Students from the College rowing club continued their strong early season form over the weekend at the KRI3 Might River Power Regatta held at Lake Karapiro, following straight on from competitions the previous weekend where they rowed in both the Westlake Cup on the Friday, and the annual Head of the Harbour Regatta on the Saturday at Lake Pupuke.

Westlake Cup and Head of Harbour, Lake Pupuke
Racing at Lake Pupuke is short-course sprint format which makes for great viewing and close racing, and is the ideal speed test for crews as they head into the business end of the season. These events also give the Club an opportunity to refine crew selections to gain the most boat speed and so it was pleasing to see some very good results come out of that weekend. 

First place

Boys U16 8+ 
Tom Mills, Angus Wilson, Matt Kelly, Joshua Grant, Nicholas Lyon-Ramsdale, Ethan Blight, Sam Morrow, Harry Ramakers + Sam Ingleton (cox)

Second place

Boys U17 1X    
Andrew McBain               

Boys U17 4X+  
Oliver Rhodes, Edward Barry, Andrew McBain, Jamie Sinclair-Eagle + Tom Hussona (cox)

Third place

Boys U17 8+     
Tom Mills, Ollie Strang, Matt Kelly, Angus Wilson, Nicholas Lyon-Ramsdale, Ethan Blight, Sam Morrow, Harry Ramakers + Sam Ingleton (cox)

Girls U17 4+
Katherine Chang, Ruby Houghton, Olivia Hofer, Rebecca MacQueen + Chava Arymowicz (cox)

Boys U16 4X+
Joshua Grant, Thomas Brenton-Rule, Kieran Blockley, Tom Lott + Alex Johnston (cox)

Boys U18 4X+   
Oliver Rhodes, Ayden Lamont, Sam Barry, Samuel Strang + Liam Braithwaite (cox)

Boys U16 4+     
Harry Ramakers, Nicholas Lyon-Ramsdale, Angus Wilson, Matt Kelly + Samuel Ingleton (cox)

Mighty River Power Regatta, Lake Karapiro
Our College rowers then headed to Lake Karapiro at the end of last week for the MRP Regatta, the final long-course event before the North Island Secondary Schools Championships in two weeks’ time.

This Regatta has a different format to other events held throughout the year by providing racing for all crews on Sunday from A finals all the way through to E finals depending on field size. College rowers had a very strong weekend of performances, going on to compete in 21 A finals and 11 B finals – a great result at this stage of the season and the strongest regatta performance from the club in many years.

Two A final wins in the last hour of competition capped a fantastic weekend of racing which also included placings in 5 other A finals, and placings in 9 of the 11 B finals.

Special congratulations to the following crews that performed so well over the weekend:

First

Boys U17 4X+ 
Ollie Rhodes, Edward Barry, Andrew McBain, Jamie Sinclair-Eagle + Liam Braithwaite (cox)

Boys U16 8+    
Tom Mills, Angus Wilson, Matt Kelly, Joshua Grant, Nicholas Lyon-Ramsdale, Ethan Blight, Sam Morrow, Harry Ramakers + Sam Ingleton (cox)

Second

Girls U16 4+     
Rebecca MacQueen, Olivia Hofer, Georgia McLeish, Claire Hofman + Georgia Evans

Girls U18 4+
Rebecca Roberts, Jacqueline Chang, Ruby Houghton, Katherine Chang + Chava Arymowicz (cox)

Third

Boys U15 4+    
George Beggs, Harry Church, Sam Russell, Matt Graham-Williams + Alex Johnston (cox)

Boys U17 8+    
Tom Mills, J Grant, Matt Kelly, Angus Wilson, Nicholas Lyon-Ramsdale, Ethan Blight, Sam Morrow, Harry Ramakers + Sam Ingleton (cox)

Boys U18 L4+  
Finn Harris, Martin Huang, Declan Fisher, Kevin Reid + Alex Johnston (cox)

Next stop – the North Island Secondary Schools Championships where the club will be looking to improve on its medal haul from last year, before the season-ending National Secondary Schools Championships (MAADI Cup) in late March.

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