New Zealand elite crews, including Gisborne paddlers, collected 14 gold, 18 silver and seven bronze medals — second overall behind the host nation.
Gisborne paddlers were involved in multiple V1 finals on day 5 of the champs, which run for another three days.
Akayshia Williams was fourth and Cory Campbell seventh in the open women’s final won by Porirua’s Marama Elkington.
Anaru Paenga-Morgan was sixth in the J16 boys’ final; Vesna Radonich eighth in the master 40 women; Tia Akurangi sixth and Jessica Terekia seventh in the J19 girls; and Darius Apanui-Nepe eighth in the J19 boys.
Va’a World Sprint Championship resultsResults so far from liveresults.co.nz website of 2018 IVF Va’a World Sprint Championships at Pirae, Tahiti.
?Note some crews are all Tairawhiti or Te Uranga o te Ra paddlers; others are a mixture of paddlers from various regions or clubs.
ELITE RESULTS
Elite men’s V12 500 (straight final): Aotearoa 2nd (to Tahiti by 0.20 of a second) — Ash Roozendaal, Bradley Anderson, Bruce Campbell, Darius Apanui-Nepe, Keanu Wainohu-Kemp, Kimi Taliauli, Mark Malaki Williams, Michel Arai, Paddy Rimene, Shannon Moon, Teremoana (Tere) Tere, Tupu King
Elite women’s V12 500 (straight final): Aotearoa 1st (ahead of Tahiti by 0.90s) — Akayshia Williams, Cory Campbell, Emma Helmich, Gaibreill Wainohu, Ina Tere, Kiwi Campbell, Kodi Campbell, Koha-Alofa Vitolio, Makayla Timoti, M:arianna Hodges, Rangi-Riana Williams, Te Whaeoranga Smallman.
Elite junior women’s V6 500 (straight final):Aotearoa 1st (by over 7.5s from Tahiti) — Gaibreill Wainohu, Ina Tere, Keri Ngatoro, Kyra Mita, Makayla Timoti, Tia Akurangi.
Elite junior men’s V6 500: Aotearoa 2nd (to Tahiti by 1.5s) — Ben Jacobs, Darius Apanui-Nepe, Ducati Walford-Collier, Keanu Wainohu-Kemp, Tawharangi Smith, Xavier Selwyn.
Elite women’s V6 500: Aotearoa 1st (by 2.24s from Tahiti) — Akayshia Williams, Cory Campbell, Kiwi Campbell, Koha-Alofa Vitolio, Rangi-Riana Williams, Te Whaeoranga Smallman.
Elite men’s V6 500: Aotearoa 2nd (to Tahiti by 1.55s) — Bradley Anderson, Kimi Taliauli, Mark Malaki Williams, Shannon Moon, Teremoana (Tere) Tere, Tupu King.
Elite junior women’s V6 1000: Aotearoa 1st (by 17.19s from Tahiti) — Gaibreill Wainohu, Ina Tere, Keri Ngatoro, Kyra Mita, Makayla Timoti, Tia Akurangi.
Elite junior men’s V6 1000: Aotearoa 2nd (to Tahiti by 7.89s) — Ben Jacobs, Darius Apanui-Nepe, Ducati Walford-Collier, Keanu Wainohu-Kemp, Manaakiao Maxwell, Tawharangi Smith.
Elite women’s V6 1000: Aotearoa 2nd (20.5s behind Tahiti) — Akayshia Williams, Cory Campbell, Kiwi Campbell, Koha-Alofa Vitolio, Marianna Hodges, Rangi-Riana Williams.
Elite men’s V6 1000: Aotearoa 2nd (11.61s behind Tahiti) — Ash Roozendaal, Bruce Campbell, Michel Arai, Shannon Moon, Teremoana (Tere) Tere, Tupu King.
CLUB RESULTS
Junior 16 women’s V12 500 (straight final): Hei Matau Paddlers/Puhi Kaiariki 1st — Anahera Smith, Ariata Kutia, Atawhai McMahon Pukepuke, Fushia Tibble, Jada-Cadence Beckham, Katarina Niblett, Kelsey Teneti, Khobi Paretoa, Kirihuruhuru Tepania, Mikaylah Tamati, Shauna Paretoa, Te Aomihia Pewhairangi.
Master 40 women’s V12 500: Horouta Waka Ama/Nga Kopara Toa 2nd — Florrie Brooking, Kathy Keelan, Kerry Johnston, Mihi Aston, Peni Niwa, Penny Scragg, Raanj Rapana, Sheryl Tuari, Tui McCaull, Vesna Radonich, Violet Tuapawa-Crawford, Yvette Heke.
Master 40 men’s V12 500: Te Waka Pounamu-Aoraki V02 — Craig Allen, Craig Pauling, David Apelu, Hayden Parker, Iaean Cranwell, Jason Hulena, Justin Roberts, Matt Archer, Murray Marquet, Ross Gilray, Shane Anderson, Todd Jago.
Junior 16 men’s V12 500 (straight final): Mareikura 7th.
Junior 19 women’s V12 500 (straight final): Horouta — Ohinewaiapu 1st — Gaibreill Wainohu, Jessica Terekia, Jhaymean Terekia, Katarina Haverkamp, Keri Ngatoro, Kian Glass-Donaldson, Maia Niwa-Apelu, Rangi-Riana Williams, Te Aroha Tomoana Whareherehere, Te Huinga Te Whare, Tia Akurangi, Willow Taylor.
Mareikura 4th.
Master 60 women’s V12 500: Kaihoe o Ngati Rehia 1st — Anita Thompson, Beverley Murray, Caren Fox, Elizabeth Kaiawe, Elizabeth Tane, Hilda Halkyard-Harawira, Kura Heke, Mala Grant, Maria Collier, Marinna Millanta-Lowrey, Marlene Nikora, Moira Rauputu.
Junior 19 men’s V12 500: Horouta Waka Ama — Daddy’s Helis 4th; Mareikura 6th.
Open women’s V12 500: Horouta — Kaiarahi Toa 2nd — Cory Campbell, Florrie Brooking, Gaibreill Wainohu, Kian Glass-Donaldson, Kiwi Campbell, Kodi Campbell, Maia Niwa-Apelu, Marianna Hodges, Penny Scragg, Rangi-Riana Williams, Sieda Tureia, Vesna Radonich.
Mareikura-Hinamanu 4th-equal.
Open men’s V12 500: Horouta — Woolley Kumara 3rd — Ash Roozendaal, Bruce Campbell, Darius Apanui-Nepe, Glenn Anderson, Grant Donaldson, John Turi Hodges, Keanu Wainohu-Kemp, Manaaki Te Kowhai, Mitchell Zandstra, Steve Roulston, Tawhai Tanirau-Wickliffe, Tupu King.
Master 50 men’s V12 500: Horouta — Temoana 4th.
Junior 16 women’s V1 500: Gaibreill Wainohu 1st, Rangi-Riana Williams 2nd, Te Aomihia Pewhairangi 4th, Alyssa Herbert 6th.
Junior 16 men’s V1 500: Anaru Paenga-Morgan 6th.
Master 40 women’s V1 500: Vesna Radonich 8th.
Junior 19 women’s V1 500: Tia Akurangi 6th, Jessica Terekia 7th.
Junior 19 men’s V1 500: Darius Apanui-Nepe 8th.
Open women’s V1 500: Akayshia Williams 4th, Cory Campbell 7th.