Business House Rowing – Cognizant
- Rebecca Caroe
- Mar 2, 2023
- 2 min read
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 where 10 people will row 200 metres each. The team will aim to achieve the greatest distance over 2000 metres.Then the following day they will compete for the Thompson Memorial Cup in an eight doing a 500-metre rowing race on the water.
The programme is designed to provide an opportunity for organisations to participate in a 2-month rowing experience with the goal to encourage fitness, develop enthusiasm and respect for the sport of rowing, while potentially recruiting some new Masters rowers. Overall is should be fun and offer a team building experience.
Cognizant is a Technology Consultancy with a global footprint.The company has a range of technology including data, development ops, digital, managed services and cloud based solutions.At the beginning of February, 12 people joined the Business House rowing training programme out of St Georges Rowing Club. All of the team are total novices to rowing and do not belong to a rowing club. The two-month training is focused on teaching the basics of rowing and having fun doing something entirely different to everyday work. The team consists of IT experts, HR, Finance, Project Management, Sales and Senior Leadership.
The training is on the water and on the ergs at St Georges Rowing Club.
Toni McColl
Dale Wheeler
Jane Indries
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