’s Ruaohinetu were sixth in the junior 19 women, Horouta’s Tane Uehaa were fifth in the senior master men and Horouta’s Whirikoka were fourth in the golden master men.

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The champs finish today with a mass number of W6 finals and the popular J19 men’s and women’s W1 250m dash races.

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