The Legion of Rowers hosted two coaching clinics during July 2021 for masters rowers who are not coaches. There are not enough coaches available for masters groups to get regular coaching. One way to get effective coaching for masters is to enable self-coaching and group feedback. This has never been tried before. During 2020 we […]

Kua hinga te tōtara i te wao nui a Tane! Auckland Rowing Club records, with great sorrow, the death of Lionel Gray (1932-2021), a stalwart of our club for fifty years. He passed away on the morning of 26 October 2021. His devoted wife Betty, died last year: Lionel did not keep her waiting long. […]

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 […]

MASTERS PEER-TO-PEER COACHING CLINIC The Legion of Rowers, in conjunction with Rowing NZ, are now inviting registrations for the first Peer-to-Peer Coaching Clinic to be held at the Auckland Rowing Club from Friday 18th June–Sunday 20th June. Registrations must be lodged and paid by 12th June 2021. The Auckland event is a “Trial” for the concept; […]

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 […]

A second open meeting was held on 17 September to discuss the future of masters rowing in New Zealand. Fourteen representatives from clubs around the country joined the virtual meeting hosted by Rebecca Caroe, who is the Masters Representative on the RNZ Domestic Rowing Committee. The theme of the meeting was communication. Feedback since last […]

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 […]

Rowing Canada Aviron, British Rowing, Rowing Australia and Rowing NZ have today announced the One Minute Challenge, a joint initiative for indoor rowers across the respective nations.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 69th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the LEGION OF ROWERS AUCKLAND (Inc.) will be held in the Clubrooms of the AUCKLAND ROWING CLUB, on SUNDAY 30th JUNE, 2019, At 11.00 a.m. ** GUEST SPEAKER – CAMPBELL CROUCH ** **WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP MEDALLIST – 2018** Junior Trust Recipient – 2018 / […]

The World Rowing Federation (FISA) is updating their emailing database in compliance with the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This means that if you want to continue receiving either the eNewsletter, media release or media advisory from World Rowing, they need your consent otherwise you will no longer receive the newsletter or media […]

2018 World Masters Rowing Champs in Sarasota, Florida Martha DeLong (Auckland Rowing Club) There are only three words to describe the 2018 World Masters Rowing Champs in Sarasota, Florida, USA: HOT – HOT – HOT! The Florida weatherman could give us no respite from the 35°C temps, on average, for the entire week. We were […]

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 […]