Sport and Recreation

Sport :

Wainuiomata have most sports clubs such as bowls,cricket,tennis and croquet.
The first rugby side was in 1946 3rd grade and the first tennis club was formed in the 1930's.
Wainuiomata in recent years have been excelling in  rugby and rugby league, with quite a few rugby players from the valley representing  New Zealand such as Piri Weepu and Neemiah Tialata and All Black great and former captain Tana Umaga. In Rugby League also there has been quite few to players in the NRL and the New Zealand Kiwi's, one of these Johnny Lomax has captained the Kiwi's side.

Picture of Wainuiomata Rugby League Club 2012

                                                         



Wainuiomata Golf Club:
Wainuiomata is also blessed with a great golf course it has a good variety of different holes.
A good hole and test of Golf is the Elbow  a short dogleg left hole measuring about 330 metres.
This is one of the highlights of a challenging and interesting course.
To get there follow the Coast Road it will be on your right hand side ten minutes from drive from the main shopping centre.
Cost: Weekdays $30 and Weekend $40



Recreation:
 In the earlier days in Wainuiomata until now there has been a lot of  recreational activities, with a lot of bush walks, fishing and pig hunting.

If you go through Wainuiomata it will take you to the Coast Road near the end of the Road you will find the Rimutaka forest park where there are a lot of tracks, swimming holes, camping grounds and if you want to go walk and stay the night there are cabins in the grounds.

If you go further down the Coast Road you can find a track to take you to the Baring Head lighthouse and just past there is the Wainuiomata beach,where you can do fishing but not so good for swimming.

Baring Head LightHouse in 2011