Team Honors & Achievements
Pacific Paddler article written
by Susie Nemeth (October 2007 issue)
SEMPER FI
Announcing a new outrigger canoe club aboard Marine Corps Base
Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, California
Congratulations Susie
Nemeth...you've been published in the October 2007 issue of
Pacific Paddler magazine. Mahalo to Paul and Karen Goebel for
the fabulous photos too.
Pacific Paddler
Article - October 2007
Prestigious Award presented to
Casey & Charlie White
Congratulations to our
very own Casey and Charlie White, 2007 recipients of the A.E.
Toots Minvielle Memorial Paddle Award. Cheance Adair, Race
Committee Chair presented Casey and Charlie with this beautiful koa
wood paddle at the 2007 Catalina Channel Crossing US
Championships outrigger canoe race.
The late
Toots was the father of the Moloka'i race and brought Hawai'ian
canoe racing to California in 1959. Toots also founded the
International Hawai'ian Canoe Racing Association (IHCRA), an
organization that brought nations of paddlers together.
The
paddle was originally given to him when he was inducted into the
Hawai'ian Sports Hall of Fame
http://hawaiisportshalloffame.com/xminv.htm. It was later
given to IHCRA who presented the paddle to the Southern
California paddling community in the early ‘90s. A symbol of
dedication and hard work, the A.E. Toots Minivielle Memorial
Paddle Award recognizes and celebrates members of the paddling
community who strive for the continued growth and development of
the sport.
Recipients:
1992: Mindy Clark
1993: Bill Hamilton
1994: John Rader
1995: Sandy Kahanamoku
1996: Wendy DeWitt
1997: Bobby Woods
1998: Uncle Bud Hohl
1999: Greg Shaghoian
2000: Clint Matthews
2001: Cheance Adair
2002: Billy Whitford
2003: Rena & Egon Horcajo
2004: Mike Roberts
2005: Carol Shick
2006: Caren Thompson
2007: Casey and Charlie White
