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Rachel Donaldson - Junior Sportsperson of the Year Ashburton Skier, Rachel Donaldson pushed water skiing to the fore when she recieved the Mid Canterbury Junior Sports Person Award, recently. At the Ashburton Guardian sponsored function held on 6 May, Rachel received the title in recognition of her achievements, including selection to three NZ representative teams and a 10th placing at the Junior Worlds in Italy. Fellow Ashburton skier, Hannah Wright, also accepted nomination to the Junior Sports title. Rachel is pictured here receiving her award from All Whites football coach, Ricki Herbert, who was guest speaker at the function. Nationals Photo Gallery All things considered the Canterbury Water Ski Association did a magnificent job in running the National Champs at Lake Crichton in March. These are not easy times in Canterbury with the economy on the back burner and earthquakes working against many aspects of life in the region, bringing death and destruction to nearby Christchurch city. In the end the Nats came together very well producing many great performances and providing a fitting spectacle for our sport. Congratulations to the CWSA and the Nationals skiers for putting on such a fine show. CWSA President, Graeme King welcomes skiers, officials and supporters at the Nationals opening ceremony on Sunday evening. It was a Donald double-act of upsets during the Open Womens and Open Mens jump events on Saturday. Above, Emily Donald knocked off the top seeds and won the Womens with a distance of 38.9 metres. In the Open Mens jump that followed Emily's brother James flew 58.2 metres securing the top placing. James is pictured here acknowledging his fine performance on the Splasheye scoreboard. Lance Green won the Open Mens overall title with a win in slalom and second placings in trick and jump. Lachie Woodman took out the Sub Juniors title with wins in slalom and trick. Georgia O'Connell was the overall winner in the Girls division with wins in slalom, trick and jump. More shotz in the Nationals Photo Gallery A Special Thankyou to our Sponsors Nationals: Nautiques New Zealand New World Rolleston Rollo Marine DMW Trailers Interislander Ferries Radar Waterskis The Real State Scenic Motorhome rentals Norwood Farm Machinery Renton Hardware Company Lion Nathan Leech and Partners North End Engineering and Mechanical Drummond and Etheridge Fluid Ski Sports Clark Equipment Locarno Aluminium Louvres Forsyth Barr Nubuild Construction Stonewood Homes Densem Contractors Acme Propellors Lemonsqueezer Slalom Series: Canterbury Stoneguards Snow and Surf Action Collision Care
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	Welcome Welcome to this skishotz end of season up-date (April 2011). We must apologise for the stale content we have had on skishotz for the duration of the 2010/2011 season. No excuses, we just got slack, although to be honest time has been at a premium over the past 12 months. During the season we did take the opportunity to get the camera out and take in a few tournaments. We have posted the galleries here although some a rather light on content. The highlight was of course the National Champs at Lake Crichton. It was a great event with fantastic skiing and well worth making the effort to go and have a look. As always we try to cover events as fully as we can but its impossible to get pics of all skiers at all tournaments. If you have missed out in our coverage here, we apologise for that. Cheers, Peter and Richard Lake Hood Clubhouse Opening The Clearwater Aquatic Club new Clubhouse at the Lake Hood Tournament Site will be opened on Sunday, 12th June. 11am start with BBQ lunch and refreshments. There will also be a Mid-winter Frosty Buoy Challenge for those hardy enough to ski. For catering please RSVP by 8th June to Janeen at 308 3412 or Peter at 302 6062. Clearwater Aquatic Club Nationals News & Photos - Download (4mb PDF) Lemonsqueezer Slalom Series Round 1 Lake Hood, 7 November 2010 Regular Lemonsqueezer competitor, Steve Wayne was as spectacular as ever at the first round of the Lemonsqueezer Slalom Series on 7 November 2010. See more shotz in our Lake Hood Lemonsqueezer Gallery. Clearwater Aquatic Club Pick & Choose Tournament Lake Hood, 11 December 2010 Shay Cousins enjoying her first tournament at the CAC Pick & Choose Tournament on 11 December 2010. There's a few more shotz in our CAC Pick & Choose Gallery. CWSA 3 Event Tournament Lake Harwood, 18 December 2010 The scene at the Lake Harwood CWSA 3 Event Tournament in December resembled a religious festival as skiers cooled off in the water between skis. Joining the throng here from left, Andrew James, Henley Wayne, Steve Wayne, John Milnes (obscured) and Peter Blackmore. Pacing the dock is Byran Murray. More shotz in the Harwood gallery. Clearwater Aquatic Club Aquafest Lake Hood, 19 February 2011 Karl Donaldson touches down for a successful jump at the CAC Aquafest Tournament held at Lake Hood in February. Boat Judge is Gavin Green with Richard Wood at the helm. More shotz in the Aquafest gallery. Lemonsqueezer Slalom Series Final Northbrook Waters, 2 April 2011 Craig Rogers dipping the elbow and handle as he bashes his way around four ball during the fourth and final round of the Lemonsqueezer Slalom Series at Northbrook Waters on 2 April. More shotz in the Northbrook gallery. Radar Skier, Cole Atkinson in action at the Nationals, Lake Crichton, March 2011. Splashback Hannah Wright, Ben McFadden and Mollie McPhail with Robyn Wright on the podium at the 2006 Nationals at Lake Crichton.