Shaw and Partners WA Race Week

The Shaw and Partners WA Race Week, held 18-25 November 2023, is the biggest event in the Australian Ocean Paddling calendar, with five races spread over seven days and a prize pool of $180,000.

 

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Shaw and Partners Nipper Clinic to be held at Sorrento SLS Club, Sunday 19 November
Calling all Nippers! Join in the action of Shaw and Partners WA Race Week, with our mega-Nipper clinic at Sorrento SLSC Club (Perth).Meet the stars of the surf when Australia’s top ironmen and ironwomen teach you the tricks of the trade!It’s FREE, but you need to register through your SLS club or direct at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/shaw-and-partners-financial-services-nipper-clinic-tickets-739872708187?aff=oddtdtcreatorThe Shaw and Partners Nipper Clinic is held by:   Ali Day Cory Hill Cory Taylor Emily Doyle Georgia Miller Hannah Sculley Jake Morris Jemma Smith Kendrick Louis Lana Rogers Michael Booth Zach MorrisSorrento SLSC (Perth)Sunday 19 November 20239:00am kick-off11.00am Q & A [...]
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2023 Shaw and Partners WA Race Week Kicks Off in Perth on Saturday, November 18
Shaw and Partners is proud to announce its continued support as the headline sponsor for the Shaw and Partners WA Race Week, marking the 5th consecutive year of our Naming Rights sponsorship.   Once again, the Shaw and Partners WA Race Week is set to be the pinnacle event on this year’s ocean ski paddling calendar. With an impressive prize pool of $180,000, the week promises to be a paddling spectacle, showcasing a five-event racing schedule that will run from November 18-25, [...]
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Kenny Rice and Danielle McKenzie win the Shaw and Partners DOCTOR, with Shaw and Partners Brand Ambassador Cory Hill in fourth
Kenny Rice and Danielle McKenzie win the Shaw and Partners DOCTOR 2022, with Shaw and Partners Brand Ambassador Cory Hill in fourth   While the Australian paddlers had set the pace all week, when it came to big dance – the 27 km endurance race the Shaw and Partners DOCTOR from Rottnest Island to Perth’s Sorrento beach - it was the South Africans who came through to blitz the field today and take a clean sweep of the male podium with Kenny [...]
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Shaw and Partners honoured to host Oscar Chalupsky in the Perth office
Shaw and Partners was honoured to have Oscar Chalupsky in the Perth office today as he shared his inspiring story as a 12-time world-champion paddler and cancer warrior. Oscar is currently competing in the Shaw and Partners WA Race Week taking place in Perth.   Few athletes hold a record comparable to that of Oscar Chalupsky. He made history at the age of 15 as the first person to win both the Junior and Senior Ironman titles on the same day at [...]
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Shaw and Partners hosts over 300 Surf Life Saving WA nippers at the 2022 Shaw and Partners WA Race Week Nipper Clinic
It was a proud day for Shaw and Partners yesterday hosting over 300 Surf Life Saving WA nippers at the 2022 Shaw and Partners WA Race Week Nipper Clinic. Nippers from all over Perth converged to City of Perth SLSC for a free 90-minute clinic with the best Ironmen, Ironwomen and surf ski athletes in the world. The outstanding Shaw and Partners Nipper Clinic instructor line up included Shannon Eckstein, Ali Day, Kendrick Louis, Cory Hill, Finn Askew, Georgia Miller, Hannah Sculley, [...]
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Shaw and Partners WA Race Week Welcome Dinner under the big top
The evening at the exclusive Shaw and Partners WA Race Week Welcome Dinner under the big top was nothing short of spectacular.   Shaw and Partners was thrilled to welcome over 120 athletes, sponsors and supporters from the paddling community to celebrate both the love for the sport as well as an exciting week ahead full of racing events.   The event, which took place at the Sorrento SLSC, was part of the Shaw and Partners WA Race Week, the biggest and richest race [...]
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Shaw and Partners Brand Ambassadors Shannon Eckstein and Ali Day visit the Shaw and Partners Perth office
It was great to have 9 X Nutri-Grain Ironman series champion Shannon Eckstein and 8 x Coolangatta Gold winner Ali Day visit the Perth office today and share their insights on how they got involved in Ironman and what it takes to win races.   It was inspirational to hear from the Ironman Champion Ali Day - who’s record is one to behold: 8 x Coolangatta Gold Winner, 4 x Nutri-Grain Ironman Series Winner and 2021 Australian Surf Life Saving Ironman Champion [...]
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Shaw and Partners Brand Ambassadors Cory Hill and Jemma Smith take first victories in Shaw and Partners WA Race Week
Shaw and Partners Brand Ambassador, Cory Hill, took first scalp in the five-event ocean ski racing series, the Shaw and Partners WA Race Week, winning the inaugural race today, the 24km Fenn West Coast Downwinder from Fremantle, just south of Perth, to Sorrento Beach.   In fine conditions with a 16 knot SSW wind courtesy of the famed Fremantle Doctor, the start off Port Beach was intense with the top paddlers in a terse battle to make the first break. But it [...]
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Shaw and Partners WA Race Week - Advert for Channel 7 

Shaw and Partners Advert for Channel 7

The world’s richest week in ocean paddling history to be staged in Perth
Perth will host the biggest - and richest - race week ever staged in ocean ski paddling history, when the world’s leading paddlers converge on WA to take on Australia’s best in the five event Shaw and Partners WA Race Week from November 19-26.   Kicking off on Saturday November 19 with the 24km Fenn West Coast Downwinder from Fremantle to Sorrento Beach; mid-week racing continues with two short-course 11km hit-outs with the Dr Benjamin Hewitt Sunset Surfski Series from Fremantle to [...]
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Shaw and Partners puts $5000 up for grabs for the Hot Shot
Get ready for a drag race from the start… with Shaw and Partners putting $5000 on the Hot Shot to ensure our 500+ competitors in the Doctor are furiously fast and raring to race, from the get-go.   The first male and female paddler to the Hot Shot– the first turn east, a kilometre from the start off Rotto’s Thomsons Bay – will score $2500 for their fast-flying efforts.   “It’s sure to spice things up a bit, a quick sprint to get the [...]
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Shaw and Partners WA Race Week to be televised in groundbreaking documentary
All the action of the biggest, richest week in surf ski racing history, this November’s Shaw and Partners WA Race Week and the iconic finale The Doctor, will be captured in a one-hour television documentary to be broadcast across Australia and internationally .      A five-member production team will track the adventures of over 500 paddlers from all corners of the globe, as they contest the five races of the November 19-26 WA Race Week from the crystal clear bays of Rottnest [...]
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Shaw and Partners WA Race Week launches the richest week in ocean ski paddling history
Set to be the richest week in ocean ski paddling history with a record $265,000 prize pool, entries open today for November’s Shaw and Partners WA RACE WEEK, boasting a five-event racing schedule with the finale, the holy grail of ocean racing, THE DOCTOR - the legendary 27km downwind race from Rottnest Island to Perth’s Sorrento Beach.   Last held in 2019 and subject to COVID “lockdown” for the past two years, WA Race Week returns for 2022 from November 19-26 with [...]
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Shaw and Partners WA Race Week - Promo Video

Shaw and Partners WA Race Week - Dean Gardiner

Shaw and Partners WA Race Week - Cory Hill

Shaw and Partners WA Race Week - Georgia Miller

Shaw and Partners WA Race Week - Michael Booth

Shaw and Partners WA Race Week - Shannon Eckstein

2020 Shaw and Partners WA Race Week
THE 2020 SHAW AND PARTNERS WA RACE WEEK HAS BEEN CANCELLED    The second edition of the Shaw and Partners WA Race Week will be held from 21-28 November 2020 in Sorrento WA including a series of paddling and ironman events spread over seven days and a massive prize pool of $200,000.   Saturday 21 November: Fenn West Coast Downwinder* Prize pool: $15,000 Monday 23 November: Shaw And Partners Twilight Paddleboard Classic Prize pool: $12,000 Tuesday 24 November: Dr Ben Hewitt Sunset Surfski Series 1* Prize pool: $4,000 Wednesday [...]
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Shaw and Partners Race Team Member Cory Hill wins “The Doctor” Ocean Surf Ski Race in Perth
The Shaw and Partners WA Race Week concluded in Perth last Saturday with the famous downwind race “The Doctor”.   “The Doctor” – named after the sea breeze that brings relief on hot days to the central districts of Perth – is currently the biggest ocean downwind paddling race in the world, attracting ocean paddlers from all over the globe.   With a prize pool of $100,000 on offer this year, the Shaw and Partners WA Race Week saw a record participation. Over 500 [...]
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Shaw and Partners raises over $25,000 for the Flourishing Ocean Project
On Monday 18th November, Shaw and Partners was delighted to host over 100 people from the WA paddling community at the exclusive charity dinner “The Legends of the Ocean”.   The charity event, held at the North Cottesloe SLSC in Perth was part of the Shaw and Partners WA Race Week, one of the biggest events in the Australian ocean paddling calendar with a staggering prize pool of $100,000 on offer.   The format of the evening included an open panel discussion with some [...]
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Excitement builds for Shaw and Partners WA Race Week
This year marks the inaugural launch of the Shaw and Partners WA Race Week in Perth, a highlight of the Australian Ocean Racing Series.   The event, held from November 16-23, is set to become the biggest week in the Australian ocean paddling calendar, with five events spread over seven days, and a prize pool of $100,000.   The five events will run over various distances to find the best surf ski ocean paddler globally, and will include: Saturday November 16: Fenn West Coast Downwind. Tuesday [...]
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The 2020 Shaw and Partners Race Team 

Shaw and Partners is proud to launch the resilient, determined and inspiring line-up that is the 2020/21 Shaw and Partners Race Team: Cory Hill, Michael Booth, Jordan Mercer and Danielle McKenzie, mentored by ex-Australian Sprint Kayaking Olympian, Jim Walker.

2019 Shaw and Partners WA Race Week - Full Highlights

Watch the full highlights of the 2019 Shaw and Partners WA Race Week including "The Doctor", the final race of the World Surfski League Series. The Doctor in Perth is Australia’s most exciting ocean paddling event from Rottnest Island to Sorrento Beach covering 27km.

 

 

 

 

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