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Whangaroa Harbour

February 21st - 24th, 2024

This four day event for our Riviera Family is sure to impress all those on board your Riviera.

As we turn Whangaroa Harbour into Riviera Harbour for a fun filled three days of fabulous fishing, exploring the beautiful Northland Coastline and sensational R Marine Flagship Riviera Hospitality where you will meet new friends and make great memories.

Important Dates and Times:

Wednesday 21st February

2:00PM to 5:00PM: Check into Riviera HQ – Registration

6:00PM: Briefing

7:00PM: Casual Dinner – Pizza Night

8:00PM: Calcutta Auction

*casual canapes will be served, bar service, dinner and entertainment

Thursday 22nd February

7:00AM: Start Fishing – Away Night – No Stop Fishing – Explore Northlands Paradise

Friday 23rd February

4:30PM: Stop Fishing

5:30PM: All Boats must be inside Kingfish Point

6:30PM: All Teams must check into Riviera HQ

7:00PM: Casual Dinner – Burger Night

*casual canapes will be served, bar service, dinner and entertainment

Saturday 24th February

7:00AM: Start Fishing

4:00PM: Stop Fishing

5:00PM: All Boats must be inside Kingfish Point

6:00PM: All Teams must check in to Riviera HQ

6:30PM: Riviera Family Style – seated Dinner

7:30PM: Prize Giving

*casual canapes will be served, bar service, dinner and entertainment

Measure and Release Tournament

This measure/tag and release tournament is points based, giving you the opportunity to win.

For 2024 we will have the ‘Sportfish’ Category and the ‘Gamefish’ Category – refer to Rules for all information.

What is the Calcutta Auction?

The Calcutta is an auction that will take place on the Wednesday night at the registration. This is a separate prize pool to the tournament pool. In simplest terms, a Calcutta works like this:

  • Bidders bid, auction style, on the boat/crew they think will win the tournament (Best Overall Team). You can bid on your own boat/crew or other boats/crews.
  • Whoever wins the auction of the boat/crew, then ‘owns’ that boat/crew as far as the Calcutta auction is concerned.
  • All the money raised through the Calcutta auction goes into the cash prize pot.
  • The Winning Boats Overall will be announced on Saturday Night for each Category ‘Sportfish’ and ‘Gamefish’
  • The Total Calcutta Pool will be split 50/50 between ‘Sportfish’ and ‘Gamefish’ Categories
  • Sportfish - The ‘owner’ of the 1st place boat/crew wins 60% of the cash prize pot, ‘owner’ of the 2nd place boat/crew wins 30% and ‘owner’ of the 3rd place boat/crew wins 10%.
  • Gamefish - The ‘owner’ of the 1st place boat/crew wins 60% of the cash prize pot, ‘owner’ of the 2nd place boat/crew wins 30% and ‘owner’ of the 3rd place boat/crew wins 10%.