A wide range of sports events will
dominate Lake Wanaka and local roads and trails this weekend.
Two large areas of Lake Wanaka will be closed to private
craft for long periods during the weekend, and motorists will
be kept out of some central business district roads for about
three hours on Friday night.
The Wanaka Rowing Club is hosting its inaugural regatta on
Saturday and harbourmaster Marty Black has uplifted several
navigation safety bylaws and closed a 2km-long section of
Roys Bay from 6am to 7pm.
The course extends from the swimming buoys towards Ruby
Island. One water-ski lane near Edgewater Resort will also be
closed and only craft associated with the event will be
permitted on the rowing course.
Wanaka club captain Amanda Inkster said the Wakatipu,
Dunstan, Cromwell and Wanaka rowing clubs founded the
regatta, now in its fourth year.Mr Black has also uplifted
navigation safety bylaws and restricted private-craft access
into Paddock Bay on Saturday and Sunday so the Wanaka Water
Ski Club can hold its annual tournament.
Other sporting events in Wanaka this weekend include:
• Summer Send Off cycling criterium, Friday, Pembroke Park.
Parts of Ardmore, McDougal, Brownston and Dungarvon Sts will
be closed to traffic between 5pm and 7.30pm.
• Alpine Classic 140km road-bike race, Saturday, February 25,
between Queenstown waterfront and Wanaka waterfront (return),
on State Highway 6 and the Crown Range. The road will remain
open to all traffic.
• Summer Send Off four hour mountain-bike race, Saturday, on
Deans Bank 14km track.
• Summer Send Off long-course triathlon, aqua terra and
multisport races, Sunday. Triathlon course uses Roys Bay, the
public sealed road network between Wanaka, Lake Hawea and
Luggate (including both one-lane bridges over the Clutha
River), and the QLDC Millennium walking track. The aqua terra
uses Roys Bay, Department of Conservation tracks between
Wanaka and Dublin Bay and the Millennium track. The
multisport race starts at the Outlet boat ramp and uses the
Clutha River, Department of Conservation track at Dublin Bay,
the public sealed road network between Luggate and Wanaka,
and the Millennium track. There will be no lake or road
closures for these three events.
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