PHOTO; 12.11.11 ( Left to right)Coach Alastair Riddle,Greer Murray in 1 seat, 2 seat is Ati Watene,3 seat is Piki Thomas and 4 seat is Dale Thomas.

The Novices get underway with a little help from Alastair and Greer

Alastair Riddle coaching new Adult Novices( Left to right)Greer Murray in 1 seat helping Alastair Riddle out, making sure the boat goes in the right direction and stays right way up. 2 seat is Ati Watene; a young novice from RGHS, 3 seat is Piki Thomas and 4 seat closest to camera is Dale Thomas. Piki and Dale are adult novices having their first row

PHOTO -left to right- Deon Molijn, Jamie Wilson, Douglas (visiting Master from Australia), Mania Oxenham, Greer Murray, Caleb Coker,Anna Wallace,Stacy Tamblin, Alice West, Emma Cronshaw-Hunt, Mea Hunter,Zoe-Rose Jans (being carried)

 6am training at Lake Rotorua…Rotorua Rowing Club school rowers Mea Hunter carries Zoe to keep her feet dry.

Canada, NZ, Papua New Guinea, Australia -all at training this morning at Lake Rotorua .

You could be mistaken in thinking Rotorua Rowing Club was hosting the World Championships this morning. We had Nic Kerkham and John Jackson –the Papua New Guinean Lightweight pair manning a ‘teenie’ (that’s coach boat for you kiwis ). There was Will Liley from Mosman, Australia doing an Erg to keep in his training for the ‘Head of the Yarra’ on the 26^th of this month. There were 2 Canadian Dads going for a row in a double who are  here in New Zealand to watch one of their daughter’s  Emma Darling row bow seat in the Canadian Women’s Eight in the 2010 NZ World Rowing Champs. She sounds like a really sweetie….Here’s what she said after her 2010 Lucerne world cup Silver ;

Emma Darling (CAN) – Silver
“I’m happy about the race. We had a very quick start. At the end we had to stick together to keep through.  Winning Henley gave us power. We trained on speed before the racing and we will go on with that to make it perfect.  It’s my first time in Lucerne. It’s also a good place for my family who came with me.”