Rowing runs in the family at Rangiora High School
Rangiora High School rowers from North Canterbury Rupert Jackman and William Morris-Whyte have already started to follow in the footsteps...
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Three Kitchins in one boat
Triplets are a rare phenomenon, triplets who row together in the same eights crew at the Maadi Cup are like...
Maadi Cup winners unite after 20 years
Members of both eights and lightweight four, from left- Alex Haley, Charles Barker (lightweight 4's),Tim Clements,James Armitage,Tim Dolan,Hamish Jenkins,Hamish Bell....
Baradene College rowing team work hard to impress Olympic-medallist coach
Former Olympic rower Dudley Storey, 73, who has been a volunteer coach at Baradene College in Auckland for 15 years,...
Maadi Cup race squads all set for showdown
Proud: Westlake Boys High School students make their way out of the crowd. Their eights team will row for the...
Schools ‘blown away’ by business support
Cambridge’s Adopt a School programme is doing great things for local business. There are 55 stores taking part in the...
Skiers frustrated by closures for rowing
Karapiro Lake users were left frustrated when rowers forgot their manners on the lake during the build-up to Maadi Cup....
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Getting amongst it, on the Karapiro Cruiser.
The best view for Maadi supporters has to be from out on the water. BEST SEAT: Katrina Galbraith, Marion college...
Coxes row novelty race
Coxswains will have a chance to get on the oars in a coxed four or quad at the end of...
Few injuries at Maadi Regatta
It's been a quiet week for St John - but they are the last to complain. St John employee, Grant...
Club t-shirts show off rowers quick wit
Tee shirts add originality for schools at Maadi Regatta. Waikato Independent investigate where the ideas originated.
Zoe McBride and Hannah Duggan win U18 double for Kavanagh
Zoe McBride and Hannah Duggan of Kavanagh College have won the girls U18 double today. Zoe and Hannah, both 17,...
Rowing breeds success, say Tauranga parents
Rowing has wide-ranging benefits off the water, according to parents of rowers at Tauranga Boys’ College. On Thursday afternoon, as...
Fishing a welcome distraction from competition
Rowing is not the only sport taking place at Lake Karapiro this week - you can always do a spot...
Te Awamutu Rowing Club backs college rowers
FIGHTING FIT: Te Awamutu College rowing squad is small in numbers but have huge support. Despite coming from a school...
Behind the scenes: Margaret Webster
Communications for the Maadi Cup couldn't be in better hands than those of Margaret Webster, who has rowed in the...
Underdogs Scots College achieve aims
The rowing team of Scots College have braved rough training conditions to compete in equally rough weather against far more...
Rower numbers tipped to rise
Maadi organisers expect a boost in rowing numbers after last year's drop. Rowing experts say they have noticed a trend...
Maadi participants protect the Waikato from biosecurity pest
Maadi Cup participants have gone the extra mile to protect the Waikato River from the biosecurity hazard didymo. Ask any...
All happy with new race system
Next: Coxes and coaches wait at marshal hutPhoto: Isabella Stern Happy: Eden Cross with her boat numberPhoto: Isabella Stern This...
University of Auckland looks for next generation of rowers
The University of Auckland is at Maadi looking to attract high school rowers to study. Amanda Clinton, a schools advisor...
Proud school, Mana college make colours for first their Maadi rower.
SIXTEEN year-old Jayde Thomas has returned to Maadi this year representing Mana College as their first and only rower at the...
Otago girls fundraise their way to Maadi
Otago Girls High School trained hard as they inched their way towards the Maadi Regatta, but it took more to...
What it takes to make it
Watching her rowers make their way down Lake Karapiro, principal of St Margaret’s, Gillian Simpson, knows what goes into producing...