Secondary School rowing season heating up

The countdown is on for one of the biggest events on the national secondary school calendar, the 2018 AON Maadi Cup, held at Lake Ruataniwha between 19-25 March.

The North Island and South Island Secondary School Championships take place on the weekend of 2 and 3 March.

Many secondary school crews hoping to feature at the North Island and Southland Championship and Maadi Cup  National regattas took part in this past weekend’s South Island Club Championships at Lake Ruataniwha and the Cambridge Town Cup and North Island Club Championships respectively.

School boats fared particularly well in the South Island Championships that ended on Sunday, winning 25 of 72 A finals.

2016 Maadi Cup champions Christs College eight finished second to the Southern High Performance squad in the Men’s Open Coxed Eight race, while five Christchurch Boys’ High School crews won A final golds.

In the girls, Rangi Ruru Girls’ School enjoyed a successful weekend, winning six golds, including winning the Women’s Open Eight. Rangi Ruru also won a silver and a bronze.

Four days of rowing on Lake Karapiro wrapped up on Monday, starting with the Cambridge Town Cup on Friday and then then the North Island Club Championships over the next three days of the long weekend.

Secondary school boats were to the fore in the Cambridge Town Cup, with Hamilton Boys’ High School winning 11 races.  Several girls school crews won their A finals.  A number of rowers were also competing for their clubs and not their schools in this regatta as well.
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See below for results. 

Cambridge Town Cup winning A Finals School winners were:

BOYS

Boys U18 Coxed Eight: Hamilton Boys’ High School
William Thompson, Luke Taylor, Campbell Crouch, Elliott Jenkins, Flynn Watson, Ryan Campbell, Matthew Humphrey, Max Wilson, Mitchell Kay
 
Boys U18 Double Sculls: Saint Kentigern College
Alec McRobbie, Harry Church
 
Boys U18 Coxed Quadruple Sculls:
Ben Franich, Alex McRobbie, Harry Church, George Beggs, Grace Barry
 
Boys U18 Coxed Four: Hamilton Boys’ High School
Campbell Crouch, Ryan Campbell, Flynn Watson, Luke Taylor, Mitchell Kay
 
Boys U17 Coxed Eight: St Paul’s Collegiate
Harris Moana, Adam Jefferis, Sam Harcourt, Seth Peake, Max Dobbe, Issac West, Jeremiah McDonald, Max McLean-Bluck, Gus Hanham
 
Boys U17 Coxed Four: Hamilton Boys’ High School
Sam Cook, Heath MacEwan, Ali Henderson, Brooklyn Elliott, Jacob Stent
 
Boys U16 Coxed Four: Hamilton Boys’ High School
Joshua Gordon, Jack Read, Jesse Renner, Beckham Raffan, Kieran Joyce
 
Boys U16 Coxed Quaruple Sculls: Hamilton Boys’ High School
Heath MacEwan, Jack Read, Jesse Renner, Beckham Raffan, Sam McArthur
 
Boys U16 Double Sculls: Wanganui Collegiate
Blake Hogan, Leo Hanna
 
Boys U16 Coxed Eight: Hamilton Boys’ High School
Josh Gordon, Jack Read, Jesse Renner, Noah Kerbers, Casey Calver, Zac Paterson, Hunter Moon, Beckham Raffan, Sam McArthur
 
Boys U16 Single Sculls: Takapuna Grammar School
Evan Williams
 
Boys U15 Coxed Eight: Hamilton Boys’ High School
Sam Nelson, Morgan Gardiner, Blair Ellis, Alex Khatoev, Sebastian Langdon, Khan Caddy, Matthew Lander, Angus Barkley, Aaron O’Regan
 
Boys U15 Double Sculls: Hamilton Boys’ High School
Blair Ellis, Alex Khatoev
 
Boys U15 Quadruple Sculls: Hamilton Boys’ High School
Blair Ellis, Morgan Gardiner, Alex Khatoev, Sam Nelson, Aaron O’Regan
 
Boys U15 Coxed Four: Hamlton Boys’ High School
Sam Nelson, Morgan Gardiner, Blair Ellis, Alex Khatoev, Aaron O’Regan
 
Boys 15 Coxed Octuple Sculls: Hamilton Boys’ High School
Sam Nelson, Blair Ellis, Alex Khatoev, Morgan Gardiner, Sebasian Langdon, Khan Caddy, Matthew Lander,  Angus Barkley, Kieran Joyce
 
GIRLS

Girls U18 Single Sculls: Westlake Girls’ High School
Sophie Egnot-Johnson
 
Girls U18 Double Sculls: Onslow College
Olivia Clarke, Contance Stirling
 
Girls U17 Coxed Eight: Wanganui Collegiate
Charlotte McKinlay, Catherine Pearce, Maddie McLean, Maddison Gundry, Lydia McLean, Maggie O’Leary-Noyer, Charlotte Robb, Chloe Lennox, Jack Monckton
 
Girls U17 Coxed Quadruple Skulls: Glendowie College
Sara Everitt, Francesca Treuean, Olivia Hay, Jamie Iro, Meg Rolton
 
Girls U16 Single Sculls: Wentworth College
Parekura Kellow
 
Girls U15 Double Sculls: Queen Margaret College
Mila van der Wilt, Mollie Nicol
 
South Island winning A Finals school winners were:

GIRLS

Women’s Open Coxed Eight: Rangi Ruru Girls’ School
Izzy Inkson, Anneka Calder, Alice Sproat, Bella Carter, Millie Knight, Emma Stephens, Claire Watson, Samantha Vance and Amber Williams
 
Women’s Novice Coxed Eight:  Rangi Ruru Girls’ School
Rosie Gray, Chloe Berge, Tessa Reid, Kyla Otway, Emma Ffwocs-Williams, Holly O’Laughlin, Rosa Blake and Sophie Pye
 
Women’s Intermediate Coxed Eight: Rangi Ruru Girls’ School
Franny Ullrich, Scarlett Bown, Penny Frost, Brianna Yates, Saskia Murray, Rosa Dalzell, Penny Procter, Holly Ellis and Jemima Porter

Women’s Club Coxed Four:  Christchurch Girls’ High School
Gabriella Goodenbour, Sophie Bowden, Lucia Fuller, Eva Watson, Julia Coppens
 
Women’s U19 Coxed Four: St Margaret’s College
Grace Loveridge, Alice Elworthy, Kate Harris, Gaby McKellar, Emily Young
 
Women’s U19 Double Sculls: Villa Maria College
Kathryn Glen, Charlotte Freeman
 
Women’s U19 Coxed Quadruple Sculls: Villa Maria College
Kathryn Glen, Hannah Glen, Samantha Coulthard, Charlotte Freeman, Emily Beattie
 
Women’s Intermediate Coxed Four: Columba College
Abby Griffin, Tessa Campbell, Niamh Paterson, Cara Busse, TamZin Burgess
 
Girls U16 Coxed Four: Rangi Ruru Girls’ School
Lauren Staplyton-Smith, Samantha Vance, Charlotte Gray, Lily King and Hilary Royds
 
Girls U16 Single Sculls: St Andrew’s College
 Ruby Gordon
 
Girls U16 Coxed Eight: Rangi Ruru Girls’ School
Francesca Gallaway, Samantha Vance, Charlotte Gray, Samantha Summerfield, Lauren Staplyton-Smith, Chloe Berge, Rosa Jones, Lily King and Hilary Royds
 
Girls U16 Coxed Quadruple Sculls: Rangi Ruru Girls’ School
Samantha Vance, Francesca Gallaway, Charlotte Gray, Lily King and Hilary Royds
 
BOYS
 
Men’s Club Coxed Eight: Christchurch Boys’ High School
James Glover, Angus Templeton, Cameron Long, Max Zhang, Ed MacAlister, Ben Brown, Mitch Fraser, Liam Behrnes, Tim Heritage
 
Men’s Intermediate Coxed Eight: St Bede’s College
Fionn Sullivan,  Jackson Kennedy, Sam Fairchild, Kaleb Hammond, Luis Guzmann, Sam Turner, Tom Goodland, David Glen, Ed Goodland
 
Men’s U19 Coxed Four: Christchurch Boys’ High School
Matthew White, Will Gilbert, Tom Fraser, Jack Chapman, Henry Shaw
 
Men’s U19 Coxed Quadruple Sculls:  Christchurch Boys’ High School
James Glover, Cameron Long, Lachlan Hill, Angus Templeton, Alex Taylor
 
Men’s Intermediate Single Sculls: Otago Boys’ High School
Reuben McArley
 
Men’s Novice Double Sculls: Christchurch Boys’ High School
Jose de Sousa, Lachlan Hill
 
Men’s Novice Coxed Quaduple Sculls: St Andrew’s College
Ben Chittock, James MacLean, Caleb Brown, Lachlan Muir, Hugh Green
 
Men’s Novice Coxed Eight: Christ’s College
Will Hutchinson, Tyus Dimbledy, Thomas Johnston, George Lill, Billy Harrison, Thomas McEwan, Louie Bethall, Gus Orr, Hamish McCulloch
 
Boys U16 Single Sculls: St Thomas’ of Canterbury
Josh Dent
 
Boys U16 Double Sculls: Otago Boys’ High School
Jack Webber, Oliver Haig
 
Boys U16 Coxed Four: St Bede’s College
Thomas Arscott, Ben Visser, Ben MacGregor, Oscar Langridge, Caleb Parsons
 
Boys U16 Coxed Eight: St Bede’s College
Thomas Arscott, Ben Visser, Ben MacGregor, Oscar Langridge, Matty Barr, Will O’Brien, Lewis Meates, Ben Fleming, Caleb Parsons
 
Boys U15 Coxed Octuple Sculls: Christchurch Boys’ High School
Charlie Baker, Harry Medicott, William Bently, Archer Pascoe, Ben zino, George Pirie, Liam Carson