Mechanics Of The Sponsorship Deal
Mooloolaba Outrigger Canoe Club offers sponsors an opportunity to promote their business to thousands of outrigger paddlers at various regattas and to the general public on Mooloolaba’s beaches, across Australia and around the world. We also enjoy fantastic support from local media.
Mooloolaba Outrigger Canoe Club is thrilled to have been allocated the National Marathon Titles in 2023. This gives our club a great opportunity to showcase outrigger canoe racing and give many paddlers, family and friends from around Australia an opportunity to experience outrigger canoeing in this fantastic location.
Canoes are on the waters of Mooloolaba seven days a week as crews run through training sessions. This is great exposure to both visitors and locals. Your sponsorship will help support club activities and club members – including our valued juniors, who are the future of our growing sport.
We have arranged four packages from which your business may choose. In addition to these packages, the club is open to other variations which would be mutually beneficial to the club and sponsor. Your sponsorship will extend throughout the 2023 season – January to December 2023.
The Sponsorship benefits and opportunities that will be provided to you are as follows:
Bronze
- Signage (your logo/business name) will appear at various regattas and club events
- Bronze Sponsorship Recognition Memorabilia recognising your support
- Regular correspondence updating you on club events, results and improvements
- Mention in the monthly club newsletter
- Your business name will appear on the sponsorship noticeboard in the MOCC Clubhouse and club website.
Silver
- Signage (your logo/business name) on full side of club race canoe
- Your company name will receive recognition by our MC at MOCC hosted regattas and events
- Recognition as a preferred supplier
- Signage (your logo/business name) will appear at various regattas and club events
- Silver Sponsorship Recognition Memorabilia recognising your support
- Regular correspondence updating you on club events, results and improvements
- Mention in the regular club newsletter
- Your business name will appear on the sponsorship noticeboard in the MOCC Clubhouse and club website.
Gold
- Prominently placed signage (your logo/business name) on both sides of club race canoe
- Company logo/name will be printed on the sleeve of MOCC T-shirts to be sold to members and supporters
- Your company name will receive recognition by our MC at MOCC hosted regattas and events
- Recognition as a preferred supplier.
- Signage (your logo/business name) will appear at various regattas and club events
- Gold Sponsorship Recognition Memorabilia recognising your support
- Regular correspondence updating you on club events, results and improvements
- Mention in the regular club newsletter
- Your business name will appear on the sponsorship noticeboard in the MOCC Clubhouse and club website.
Platinum
- Signage (your logo/business name) will appear exclusively on both sides of a club race canoe
- Two honorary MOCC memberships for the 2012 paddling season
- Company logo/name will be printed on the back of MOCC T-shirts to be sold to members, supporters and the public
- Recognition as a major sponsor
- Your company name will receive recognition by our MC at MOCC hosted regattas and events
- Recognition as a preferred supplier or business· Signage (your logo/business name) will appear at various regattas and club events
- Platinum Sponsorship Recognition Memorabilia recognising your support
- Regular correspondence updating you on club events, results and improvements
- Mention in the monthly club newsletter
- Your business name will appear on the sponsorship noticeboard in the MOCC Clubhouse and club website.
Why Outrigger Canoe Paddling?
By 1908 the first outrigger canoe clubs were founded; Outrigger Canoe Club of Hawaii and Hui Nalu. Hawaii became the birthplace of contemporary outrigger canoe club racing, with a governing body being established in 1950, known today as the Hawaiian Canoe Racing Association.
There are an estimated 25,000 outrigger canoe paddlers worldwide and the sport is currently experiencing huge growth.
Australia’s reputation as one of the leading countries in the world within ocean sports has ensured rapid and successful growth since its introduction to Australia in 1976. Today there are some 4,700 registered paddlers incorporating Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia, Tasmania, the Northern Territory, the ACT and South Australia, spread amongst more than 45 outrigger clubs.
Past & Future
The Mooloolaba Outrigger Canoe Club Inc. was formed in 1990 with approximately 20 active members who met for training on a vacant block of land on the Mooloolah River at Kawana with one borrowed canoe.
From these humble beginnings, the club has grown to around 200 active members with teams competing around the world in all divisions making the Mooloolaba Outrigger Canoe Club one of Australia’s largest and strongest.
Members come from Brisbane to Noosa and the club has a very successful novice programme to attract new members.
The club is immensely proud of it’s junior members. This success has been driven by a plan of recruiting and coaching under the direction of Australia’s most experienced paddlers and coaches.
The future of the sport here in Mooloolaba is in safe hands with the impressive combination of success and junior recruitment.
The success of our junior development has finally seen the grooming of our Juniors into fine Open division paddlers, ensuring the future of our sport.
And in 2013, Mooloolaba OCC was the first club in Australia to launch a program for adaptive paddlers, giving those with physical disabilities the opportunity to both train and race outrigger canoes at a competitive level.
Champions
Mooloolaba Outrigger Canoe Club is one of the pre-eminent outrigging clubs in the world. Its members participate in paddling events across the globe and are recognised internationally for their excellence and professionalism.
The highest profile events are held in Hawaii, the home of outrigger canoeing. Both the Molokai Hoe (men) and Na Wahine O Ke Kai (women) races pit the best clubs and paddlers in the world against each other in a gruelling 41-mile open ocean race from the island of Molokai to Waikiki Beach on Oahu. These events are considered the world championships of long distance outrigger canoeing. Mooloolaba Outrigger Canoe Club is one of the most dominant clubs to participate in these annual world titles.
Mooloolaba Outrigger Canoe Club has achieved 19 World Championships as follows:
- Na Wahine O Ke Kai Open Women – Four Wins
- Molokai Hoe Master Men – Nine Wins
- Molokai Hoe Senior Master Men – Seven Wins
In 2004, the Master Men won the Molokai Hoe and the Open Women not only won the Na Wahine O Ke Kai race, but were successful in breaking the world record by two minutes in a time of 5 hours, 22 minutes and 12 seconds.
In 2009, the Senior Master Men not only won their division of paddlers aged 50+, but finished ahead of all Master Men crews aged 40+.
Mooloolaba Outrigger Canoe Club members have also won the Hamilton Island and Gold Coast Cup races in the Open and Master Women divisions as well as the Open, Master and Senior Master Men divisions on numerous occasions. The Club has dominated the national race seasons by taking out numerous National Club Championship Titles in both the Senior and Junior divisions.
National Club Championships:
- Senior Division – Fourteen Wins
- Junior Division – Ten Wins
Our Juniors have also competed with great success internationally in New Zealand, Cook Islands, Hawaii, Fiji, California, New Caledonia and Canada.
This consistent culture of achievement has made the Mooloolaba Outrigger Canoe Club one of the highest profile clubs in the world.