Rotorua Rowing Club

Thursday, February 14, 2013

PHOTO; Taylor Boyce

The 2013 North Island Club Rowing Championships couldn’t have asked for better weather or better water. With conditions perfect, Rotorua’s Taylor Boyce (John Paul College) took a Bronze medal,

in the Men’s Open Lightweight Single Scull.” Right from the start of the race I knew I had to get out and ahead” said Taylor Boyce,“ I was winning till the 750m mark when a sculler from Waikato Regional Performance Centre pulled ahead of me. I managed to keep with him throughout the rest of the race, but unfortunately was passed by a sculler from Auckland Grammar in the last 500m.”

Boyce was happy with his result. “I knew I couldn’t have gone any harder.” said Boyce, ”I was unsure during the race whether I was able to achieve a medal or not .I knew I was still new to singles racing.”

Boyce will be training hard in the next few weeks, working to take ten seconds off his time, in his goal of making an A Final at Maadi (New Zealand Secondary School Rowing Championships)

in the single scull event at Karapiro at the end of March.

North Island Club Championships

Held: 8 February Venue: Lake Karapiro (2k)

WOMENS PREM DOUBLE SCULLS A Final: placed 2nd (7:00.79)Crew: RNZX 2 - Lucy Strack (stroke) | Julia Edward (ROTORUA) ,Coach - Dick Tonks

MENS PREM COXLESS QUAD SCULLSA Final: placed 2nd (6:22.80)Crew: RNZX 2 - Karl Manson (stroke) | Joe Wright | Jeff Francis(ROTORUA) | Giacomo Thomas, Coach - Calvin Ferguson

MENS SNR COXLESS QUAD SCULLS A Final: placed 1st (6:24.36)Crew: XLBP 1 - Sean Watts (stroke) | Alex Hyland(ROTORUA) | Nigel van den Akker(ROTORUA) | Luke Jenkins (ROTORUA)

WOMENS SNR COXLESS QUAD SCULLS A Final: placed 2nd (7:10.08)Crew: BPCC 1 - Natalie Hill (stroke) (ROTORUA) | Keeley Fensom | Louise Ford | Teagan Adams, Coaches - Steve Finlayson | Karin Mary

WOMENS U22 DOUBLE SCULLS A Final: placed 1st (7:22.47)Crew: RPCW 1 - Briar Murphy (stroke) | Claudia Hyde(ROTORUA)

WOMENS U22 SINGLE A Final: placed 3rd (7:53.39)Crew: RPCW 3 - Claudia Hyde (ROTORUA)

MENS U20 SINGLE

B Final: placed 1st (7:41.00) Crew: ROTC 1 - Matthew Cooper, Coaches - Glen Reichardt | Alistair Riddle

WOMENS U19 DOUBLE SCULLS A Final: placed 2nd (8:02.93)Crew: BPCC 1 - Natalie Hill (stroke) | Louise Ford,Coaches - Steve Finlayson | Karin Mary

MENS OPEN SINGLE (L)

A Final: placed 3rd (7:45.09) Crew: ROTC 1 - Taylor Boyce, Coaches - Glen Reichardt | James Boyce

MENS CLUB DOUBLE SCULLS A Final: placed 1st (6:46.00) Crew: ROTC 1 - Alex Hyland (stroke) | Luke Jenkins