Looking for the right training recipe to boost your results this year? Race pace workouts are a key ingredient for boat speed. Your conditioning is going to improve through the season. In the early weeks develop a solid base of fitness and technique where you stick to lower intensity workouts until you feel your technique […]

The Regatta Committee are keen to get more trophies to present and when asking around, the Auckland Rowing Association told us “we’ve got lots of trophies which are no longer presented”. Wow, what a find! Terry Tidbury reviewed the cupboard full of cups and found among them the WG Mason coxless fours trophy first presented […]

Your boat fleet should match the needs of your group. Many masters group ‘inherit’ boats but for optimal club alignment match the boats with the membership needs. Assess the current fleet – look for the manufacturer’s label – serial number, year of construction and athlete weight. Log these for your whole boat fleet. Different boat […]

Following our plan to offer regular masters rowing camps, The Legion is hosting a camp on 5-6th April 2025 hosted by Aramoho Whanganui Rowing Club. Lead coach is Chris Jones who also coached on our August camp last year. He’s both a masters rower and has coached crews to Henley Royal Regatta wins in the […]

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

Lesley Milne, Past President of the Legion of Rowers spoke at Brian’s funeral on Friday 4th October 2024. Good afternoon everyone – I would like to acknowledge Brian’s 40+ years of dedicated service to the Legion of Rowers. Most of you are aware, that the Legion of Rowers began in Auckland in 1950 – as […]

The speakers after the 2024 Legion AGM were an intrepid group who created the foundations for womens rowing in New Zealand. Each gave a personal account of their introduction to rowing and the amazing things they achieved and the barriers and hurdles they overcame. Monty Wawatai was inspired to research this for a history paper […]

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.

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

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.

Lesley Milne (nee Keys) Lesley Milne has given nearly five decades of service to rowing. All these hours have been voluntary, over and above her day job as a primary school teacher, where she also excelled. Much of the voluntary time given, has been in the evenings and weekends. A Lifetime of Service to Rowing […]

Mahe Drysdale recruited his children to assist with prizegiving.

Picking your crew lineups for regatta is a delicate task for Masters group organisers and coaches. There are so many potentially “touchy” topics. Rather than present a vanilla approach, I thought it would give insight if I share the process I use for my club group. We are a mixed club of racing and non-racing members […]

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, […]

New Zealanders are known for their innovation and this story is a unique story about innovation at the start line of races. In the mid 1980s two men created the world’s first race starting system which was used at rowing regattas at Lake Karapiro. These men were Brian Clarke and Brian Parr This system they designed […]

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 […]

You bag your warm up and jump straight to the hard strokes. Next you conveniently forget your post-row stretch. Cutting training corners may be tempting when you are in a rush but in the long run it won’t pay. Even if you are short on time, following the rule of four will give you good […]

Stroking out of your comfort zone is a must to reach higher limits as an athlete and there is no better place to execute than on the race course. Until you have tried something beyond your competence or skill, you won’t know you can’t do it. And the converse could happen, you find that you […]

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.