Maclaine Stuart I wanted to thank you again for the money towards my U19 campaign to attend the World Champs in Lithuania. The grant provided was a huge help towards the overall costs and I am very grateful. Sorry for the delay in updating you, I spent a bit of time travelling after and have […]

Our juniors did us proud in Trakei Lithuania at the U19 World Rowing Championships. The photo below shows the recipients of $3,000 donations from the Legion of Rowers members. The full team is listed on ​Rowing NZ website​. World Rowing results

Just back from racing at the “mega worlds” in St Catharine’s Canada, we are getting the first report back from the U19 rowers who received financial support from the Legion of Rowers. Emma Bagrie Emma designed this lovely collage for us.

To apply for grants here. Legion membership dues and profits from our regattas go to support U19 Junior rowing. If you would join the Legion enables more $$ to be made available in future years.

The New Zealand under 19 rowing team travelled tot he World Junior Rowing Championships 2023 partially funded by the Legion of Rowers. The slideshow below is their report about the regatta, Paris and some fine photos.

Good Morning! Thank you for your support to myself and the rest of the Juniors leading up to our World Championships! The 10 week campaign took a bit of a turn when I found out I had a stress fracture on within the 3rd week, But after lots of long sessions on the bike, and […]

To the Legion of Rowing Association members, The Junior World Championships was an incredible experience and one I am very grateful to have been apart of. Representing New Zealand and wearing the black rowsuit was such an amazing feeling and I can only hope I have another opportunity to do so in the future. The […]

Dear Legion of Rowers, I just wanted to send you a little bit of a paragraph to let you know how my time went in the Czech republic and thank you once again for your sponsorship! My time in Prague started on the 31st of July, when we touched down after a very long, but […]

Dear the Legion of Rowers, I have just arrived home from Europe yesterday! The NZ cold is a bit of a shock to the system but good to be back home, somewhere familiar. Juniors this year was such an unforgettable experience, lots of very high standard racing! Being in the single taught me a lot […]

The Road to Racice (8-12 August 2018) 19 August 2018 Hi everyone We are back from Racice! It was an amazing experience. We left NZ on the 29th of July. The plane trip was incredibly long and we were very happy to arrive in Prague. After a small day of rigging and rowing we were ready for our […]

The Road to Racice (8th – 12th August 2018), – Blog update Hi everyone There is only one week to go before we leave for Racice, Czech Republic. The past two months have gone so fast and have been fantastic. Since my last blog the whole Junior team moved from the Lodge at Lake Karapiro, to […]

Hi there, The junior rowing campaign has come to an end for 2018 as of yesterday after we finished racing. I am currently emailing from Prague airport as we await our flight to come home. Build up to racing: we arrived in Prague on the 30th of July at 2pm where we then settled into […]

We’re pleased to announce that we are starting a new column on the Legion Website. We’ll be posting updates from our Junior Rowers so you can follow their progress.

Applications for the 2017 Junior Trust Awards are closed Last year’s succesful applicants were; Brylie Gordon Hauraki Plains College Quad Jack Lopas Christchurch Boys High School Double Charlotte Spence Auckland Rowing Club (Auckland RPC) Coxless Four Sam Monkley Cambridge High School Quad Thomas Cummack Star Boating Club (Central RPC) Quad Rueben Houghton Hamilton Boys High […]

On behalf of the Legion,Dudley and Paula Storey awarded 6 Junior Grants this year to: Brylie Gordon Hauraki Plains College Quad Jack Lopas Christchurch Boys High School Double Charlotte Spence Auckland Rowing Club (Auckland RPC) Coxless Four Sam Monkley Cambridge High School Quad Thomas Cummack Star Boating Club (Central RPC) Quad Rueben Houghton Hamilton Boys […]