Hauraki backs young guns
Peter Casey and his team are focused on bringing the young ones up through the ranks.
The Hauraki Plains College crew may be young but they have the determination to succeed.
Teacher in charge Peter Casey says rowing in the district is looking promising as they rebuild their squads.
Last year all the seniors moved on from secondary school and this showed the importance of the novices coming up the ranks.
Hauraki now hosts a rowing experience for the Year Nines students interested in the sport, held for a week in the Piako River, which is also the training ground for the rowing team.
The Year Nine students get to go out on the river and learn all aspects involved in rowing.
After the experience they can attend a novice rowing camp.
Twenty four of Hauraki Plains’ 700 pupils are entered in events at Maadi – all of them under-16 or under-15.
At the North Island Champs the school squad made three A finals and won a bronze in one of the events. “For a small school we like to think we do pretty good,” Casey said.
The students selected to represent Hauraki Plains have the same outlook as management, Peter said.
“They like to achieve, they strive to achieve and the goals they set themselves are very important to them.”
