Local surfers are in the water at the ISA World Junior Surfing Champs in El Salvador with first-time participant Van Camenzind opening his campaign with a comfortable win in his heat in the Under 18 Boys Division. Surfing to a 13.0 point heat total, Camenzind relished the chance to surf some chunky waves in the 1.5m – 2.0 range at the La Bocana arena.
“I felt at home on the lefts and stuck to my heat strategy,” said Camenzind.
“I’ve noticed the level of surfing is a massive step up from back home, I’ve also noticed and felt the nerves you have to deal with when surfing your heats over here too but the waves are pumping and conditions look mint for the next few days, so I am pumped for the next rounds,” he added.
Van will be back in the water for Round 2 later today.
In the U16 girls Round 2 heats early this morning Alani Morse just made it through her heat in second place with a score of 7.67 just ahead of the surfer from the Netherlands on 7.37. The top score was 9.33 for their heat.
The Raglan Meet the Candidates event has confirmed its latest candidate following local Phil McCabe’s announcement yesterday that he is the Green Party 2026 election candidate for the Taranaki-King Country electorate.
Phil was interviewed in the Waikato Times yesterday where he said he was eager to learn more about other parts of the very large electorate and also wanted to challenge what he regarded as misconceptions about the Green Party among rural voters
This means general ward voters now have five candidates to choose from in Whaingaroa from ACT, National, NZ First, Labour and of course the Green Party.
There have been no new candidates announced for the Hauraki-Waikato Maori ward in the last few weeks but there is still plenty of time with nominations closing for all electorates on October 8th.
Waikato Regional Council is talking up the passing of the Maritime Transport (Lifejackets on Recreational Craft) Amendment Bill in Parliament, which will introduce a national requirement for lifejackets to be worn on recreational vessels six metres or less while underway. The law will apply to all people using paddleboards, jet skis, dinghies, trailer sailors and small motorboats.
Regional Harbourmaster Chris Bredenbeck said “A national standard will make things clearer for boaties, improve compliance, and ultimately make our waterways safer.”
The council will update its Navigation Safety Bylaw once the legislation comes into force to align with the new national requirements.
And in local sport the Roosters had another loss last Sunday going down 6-1 to Waldorf Salad in their Waikato Sunday Football League match in Hamilton/
