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NZSSRA website
Welcome to the New Zealand Secondary Schools Rowing Association website. This site is aimed at providing schools and school rowers with an easily accessed resource of information about schools rowing in New Zealand.
Rowing calendars supporting NZ's Elite rowers
Robin Owens would like to say a huge thank you to all the Schools who sold rowing calendars and CONGRATULATIONS!
A grand total of $65,000 was made. Schools and Clubs received $25,000 for their fundraising efforts and they contributed $25,000 of the $40,000 that went to Elite Rowers. This meant 31 Elite Rowers each received $1290. The athletes were absolutely amazed and very happy as most of them live on very small incomes.
There was a competition for the School or Club who sold the most Calendars, which schools cleaned up:
- Takapuna Grammar School Won a Concept 2 Rowing machine
This will be Presented at the Fundraising Dinner in Auckland on 24th May
- Christchurch Girls High School Won 2 Vouchers worth $259 each for Polar Heart Rate Monitors
- St Andrews College Won 1 voucher worth $259 for a Polar Heart Rate Monitor
Well done to all the winners; they all sold a lot of Calendars. As Robin says, all round it is a magnificent effort!
New Zealand Junior Team Linz, Austria - 22-27 July 2008
RowingNZ has announced the New Zealand Junior Team, which is train at Lake Karapiro National Training Centre, and to race at the 2008 Junior World Championships in Linz, Austria 22-27 July (links go to the Maadi results of the pupils/past pupils):
- Womens Coxless Four: Lucy Spoors, Hayley Hoogeveen, Anna Dawson, Sophie Speirs, Coach - Gary Hay
- Womens Quad Scull: Julia Trautvetta, Sarah Gray, Paparangi Hipango, Regan Bakla, Coach - Dan Kelly
- Mens Double Scull: Stephen Burt, Karl Manson, Coach - Dan Kelly
- Mens Eight: Isaac Holden, Michael Berry, James O'Connor, Andrew Healey, William Meates, Ben Bullock, Jason Kitchin, Duncan Hall, Coxswain - Matthew Cameron, Coach - Dave Thompson
- Mens Coxed Four: Sam Kember, Harry Simperingham, Tobias Wehr-Candler, Gerard Campbell, Coxswain - Taylor Bond, Coach - Mike Rodger
- Team Manager: John Howard
Congratulations to all our member schools who have pupils selected to the team.
Web cast archive now available 2008 Aon Maadi Cup regatta
The archived web cast of the 2008 Aon Maadi Cup is now available for viewing. It includes over fourteen hours of viewing; covering 'A' finals, medal ceremonies and some 'B' finals (where time permitted).
New Life Member Jack Collin
At the 2008 NZSSRA AGM members unanimously elected Jack Collin to Life Membership of the Association. Jack has been instrumental in bolstering school rowing wherever he resides. Wellington, Nelson and more recently Canterbury are just three regions that have benefitted tremendously from the Jack's enthusiasm for school rowing and his drive and dedication. Jack's fine contribution to rowing has been recognised with Life Memberships in several clubs around the country. In addition Jack has served on the NZSSRA Executive as well as the NZARA Council. We congratulate Jack upon his election to Life Membership.
2008 Aon NZ Maadi Cup Regatta Lake Ruataniwha, 31 March - 5 April 2008
At Maadi 2008 a tremendously successful week of racing was completed and New Zealand's premier rowing school identified: Hamilton Boys High School, winners of the Star Trophy! [Points table] Other major trophy winners were:
- Executive Trophy: Hamilton Boys High School
(Sweep Oar Champs) [Points table]
- Presidents Scull: Roncalli College
(Sculling Champs) [Points table]
- Maadi Cup: Hamilton Boys High School
(B U18 8+) [results | replay]
- Levin Jubilee Cup: Rangi Ruru Girls School
(G U18 8+) [results | replay]
- Simon Briggs Cup: Juliet Whittaker, Nelson College for Girls
(Coxswain of the regatta)
- Bill Eady Cup: Dave Thompson, Hamilton Boys High School
(RowingNZ's junior coach of the year)
Thanks to SIRI and all their volunteers for a fantastic 2008 Maadi regatta.
- Photos: Kolorcare took the podium and on-water photos.
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Maadi - Didymo A message from DOC
"There was a great response from everyone regarding the wash and a lot of interest shown in the didymo display. Congratulations once again for the tremendous effort from [South Island Rowing Inc] in the fight to stop the spread of didymo."
While every effort was made at the Maadi Cup to wash gear, there is always the possibility that some items may have been inadvertently missed. Please ensure that your boats, riggers, shoes, socks, oars etc are checked before being used again. If in doubt, please re-wash using a 5% detergent solution or leave to thoroughly dry out. Anything which is still damp and which may have missed the wash could still harbour live didymo cells. All equipment should be washed or dried when changing to another waterway. The ultimate responsibility for this rests with you!
Useful information about didymo can be found on the Bio-Security website: www.biosecurity.govt.nz.
"Snot Off" detergent is available from
Ice Clean Limited. Ph: 09 522 5127 Fax: 09 522 1730 Email: iceclean@xtra.co.nz
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