🥇 Article provided by Kevin Horan Success in Perth – 2026 Australian Masters Rowing Championships The 2026 Australian Masters Rowing Championships were held in the final week of May at Champion Lakes in Perth, bringing together competitors from across Australia and beyond. A strong New Zealand contingent, largely from the lower North Island, made the journey across the Tasman—and returned home with an impressive haul of medals. 🇳🇿 Kiwi Representation The New Zealand group

Sponsored by C&R and ICIB Brokerweb Insurance Blue Lake (Lake Tikitapu) Regatta August 29 and 30, 2026 Organised and run in partnership between the Legion of Rowers and with the Bay of Plenty Rowing Association BOPRA. Two days of racing Saturday 29th August: Single gender, 1000 metres N.B. Where there is more than 1 Heat in a category there will be a Final race at the end of the same Block. Sunday 30th August: Mixed Racing, 1000 metres, 2 person, 4 person and 8 person events

Photos by Judy Shadbolt The recipients were: CONSTANZE DUELL, Bay of Plenty Coast: Womens A-D Single - Doctor Stuart Reid Cup DAN DE GROOT, Star Boating Club: Men's A-D Single - Stuart Wade Blade STEVE WESTLAKE, North Shore Rowing Club: Men's E-M Single - John Marshall Trophy 1892 JAMES AND MICHAEL BRAKE, North Shore Rowing Club: Men's A-D Double - Stuart Wade Blade BRITTANY SMITH AND AMANDA BADGER, West End Rowing Club: Women's A-D Double - Alexander Farmer 1924 Trophy BRUC

Under 22 Coxed Four - silver winners at the Oceania Team Champs Australian, May 2026 Four of the 2025 Under 19 Award recipients were selected to represent the North Island in the U22 team to race at the recent Oceania Teams Champs in Australia in May 2026. They were Angalla Carney Blake Cooper Jack Buckley Nathan Strachan The team travelled an hour inland of Brisbane to Lake Wyaralong to race as a North Island team against the Australian State teams and the South Island. Anga

As a passionate rower and club organizer, the thought of competing in the World Masters Games (WMG) fills me with excitement. Scheduled for May 14-30, 2027, in Japan's vibrant Kansai region, this event is a dream for masters athletes. While many associate Japan with Tokyo, the WMG is centered in Kansai – encompassing cities like Kyoto, Osaka, and Kobe – with rowing events at the stunning Lake Biwa in Shiga Prefecture. Read more HERE How to organise your Club? This guide will

This year the event took place at Lake Rotoiti in Nelson Lakes National Park and saw 310 competitors from 26 clubs lining up for honours. With ANZAC day falling on Saturday, the weekend began with a short ceremony of remembrance and a rowing guard of honour. This was followed by the Craigs Investment Partners 5km race from the head of the lake back to the 1km course along Kerr Bay. Big boat honours went to AVON in the Mens 8, AWARUA in Mixed and the AUCKLAND RC Woman’s G 8. T

(By Nicky Knowles, Cambridge Rowing Club) Nicky Knowles & Peter Fraser at Lake Rotoiti I am a mediocre rower. There, I said it — and honestly, I’m okay with that. Maybe it’s because I’m inherently a bit lazy at times and I lack motivation when life gets in the way perhaps? A conversation for a different time I feel Rowing is technically a very hard sport to master, especially when you didn’t start as a nimble teenager. In theory, once you have good technique and solid fitne

Para rowing in New Zealand is predominantly masters participants. Ross Webb is working on recruitment into the youth section of clubs - April 25th is a have a go weekend in the Waikato. Some are new to rowing and others are switching from other codes. Some para rowers have been in the sport a long time like Ron Satherly, many are new to rowing aged 30-60. They all suffer from one thing - whatever ails them gives them consternation - either changes are needed to prosthetics or

Photo: Grant Craies leading the crew from the boat park. Photo Credit: Melanie Lo The famous Auckland schools regatta, Head of the Harbour, has started adding Masters events to the schedule. Run on Saturday 7th February there were strong entries in the Masters single sculls event with West End's Amanda Badger winning and Brittany Smith coming second. Honourable mention to the lone Cambridge Sculler. Jen Muller making the journey north. The masters Doubles event was also wo

A small regional rowing regatta in New Zealand has sparked an unexpected debate about what happens when elite athletes compete alongside weekend warriors. The Blue Lake Regatta, known for its relaxed atmosphere and community feel, recently hosted Olympic gold medallist Emma Twigg and fellow elite rowers Finn Hamill, Matt Dunham, and Michael Brake competing in a range of events including mixed masters eight, quad and double. Their participation drew an angry response from on

The team ready for action Spring weather in Rotorua Roll up, Roll up Cambridge RC novice four Cambridge RC novice four using their winners glasses Alice Beban, Hawkes Bay RC won 1x Alana Hawke, BOPC raced 1x Rose Lampen-Smith, Inge Morton, Claire Russell, Lorraine Anderson from St Georges RC North Shore masters RC winning 8 Jill Edwards and Alana Hawke, BOPC won new masters 2x

Masters rowers, we are just over a month away from 2025 NZ Masters Rowing Champs in Twizel!! This year, your registration to enter is different. Rowing Connect is the new individual registration system for Rowing New Zealand. This means everyone participating in rowing this season will need to self-register. NZ Masters Champs entries open 11th September and […]

We have a giant list of trophies which were won (see document at the end of the article). And a correspondingly giant photo gallery of winners. Full 1k/500m regatta results list. Full Long distance 5k results list. Grateful thanks to Adie Pederson and Mike Harrison for taking the photos. Trophies Presented Singles 16 – Masters Para single […]

A survey was circulated after the New Zealand Masters Championships Regatta in September 2024. The results are summarised below.

Thanks to everyone who filled in the survey after the North Island Masters championships. High level findings

Mahe Drysdale recruited his children to assist with prizegiving.

CAVE CUP (Memorial) Open Mixed Four DAVE BLACKIE HANDLES Oldest Winning Double (Men) DAVE BLACKIE HANDLES Oldest Winning Double (Women) CORPORATE TROPHY Men’s Coxed Four (Recreational / New Novices) CORPORATE TROPHY Women’s Coxed Four (Recreational / New Novices) SCHOOL PARENTS TROPHY Winning Eight or Coxed Four (depending on entries) CORPORATE TROPHY Mixed Eight (50% men, […]

The 62nd Legion of Southland regatta was held in good conditions on the Oreti River – a light breeze came up late in the programme -not that that had any effect on the condition. It was only a small regatta 70 rowers competing. We do have some issues at low tide these days with a build up of Sand […]

Gathered under African Skies, Athletes, Officials, Volunteers, and Support Staff from around the world, joined with the Local Organizers and workers for what has been an amazing event on Roodeplaat Dam. The experience was almost lost when a freak wind and lighting storm hit the venue in the evening a day before the event. We […]

Conrad Blind – Picture Show took these lovely images.