2016 Tour Itinerary
10 August
Let the tour begin! After months and months of training, with the last few being through the crux of winter, we finally depart New Zealand headed for Paris, France!
11th August
Upon arriving at Charles de Gualle Airport in Paris we will collect our rental vans, load the boats onto the roof and head to Belgium. Here will get straight into training and try and shake off the effects of jet lag as quickly as possible.
13th & 14th August
Our first international competition of the tour sees us competing in the Ghekko Tournament in Ghent, Belgium
20th & 21st August
We play our second tournament of the tour competing in the De Paddel International in Ypres, Belgium
Ypres is an amazing little town in Belgium that hosts a number of excellent Canoe Polo competitions. I’ve been lucky enough to visit Ypres on every World Champs tour I’ve been on. This is a special town for New Zealanders as its the site of the Battle of Passchendaele, in which the British, Canadian, ANZAC, and French forces recaptured the Passchendaele Ridge east of the city at a terrible cost of lives. After months of fighting, this battle resulted in nearly half a million casualties to all sides, and only a few miles of ground won by Allied forces. During the course of the war the town was all but obliterated by the artillery fire. The New Zealand Teams always visit Menin Gate to pay respect to the New Zealand soldiers who valiently fought and of whom many lost their lives.
29th August
The first day of worlds and my 30th birthday! Today we’ll spend the day getting our gear scrutineered ready to play tomorrow.
30th August
The World Champs officially starts!
4th September
The big day we’ve all been training so hard for! World Champs finals day!!
5th September
Today we pack up and start our journey home to New Zealand.
