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Waikato Wāhine in Rowing Part Six - Catherine Stapleton, WRA

Now we couldn’t finish this series without introducing you to the person whose done the work to make this series happen, Catherine Stapleton.  Catherine has been a WRA committee member for the past 6 years and during her time, she has contributed to various projects such as rules of racing review, our constitution review, the WRA website, mental health training for clubs and Athlete Development Programme (aka Athlete Pathway).   Catherine is often behind the scenes working ...

Waikato Wāhine in Rowing Part Five – Janey Charlton, St Peters School (Cambridge Rowing Club)

Not many full-time rowing coaches in New Zealand can boast leading their rowing program as the Director of Rowing for 17 years.  Janey Charlton can, and she wouldn’t necessarily boast about it either.  Instead, she feels fortunate and grateful for the opportunities she has had being part of her students journey through school and rowing. Janey got involved in rowing, in 1988, after listening to two very accomplished NZ oarswomen from Te Awamutu, Raewyn Hunn and Alison Crooks, talk a...

Waikato Wāhine in Rowing Part Four – Tina Duff-Dobson, various Waikato clubs

For our fourth installment of Waikato Wāhine in Rowing, we are introducing a lovely lady, Tina Duff Dobson, who has been in rowing for many decades.  She is a member of the Waikato Rowing Club, but she has also been part of 3 other clubs in our region and in Auckland.  She has had a lifelong passion and enjoyment for rowing, that seen her in roles on and off the water in NZ and overseas. Her first introduction to rowing was in the 1950s at the age of 12, when her father taught her to ...

Waikato Wāhine in Rowing Part three – Ann Edmondson, Te Awamutu Rowing Club

In our third instalment of Waikato Wāhine in Rowing, we connected with the lovely Ann Edmondson.  She is currently the club secretary and has been an active member of the club since 2015, shortly after moving to NZ from the UK.  Ann has been involved in rowing for many years, as an athlete and in various club administration roles.  The rowing achievements she is most proud of are when she stroked the Hollingworth Lake RC eight at the 2005 women’s heads race on the Thames in Lo...

Waikato Wāhine in Rowing Part two – Rachel Gamble-Flint, St Pauls Collegiate Rowing Club

For the second instalment of our Waikato Wāhine in Rowing, we would like to introduce you to Rachel Gamble-Flint, Director of Rowing and Girls Coach at St Paul’s Collegiate School.  Rachel has quite the rowing resume and has used rowing to raise money for a often overlooked need.  When we asked Rachel what she enjoyed most about rowing, she shared that it was about providing young people with the opportunity to a club that teaches them important life skills.  Skills such as te...

Waikato Wahine in Rowing part one - Aleisha Haworth, Waikato Rowing Club

As part of our acknowledgement of local wahine, women in our rowing clubs, we would like to introduce you to Aleisha Haworth.  She is an athlete and club captain of Waikato Rowing Club. As club captain she is enjoying integrating with the athlete community and other club members.  She finds a lot of the role is about connections and linking with the people.  She has found being on the committee has helped her to see the club from internal and external perspectives and has lea...

Celebrating our Waikato Women in Rowing for International Women's Day - 8 March

March 8 is international women's day. Over the next few days we will be sharing some stories about women in our region who are making a difference in our clubs. While women are approximately 50% of the competitors on the water, off the water it is not quite the same. For example our committee currently has 2 women out of the 8 members, Monique Venn our secretary and Catherine Stapleton. Even though they have the support and enjoy working with the men on the committee, it does mean that how we be...

Waikato Rowing Association - Annual Report

WRA Annual Report and Agenda for discussion at the AGM tomorrow. Club members welcome to attend but speaking and voting is only for delegates. Below is the zoom link to attend the AGM on Wednesday night, 25th August 2021 at 7.30pm. Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/84206092321Meeting ID: 842 0609 2321 ...

Notice Board - July 2021

NOTICE OF MEETING - WAIKATO ROWING ASSOCIATION ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Dear Member/ClubNotice of Meeting - Waikato Rowing Association Annual General Meeting will take place on Wednesday, 25 August 2021 at Hamilton Rowing Club at 7.30pm. Please forward the names of your club delegates by Friday, 6 August to hello@rowingwaikato.co.nzThere have been many changes this last year to domestic rowing in NZ; the Rules of Racing, Reclassification; RPC's to name but a few, your input and feedback ...

NOTICE OF MEETING - Waikato Rowing Association Annual General Meeting

NOTICE OF MEETING - WAIKATO ROWING ASSOCATION Annual General Meeting, Wednesday, 25 August 2021, Hamilton Rowing Club, Grantham Street, Hamilton at 7.30pm 1. NOTICE OF MEETING Notice is hereby given that the Waikato Rowing Association Annual General Meeting of its members will be held on Wednesday, 25 August 2021 at Hamilton Rowing Club, Grantham Street, Hamilton commencing at 7.30pm. 2. AGM DELEGATES Call for AGM membership delegates – two delegates per club. Please advise Secretary  by ...

Notice Board - June 2021

The NZRA AGM Dinner was hosted by the Waikato Rowing Association on Saturday 22 May 2021 at the Novotel, Hamilton. The dinner acknowledged and celebrated our volunteers, clubs, legends and welcomed in new President Ivan Sutherland. Kay Gregory kindly agreed to be the MC for the evening and she was also the recipient of the Waikato Volunteer of the Year award - congratulations to Kay. NZRA - Awards: Auckland - Kate Tidbury - Volunteer Canterbury - Charlie Crampton - Volunteer East Coast - Kylie R...

Clive Steenson

Clive Steenson  1946–2021 Clive's funeral is on Thursday 3rd June at 11 am, Swarbrick Drive Chapel, Te AwamutuIt is with great sadness to hear of the passing of Clive Steenson yesterday. On behalf of the Waikato rowing community, we would like to offer our condolences and love to the Steenson family and Te Awamutu Rowing Community. Clive was one of the founding members of Te Awamutu Rowing Club, and has given his life to the sport. With his daughters, he kept the club going when few would...

Notice Board - April 2021

Its been a busy time with lots happening - Aon Maadi Cup, Rules of Racing Review, changes to the RPC’s and High Performance Pathway. We would like to take this opportunity to thank and acknowledge the volunteers, coaches and supporters that continue to help our athletes. High Performance Pathway Changes The RNZ National Pathway is looking to support athletes in their home environment and its targeted at athletes that may not have made the RPC standards but are performing well in their respecti...

New Zealand Rowing Annual Dinner Invitation hosted by Waikato Rowing Association

NZ Rowing Association Dinner The Waikato Rowing Association would like to extend a warm welcome to all past and present members of the rowing fraternity and their partners to join officers and delegates of the New Zealand Rowing Association for dinner following the 134th Annual General Meeting. ANNUAL DINNER AND AWARDS The Novotel Hamilton Tainui, 7 Alma Street, HamiltonSaturday, 22nd May 2021Doors open at 6.30pm, seated at 7.00pmTickets cost $85.00 (incl GST) per personDress code...

Notice Board - February 2021

Its been an interesting month with lots happening with the Rules of Racing Review, Covid lockdowns and regatta challenges. We would like to take this opportunity to thank and acknowledge the volunteers, coaches and supporters that are helping our athletes through these difficult times and for ‘keeping the boat moving forward.’ The Waikato Region did extremely well at the North Island Rowing Championships accumulating a total of 76 medals and at the National Rowing Championships accumulating ...

Hugo Shaw - St Peters School Cambridge - Condolences

Our sincere condolences to Hugo’s family and his rowing colleagues, from the Waikato Rowing Association. https://www.stuff.co.nz/nation... A service will be held for Hugo at 1:30pm on Sunday 24th January at the Sir Don Rowlands centre at Lake Karapiro Domain. Please enter at gate 2 of 601 Maungatautari road in Cambridge. The family would love you to join them to say your final goodbyes....

Your Local Rowing Noticeboard - January 2021

Rowing Camps are in full swing all over the country.  Many clubs and schools have been visiting Karapiro for days on end, doing what may seem to rowers as endless Kms.  With the Waddell Lodge, Epworth and Mangakino booked solidly through this holiday season, it just goes to show how fortunate we are to have ready easy access to these facilities all year around with minimal travel. As we work towards North Island Club Champs, please take a read and start sharing this info with your memb...

Safeguarding Children Policy

Rowing NZ policy on Safeguarding our children. For the purposes of the policy and advice provided below a child is recognised as someone under the age of 18 years. Visit the Rowing NZ website: https://www.rowingnz.kiwi/Arti......

Kiwi Guide to Rigging

In 2019, we held a rigging workshop, led by the team at Lazlos.  This time of year is usually when coaches and helpers are checking over the boats and making sure they are all ready to go for the season.  To find out what was covered at the rigging workshop, download your copy of the Kiwi Guide to Rigging now. ...

August On-Water Long Distance Results now available

Sunday, August 2nd saw the second of our Long Distance on-water events being held.  It was fantastic to see so many clubs and crews on the water!  While the conditions may have been bumpy for many, just being on the water was what many athletes commented as being the highlight. Check out the results and current points table. Apologies, our virtual long distance results are still come....

Notice of Annual General Meeting

To be held: Date                Wednesday, 26 August 2020 Time                7.30pm Location          Hamilton Rowing Club rooms                         Grantham Street       ...

A return to on-water long distance racing became a reality

Last weekend saw the return to our on-water long distance and the last of our virtual long distance races.  The past four months have been a learning curve.  The virtual long distance bought people together from around the globe. Check out the results for the two events  Thank you to all those who have made these events possible and participated.  We have appreciated it and we may see a return of virtual racing next year.  Watch this space.  ...

June virtual distance results are now available

While number of participants were down, we were still able to draw in an international crowd to our 2nd virtual long distance event.  In July we will continue the virtual long distance but also offer an in-person on water option now NZ is at Level 1.  We will post more details about this event soon. Thank you and congratulations to all our participants this month.  Great to see some have improved on their times.  Keep up the good work.   Check out below the res...

Results from our first virtual long distance are in

With 41 entries, 22 men and 19 women competed in Saturday's virtual erg race.  It was a great turn out and a few hard core racers dug in to complete the half marathon.   The event drew international attention too.  With 10 competitors joining us from the Netherlands.   Thank you to those who competed and we look forward to seeing you at the next event.   ...

2020 Winter Long Distance gone Virtual

2020 winter rowing will be remembered as the one that almost didn't happen.  We say almost because we are still running our annual winter series virtually thanks to the help of RowPT Training Group.   Virtual racing may not be able to offer picturesque views of the glassy misty waters of Lake Karapiro, but we can definitely give you racing.  Thanks to the wonders of technology and in particular Zoom, the first Saturday of the month from May until September will be long distan...