For years, rowing events have relied on the old fashioned way of timing races: by using stop-watches, doing “maths”, and then facing several hours of waiting while the results are finalised. This is immensely frustrating! Moreover, spectators are often heard asking “have they started yet?”, only seeing their crew for a few minutes on the […]

Business House rowing has been reignited in Auckland with organisations being able to compete for the Thomson Memorial Cup. This Cup was competed for annually from 1938 through to 1996. The structure of the event has been adapted from Invercargill Rowing Club. The team will compete in an erg competition on Friday 31 March 2023 […]

The Cup was donated by Mrs Thompson, wife of John Thompson who was a former Club Captain of St Georges in 1898/99. The Cup was donated in 1937 and St Georges Rowing Club executive decided that the Gold cup be competed for annually as an inter-business house rowing championship. The executive resolved “To work in […]

The Legion of Rowers committee is pleased to announce a change to the classification for novice masters rowers. For the 2023 season and the Legion of Rowers Regatta in May 2023 the new classification is Novice Masters Event Classification – A Rower who is eligible for Novice Masters events is a Masters rower who has […]

Getting ready to race takes a lot of practice. Fortunately come head racing season there are a lot of different events where you can practice and improve. As masters we enjoy the challenge of long distance rowing races and accept that we need to plan our training and practice before expecting to be successful racing, […]

The DeLong Brief: The World Master Rowing Championships in 2022, in Libourne, France, was once again, a FAMILY AFFAIR (+ good UK buddy Liz)! Our first FAMILY AFFAIR (+ good UK buddy Liz) was at the World Masters Champs in Hungary in 2019. (Not much has changed, eh?). Libourne, France ‘put on a great […]

South Island Masters regatta hits Dunedin over the long weekend Jan Brosnahan Queen’s Birthday weekend saw the arrival in Dunedin of 220 masters rowers and supporters, mainly from the South Island but some from the North. The South Island Masters Regatta has run for two decades and always at Queen’s Birthday weekend. The first regatta […]

The World Rowing Masters Regatta 2023 has been awarded to South Africa and will take place 21-24 September at Roodeplaat Dam in Tshwane (previously Pretoria). Our vision is to deliver a world-class regatta that is profoundly African and leaves a legacy for South African rowing and the local community. Start planning your trip today, and […]

Although my passion is on-water rowing, I belong to an online training group, RowPT, run by Ger Sheehan, who provides a training program and online coaching for indoor rowing for a variety of people, from rowers to swimmers, to golfers and from differing countries including NZ, Australia, USA and I believe sometimes from the UK. […]

There has been much to celebrate in South Island Rowing this season, including the fact that the last four regattas have all had women Chief Umpires. Christine Moffat (NZ Master/Aoraki Regatta), Lauren Farnden (Otago Championships), Michèle Hawke (Canterbury Championships) and Vanessa McIver (South Island Championships). This is not a matter of gender balance/equity for the […]

By Deb Hymers-Ross, The Union Rowing Club And the Gold Medal goes to…..South Island Rowing’s organisers and volunteers for the self sacrifice and organisation to pull the Masters Nationals and Aoraki 1000 off under level 2 restrictions. It was a great weekend of flat water (till Sunday anyway) warm air, friendly competition , team building […]

REGATTA DELAYED DUE TO COVID-19 POSTPONEMENT – Neilson Kellerman North Island Masters Regatta The Legion of Rowers wish to advise that our Regatta can only be run under Level-1 conditions and as a consequence of the current outbreak of Covid-Delta in NZ we have decided, in conjunction with KRI, not to hold the Nielson Kellerman […]

Last weekend ARC hosted a race between Oxford and Cambridge alumni on the Tamaki. Boat Race Auckland offered some consolation for Oxford on the Tāmaki, after a run of losses on the Tideway and Great Ouse. Around 60 people turned out to witness the ancient rivalry transplanted, including former light blues, John Maasland and Tim […]

Thanks to everyone for helping (or offering to help) with the Lower NI Masters regatta on 19 September. We had 65 rowers representing Horowhenua, Hawkes Bay, Porirua, Petone, Clifton, Aramaho Whanganui, Wellington, and Star (eight clubs in total). Being flexible was key and we were able to quickly make the decision to move from Manawatu […]

CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19 15th August 2020 CANCELLATION OF NORTH ISLAND MASTERS REGATTA The Legion of Rowers wish to advise that, due to the resurgence of the Corona Virus, and the uncertainty over if and when New Zealand will revert to Alert Level 1 throughout the Country, the call has been made, in consultation with […]

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Bay of Plenty Rowing Association 2018 Masters Regatta Presented in association with the Legion of Rowers and Karapiro Rowing Incorporated Lake Karapiro Saturday 1 September 2018 10am—4pm $30 + GST per rower (inc. Row IT fee) Registration via Row IT Get some practice and check out the opposition 2 weeks prior to National Champs on 15 […]

We hope that everyone enjoyed the regatta at Karapiro and are all set and ready for the World Masters Games coming up shortly. We’ve been lucky to have Peter Olifiers along with his camera and he’s very kindly allowed us to put a gallery of his photographers here on the website right here. We hope […]