The Asia Pacific Sprint Cup is being held on Lake Kiba in Japan starting on Friday 9th May and the young New Zealand team have left for Japan and are looking forward to this exciting event and opportunity. Here is everything you need to know to follow the action at the 2025 Asia Pacific Cup…
What is the Asia Pacific Sprint Cup?
The aims intended by Canoe Racing NZ in selecting Athletes to compete in the 2025 Asia Pacific Sprint Cup Campaign are as follows:
- to provide development and international racing opportunities for young athletes
- to provide campaign experience for young athletes in preparation for participation in U18 and U23 World Championship selection and campaig
In 2025 Japan is hosting from Lake Kiba in Komatsu city, Ishikawa from 9-11 May. This competition is open to athletes from the ICF member National Federations belonging to Oceanian Canoe Association and the Asian Canoe Confederation.
The New Zealand Team
K1 200m:
U16 women – Alexis Toy, Taylor Newman, Claudine Meerlo
U18 women – Jacqueline Kennedy, Stella Crossan, Hannah Webb
K1 500m:
U16 men – Jake Botha, Oliver Hutchinson, Nukutai
U16 women – Alexis Toy, Taylor Newman, Zoe Anderson
U18 men- Matt McKendry
U18 women – Jacqueline Kennedy, Stella Crossan, Hope Duffett
U21 men- Tiago Chamberlain, Sam Lees, Liam Rogers
K1 1000m:
U16 men – Jake Botha, Oliver Hutchinson, Oliver MacDonald
U18 men- Matt McKendry
U21 men – Sam Lees, Liam Rogers
K2 500m:
U16 men – Jake Botha & Oliver Hutchinson, Nukutai & Oliver MacDonald
U16 women – Alexis Toy & Taylor Newman, Zoe Anderson & Claudine Meerlo
U18 women – Jacqueline Kennedy & Stella Crossan, Hope Duffett & Hannah Webb
U21 men- Tiago Chamberlain & Sam Lees, Liam Rogers & Matt McKendry
K4 500m:
U16 men – Jake Botha, Oliver Hutchinson, Oliver MacDonald, Nukutai
U16 women – Alexis Toy, Taylor Newman, Zoe Anderson, Claudine Meerlo
U18 women – Jacqueline Kennedy, Stella Crossan, Hope Duffett, Hannah Webb
U21 men- Tiago Chamberlain, Sam Lees, Liam Rogers, Matt McKendry
K2 Mixed 200m:
U16 – Alexis Toy & Jake Botha, Taylor Newman & Nukutai, Claudine Meerlo & Oliver Hutchinson
U18 – Hannah Webb & Matt McKendry, Hope Duffett & Oliver MacDonald
U21 – Tiago Chamberlain & Jacqueline Kennedy, Sam Lees & Stella Crossan, Liam Rogers & Zoe Anderson
Mixed K1 relay 200m:
U16 – Oliver Hutchinson, Nukutai, Alexis Toy, Taylor Newman
U18 women – Jake Botha, Matt McKendry, Jacqueline Kennedy, Stella Crossan
U21 men- Tiago Chamberlain, Sam Lees, Hannah Webb, Hope Duffett
Mixed Mega 200m Relay:
Team 1- Jake Botha, Matt McKendry, Sam Lees, Alexis Toy, Stella Crossan, Jacqueline Kennedy
Team 2 – Nukutai, Oliver Hutchinson, Tiago Chamberlain, Taylor Newman, Hannah Webb, Claudine Meerlo
Team is coached by Emily Willock (CRNZ National Development Coach), Gary Waller and Dylan Neal-Hill and team manager is Steve Vaughan.
Event Schedule, live streaming and Results
UPDATE: Due to inclement weather forecast, Saturday’s racing has been cancelled and schedules onf Friday and Sunday adjusted to fit all the racing.
Racing now begins 8.30am local time / 11.30am NZT on Friday 9th May.
Event schedule can be found here
Stay tuned to our social media and website as we will post daily race schedules featuring all NZ boats.
The event will be livestreamed on YouTube. https://sites.google.com/view/asiapacificsprintcup2025/live
Stay tuned to our social media (Facebook & Instagram) and website as we post photos, results and updates as we receive them.
All the best to these young athletes, we are cheering hard from Aotearoa!
