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James Bhutty Moore-morial Race 2025 (Subject to Sanctioning)

Venue:

Pilot Bay, Mount Maunganui

Date:

Sat 1st Feb 2025

Distance:

32km

Host:

Hei Matau Paddlers

Contact Details

Name: Paul Roozendaal

Description

James Lance Kiri Moore (aka Bhutty) was a core member of the Goodyear Outrigger Canoe Crew and New Zealand’s White Water Rafting Team. He loved the water and there weren’t too many days when he wasn’t amongst it in one way or another. In July 2008 we had to bid our brother farewell, as while we were doing a down-winder Bhutty got the call up into Tangaroa’s team. We host this event to honour our friend, to celebrate his life & what he achieved. The race is designed to raise the bar, to keep us all in top form and at the top of our game. To be able to compete, or complete, means that you will have had to have done the hard yards and every time you are out training you can thank Bhutty for the legacy that he left.

On the 1st February 2025, the Hei Matau paddling Club will host a downwind paddling event- The James MooreMorial. Paddle craft involved in this event are Outrigger canoe (one and two persons canoes OC1-2), Stand-up Paddleboard (SUP) and Surf ski.
The event course is decided on the day and is wind/weather dependent. There are four standard course options that are used but if the conditions are such that none of these are safe, then alternative courses will be considered. The four main courses are: from either Maketu to Pilot Bay (or vice versa), Bowentown to Pilot bay or Pilot Bay around Karewa and Rabbit Island returning to Pilot Bay depending on wind direction. 

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