PHOTO; Julia Edward (left) pictured here with Lucy Strack .

Success at the 2013 New Zealand Rowing Club Championships ...

Rotorua’s Julia Edward; rowing this season for the Waikato Regional Performance Centre; came home with one medal in each metal from the 2013 New Zealand Rowing Club Championships in Twizel, which ended sunday .

Edward won Gold in the Women’s Premier Quadruple Sculls. She and crewmate Zoe Stevenson were presented red coats for their first New Zealand premier title win. The first time recipients of Red Coats were delighted. The Waikato RPC crew won in a time of 6:29.88 ahead of Central RPC. The Central RPC crew (made up of two London 2012 Olympians) included Julia’s 2012 Olympic Lightweight Double Sculls  partner Louise Ayling.

Julia Edward and crewmate Lana Davidson had be content with Silver in the Women’s Open Lightweight Double Sculls which was won by Central RPCs Sophie MacKenzie and Louise Ayling (beating their WRPC rivals by 6 seconds).

In the Women’s Lightweight Open Single Sculls heat one was taken out by Sophie MacKenzie from Central RPC, but Rotorua’s Julia Edward was only a second behind her. In the second heat Edward’s 2011 rowing partner Lucy Strack (pictured) won convincingly. The Open Women’s Lightweight Single Sculls was won by Lucy Strack ( Southern RPC) who took the title off Edward , the 2012 winner. Julia won the bronze medal with Sophie MacKenzie ( Central RPC) taking silver.

It was a brilliant weekend of success for our other Rotorua rowers. Jeff francis rowing for the Waikato Regional Performance won gold in the Men’s Under 22 eight oars and the Men’s Under 22 coxless Quad Sculls.

Rotorua’s young rising star; Claudia Hyde, rowing for the Waikato Regional Performance Centre, did amazing work and was rewarded with two Gold medals and two Silvers.

One Gold in the Women’s Under 22 Coxless Quad Sculls and another in the Under 20 Women’s Double Sculls. Her Silver medals were for the Women’s Under 20 Single Scull and the Women’s Under 22 eight Oar events.

Rotorua Rowing Club’s newest members ; Luke Jenkins and Alex Hyland won a Gold medal in the  Senior Men’s Double Sculls and a Silver in the  Men’s Club Coxless Quad Sculls.

Together with Rotorua’s Nigel Van Den Akker , Jenkins and Hyland gained a Silver in the Senior Men’s Coxless Quad Sculls.

Natalie Hill and Louise Ford rowing for the Bay Coast Rowing Club won Bronze in the Senior Women’s Coxless Quad Sculls              

2013 BankLink NZ Rowing Champs

Held: 19 February, Venue: Lake Ruataniwha

RESULTS

WOMENS PREM 4X-         A Final: placed 1st (6:29.88) Crew: RPCW 1 - Julia Edward (stroke) | Zoe Stevenson | Genevieve Armstrong | Sarah Gray

WOMENS OPEN 1X (L)    A Final: placed 3rd (7:56.19) Crew: RPCW 1 - Julia Edward

WOMENS OPEN 2X (L)    A Final: placed 2nd (7:13.23) Crew: RPCW 1 - Julia Edward (stroke) | Lana Davison

MENS U22 8+                      A Final: placed 1st (5:38.93)Crew: RPCW 1 - Logan Rodger (stroke) | Patrick McInnes |   McKenzie Macky | Evan Kennedy | Alex Kennedy | Shaun Kirkham | Christopher Morrison , Jeff Francis + Caleb Shepherd (cox)

MENS U22 4X-                    A Final: placed 1st (5:56.69)Crew: RPCW 1 - Ryan Goodson (stroke) | Evan Kennedy |    Jeff Francis | Christopher Morrison ,

WOMENS U22 8+               A Final: placed 2nd (6:19.66)Crew: RPCW 1 - Hannah Osborne (stroke) | Allie Smith | Claudia Hyde | Georgia Perry | Eloise Dowse | Brooke Donoghue | Briar Murphy | Lana Davison + Caitlin Lawry (cox)

WOMENS U20 1X              A Final: placed 2nd (8:31.28) Crew: RPCW 2 - Claudia Hyde

WOMENS U20 2X              A Final: placed 1st (7:14.81)Crew: RPCW 1 - Briar Murphy (stroke) | Claudia Hyde

WOMENS U22 4X-             A Final: placed 1st (6:34.20) Crew: RPCW 1 - Hannah Osborne (stroke) | Allie Smith | Georgia Perry | Claudia Hyde

MENS SNR 4X-                   A Final: placed 2nd (6:07.33)Crew: Bay of Plenty Region Composite  1 - Sean Watts (stroke) | Alex Hyland | Nigel van den Akker | Luke Jenkins

 MENS CLUB 4X-               A Final: placed 2nd (6:26.66)Crew: Bay of Plenty Region Composite 1 - Luke Jenkins (stroke) | Alex Hyland | Chris O'Conner | Jonathon Lintott

MENS SNR 2X                     A Final: placed 1st (6:50.44)Crew: ROTC 1 - Luke Jenkins (stroke) | Alex Hyland

WOMENS SNR 4X-            A Final: placed 3rd (7:04.84)Crew: Bay of Plenty Coast Rowing Club1 - Natalie Hill (stroke) | Keeley Fensom | Louise Ford | Teagan Adams,Coach - Steve Finlayson

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 WOMENS 1X (LIGHTWEIGHT)

A Final: placed 1st (7:35.96)Crew: RPCW 1 - Julia Edward Rotorua Rowing Club (RRC) and Waikato Regional Performance Centre (WRPC)

WOMENS 2X (LIGHTWEIGHT)

A Final: placed 1st (7:43.28)Crew: RPCW 1 - Alyce Pulford (stroke) | Julia Edward (RRC, WRPC)

WOMENS PREMIER FOUR

A Final: placed 2nd (6:33.40)Crew: RPCW 1 - Harriett Austin (stroke) | Emily Discombe | Paula Twining | Laura Fischer (RRC, WRPC)

WOMENS PREMIER COXED EIGHT   

A Final: placed 2nd (6:50.98)Crew: RPCW 1 - Alyce Pulford (stroke) | Emily Discombe | Zoe Stevenson | Georgia Perry | Paula Twining |

Laura Fischer(RRC, WRPC)  | Harriett Austin | Amy-Kelly Horsfall + Caleb Shepherd (cox)

 WOMENS PREMIER DOUBLE SCULLS

A Final: placed 3rd (7:00.65)Crew: RPCW 2 - Julia Edward (RRC, WRPC) (stroke) | Genevieve Armstrong

WOMENS PREMIER COXLESS QUAD SCULLS

A Final: placed 3rd (6:54.90)Crew: RPCW 1 - Julia Edward(RRC, WRPC)  (stroke) | Genevieve Armstrong | Zoe Stevenson | Harriett Austin

WOMENS U21 COXED EIGHT

A Final: placed 1st (7:00.91) Crew: RPCW 1 - Briar Murphy (stroke) | Allie Smith | Hannah Osborne | Georgia Perry | Alice White | Erica van der Zanden | Claudia Hyde (RRC, WRPC) | Ashleigh Hodge + Isabel McLernon (cox)

 MENS U21 COXED EIGHT

A Final: placed 1st (5:58.57)Crew: RPCW 1 - Evan Kennedy (stroke) | Christopher Morrison | Shaun Kirkham | McKenzie Macky | Tyna Williams | Robert McCaig | Jeff Francis (RRC, WRPC) | Daniel Bates + Caleb Shepherd (cox)

WOMENS U21 FOUR

A Final: placed 3rd (7:02.09)Crew: RPCW 2 - Briar Murphy (stroke) | Allie Smith | Claudia Hyde(RRC, WRPC)  | Erica van der Zanden

  MENS SENIOR COXED EIGHT

A Final: placed 1st (6:09.92)Crew: WESC 1 - Dacey Caldwell (stroke) | Henry Poor | Bradley Jowitt | Blair Jones | Joseph Nihotte |

Andrew Oliver (ex – RBHS, Westend Rowing Club)| Toby Chapman-Smith | Ross Hawthorne + Kirsten Wood (cox)Coach - John White

 MENS SENIOR DOUBLE SCULLS

A Final: placed 2nd (7:11.06)Crew: BPCC 1 - Sean Watts (stroke) | Nigel van den Akker(RRC, BOP Academy Squad)Coach - Steven Finlayson

 MENS SENIOR FOUR

A Final: placed 2nd (6:26.84)Crew: WKOC 1 - Matthew Glenn (stroke) | Andrew O'Connor | Thomas O'Donnell (ex-RBHS and Waikato Rowing Club) | Anthony Berkers

A Final: placed 3rd (6:33.56)Crew: WESC 1 - Dacey Caldwell (stroke) | Blair Jones | Joseph Nihotte | Andrew Oliver(ex – RBHS, Westend Rowing Club).Coach - John White

 

PHOTO LEFT TO RIGHT; JULIA EDWARD , ALYCE PULFORD  IN THE LIGHTLWEIGHT WOMEN’S 2X

PHOTO LEFT TO RIGHT; GENEVIEVE ARMSTRONG, JULIA EDWARD CROSS THE LINE IN THE PREM WOMEN’S 2X

PHOTO; JEFF FRANCIS (FAR LEFT)

Edward and Francis selected to trial for elite/U23 squad

Following some great results at the NZ Championships over the weekend, the selectors have chosen two Rotorua Rowing Club rowers to trial for selection into either the Under 23 NZ Team going to the 2012 U23 World Rowing Championships in Trakai, Lithuania from the 11th of July to the  15^th of  July or the 2012 World Rowing Championships which will be held  in Plovdiv, Bulgaria between August 15^th and  August 19^th.

Both Julia Edward, rowing under RRC colours for the Waikato Regional Performance Centre (WRPC) and Jeff Francis (RRC, WRPC) are U23 so are theoretically suitable for selection into both regattas.

Elite and U23 Trialists

The Waikato RPC have 27 athletes selected for the Elite and U23 trials which begin on Saturday 25 February - 2 March. The athletes will be put through their paces with ergometer tests and on water seat racing. At the completion of the trials the NZ crews for the 2012 London Olympics and the U23 World Championships will be named. We wish the following WRPC athletes all the best for their up and coming trials: Men: Club/RPC:
Alex Kennedy	Te Awamutu RC, Waikato RPC
Andrew Healey	Waikato RC, Waikato RPC
Christopher Morrison	Cambridge RC, Waikato RPC
David Eade	Waikato RC, Waikato RPC
Eric Murray	Waikato RC, Waikato RPC
Evan Kennedy	Waikato RC, Waikato RPC
James Dallinger	Waikato RC, Waikato RPC
Jeff Francis	Rotorua RC, Waikato RPC
Mackenzie Macky	Waikato RC, Waikato RPC
Michael Berry	Tauranga RC, Waikato RPC
Shaun Kirkham	Waikato RC, Waikato RPC
Tobias Wehr-Candler	Wellington RC, Waikato RPC
Tyna Williams	Waikato RC, Waikato RPC
Tyson Williams	Waikato RC, Waikato RPC
Lightweights:	Club/RPC:
Adam Ling	Tauranga RC, Waikato RPC
Curtis Rapley	Tauranga RC, Waikato RPC
Finian Scott	Cambridge RC, Waikato RPC
Graham Oberlin-Brown	Te Awamutu RC, Waikato RPC
Toby Cunliffe-Steel	Waikato RC, Waikato RPC
Women: Club/RPC:
Alice White	Hamilton RC, Waikato RPC
Ashleigh Hodge	Cambridge RC, Waikato RPC
Genevieve Armstrong	Tauranga RC, Waikato RPC
Georgia Perry	Cambridge RC, Waikato RPC
Sarah Gray	Waikato RC, Waikato RPC
Zoe Stevenson	Tauranga RC, Waikato RPC
Lightweights:	Club/RPC:
Alyce Pulford	Hauraki Plains RC, Waikato RPC
Julia Edward	Rotorua RC, Waikato RPC
Adaptive	Club:
Danny McBride	Cambridge RC

 

 

 

PHOTO Simon O’Donnell, Thomas O’Donnell, Andrew Oliver

The Coach and his ‘old boys’

At the 2012 New Zealand Rowing Champs recently Simon O’Donnell (temporarily-retired Rotorua Rowing Coach) met up with two of this ‘old boys’.

Thomas O’Donnell (EX-RBHS) , Simon’s son rows for Waikato Rowing Club in Hamilton now and Andrew Oliver(EX-RBHS)  rows for Westend Rowing Club.

Both men were on the podium for the ‘Men’s Senior Four Oar’. O’Donnell‘s crew won the Silver medal in a time of 6:26:84 and Oliver’s crew won Bronze in a time of 6:33:56

 

 

PHOTO Julia Edward rowing in Lightweight Women’s Single Scull

Edwards races to the top….

Rotorua rowing hit a high today, with Julia Edward winning another yellow coat, a reward for a Gold medal in the Premier Women’s Single Sculls event, at the 2012 New Zealand Rowing Championships, held on Lake Karapiro this week.

Julia ,a sculler, uses 2 oars, as opposed to a rower who uses one. She is a ‘lightweight’ and must always remain beneath 57 kilos. It was a hard fought race and Edward deserved her win, taking first place from her friend and former racing partner Lucy Strack, in the last 50m.

Edward also took the Bronze in the Women’s Premier Double Scull event this afternoon, after a photo finish.

To ‘medal’ in a heavyweight event, is difficult for a lightweight rower, as their weight is usually proportionate to their body shape and theoretically they will have a shorter ‘reach’ than a heavyweight woman sculler.

The heavyweight rowers have no weight limits and are generally proportionately taller.

So our Julia is ‘performing well above her weight’, literally. Edward was the only ‘lightweight’ in the medals.

Julia is at least half a head shorter than her doubles partner; Genevieve Armstrong , who is 180 cm tall and weighs 68kilos.

Julia tips the scales at around 51kilos and is near 167.5cms tall. The event winners; Anna Reymer (stroke) and Fiona Paterson, who row for the Central Regional Performance Centre were taller too. Reymer is 174cm tall and weighs in at 71kilos and Paterson is 182cm tall and weighs 81kilo.

Rotorua - in the medals at the 2011 Club Champs...

Rotorua’s senior, RPC and premier rowers gathered together a large medal haul this last weekend.“The women's lightweight single scull wasn't the cracker people were hoping for” said Rowing NZ spokesman Richard Gee,“with Southern Regional Performance Centre’s Lucy Strack dominating the race and looking just a tiny bit more pacey and powerful than her high quality rivals. World silver medallist Louise Ayling chased her hard, but had to settle for second ahead of Strack's current light double sculls partner Julia Edward.”

Ex -RGHS sculler and Halberg Finalist; Julia Edward emerged out of the fray with two Golds. One for  Women’s Lightweight Double Sculls and one for Under 21 Double Sculls and a Bronze was her reward for her battle in the Lightweight Single Scull, with a time of 8:00.29mins.

“It's been a good week” said Edward ” with a  third to Lucy Strack and Louise Ayling. The final was very competitive as women’s lightweight rowing gets stronger.”

Ex RLHS rower Laura Fischer , now rowing for the Waikato Regional Performance Centre, deserved her Gold in the Premier Women’s Coxless Quad Sculls and  Bronze in the Premier Women’s Eight.

Bay of Plenty Academy Women’s scullers Claudia Hyde(JPC) and Tosca Wilson (Rotorua) won Gold in the Women’s Club Double Sculls and Bronze in the Women’s Club Coxless Quad Sculls.

Bay of Plenty Academy Men’s scullers Riordan Morrell (WHHS) and Nigel Van Den Akker were rewarded with a Gold for their Men’s Senior Coxless Quad Sculls.  

Rotorua’s Jeff Francis, sculling for Waikato Performance Centre proved success comes from doing what he knows best ; won Bronze for Men’s Under 21 Double Sculls.

Ex RBHS rower Andrew Oliver, now rowing for Westend, took two Silvers for Men’s Senior Eight and Men’s Senior Pair and a Bronze for Men’s Senior Coxless Four.

Ex RBHS rower Thomas O’Donnell, now rowing for the Waikato Rowing Club took away a Silver for Men’s Senior Double Scull and a Bronze for Men’s Senior Coxless Quad Sculls.

2011 BANKLINK NZ NATIONAL ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS TUESDAY, 15 -19 FEBRUARY 2011

Place     Crew                                                                                      Time

WOMEN'S PREMIER COXLESS QUAD SCULL ;A FINAL

1              Waikato RPC 1 Pulford, Laura Fischer (ex-Rotorua )

                Armstrong, Gray                                                                 7:01.80

WOMEN'S LIGHTWEIGHT DOUBLE SCULL ;A FINAL

1              Waikato RPC 1 Pulford, Julia Edward(ex-Rotorua )    7:20.83  

MENS U21 8+

1              Jeff Francis ( ex-Rotorua )

MENS U21 QUAD

1              Jeff Francis ( ex-Rotorua )

WOMEN'S U 21 DOUBLE SCULL ;A FINAL

1              Waikato RPC 1 Julia Edward (ex-Rotorua ),

                Discombe                                                                              8:01.45

MEN'S SENIOR COXLESS QUAD SCULL ;A FINAL                                                                                                                          

1                   Bay Plenty Coast/Rotorua 1 Blackwell, Riordan Morrell (Rotorua ),

Nigel Van den Akker (Rotorua ), Watts                          6:25.70 

2                   Waikato 1 (Berkers, Lobb, Thomas Donnell(ex- Rotorua ),

Glenn                                                                                     6:30.25

WOMEN'S CLUB DOUBLE SCULL ;A FINAL

1              Rotorua 1  Claudia Hyde(Rotorua ),

                Tosca Wilson(Rotorua )                                                     8:54.76 

MEN'S SENIOR EIGHT ;A FINAL

2              West End 1  Hollows,Caldwell,Andrew

                Oliver (ex-Rotorua ),Jones,Nihotte,Tait,Hawthorne,

                Spencer,c:Wood                                                                 6:10.87

6              Bay Plenty Coast/Rotorua 1 Ryan,

                Jayson Stewart (Rotorua ),Blackwell,

                OConner,Dawe,Nigel Van den Akker(Rotorua ),

                Hatton,Watts,c:Scott                                                            6:20.46

MEN'S SENIOR PAIR ;A FINAL

2              West End 1 Caldwell, Andrew Oliver (ex-Rotorua )     7:12.45

MEN'S SENIOR DOUBLE SCULL ;A FINAL

2              Waikato 1  Glenn, Thomas ODonnell(ex-Rotorua )     6:52.74 

5              Rotorua 1  Nigel Van den Akker (Rotorua )  ,

                Riordan                 Morrell (Rotorua )                                7:10.01

WOMEN'S CLUB COXLESS QUAD SCULL ;A FINAL

2              Bay Plenty Coast/Rotorua 1  Tosca Wilson (Rotorua )

                Claudia Hyde (Rotorua ),Kelly,Farrell                             7:15.26

WOMEN'S PREMIER EIGHT ;A FINAL

3              Waikato RPC 1 Discombe,Barkla,Laura

                Fischer (ex-Rotorua ),Austin,Reymer,Twining,

                Stevenson,White,c:Clout                                                   6:32.39

WOMEN'S LIGHTWEIGHT SINGLE SCULL  ;A FINAL           

3              Waikato RPC 1    Julia Edward(ex-Rotorua )                8:00.29

MEN'S U21 DOUBLE SCULLS ;A FINAL

3              Waikato RPC 1 Jeff Francis ( ex-Rotorua ) ,Kennedy  6:58.78

MEN'S SENIOR COXLESS FOUR ;A FINAL

3              West End 1   Spencer, Nihotte, Caldwell,

                Andrew Oliver (ex-Rotorua )                                             7:25.25

WOMEN'S SENIOR COXLESS QUAD SCULL ;A FINAL

5              Bay Plenty Coast/Rotorua 1  Tosca Wilson (Rotorua ),

                Claudia  Hyde (Rotorua ), Johnston, Farrell                 7:28.02

MEN'S SENIOR SINGLE SCULL ;A FINAL

7              Waikato 2  Thomas O'Donnell   (ex-Rotorua )              7:47.75

MEN'S CLUB SINGLE SCULL ; A FINAL

7              Rotorua 1 Riordan Morrell (Rotorua )                             7:54.17

MEN'S CLUB COXLESS QUAD SCULL ;A FINAL

7              Bay of Plenty Coast 1  Jayson Stewart (Rotorua ),

                OConner,Dawe,Hatton                                                      6:37.02

MEN'S CLUB COXED FOUR ; SEMI-FINAL

5              Bay of Plenty Coast 1 Jayson Stewart (Rotorua ),

                O'Conner,Dawe,  Hatton,c:Scott                                       6:54.61

WOMEN'S CLUB SINGLE SCULL;  SEMI-FINAL

7              Rotorua 1 Claudia Hyde(Rotorua )                                  8:18.68

WOMEN'S PREMIER SINGLE SCULL; REPECHAGE 1

5              Waikato RPC 3 Laura Fischer (ex-Rotorua )                 8:19.60