PHOTO; GIRLS U16 QUAD SCULLS ;front boat; left to right; 1^st; 1st Rotorua Rowing Club 1 + Delaney Phillips(cox), , Georgina Hyde , Helen Payne ,Grace Eriksen, Olivia Ashby (stroke)  

far boat; left to right; 3rd Tara Moberly (cox), Hannah Cox , Alice West, Emma Cronshaw-Hunt ,Stacey Tamblin (stroke)

PHOTO; left to right; MENS NOV COXED FOUR 2nd Emily Cooper (cox), Conner Spackman, Mathew Bennett , Lewis Morrell ,Stephen Wright (stroke)

Getting better every race......

Rotorua Rowing Club had a successful regatta at Karapiro over the weekend and the school rowers enjoyed seeing how they measured up, as the rowing season heads towards the North Island Secondary Rowing Champs, on March 9th and the NZ Secondary School Rowing Champs (aka ‘Maadi’) on March 26^th.

The Girls U16 Quad Sculls, won their final , with crew; Olivia Ashby, Grace Eriksen, Helen Payne, Georgina Hyde, Delaney Phillips (cox) and third place was taken by crew; Stacey Tamblin (stroke) , Emma Cronshaw-Hunt, Alice West ,Hannah Cox, Tara Moberly (cox). Both crews are coached by Chris Pearson.

“The first and third places were excellent results for both the Under 16 Girls Quads, after being a little off the pace in earlier regattas. The predominantly John Paul crew that won, were back a bit after 500 meters, but had a very strong second quarter to lead at the 1000 meter mark and were never seriously challenged.” Coach Pearson said “ The Western heights girls (in third)also had a strong race but the effort of battling the wind and rough water in the outer lane told over the last quarter of the race. “

Another of Chris Pearson’s crews placed  3^rd in the Girls U18 Double sculls.

“Natalie Hill and Olivia Ashby have continued on from their bronze medal at the North Island Club Champs in the under 19 double and a win the previous week at the Blue Lake Regatta. “ said Pearson ”They are a new combination this year and are getting better each race. “

Natalie Hill, also placed 3^rd in the Girls U18 single sculls (coached by Glen Reichardt).

The boys crew; Stephen Wright (stroke), Lewis Morrell, Mathew Bennett ,Conner Spackman and Emily Cooper (cox), coached by Glen Reichardt took a 2^nd in the Men’s Novice Coxed Four and the crew of ; Bradley Grant (stroke), Kelsey Crew, Matthew Cooper and Nathan Toma placed 3^rd in the  Men’s Club Coxless Quad.

Rotorua’s High Performance rowers who row for the Waikato Regional Performance Centre; Jeff Francis, Julia Edward, Claudia Hyde and Laura Fischer, together, bagged three 2nds and two 3rds working hard, preparing for the NZ Rowing Champs on the 13^th of February  . The highlights were Laura Fischer’s 2^nd in the Premier Women’s Coxless Four, Claudia Hyde’s 3^rd in the Women’s Premier Quad and Julia Edward’s 3^rd in the Women’s Premier Quad.

2012 Cambridge Town Cup RESULTS 27,28,29 jan

Secondary School Rowing BOYS

MENS NOV COXED FOUR A Final 

2nd Rotorua Rowing Club 1 Stephen Wright (stroke) | Lewis Morrell | Mathew Bennett | Conner Spackman + Emily Cooper (cox)Coach - Glen Reichardt

MENS CLUB COXLESS QUAD SCULLS

3rd Rotorua Rowing Club 1 Bradley Grant (s), Kelsey Crew, Matthew Cooper, Nathan Toma. Coach - Alistair Riddle

Secondary School Rowing GIRLS

GIRLS U16 COXED QUAD SCULLS A FINAL 

1st Rotorua Rowing Club 1 Olivia Ashby (stroke) | Grace Eriksen | Helen Payne | Georgina Hyde + Delaney Phillips (cox)Coach - Chris Pearson 8:13.10

3rd Rotorua Rowing Club 2 Stacey Tamblin (stroke) | Emma Cronshaw-Hunt | Alice West | Hannah Cox + Tara Moberly (cox)Coach - Chris Pearson

GIRLS U18 DOUBLE SCULLS A FINAL 

3rd Rotorua Rowing Club 2 Olivia Ashby (stroke) | Natalie Hill. Coach - Chris Pearson 8:35.70

GIRLS U18 SINGLE

3rd Rotorua Rowing Club 1 Natalie Hill 9:11.15 Coach - Glen Reichardt

Senor Rowing MEN

MENS SNR COXLESS QUAD SCULLS

1st West End Rowing Club 1 Andrew Oliver ( ex-Rotorua Rowing Club,   )  (s), H.Poor, B.Jowitt, J.Nihotte

MENS SNR COXLESS FOUR

1st Waikato Rowing Club 1 M.Glenn (s), A.O'Connor, Tom O'Donnell    ( ex-Rotorua Rowing Club, A.Annear

MENS SNR COXLESS PAIR  

2nd (8:11.30)Crew: WESC 1 - Andrew Oliver ( ex-Rotorua Rowing Club,   (stroke) | Joseph Nihotte
MENS OPEN COXED EIGHT

2nd Waikato RPC 1 E.Kennedy (s), A.Healey, S.Kirkham, M.Macky, T.Williams, M.Berry Jeff Francis  ( Rotorua Rowing Club)  , C.Morrison + C.Shepherd (cox) 6:21.88 

Senor Rowing WOMEN

WOMENS OPEN COXED EIGHT

2nd Waikato RPC 1 B.Murphy (s), A.Smith, H.Osborne, G.Perry, A.White, E.van der Zanden, C.Hyde  ( Rotorua Rowing Club), A.Hodge + I.McLernon (cox) 7:04.96 

WOMENS PREM COXLESS FOUR

2nd Waikato RPC 1 H.Austin (s), E.Discombe, P.Twining, L.Fischer  ( Rotorua Rowing Club) 7:28.11

3rd Waikato RPC 2 B.Murphy (s), A.Smith, E.van der Zanden Claudia Hyde  ( Rotorua Rowing Club)7:55.08

WOMENS PREM COXLESS QUAD SCULLS

3rd Waikato RPC 1 J.Edward ( Rotorua Rowing Club) (s), G.Armstrong, A.Horsfall, A.Pulford 7:16.09