http://www.rowingwaikato.co.nz/blog/ The latest Blog feeds from www.rowingwaikato.co.nz en-us Wed, 15 Apr 2026 02:37:48 +1200 Rocketspark http://www.rowingwaikato.co.nz/blog/post/80530/waikato-wahine-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 ... Thu, 24 Mar 2022 23:01:14 +1300 http://www.rowingwaikato.co.nz/blog/#post80530 http://www.rowingwaikato.co.nz/blog/post/80529/waikato-wahine-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... Thu, 24 Mar 2022 22:18:13 +1300 http://www.rowingwaikato.co.nz/blog/#post80529 http://www.rowingwaikato.co.nz/blog/post/80408/waikato-wahine-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 ... Tue, 22 Mar 2022 22:26:09 +1300 http://www.rowingwaikato.co.nz/blog/#post80408 http://www.rowingwaikato.co.nz/blog/post/80214/waikato-wahine-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... Wed, 16 Mar 2022 22:41:28 +1300 http://www.rowingwaikato.co.nz/blog/#post80214 http://www.rowingwaikato.co.nz/blog/post/79751/waikato-wahine-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... Thu, 10 Mar 2022 20:23:12 +1300 http://www.rowingwaikato.co.nz/blog/#post79751 http://www.rowingwaikato.co.nz/blog/post/79674/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... Tue, 08 Mar 2022 22:16:34 +1300 http://www.rowingwaikato.co.nz/blog/#post79674 http://www.rowingwaikato.co.nz/blog/post/79672/celebrating-our-waikato-women-in-rowing-for-international-womens-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... Tue, 08 Mar 2022 22:00:12 +1300 http://www.rowingwaikato.co.nz/blog/#post79672 http://www.rowingwaikato.co.nz/blog/post/70681/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 ... Tue, 24 Aug 2021 11:48:07 +1200 http://www.rowingwaikato.co.nz/blog/#post70681 http://www.rowingwaikato.co.nz/blog/post/69238/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 ... Thu, 29 Jul 2021 09:22:08 +1200 http://www.rowingwaikato.co.nz/blog/#post69238 http://www.rowingwaikato.co.nz/blog/post/68973/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 ... Tue, 20 Jul 2021 13:33:31 +1200 http://www.rowingwaikato.co.nz/blog/#post68973